Programs for Retired Folks

• Modern Elder Academy:  destination workshops and online programs to reimagine aging and create exciting and meaningful next chapters in midlife and beyond.

• The National Caucus and Center on Black Aging:  the preeminent national organization on issues impacting Minority Citizens age 55 & over.

• Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement: a program for retired professionals.

• Grand Central Radio, Sharing Grandparents' Challenges, Solutions, and Ideas.

• ClassACT HR73! ClassACT provides a wide range of opportunities to stay engaged, work on projects that matter, and build enhanced social networks with classmates of the same age.. There is a culture of classmates making new connections with classmates they never knew and renewing relationships from the past. You can get involved by emailing us at classacthr73@gmail.com, or signing up here.

From/By the Panelists:

Dr. Laura Carstensen:

• A Long Bright Future, Laura Carstensen 

• TED talk from Jane Fonda and a nice complement to A Long Bright Future

• The hidden brain podcast: The Best Years of Your Life, with Laura Carstensen

• Stanford Center for Longevity, led by Dr. Carstensen. They have podcasts, online events and lots of research.

Dr. Bob Waldinger:

• The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, by Robert Waldinger

• The Harvard Study of Adult Development, which Dr. Waldinger led

How to Stay Engaged

• 12 ways to keep your brain young, Harvard Health

• Mom was wrong: You should talk to strangers, Chicago Booth 

• Older People Have Smaller But Closer Social Networks, Leonard Scheffer Center for Health Policy & Economics

• Aging Well in America: AARP’s Vision for a National Plan on Aging, AARP

• Why Loneliness Affects Young People More Often Than Older Adults, Cedars Sinai

Psychological Concepts

• Socioemotional Selectivity Theory, Science Direct

• The theory behind the age-related positivity effect, Frontiers in Psychology, Andrew Reed and Laura Carstensen

• The Biopsychosocial Model 25 Years Later: Principles, Practice, and Scientific Inquiry, National Library of Medicine

• Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve, Mind ToolsInequality and Aging:

• Socioeconomic Inequalities in Older Adults' Health: The Roles of Neighborhood and Individual-Level Psychosocial and Behavioral Resources, National Library of Medicine 

• Homebound seniors living alone often slip through health system’s cracks, News medical life sciences