How the Longevity Project Is Reimagining Our Longer Lives

The Longevity Project, developed in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity, is researching and engaging in public conversation on the many impacts of growing human life spans, reports Next Avenue . A Morning Consult survey of 2,200 adults associated with the project explored what changes Americans believe are necessary to support increasing longevity. Fifty-four percent of respondents supported federally provided personal retirement savings plans and 76 percent felt diversity to be an important consideration for employers. However, just 12 percent of employed respondents said employers are actively hiring older workers. The Longevity Project is aligned with the Stanford Center's five-year New Map of Life initiative, which project Chair Ken Stern called "a rethink of how we organize civil society in light of greater longevity." He noted that age diversity in the workplace was a more important consideration for employers than race, gender, or LGBTQ. But only 13 percent of workers said their companies are implementing multi-generational work groups. Meanwhile, 17 percent said companies are supplying physical accommodations for older employees, and 24 percent offer training to keep up to date on new technologies.