Robin Mockenhaupt

A Future of Healthy Aging

Paul Irving, Pinchas Cohen, Linda Fried, Freda Lewis-Hall, Robin Mockenhaupt

A global panel convened to address the critical misalignment between rising life expectancy and stagnant healthspan, framing older adults as an underutilized human capital asset essential for the 21st-century economy. The discussion highlighted that delaying Alzheimer's onset by five years could halve annual caregiving costs and proposed a "Frieden's Triangle" strategy combining genomic risk assessment, social engagement programs, and targeted public health policies to transform prevention. To realize this vision, the group advocated for a "third demographic dividend" through a tenfold increase in federal funding, clinical trial reforms for geriatric populations, and the creation of new social institutions designed specifically for the emerging thirty-year life stage.