older adult system of care conference san francisco, ca april 27-28, 2006
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Older Adult System of Care Conference San Francisco, CA April 27-28, 2006. “Older Adults and Their Community: Building Full Service Partnerships”. “Are We Ready for the New Face of Aging?”. The tides of change are upon us. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Older Adult System of Care ConferenceSan Francisco, CA
April 27-28, 2006
“Older Adults and Their
Community: Building Full
Service Partnerships”
“Are We Ready for the New Face of Aging?”
The tides of change are upon us.
“We are seeing the rise of a new civilization that challenges all of our
old assumptions. Old ways of thinking, old formulas, old dogmas
and ideologies, no matter how cherished or how useful in the past no
longer fit the facts. Yesterday’s conventional cubbyhole does not fit the embryonic world of tomorrow.
There is room for long range optimism seen though the transitional years immediately ahead are likely to be stormy and crisis ridden.” Toffler
“We are living on one of the hinges of history-one of those transitional periods
between the ages, when all of our institutions are shaken, all of our
assumptions are challenged and all of our power is loosened. Instability and
uncertainty are going to be part of our lives. Our survival may depend on our ability to disconnect from the past and
accept change as a way of life. We will be discouraged and anxious and surprised all of our lives, but we will be participators in the emergence and shape of a new age.”
John Brantner
“The future is not what it used to be. It arrives more rapidly, it brings more change and it alters our priorities in
entirely unexpected ways. Not only will the future change the world in which we live, it will change the way that world can be
effectively governed and managed.” Robert Theobold
“The future is avalanching around us, and we are ill equipped to deal with it.”
Lee Kaiser
0-29 emerging young adult
29-40young adult
40-55 adult
55-75middle age
75-95older adult
95+ elder
Longevity is revolutionizing the aging experience into a new Age Span and new Life Stages.
2020 60+
Japan 23%
Germany 23%
Italy 24%
Spain 21.8%
US 16%
The World is Graying!
2050 60+
Japan 42%
Germany 35%
Italy 42%
Spain 44%
US 26.9%
Life Expectancy is
Increasing 2 1/2 years/10 yrs
We are tied in destiny across the aging
planet. What is a planet of elders?
2045Japan 88 Sweden 84.6
US 82.6 Iceland 83 Hong Kong 84.7
•Two thirds of those 65+ who ever
lived are here today.
•The Boomers will add 76 million
more.
• In 2020 CA will have 6.5 million
citizens over age 64.
Most current assumptions about aging are wrong.
•30 year old men live at home with mom
•40 year old women are just getting pregnant
•55 year old women have egg donor babies
•80 year olds run marathons
•90 year olds remarry and enjoy sex
•100 year olds are on the increase
Preconceived notions of a typical older person are wrong.
The Self Image of aging is changing.
The new age is the HIP Age.
Healthy
Independent
Productive
Both science and life experience will
continue to redefine aging
and the life span.
•Re-creation of recreation to the
awakening of potential
•Ongoing learning, new adventure and
purpose at 60, 70, 80, 90+
•Preventing illness, maintaining fitness,
promoting wellness and independence
What is active aging? What is the meaning
of the third and fourth stage of life?
Power years Regeneration of Self Legacy Years
Our existing policy, systems and practices, designed to fit the
circumstances and customers of the past, now face a pressing new market with
vastly different expectations. We have a major cultural lag.
What we know is ahead of what is.No common understanding of the
problem.No consensus on priorities for solutions.
Three in one Paradox: the most cognitively impaired,
most wealthy, most wise generation.
We hold conflicting ideas on how to
address the challenges.
Therapeutic approach
Technological approach
Power redistribution approach
Equity and capacity building approach
We need to leverage multiple
approaches, BUT in new and better ways.
Current societal responses are doomed to failure.
Denial, fear of agingObsession with youth
Budget driven short-term policyCost shifts/phantom cost savings
Rampant ageismMythology of retirementGenerational divisionsSmall scope advocacy
Medical model high tech interventionsEmpty long term care policy
Death taboosTurfs, Silos, Egos
A huge untapped resource pool
is waiting to be unleashed.
No model exists to measure the value of
what can be accomplished by this grand
population in work, arts, community
building, teaching, politics, justice and civil
rights, environmental reservation, child
care, leisure, travel and creative reflection.
The Possibilities are filled with Potential.
WHEE World Helping Elders Evolve
GUIDE Grannies Undoing International Destruction of the Environment
GOLD Grandparents Offering Learning and Development
GRRR Grandparents Ranting and Raving for Reforms
SEEDS Seniors Eradicating the Effects on Diseases
The retired will work again, and are working
now!
“Bridge employment” “Customized work”
“Intergenerational work force”
Survey of Boomers 65+ (“The Revolving
Retired”)
17% will not work for pay
6% will work full time
13% will own a business
16% will work part time
42% will cycle work, leisure, and study
6% do not know
Leaders with a high comfort level with change and talent for creativity are needed to define a new vision and open up new pathways.
LEADERS who can:Live as a LegacyEnergize and ElevateAssemble to AcquireDevelop and DemandEducate and EvolveRedesign and RedeployStabilize and Shake up
How do we move forward?“Chaordic” Leadership (nobody in charge)
50% management of self
25% management of superiors
15% management of peers
10% hiring and training others to do the
same
Hyper-Creativity
Creativity beyond
innovation. A Hyper-
Creative leader asks the
question “How can I
maximize the creativity
of this organization all of
the time?”
Why should We Bother?
Most opportune time crisis as a tool for change
Most exciting possibilities untapped potential
awaits
Most promising impact huge numbers exist
Most professionally anchored value/philosophy based
Most morally compelling safety net required
Most consequential avoid cost of not
acting
Do we have the resolve to stand with
Boundless Faith?
Do we have the willingness to change
with Boundless Compassion for
self/others?
Do we accept the mandate for
Innovation or Deprivation?
Do we commit to Advocacy for
Posterity?
I call upon the real leaders,
the pioneers,
the agents of change,
the champions of aging,
to step forward to participate,
in the emergence and shape
of a new age.
New Age
