1 00:00:07,294 --> 00:00:08,562 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:08,562 --> 00:00:11,365 >> GOOD MORNING! 3 00:00:11,365 --> 00:00:14,067 >> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME 4 00:00:14,067 --> 00:00:16,303 YOU TODAY, ALL THE GUESTS HERE. 5 00:00:16,303 --> 00:00:17,604 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, 6 00:00:17,604 --> 00:00:19,740 AND THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE TO 7 00:00:19,740 --> 00:00:23,110 LIPSETT AMPHITHEATER AT NIH. 8 00:00:23,110 --> 00:00:24,511 WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU 9 00:00:24,511 --> 00:00:25,779 HERE TODAY. 10 00:00:25,779 --> 00:00:28,181 I'M DR. PATRICIA FLETCHER, AND 11 00:00:28,181 --> 00:00:29,683 I'M HONORED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL 12 00:00:29,683 --> 00:00:32,386 STRATEGIST FOR THE AGING 13 00:00:32,386 --> 00:00:33,353 EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO, AND WE'RE 14 00:00:33,353 --> 00:00:35,222 SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE. 15 00:00:35,222 --> 00:00:37,591 TODAY WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BE 16 00:00:37,591 --> 00:00:39,459 JOINED TO CELEBRATE OLDER 17 00:00:39,459 --> 00:00:42,362 AMERICANS MONTH, AND WITH 18 00:00:42,362 --> 00:00:44,564 TREMENDOUS PRIDE, TO INTRODUCE A 19 00:00:44,564 --> 00:00:47,034 NEW PROJECT WITH SIGNIFICANT 20 00:00:47,034 --> 00:00:47,401 IMPORTANCE. 21 00:00:47,401 --> 00:00:50,704 IT WILL FOCUS ON OLDER 22 00:00:50,704 --> 00:00:52,239 EMPLOYEES, 40 AND OLDER. 23 00:00:52,239 --> 00:00:54,708 AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE A 24 00:00:54,708 --> 00:00:56,643 TRAILBLAZER IN THIS SPACE. 25 00:00:56,643 --> 00:00:58,612 THE PROGRAM IS DEDICATED TO 26 00:00:58,612 --> 00:01:02,449 MAKING SURE THAT OLDER ADULTS OR 27 00:01:02,449 --> 00:01:03,984 OLDER EMPLOYEES ARE WELL TAKEN 28 00:01:03,984 --> 00:01:05,352 CARE OF, ARE TREATED WITH 29 00:01:05,352 --> 00:01:06,954 RESPECT, AND WITH DIGNITY. 30 00:01:06,954 --> 00:01:08,822 AND THE TOPICS YOU WILL HEAR 31 00:01:08,822 --> 00:01:11,191 TODAY, WE WILL DISCOVER SOME NEW 32 00:01:11,191 --> 00:01:12,192 AREAS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND 33 00:01:12,192 --> 00:01:14,127 IT'S A TOPIC THAT'S REALLY DEAR 34 00:01:14,127 --> 00:01:16,096 AND CLOSE TO MY HEART AS A 35 00:01:16,096 --> 00:01:16,763 GERONTOLOGIST. 36 00:01:16,763 --> 00:01:18,532 SO AGAIN, THANK YOU. 37 00:01:18,532 --> 00:01:20,834 LET'S BEGIN THE DAY BY 38 00:01:20,834 --> 00:01:28,709 INTRODUCING THE ESTEEMED DEPUTY 39 00:01:28,709 --> 00:01:39,252 AND INCLUSION DIRECTOR, DR. D 40 00:01:39,953 --> 00:01:41,154 DR. DANNY DICKERSON. 41 00:01:41,154 --> 00:01:42,556 >> THANK YOU, DR. FLETCHER. 42 00:01:42,556 --> 00:01:43,190 APPRECIATE THAT. 43 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:44,191 GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO 44 00:01:44,191 --> 00:01:44,491 EVERYONE. 45 00:01:44,491 --> 00:01:45,692 TODAY I HAVE THE HONOR AND 46 00:01:45,692 --> 00:01:47,494 PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING 47 00:01:47,494 --> 00:01:49,629 MR. KEVIN WILLIAMS. 48 00:01:49,629 --> 00:01:51,631 KEVIN WILLIAMS, ESQUIRE, 49 00:01:51,631 --> 00:01:53,300 POSSESSES A LEGAL CAREER THAT 50 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:56,503 SPANS OVER 25 YEARS OF 51 00:01:56,503 --> 00:01:58,271 EXPERIENCE PRACTICING CIVIL 52 00:01:58,271 --> 00:02:00,507 RIGHTS LAW. 53 00:02:00,507 --> 00:02:02,209 CURRENTLY, KEVIN SERVES AS THE 54 00:02:02,209 --> 00:02:03,910 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 55 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:06,313 EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 56 00:02:06,313 --> 00:02:08,548 AS THE EDI DIRECTOR, KEVIN 57 00:02:08,548 --> 00:02:10,017 DIRECTS THE TEAM IN THE 58 