Every year lived brings new experiences,
new perspectives, and new answers.
We’re a not-for-profit with nearly 75 years experience providing opportunities for people to live fuller, more meaningful lives. Our mission is to create Ways to Age Well℠ and to promote the value and possibilities that come with age.
Age Has Answers was created to encourage something simple but powerful: discovering the value of lived experience, and becoming champions for a world that sees aging differently.
Positive views on aging can add an average of 7.5 years to your life*.
*Source: Levy, Slade, Kunkel, and Kasl, "Longevity Increased by Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83, no. 2 (2002)
The World Health Organization identifies education and meaningful conversations across generations as proven ways to enhance perceptions of aging.
PERSPECTIVES SHAPED BY EXPERIENCE
Age Has Answers Recognizes the Value of Lived Experiences
Explore reflections from Chicagoans who have navigated relationships, challenges, opportunities, and unexpected detours. Click a question below to see the answers.
I would say in my 50s, I came of an age to feel like I was enough. I enjoy others, but I also enjoy who I’ve become.
Queen
I think when you’re younger, it’s really important to be part of a group. And as you get older, it’s really important to be part of yourself.
Sydnye.74 Years Bold
I think when you realize change is inevitable, then you get to the point of where’s the next interesting detour going to come from?
Bryan.72 Years Bold
I think it’s in retrospect. When you’re in the middle of something, a detour can be devastating, painful, hurtful. But when you get older, you think about that and you say, ‘I’ve learned something from that.’
Ellie.100 Years Bold
We all want happiness. We want to have friends. We want to have our family next to us. I think we are all aiming for the best of our humanness.
Angelica.64 Years Bold
I think we realize that with the lives we’ve led, we’re rich in very different ways. I think it helps us be less judgmental as we get older.
Anna Marie.87 Years Bold
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