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Aging Boom’s Next Stage: Rise of the 100-Somethings
- People aged 100 and older form the fastest-growing age group in the United States and worldwide today.
- This growth results from improvements in lifestyle habits, medical science, cancer prevention, and rapid aging in advanced economies.
- The New England Centenarian Study, begun in 1994, has tracked over 1,800 centenarians and 123 supercentenarians, finding longevity often runs in families.
- Medicaid helps pay for long-term care for many centenarians who often outlive retirement savings, but a congressional proposal this month could make substantial cuts.
- If Medicaid cuts pass, they could reduce care quality and cause displacement, highlighting challenges as aging demographics reshape society and care demands grow.
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Aging Boom’s next stage: Rise of the 100-somethings
Not so long ago, Lillian Kahan would’ve been an oddity. She’s 104 years old (“104 and a half,” she corrects), and, until recently, a life of such length was a statistical quirk, rare enough to warrant news coverage or scientific research or at least a cupcake at the local senior center. These days that’s only half true. Kahan’s age still makes news, and scientists increasingly are interested in people like her. She still gets the odd cupcake. Bu…
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