00:02:10,017 --> 00:02:11,785 FULFILLMENT OF THE OFFICE'S 59 00:02:11,785 --> 00:02:13,220 MISSION TO ESTABLISH AND 60 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:17,224 MAINTAIN A MODEL EQUAL 61 00:02:17,224 --> 00:02:17,958 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 62 00:02:17,958 --> 00:02:20,060 AT THE NIH BY LEVERAGING THE 63 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:23,563 PILLARS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 64 00:02:23,563 --> 00:02:25,332 INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY TO 65 00:02:25,332 --> 00:02:27,134 ADVANCE HEALTH DISCOVERY. 66 00:02:27,134 --> 00:02:30,237 PRIOR TO JOINING THE NIH, KEVIN 67 00:02:30,237 --> 00:02:32,539 WORKED AT THE US FEDERAL TRADE 68 00:02:32,539 --> 00:02:35,809 COMMISSION FOR 15 YEARS. 69 00:02:35,809 --> 00:02:38,045 HOLDING THREE ROLES, AS AN 70 00:02:38,045 --> 00:02:39,679 ATTORNEY ADVISOR IN THE OFFICE 71 00:02:39,679 --> 00:02:42,516 OF EEO FOR TWO YEARS, AS THE EEO 72 00:02:42,516 --> 00:02:45,352 DIRECTOR FOR 11 YEARS, AND AS 73 00:02:45,352 --> 00:02:47,020 THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 74 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:48,855 FOR TWO YEARS. 75 00:02:48,855 --> 00:02:51,124 KEVIN BEGAN HIS LEGAL CAREER AS 76 00:02:51,124 --> 00:02:54,094 A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AT THE 77 00:02:54,094 --> 00:02:55,529 U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 78 00:02:55,529 --> 00:02:56,430 OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, WHERE HE 79 00:02:56,430 --> 00:02:58,398 WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS. 80 00:02:58,398 --> 00:03:00,100 KEVIN EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S OF 81 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:03,603 ART IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM 82 00:03:03,603 --> 00:03:05,906 MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, 83 00:03:05,906 --> 00:03:08,775 GEORGIA AND JURIS DOCTORATE FROM 84 00:03:08,775 --> 00:03:09,443 HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 85 00:03:09,443 --> 00:03:10,177 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 86 00:03:10,177 --> 00:03:13,280 HE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE 87 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,748 NEW JERSEY BAR, AND WE ARE SO 88 00:03:14,748 --> 00:03:16,316 HAPPY TO HAVE MR. WILLIAMS HERE 89 00:03:16,316 --> 00:03:19,286 TO LEAD US IN ALL THESE NEW 90 00:03:19,286 --> 00:03:20,987 INITIATIVES ALONG WITH 91 00:03:20,987 --> 00:03:22,089 DR. FLETCHER, SO SIT BACK AND BE 92 00:03:22,089 --> 00:03:23,723 PREPARED FOR A WONDERFUL, 93 00:03:23,723 --> 00:03:25,258 WONDERFUL PROGRAM. 94 00:03:25,258 --> 00:03:25,592 MR. WILLIAMS. 95 00:03:25,592 --> 00:03:35,769 [APPLAUSE] 96 00:03:36,636 --> 00:03:38,939 >> THANK YOU, DANNY, FOR THAT 97 00:03:38,939 --> 00:03:41,341 INTRODUCTION, AND MANY THANKS TO 98 00:03:41,341 --> 00:03:43,009 PATRICIA FLETCHER FOR ALL THE 99 00:03:43,009 --> 00:03:44,978 HARD WORK THAT SHE HAS PUT INTO 100 00:03:44,978 --> 00:03:47,481 LAUNCHING THIS NEW PORTFOLIO. 101 00:03:47,481 --> 00:03:48,682 YOU WOULD THINK SHE HAD BEEN AT 102 00:03:48,682 --> 00:03:50,984 THE NIH MUCH LONGER THAN SHE HAS 103 00:03:50,984 --> 00:03:52,652 BEEN, BUT SINCE HER ARRIVAL, SHE 104 00:03:52,652 --> 00:03:55,655 HAS TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORNS 105 00:03:55,655 --> 00:03:57,824 AND HAS LED THE WORK THAT IS SO 106 00:03:57,824 --> 00:03:58,725 CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS 107 00:03:58,725 --> 00:04:01,661 OFFICE. 