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MIT AgeLab: What to Know Today
Exploring longevity, caregiving, home, transportation, and retirement — the MIT AgeLab delivers cutting-edge research on living longer and better.
Visit site: (https:// agelab .mit .edu/)
The Longevity Preparedness Index
Measuring What It Takes
The Longevity Preparedness Index measures what it takes to live longer and better — a new framework for understanding retirement readiness beyond finances.
Published October 16, 2025
What Is the MIT AgeLab?
The MIT AgeLab is a multidisciplinary research program working with business, government, and NGOs to improve the quality of life of older people and those who care for them. From retirement planning to transportation and caregiving, the AgeLab tackles the challenges of longevity head-on.
Using Co-Design to Learn About Family Caregivers
MIT AgeLab researchers are using co-design methodologies to better understand the lived experiences of family caregivers — bringing caregivers into the research process as active participants to surface insights that traditional methods miss.
Published August 13, 2025
AgeLab Researchers Travel to Sweden for HCII 2025
MIT AgeLab researchers attended the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2025) in Sweden, June 25–27, 2025, presenting research at the intersection of aging, technology, and caregiving.
Published July 7, 2025
The Psychological Health Effects of Combining Work and Parental Caregiving
Work + Caregiving
Understanding the psychological health effects of simultaneously managing a career and parental caregiving responsibilities — a growing challenge for millions of Americans navigating the demands of mid-life.
Published April 16, 2024
Home: Not Just a Place to Live, But a Platform of Connectivity and Care
The home is evolving from a passive shelter into an active platform for connectivity, health monitoring, and care delivery. MIT AgeLab explores how smart home technologies and services can support aging in place and enhance quality of life for older adults.
Published January 6, 2025
2023 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting Features AgeLab Research
Caregiving & UX Research
The 2023 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting featured MIT AgeLab research on caregiving and user experience (UX) for older adults — showcasing the lab's interdisciplinary approach to aging science.
Published December 7, 2023
Longevity Planning Blocks & Missing the Gorilla
Longevity Planning Blocks
Sheng-Hung Lee, MIT AgeLab and MechE Ph.D., introduces "Longevity Planning Blocks" — a design-driven framework asking new questions about how we plan for longer lives.
August 27, 2025
Is Your Business Strategy Missing the Gorilla?
MIT AgeLab challenges business leaders to recognize the overlooked opportunity of the longevity economy — the "gorilla in the room" that many strategies fail to account for.
May 21, 2024
Transportation Research at the MIT AgeLab
Electric Cars & Assistance Systems
Samantha Haus presents at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) on the effects of electric vehicles and driver assistance systems on older adults.
January 30, 2024
AGNES at CES 2024
AGNES — the AgeLab's Age Gain Now Empathy System — appeared at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, demonstrating what it feels like to be an older adult navigating new technologies.
February 5, 2024