Like the uncharted explorations of our ancestors, the dramatic increase of the over-80 year old population will change the world in uncharted ways. The post-war baby boomers become 80 years old this year (2026). It is predicted that the population of the over 80-year olds will DOUBLE in 20 years. Changes to housing, medical care, employment, Social Security are inevitable. Less clear are changes to our society. The aged, including me, are happier, more reflective and healthier than they have ever been.

My mission is this blog is to share what being 80 feels like. Medical care was designed and tested on 40-year olds; multiple morbidities frustrate today’s physicians, patients and me. Independence is vulnerable in a world built for easy mobility. What are the lessons I’ve learned? There are no models for any of us; our elders just didn’t live so long as we do now.

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