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Are we prepared to live to 100?

Two people hold hands. (Olga Rolenko/AP)
Olga Rolenko/AP
Two people hold hands. (Olga Rolenko/AP)

Most of us assume that a family member will take care of us when we get older. But have you talked with loved ones about what that caregiving will look like?

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Joe Coughlin, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab, about how to start the conversation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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