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Old people are not all sick and sexless, Butler says.
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Robert Butler:
Dr. Robert N. Butler is the President and CEO of the International Longevity Center. Whether through his many appearances in front of the United States Congress, or his hundreds of interviews with the media, Dr. Butler has worked tirelessly for decades to push population-aging issues into the public discourse. As a gerontologist and psychiatrist, Dr. Butler recognized discrimination against the elderly as early as 1968, coining the term "ageism." Eight years later, the publication of his Pulitzer-prize-winning "Why Survive? Being Old in America" solidified his reputation as someone who foresaw the impact that aging would have on American society. A founding director of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health, as well as the nation's first department of geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Butler often consults for television and radio. He is the author of some 300 scientific and medical articles. Source: The International Longevity Center
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TRANSCRIPT:
Question: What are some common myths about aging?
Robert Butler: Well, one is that older people are automatically all sick and senile, which is not true. Only about 5% of older people for example are in nursing homes with any kind of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. The idea they are not productive and can't be successful in the work force when we know there are numbers of them that are and they are dependable and hard working people in the work force.
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