Adirondack Rural Health Network

Geriatrics

Dr. Robert Butler Keynote Address

The 2nd Annual Healthy Aging Conference was held on September 29, 2009 at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, New York. Over 175 Family Caregivers, Health & Human Services Providers and Senior Citizens joined together to address the needs of the every growing “elder boom” population.

Dr. Robert Butler headed the conference with his keynote presentation: The Longevity Revolution. Physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, public servant and Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Dr. Butler has long been involved in a broad array of social and health issues. He is perhaps best known for his advocacy of the medical and social needs and rights of the elderly and his research on healthy aging and the dementias. In 1990, Dr. Butler founded the International Longevity Center (ILC), a policy, research and education organization conducting research and education projects on population aging. Today, the ILC has ten independent centers in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Butler is the current President and CEO of the International Longevity Center-USA.

All conference participants received a copy of Dr. Butler’s latest book, The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life (Public Affairs, March 2008). Grant funding for the conference was provided by the New York State Office of Mental Health and administered by the Office of Community Services for Warren and Washington Counties.

Click here to download Dr. Butler’s Powerpoint presentation.

 

View Video of the Keynote Address

Dr. Robert Butler’s complete keynote address at the Healthy Aging Conference on September 29, 2009 in Glens Falls NY is presented below as a 5-part video, followed by three Question & Answer segments. Each segment is 8 to 10 minutes in length.

Instructions:

• Press the Play button in the middle of the video to start the playback. Part 1 starts in 10 seconds.
• The next segment will start automatically at the end of a segment.
• Click the left or right arrows on the sides of the screen to move ahead or back one video segment at a time.
• Scrolling near the top of the video screen brings up the title of that segment, while scrolling near the bottom brings up thumbnails of each segment that can also be clicked.
• Pause button is on lower left of player; volume control is on the right. A "full screen" button is to the right of the volume.
• Double click in the video window to go to ARHN’s YouTube page displaying the separate video segments.

Click here to access the ARHN Geriatrics channel on YouTube