108 00:04:01,661 --> 00:04:03,196 MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE IN 109 00:04:03,196 --> 00:04:05,298 ATTENDANCE FOR THIS MOMENTOUS 110 00:04:05,298 --> 00:04:07,634 OCCASION, AND SPECIAL THANKS TO 111 00:04:07,634 --> 00:04:09,336 OUR INVITED GUESTS FOR COMING TO 112 00:04:09,336 --> 00:04:11,071 THE NIH. 113 00:04:11,071 --> 00:04:12,973 IN THE TIME THAT IS MINE TODAY, 114 00:04:12,973 --> 00:04:16,943 AND FOR ALL OF MY TEAM MEMBERS 115 00:04:16,943 --> 00:04:19,246 WHO ARE NERVOUSLY WATCHING THEIR 116 00:04:19,246 --> 00:04:20,380 CLOCKS BECAUSE THEY KNOW I HAVE 117 00:04:20,380 --> 00:04:23,884 10 MINUTES, I PLACE PREPARED 118 00:04:23,884 --> 00:04:25,051 REMARKS AT THE TOP OF MY INDEX 119 00:04:25,051 --> 00:04:28,722 CARD SO THAT I CAN STAY ON TASK. 120 00:04:28,722 --> 00:04:30,123 IN THE TIME THAT IS MINE TODAY, 121 00:04:30,123 --> 00:04:34,895 I WANT TO ADDRESS THREE RELEVANT 122 00:04:34,895 --> 00:04:36,930 QUESTIONS. 123 00:04:36,930 --> 00:04:38,798 FIRST, WHY ANOTHER SPECIAL 124 00:04:38,798 --> 00:04:41,067 EMPHASIS PROGRAM? 125 00:04:41,067 --> 00:04:42,702 SECOND, WHY SHOULD IT FOCUS ON 126 00:04:42,702 --> 00:04:46,506 AGING? 127 00:04:46,506 --> 00:04:50,076 LASTLY, WHY NOW? 128 00:04:50,076 --> 00:04:51,912 REGARDING THE FIRST QUESTION, 129 00:04:51,912 --> 00:04:54,915 WHY ANOTHER SPECIAL EMPHASIS 130 00:04:54,915 --> 00:04:55,315 PROGRAM? 131 00:04:55,315 --> 00:04:58,952 I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE 132 00:04:58,952 --> 00:04:59,653 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 133 00:04:59,653 --> 00:05:01,588 LEADS ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 134 00:05:01,588 --> 00:05:04,758 BECAUSE WE HAVE A FULL TEAM OF 135 00:05:04,758 --> 00:05:06,893 STRATEGISTS WHO ARE 136 00:05:06,893 --> 00:05:07,761 LASER-FOCUSED ON SEVEN 137 00:05:07,761 --> 00:05:10,964 COMMUNITIES. 138 00:05:10,964 --> 00:05:13,600 WOMEN, BLACKS AND AFRICAN 139 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,368 AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS, 140 00:05:15,368 --> 00:05:18,505 NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND PACIFIC 141 00:05:18,505 --> 00:05:20,974 ISLANDERS, SEXUAL AND GENDER 142 00:05:20,974 --> 00:05:23,410 MINORITIES, INDIVIDUALS WITH 143 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:27,247 DISABILITIES, NATIVE AMERICANS, 144 00:05:27,247 --> 00:05:29,549 HISPANICS AND LATINX, AND NOW, 145 00:05:29,549 --> 00:05:31,418 AGING. 146 00:05:31,418 --> 00:05:35,021 AS THE NIH'S OFFICE OF EQUAL 147 00:05:35,021 --> 00:05:37,090 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, E.D.I. 148 00:05:37,090 --> 00:05:39,292 IS REQUIRED BY EEOC REGULATIONS 149 00:05:39,292 --> 00:05:41,127 TO HAVE SPECIAL EMPHASIS 150 00:05:41,127 --> 00:05:43,897 PROGRAMS TO DRIVE AFFIRMATIVE 151 00:05:43,897 --> 00:05:45,899 EMPLOYMENT. 152 00:05:45,899 --> 00:05:49,336 REGARDING THE SECOND QUESTION, 153 00:05:49,336 --> 00:05:51,404 WHY SHOULD IT FOCUS ON AGING, 154 00:05:51,404 --> 00:05:52,339 GENERALLY SPEAKING, AMERICANS 155 00:05:52,339 --> 00:05:55,041 ARE LIVING LONGER, AND MANY ARE 156 00:05:55,041 --> 00:05:56,476 CHOOSING TO REMAIN IN THE 157 00:05:56,476 --> 00:06:00,614 WORKPLACE. 158 00:06:00,614 --> 00:06:02,048 INTERESTINGLY, OF THE 20,000 159 00:06:02,048 --> 00:06:05,185 EMPLOYEES AT THE NIH, ALMOST 160 00:06:05,185 --> 00:06:07,387 7,000 WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE 161 00:06:07,387 --> 00:06:09,756 IN FIVE YEARS. 162 00:06:09,756 --> 00:06:14,327 THIS REPRESENTS 37% OF THE NIH 163 00:06:14,327 --> 00:06:15,795 WORKFORCE. 164 00:06:15,795 --> 00:06:17,464 AND IF CURRENT STATISTICS HOLD, 165 00:06:17,464 --> 00:06:19,299 THE MAJORITY OF THESE EMPLOYEES 166 00:06:19,299 --> 00:06:20,834 WILL CHOOSE TO CONTINUE TO WORK 167 00:06:20,834 --> 00:06:23,870 AT THE NIH. 168 00:06:23,870 --> 00:06:29,576 THE NUMBER IS 77%, THAT'S A BIG 169 00:06:29,576 --> 00:06:32,512 NUMBER, 77% OF THE NIH WORKFORCE 170 00:06:32,512 --> 00:06:37,350 IS 40 YEARS OLD AND OLDER. 171 00:06:37,350 --> 00:06:40,053 77%. 