🅰️ 5 Lessons on Healthy Aging from AARP's CEO (AARP Article,Advocacy)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan shares her take on how to make the most of America’s longevity boom.

By Molly Snow, AARP. Published December 02, 2025.

More and more older adults are living longer. But are they living better?

In the U.S., there’s a nearly 13-year gap between lifespan and “healthspan,” or the years we live in good, vital health. Longevity alone doesn’t tell the full story when it comes to aging. Quality of life during those years matters just as much, if not more.

So what can help close the gap?

That’s the question AARP’s CEO, Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, dove into recently at The Washington Post’s Global Women’s Summit.

“If you’re over 50, you have the second half of your life to do so much,” she said during the Nov. 20 event. “When we think about what it means to live to 100, we have to think about health, wealth and self.”

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