People are aging in good health. For the first time in humanity, there are five generations living together, it's something that has never happened before. Globally, life expectancy increases every 10 years, and Nicola Palmarini, director of the National Centre for Ageing in the UK, said during a recent webinar, that we are moving from an aging society to a longevity one.  He explained, “There isn’t just one way to live healthier longer lives. Each one of us has their own. We now understand that aging is a much more malleable process than what we have thought before, meaning that we can do a lot to influence our process of aging.” He added, “It’s time we start looking at things from a different perspective."

Here’s the dilemma. We’ve seen firsthand how physically and mentally damaging social isolation can be on seniors, but—at least for the foreseeable future—we can’t go back to in-person visits, group activities, concerts, and crowded dining halls.