172 00:06:40,053 --> 00:06:42,722 IN A RECENT REPORT BY THE EQUAL 173 00:06:42,722 --> 00:06:43,590 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 174 00:06:43,590 --> 00:06:47,861 COMMISSION, THE DATA SHOW THAT E 175 00:06:47,861 --> 00:06:49,629 THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED AGE 176 00:06:49,629 --> 00:06:53,166 DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE. 177 00:06:53,166 --> 00:06:54,934 AND 90% SAY IT IS COMMON. 178 00:06:54,934 --> 00:06:58,104 AS THE NIH'S OFFICE OF EQUAL 179 00:06:58,104 --> 00:06:59,172 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, E.D.I. 180 00:06:59,172 --> 00:07:01,574 IS REQUIRED TO ENFORCE THE 181 00:07:01,574 --> 00:07:03,677 FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, WHICH 182 00:07:03,677 --> 00:07:05,312 INCLUDES THE AGE DISCRIMINATION 183 00:07:05,312 --> 00:07:07,047 AND EMPLOYMENT ACT, WHICH 184 00:07:07,047 --> 00:07:10,684 CONGRESS PASSED IN 1967. 185 00:07:10,684 --> 00:07:14,321 THE ADEA PROHIBITS 186 00:07:14,321 --> 00:07:15,255 DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT 187 00:07:15,255 --> 00:07:16,489 AGAINST EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS 188 00:07:16,489 --> 00:07:18,024 FOR JOBS WHO ARE 40 YEARS OLD 189 00:07:18,024 --> 00:07:22,062 AND OLDER. 190 00:07:22,062 --> 00:07:24,564 THE REALITY IS THAT AGEISM IN 191 00:07:24,564 --> 00:07:29,869 2024, MUCH LIKE RACISM, SEXISM, 192 00:07:29,869 --> 00:07:33,740 HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, 193 00:07:33,740 --> 00:07:37,877 ANTISEMITISM, ISLAM PHOBIA, 194 00:07:37,877 --> 00:07:39,012 XENOPHOBIA AND ABLEISM ARE ALIVE 195 00:07:39,012 --> 00:07:40,213 AND WELL. 196 00:07:40,213 --> 00:07:45,652 IN ADDITION, ALTHOUGH THE NIH IS 197 00:07:45,652 --> 00:07:47,754 CIRCLED BY DATE AND PROTECTED BY 198 00:07:47,754 --> 00:07:53,927 ARMED SECURITY, AGEISM DRIVES OR 199 00:07:53,927 --> 00:07:54,994 WALKS THROUGH THOSE GATES EVERY 200 00:07:54,994 --> 00:07:57,030 DAY. 201 00:07:57,030 --> 00:07:59,532 THE NIH, LIKE EVERY OTHER 202 00:07:59,532 --> 00:08:00,700 EMPLOYER, REFLECTS WHAT IS 203 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:05,672 OCCURRING ALL ACROSS AMERICA. 204 00:08:05,672 --> 00:08:08,341 YOUTH IS MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO 205 00:08:08,341 --> 00:08:09,342 MANY PEOPLE. 206 00:08:09,342 --> 00:08:12,212 THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL 207 00:08:12,212 --> 00:08:13,713 CAMPAIGN AND THE MEDIA CIRCUS 208 00:08:13,713 --> 00:08:16,649 THAT SURROUNDS IT GIVE VOICE TO 209 00:08:16,649 --> 00:08:21,988 COMMENTS THAT A ARE AGEIST IN 210 00:08:21,988 --> 00:08:22,222 ORIGIN. 211 00:08:22,222 --> 00:08:23,957 A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE 212 00:08:23,957 --> 00:08:25,125 CELEBRATED 50 YEARS OF THE 213 00:08:25,125 --> 00:08:28,561 PASSAGE OF THE ADEA, EXPERTS 214 00:08:28,561 --> 00:08:30,063 TESTIFIED AT THE EQUAL 215 00:08:30,063 --> 00:08:30,530 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 216 00:08:30,530 --> 00:08:31,598 COMMISSION THAT AGE 217 00:08:31,598 --> 00:08:33,767 DISCRIMINATION REMAINS A 218 00:08:33,767 --> 00:08:36,569 SIGNIFICANT AND COSTLY PROBLEM 219 00:08:36,569 --> 00:08:38,972 FOR WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES, AND 220 00:08:38,972 --> 00:08:41,541 THE U.S. ECONOMY. 221 00:08:41,541 --> 00:08:44,878 THE THIRD AND FINAL QUESTION IS, 222 00:08:44,878 --> 00:08:46,780 WHY NOW? 223 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:50,049 NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE 224 00:08:50,049 --> 00:08:51,217 DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED A 225 00:08:51,217 --> 00:08:53,086 STRATEGIST AND A SPECIAL 226 00:08:53,086 --> 00:08:54,854 EMPHASIS PORTFOLIO WHO OVERSEES 227 00:08:54,854 --> 00:08:59,759 THE EMPLOYMENT LIFECYCLE OF 228 00:08:59,759 --> 00:09:01,127 NIHERS WHO ARE OLDER THAN 40. 