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Pursuing the Longevity Dividend
Author(s) -
OLSHANSKY S. JAY,
PERRY DANIEL,
MILLER RICHARD A.,
BUTLER ROBERT N.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1396.050
Subject(s) - longevity , dividend , demographic dividend , health care , successful aging , promotion (chess) , humanity , disease , political science , development economics , economic growth , gerontology , economics , medicine , environmental health , politics , population , pathology , law
: The aging of humanity is about to experience a radical change as the demographic transformation to an older world is approaching its final stage. In recent decades, scientists have learned enough about the biological aging processes that many believe it will become possible to slow aging in humans. We contend that the social, economic, and health benefits that would result from such advances may be thought of as “longevity dividends,” and that they should be aggressively pursued as the new approach to health promotion and disease prevention in the 21st century. The time has arrived for governments and national and international healthcare organizations to make research into healthy aging a major research priority.