
On the cusp of her 50th birthday, aging expert Debra Whitman had questions.
Searching her bookshelf, she couldnāt find the equivalent of āWhat to Expect When Youāre Expectingā for adults wanting to age healthily and happily.
āThere was really nothing out there about this second half of life,ā said Whitman, 54, who is AARPās executive vice president and chief public policy officer and former staff director for the US Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Never mind that many Americans are living longer ā the US population aged 100 and over will quadruple in theĀ next 30 years, rising from approximately 101,000 in 2024 to around 422,000 by 2054, according to the Pew Research Center