“Adding years to people's lives through the magic of science and medicine, however impressive, is an insufficient ambition for American Society. Our objective, must be to add new life to those years.”
President
John F. Kennedy,
1961 White House Conference on Aging
How much do you know about growing older? Is it true that your heredity will determine how long you live? Is it false that your vocabulary will grow as you age? Test yourself on the basic facts and the latest research on aging.
Click on each link below to see the answer to the True-False question.
The Silver Century Foundation would like to hear from our readers about what they think about
getting older and how they regard their own aging.
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How much do you know about growing older? Is it true that your heredity will determine how
long you live? Is it false that your vocabulary will grow as you age? Test yourself on the
basic facts and the latest research on aging.
Read more...
"Can 'Blue Zones' Help Turn Back the Biological Clock?"
"For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life’s End"
"How Old is Too Old to be U.S. President?”
“Bending the Curve: Options for Achieving Savings and Improving Value in U.S. Health Spending”
This report reviews 15 federal policy options that have been suggested as ways to reduce health care spending in the U.S.
“My Stroke of Insight”
In this webcast Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroanatomist recounts her amazing experience of suffering a massive stroke.
“Physicians Aim to Improve End-of-Life Cancer Care”
In this webcast of a PBS newshour segment, cancer patient Judy Freedman speaks movingly about how she came to accept her own death and where she found help.
