Century Lives

By 2030, every Baby Boomer will be over 65 or older. Many of these older adults will live alone and on limited incomes, and many will have mobility and other health challenges. This so-called “silver tsunami” is here to stay, and the math is ominous. The nation already has a housing shortage—and a senior-care shortage. On the plus side, many of these older folks will be healthier and more active, engaged, and tech-savvy than their peers in prior generations. But since their housing needs and desires will likewise be different from those of their predecessors, new questions and challenges will arise. On Century Lives: The Home Stretch, we explore signs of hope and inspiration in communities where housing innovations for older adults are already afoot.

Social Sciences
Health & Fitness
Society & Culture
1
Beyond Four Walls
47 min
2
The Forgotten Middle
34 min
3
5 O’Clock Somewhere
40 min
4
Rem Koolhaas
25 min
5
Peter Eisenman
32 min
6
Raj Rewal
27 min
7
Moshe Safdie
32 min
8
Frank Gehry
24 min
9
Margaret Cho
29 min
10
Billy Collins
37 min
11
Diana Nyad
34 min
12
Nina Totenberg
45 min
13
Rick Steves
28 min
14
Jacynth Bassett
36 min
15
Fran Drescher
29 min
16
We Want to Hear from You!
1 min
17
FemTech
47 min
18
The Mobius Strip
43 min
19
When Life Gives You Lemons
30 min
20
Your Heart Is on Barbra Streisand’s Mind
32 min
21
Menopause - Suck it Up
33 min
22
Overlooked and Underfunded
41 min
23
The Kids Give Me Life
26 min
24
Anti-ageism
24 min
25
Die Making Love
25 min