229 00:09:01,127 --> 00:09:03,396 NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED A 230 00:09:03,396 --> 00:09:04,898 ROBUST SPECIAL EMPHASIS PROGRAM 231 00:09:04,898 --> 00:09:08,835 THAT REMAINS DEDICATED TO 232 00:09:08,835 --> 00:09:09,836 ENSURING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 233 00:09:09,836 --> 00:09:11,371 OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN IMPORTANT 234 00:09:11,371 --> 00:09:15,074 SEGMENT OF OUR NIH COMMUNITY. 235 00:09:15,074 --> 00:09:17,911 NOW MORE THAN EVER, AND THERE IS 236 00:09:17,911 --> 00:09:19,879 NO BETTER TIME THAN THE PRESENT 237 00:09:19,879 --> 00:09:22,148 TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH DURING 238 00:09:22,148 --> 00:09:26,319 OLDER AMERICANS MONTH THE EIGHTH 239 00:09:26,319 --> 00:09:27,554 EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO, WHICH WILL 240 00:09:27,554 --> 00:09:32,959 FOCUS ON AGING. 241 00:09:32,959 --> 00:09:34,360 IT WAS OUR VISION AND AS A 242 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:35,528 CHURCH KID, WHERE THERE IS A 243 00:09:35,528 --> 00:09:40,233 VISION, THERE WILL BE PROVISION. 244 00:09:40,233 --> 00:09:41,434 DR. PATRICIA FLETCHER IS A MAJOR 245 00:09:41,434 --> 00:09:43,303 PART OF THAT PROVISION, AND I 246 00:09:43,303 --> 00:09:44,704 LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GREAT 247 00:09:44,704 --> 00:09:47,173 WORK THAT SHE WILL DO AT THE 248 00:09:47,173 --> 00:09:48,975 NIH. 249 00:09:48,975 --> 00:09:52,045 MY NEXT ASSIGNMENT IS 250 00:09:52,045 --> 00:09:55,849 INTRODUCING JENNIFER CRAWLEY. 251 00:09:55,849 --> 00:09:57,283 JENNIFER CRAWLEY IS THE DEPUTY 252 00:09:57,283 --> 00:09:58,785 SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 253 00:09:58,785 --> 00:09:59,252 AGING. 254 00:09:59,252 --> 00:10:03,189 SHE HAS 25 YEARS OF COMBINED 255 00:10:03,189 --> 00:10:04,023 EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 256 00:10:04,023 --> 00:10:06,159 AND THE PRIVATE HEALTHCARE 257 00:10:06,159 --> 00:10:06,493 INDUSTRY. 258 00:10:06,493 --> 00:10:08,561 HER AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE 259 00:10:08,561 --> 00:10:10,530 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, 260 00:10:10,530 --> 00:10:13,166 POPULATION HEALTH, PATIENT 261 00:10:13,166 --> 00:10:15,335 ADVOCACY, AND STAKEHOLDER 262 00:10:15,335 --> 00:10:15,835 ENGAGEMENT. 263 00:10:15,835 --> 00:10:18,905 BEFORE JOINING THE MARYLAND 264 00:10:18,905 --> 00:10:20,273 DEPARTMENT OF AGING, DEPUTY 265 00:10:20,273 --> 00:10:21,774 CRAWLEY WAS DIRECTOR OF THE 266 00:10:21,774 --> 00:10:23,476 MULTI-SECTOR PLANNING FOR AGING. 267 00:10:23,476 --> 00:10:27,580 SHE WAS THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING 268 00:10:27,580 --> 00:10:28,515 ADMINISTRATOR FOR HOWARD COUNTY. 269 00:10:28,515 --> 00:10:30,450 IN THIS ROLE, SHE OVERSAW 270 00:10:30,450 --> 00:10:32,852 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR OLDER 271 00:10:32,852 --> 00:10:34,888 ADULTS, CAREGIVERS, AND 272 00:10:34,888 --> 00:10:36,956 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 273 00:10:36,956 --> 00:10:38,558 INCLUDING ESTABLISHING AND 274 00:10:38,558 --> 00:10:40,827 DIRECTING PANDEMIC RESPONSE 275 00:10:40,827 --> 00:10:44,063 SERVICES, AND INITIATING HOWARD 276 00:10:44,063 --> 00:10:45,298 COUNTY AGE FRIENDLY. 277 00:10:45,298 --> 00:10:46,866 DEPUTY CRAWLEY'S ACHIEVEMENTS 278 00:10:46,866 --> 00:10:48,401 ARE A TESTAMENT TO HER 279 00:10:48,401 --> 00:10:50,503 CAPABILITIES AND DEDICATION TO 280 00:10:50,503 --> 00:10:51,137 HER FIELD. 281 00:10:51,137 --> 00:10:54,774 PLEASE JOIN ME IN GIVING A WARM 282 00:10:54,774 --> 00:10:58,745 NIH WELCOME TO AGING DEPUTY 283 00:10:58,745 --> 00:11:02,782 SECRETARY-GENERAL FER CRAWLEY. 284 00:11:02,782 --> 00:11:05,051 SECRETARY JENNIFER CRAWLEY. 