As large numbers of workers around the world begin stepping down from their jobs, employers are bracing themselves for a significant loss of experience and talent.

We need to get rid of the outdated beliefs and stereotypes about aging and spur new solutions so more of us can choose how we want to age.

We all need to "disrupt aging” and change perceptions and achieve a better match between longer life expectancy and the active participation of older persons in our societies.

Aging well is our new challenge. Achieving it will require us not only to reinvent our health care systems but also to fundamentally change our basic attitudes toward health and well-being throughout our lifetimes.

A vision of inclusive aging, a world in which everyone can enjoy longer and healthier lives, cannot be achieved without a fundamental rethinking of retirement.

The robot can also be a useful tool to maintain the social link between the elderly person and his or her relatives.