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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:14am on March 24, 2008
The problem if ageism is worldwide, says Butler.
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:13am on March 24, 2008
These things balance themselves out, Butler says.
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:13am on March 24, 2008
If an older person is capable and functioning, why not let him or her run?
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:13am on March 24, 2008
We shouldn't just leave old people alone, Butler says.
Is prolonging life necessary at all costs?
Robert Butler: I don’t think we should just leave old people alone. I mean there is no reason why they should be put in isolation. I think the decision as to when one dies should be a mutual decision including of course of the patient, the doctor, the family and that is what actually happens probably about 70% of the time and then there are times when people have not written out an advanced directive or maybe they don’t have a family to look out or be their proxy or confusion reigns or different religious and other attitudes get into the situation, but by and large it should be prearranged by an individual to state exactly what they would want at the end of their life and under what circumstances.
Recorded on: Mar 17 2008
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:12am on March 24, 2008
Only one in ten nursing homes is up to Federal standards, Butler says.
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:12am on March 24, 2008
We can do a lot more, Butler says, with outpatient care.
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:12am on March 24, 2008
We are not prepared financially, Butler says.
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:11am on March 24, 2008
Healthy older people are productive citizens longer.
Does the study of aging benefit humanity?
Robert Butler: Yeah basically because if we can at the same time that we have lengthened life can reduce the onset of disease, then it is highly desirable. I mean no one well from an economic point of view of society or from a societal point of view or an individual point of view, we can't take pleasure in the advent of so many diseases and disablities with age. So, by virtue of investing and basic research on aging, we may dramatically reduce the painful advent of all those conditions which would be a great step forward.
Robert Butler: Well, older people are often fantastic. I was just reading about Roget's Thesaurus, which was the guy…he lived to something like 90 and [Inaudible] tons and tons of writers whether for the newspapers or whatever, your lives and Thesaurus is [Inaudible]. So, what I am saying is that I think there are many benefits to older people who continue to contribute, are productive, and many of them are great composers like Elliot Carter at 99, still composing music. So, there are many advantages to age for everybody, not just for themselves.
Recorded on: Mar 17 2008
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:11am on March 24, 2008
Muscle mass does not substitute for muscle function, Butler says.
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Robert Butler posted a Video at 10:11am on March 24, 2008
Butler is excited by the possibility that we could eliminate Alzheimer's.
What’s on the horizon?
Robert Butler: Well, if we are able to slow aging and also simultaneously delay the onset of diseases, which looks like it is now within the realm of possibility, we could get rid of or very much delay Alzheimer's disease which is the worst in the inability to recognize one's loved ones, to not be able to think and feel…it is terrible. That would be true of other age related diseases, arthritis, coronary heart disease, all could be delayed as a consequence of new biological research and longevity science.
Recorded on: Mar 17 2008
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