285 00:11:05,051 --> 00:11:06,486 >> THANK YOU, MR. WILLIAMS. 286 00:11:06,486 --> 00:11:09,255 WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS TO BE HERE 287 00:11:09,255 --> 00:11:11,124 THIS MORNING, COMMEMORATING 288 00:11:11,124 --> 00:11:12,992 OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, AND TO 289 00:11:12,992 --> 00:11:14,761 ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS THAT 290 00:11:14,761 --> 00:11:16,796 ACKNOWLEDGE THE GIFTS, 291 00:11:16,796 --> 00:11:18,531 OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES 292 00:11:18,531 --> 00:11:20,233 THAT EXIST WITH LIVING LONGER 293 00:11:20,233 --> 00:11:23,503 LIVES. 294 00:11:23,503 --> 00:11:24,337 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF 295 00:11:24,337 --> 00:11:25,572 HEALTH OFFICE OF EQUITY, 296 00:11:25,572 --> 00:11:28,241 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS 297 00:11:28,241 --> 00:11:29,809 LEADING THE WAY WITH THIS 298 00:11:29,809 --> 00:11:31,377 HISTORIC LAUNCH OF THE AGING 299 00:11:31,377 --> 00:11:33,112 EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO. 300 00:11:33,112 --> 00:11:36,649 IN RECOGNITION, THAT AS AN 301 00:11:36,649 --> 00:11:38,785 INSTITUTION, LEADER AND 302 00:11:38,785 --> 00:11:40,587 EMPLOYER, LONGEVITY IS CHANGING 303 00:11:40,587 --> 00:11:42,722 THE FACE, CULTURE, AND NORMS 304 00:11:42,722 --> 00:11:45,725 WITHIN OUR SOCIETY. 305 00:11:45,725 --> 00:11:46,893 INCLUDING OUR WORKPLACES. 306 00:11:46,893 --> 00:11:48,561 THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGING 307 00:11:48,561 --> 00:11:50,997 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF 308 00:11:50,997 --> 00:11:52,632 SECRETARY CAR MEL ROAK AND UNDER 309 00:11:52,632 --> 00:11:53,766 THE MOORE MILLER ADMINISTRATION 310 00:11:53,766 --> 00:11:55,368 HAS SET OUT TO CENTER THE 311 00:11:55,368 --> 00:11:58,871 WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEELED, 312 00:11:58,871 --> 00:11:59,939 CAREGIVERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES 313 00:11:59,939 --> 00:12:02,475 ACROSS ALL OF GOVERNMENT, 314 00:12:02,475 --> 00:12:04,644 UTILIZING A LONGEVITY FRAMEWORK. 315 00:12:04,644 --> 00:12:07,146 AS THE STATE UNIT ON AGING, WE 316 00:12:07,146 --> 00:12:10,149 ARE ALSO LASER-FOCUSED ON 317 00:12:10,149 --> 00:12:11,985 IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OLDER 318 00:12:11,985 --> 00:12:13,119 PEOPLE TODAY, AND PLANNING FOR 319 00:12:13,119 --> 00:12:15,688 THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE 320 00:12:15,688 --> 00:12:18,024 TOMORROW. 321 00:12:18,024 --> 00:12:19,459 OUR VISION IS THAT ALL 322 00:12:19,459 --> 00:12:21,494 MARYLANDERS WILL BE HEALTHY, 323 00:12:21,494 --> 00:12:22,895 FINANCIALLY SECURE, CONNECTED, 324 00:12:22,895 --> 00:12:25,398 AND PURPOSEFUL. 325 00:12:25,398 --> 00:12:27,700 THE LONGEVITY READY MARYLAND 326 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:29,469 INITIATIVE IS A 10-YEAR 327 00:12:29,469 --> 00:12:31,170 MULTI-SECTOR PLAN FOR AGING AS 328 00:12:31,170 --> 00:12:32,972 MANDATED BY GOVERNOR MOORE'S 329 00:12:32,972 --> 00:12:34,474 EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED EARLIER 330 00:12:34,474 --> 00:12:35,908 THIS YEAR, IN JANUARY. 331 00:12:35,908 --> 00:12:38,211 WE HAVE FOUR EPIC GOALS THAT ARE 332 00:12:38,211 --> 00:12:40,613 DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE AGING 333 00:12:40,613 --> 00:12:42,615 EXPERIENCE AND TO HELP MARYLAND 334 00:12:42,615 --> 00:12:43,282 COMMUNITIES THRIVE IN THE YEARS 335 00:12:43,282 --> 00:12:45,318 TO COME. 336 00:12:45,318 --> 00:12:47,820 THESE GOALS INCLUDE BUILDING A 337 00:12:47,820 --> 00:12:48,888 LONGEVITY ECOSYSTEM THAT 338 00:12:48,888 --> 00:12:52,058 CONNECTS SECTORS, SERVICES, AND 339 00:12:52,058 --> 00:12:53,459 POLICIES TO COLLABORATIVELY 340 00:12:53,459 --> 00:12:57,030 ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, 341 00:12:57,030 --> 00:12:58,031 PROMOTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY 342 00:12:58,031 --> 00:13:01,367 FOR AN AGE-INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE 343 00:13:01,367 --> 00:13:02,368 THROUGH MULTIGENERATIONAL 344 00:13:02,368 --> 00:13:04,871 EMPLOYMENT AND CONSUMER 345 00:13:04,871 --> 00:13:06,205 PARTICIPATION, AND PREPARING 346 00:13:06,205 --> 00:13:08,007 MARYLANDERS TO AFFORD LONGEVITY, 347 00:13:08,007 --> 00:13:09,976 THROUGH IMPROVED ACCESS TO 348 00:13:09,976 --> 00:13:12,111 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, 349 00:13:12,111 --> 00:13:13,479 AND RETIREMENT PLANNING. 350 00:13:13,479 --> 00:13:16,883 AND LASTLY, OPTIMIZING HEALTH, 351 00:13:16,883 --> 00:13:19,819 WELLNESS, AND MOBILITY FOR ALL 352 00:13:19,819 --> 00:13:22,488 AGES THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN 353 00:13:22,488 --> 00:13:23,823 NUTRITION, HEALTH LITERACY, 354 00:13:23,823 --> 00:13:26,826 OUTDOOR SPACES, PUBLIC HEALTH, 355 00:13:26,826 --> 00:13:27,326 AND TRANSPORTATION 356 00:13:27,326 --> 00:13:28,561 INFRASTRUCTURES. 357 00:13:28,561 --> 00:13:30,863 WITH LONGER AND HEALTHIER LIVES 358 00:13:30,863 --> 00:13:32,432 THAN PREVIOUS GENERATIONS, THERE 359 00:13:32,432 --> 00:13:34,233 ARE MANY, MANY POSSIBILITIES 360 00:13:34,233 --> 00:13:36,202 THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY IN WHICH 361 00:13:36,202 --> 00:13:42,141 WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY. 362 00:13:42,141 --> 00:13:43,876 THE STANFORD CENTER FOR 363 00:13:43,876 --> 00:13:45,211 LONGEVITY PROPOSES A NEW MAP OF 364 00:13:45,211 --> 00:13:47,780 LIFE FOR THE 100-YEAR LIFESPAN, 365 00:13:47,780 --> 00:13:49,048 OUTLINING NEW WAYS OF THINKING 366 00:13:49,048 --> 00:13:51,984 ABOUT EDUCATION, PARENTHOOD, AND 367 00:13:51,984 --> 00:13:54,754 CAREERS DURING YOUTH, MIDDLE 368 00:13:54,754 --> 00:13:55,888 ADULTHOOD, AND IN LATER YEARS OF 369 00:13:55,888 --> 00:13:56,989 LIFE. 370 00:13:56,989 --> 00:13:59,659 I WON'T GO INTO EACH COMPONENT 371 00:13:59,659 --> 00:14:00,159 OF THE NEW MAP. 372 00:14:00,159 --> 00:14:03,196 I CERTAINLY DO STRESS, PLEASE 373 00:14:03,196 --> 00:14:04,097 CHECK IT OUT. 374 00:14:04,097 --> 00:14:05,932 IT VERY MUCH WORTH THE READ AND 375 00:14:05,932 --> 00:14:09,602 WORTH APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES, 376 00:14:09,602 --> 00:14:11,003 BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 377 00:14:11,003 --> 00:14:13,005 NEW MAP EMPHASIZES A SHIFT FROM 378 00:14:13,005 --> 00:14:15,575 A DEFICIT MINDSET AROUND AGING 379 00:14:15,575 --> 00:14:17,276 THAT IS CENTERED ON LOSSES TO 380 00:14:17,276 --> 00:14:19,912 ONE THAT IS GENERATIVE, AND 381 00:14:19,912 --> 00:14:21,581 FOCUSES ON THE VALUE AND 382 00:14:21,581 --> 00:14:23,683 CONTRIBUTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS. 383 00:14:23,683 --> 00:14:26,018 THE NEW MAP ALSO IDENTIFIES THAT 384 00:14:26,018 --> 00:14:28,588 HEALTHY LONGEVITY REQUIRES 385 00:14:28,588 --> 00:14:31,224 INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AT 386 00:14:31,224 --> 00:14:32,525 EVERY LIFE STAGE. 387 00:14:32,525 --> 00:14:34,894 I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. 388 00:14:34,894 --> 00:14:36,529 EVERY LIFE STAGE, WE HAVE TO 389 00:14:36,529 --> 00:14:38,931 MAKE INTENTIONAL INVESTMENTS. 