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On the frontlines of population aging: Toward transforming educational, communication, and general health and mental health systems in the age of longevity

Sheri R. Levy1*
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1 Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, New York , United States of America
Received: 29 September 2026 | Revised: 29 September 2026 | Published online: 14 October 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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