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Click here to learn some tips to help you have effective conversations with your older family members from "We Need to Talk: Family conversations with older drivers", produced with The Hartford. To read the full study, "Who drives older drivers decisions" done by AgeLab researchers, click here.

Do you have a family member with dementia who is still driving? Have you found it difficult to approach them? Click here to learn more.

The AgeLab and The Hartford have teamed up to help you and your family age with dignity and live with vitality. Visit our Projects page to see other innovative research we're conducting.

Aging is today’s most profound socio-economic force shaping the future of business strategy and public policy. View a snapshot of the work we're doing in:

Click here to see a selection of Partners that are collaborating on this unique venture.

To sign up as a volunteer for one of our studies please click here.

AgeLab Director Joseph Coughlin gives Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds lecture. Read more here.

AgeLab Researcher Michelle Pratt quoted in the Vancouver Sun.
Aging boomers most lucrative market for just about everything.

Agelab Director Joseph Coughlin honored as a 2008 Home Healthcare Hero at the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston's Annual Gala

AgeLab Researcher Dr. Bryan Reimer quoted in the Boston Globe.
Cell talk is what distracts drivers.

AgeLab Director Dr. Joseph Coughlin named by The Wall Street Journal as one of 12 People Who Are Changing Your Retirement.

MIT AgeLab seeks applicants for new student research opportunities. For more information please click here.

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