"What started as a team of 4 nurses in 2006, has grown to 580 teams of 6,500 nurses in 2013. "

"68 percent of caregivers surveyed had to make work accommodations such as taking time off, coming in late, leaving early, refusing a promotion, reducing work hours, changing jobs or quitting."

"...unlike health care, LTCSS insurance is a case of incomplete welfare-related insurance as people fail to purchase insurance when its optimal to do so, leaving people in need of care to rely on public support, if and when available, or, if affordable, to self-insure."

Communities that adapt age-friendly features…become more desirable places to live, to visit and to spend time. They also reap economic benefits, injecting new vitality into local business, as consumers of all ages feel welcome and secure.

Our administration believes the lynchpin for success as an age-friendly city is accessibility; access to anything and everything in which older people want to participate.

Beyond the creation of areas for improvement in the quality of life of all the people of Medellín, we aim to make citizens the center of each of these transformations.

All of these efforts are moving us forward in a city where older adults are already treasured and active participants in our civic landscape.

"...thanks to women leaders like Dr. Andrus, women today are living and aging better than ever before. They are disrupting aging; demonstrating that our later years can be a time of growth."

Many older people are healthy and able and willing to engage in volunteer work. Helping their children and grandchildren to better cope with challenges is a strong motivator for older people and provides meaning and direction to their lives.

We look at the potential impact in the private sector when women are in positions of leadership; companies with at least three women on the board outperform those with none by 46%.