390 00:14:38,931 --> 00:14:40,833 NOTING ESPECIALLY, WE HAVE TO 391 00:14:40,833 --> 00:14:42,635 ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES IN 392 00:14:42,635 --> 00:14:45,138 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DECREASED 393 00:14:45,138 --> 00:14:48,174 HEALTHSPANS DUE TO HISTORIC 394 00:14:48,174 --> 00:14:49,408 DISINVESTMENT, AND FOR TODAY'S 395 00:14:49,408 --> 00:14:50,977 DISCUSSION, THE NEW MAP SUGGESTS 396 00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:52,812 WORKING MORE YEARS, BUT WITH 397 00:14:52,812 --> 00:14:54,781 MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE 398 00:14:54,781 --> 00:14:56,082 WORKPLACE, SUCH AS PAID AND 399 00:14:56,082 --> 00:14:58,751 UNPAID INTERVALS FOR CAREGIVING, 400 00:14:58,751 --> 00:15:01,754 HEALTH NEEDS, LIFELONG LEARNING, 401 00:15:01,754 --> 00:15:05,858 AND OTHER TRANSITIONS THAT ARE 402 00:15:05,858 --> 00:15:07,226 EXPECTED OVER CENTURY-LONG 403 00:15:07,226 --> 00:15:07,660 LIVES. 404 00:15:07,660 --> 00:15:09,629 AND AT THE SAME TIME, AS NOTED 405 00:15:09,629 --> 00:15:12,665 BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 406 00:15:12,665 --> 00:15:13,299 MEDICINE'S 2022 GLOBAL ROAD MAP 407 00:15:13,299 --> 00:15:17,170 FOR HEALTHY LONGEVITY REPORT, WE 408 00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:18,905 MUST CONSIDER AND RAISE 409 00:15:18,905 --> 00:15:20,439 AWARENESS OF THE MAJOR 410 00:15:20,439 --> 00:15:23,042 DISRUPTORS TO HEALTHY LONGEVITY 411 00:15:23,042 --> 00:15:26,913 THAT INCLUDE AGEISM, DISEASE, 412 00:15:26,913 --> 00:15:29,615 POVERTY, POLLUTION, AND 413 00:15:29,615 --> 00:15:30,449 INEQUITY. 414 00:15:30,449 --> 00:15:32,919 SO TODAY'S THEME OF INTENTION 415 00:15:32,919 --> 00:15:35,822 AND AGE-INCLUSIVITY HELPS TO SET 416 00:15:35,822 --> 00:15:37,290 THE STAGE TO EXPLORE HOW THESE 417 00:15:37,290 --> 00:15:43,362 DISRUPT TDISRUPTORS OF HEALTHY Y 418 00:15:43,362 --> 00:15:44,730 EXIST AND WHAT NEW WAYS OF 419 00:15:44,730 --> 00:15:46,232 THINKING AND DOING ARE NEEDED TO 420 00:15:46,232 --> 00:15:46,866 COMBAT THEM. 421 00:15:46,866 --> 00:15:48,668 FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE MUST 422 00:15:48,668 --> 00:15:50,002 RECOGNIZE, AGING IS NOT ABOUT 423 00:15:50,002 --> 00:15:51,604 OTHER PEOPLE. 424 00:15:51,604 --> 00:15:54,874 BUT IT'S ABOUT US, EACH AND 425 00:15:54,874 --> 00:15:56,843 EVERY ONE OF US. 426 00:15:56,843 --> 00:16:00,379 AGEISM IS THE ONE FORM OF 427 00:16:00,379 --> 00:16:02,014 DISCRIMINATION THAT IMPACTS US 428 00:16:02,014 --> 00:16:03,316 ALL. 429 00:16:03,316 --> 00:16:05,418 AGEISM IS EVERYWHERE, IT IS 430 00:16:05,418 --> 00:16:09,055 HARMFUL, AND TOGETHER, THROUGH 431 00:16:09,055 --> 00:16:10,523 ACTIONS LIKE TODAY, WE CAN 432 00:16:10,523 --> 00:16:12,291 COLLECTIVELY COMBAT IT. 433 00:16:12,291 --> 00:16:14,927 SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? 434 00:16:14,927 --> 00:16:16,329 TO SUCCESSFULLY COMBAT AGEISM, 435 00:16:16,329 --> 00:16:18,497 WE MUST APPLY A LONGEVITY 436 00:16:18,497 --> 00:16:20,766 FRAMEWORK, BROADENING OUR 437 00:16:20,766 --> 00:16:21,701 PERSPECTIVES, REFRAMING THE 438 00:16:21,701 --> 00:16:24,003 AGING NARRATIVE, AND 439 00:16:24,003 --> 00:16:26,505 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT LAST CENTURY 440 00:16:26,505 --> 00:16:28,908 POLICIES, PLANNING, LEGISLATION, 441 00:16:28,908 --> 00:16:32,445 AND ADVOCACY DO NOT BEGIN TO 442 00:16:32,445 --> 00:16:34,213 ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED TO'S OR 443 00:16:34,213 --> 00:16:36,115 TOMORROW'S LONGER LIVES. 444 00:16:36,115 --> 00:16:40,553 IT'S TIME FOR US TO TRANSFORM 445 00:16:40,553 --> 00:16:41,721 INSTITUTIONS, SYSTEMS AND NORMS 446 00:16:41,721 --> 00:16:43,222 BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO 447 00:16:43,222 --> 00:16:45,591 THE SAME THING AND EXPECT 448 00:16:45,591 --> 00:16:49,428 DIFFERENT AND BETTER OUTCOMES. 449 00:16:49,428 --> 00:16:51,230 SO TODAY'S FIRESIDE CHAT, 450 00:16:51,230 --> 00:16:52,398 BRINGING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OF 451 00:16:52,398 --> 00:16:54,533 EMPLOYEES AND EXPERTS, AND 452 00:16:54,533 --> 00:16:58,004 LAUNCHING THIS HISTORIC AGING 453 00:16:58,004 --> 00:16:59,472 EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO IS EXACTLY 454 00:16:59,472 --> 00:17:01,841 THE INNOVATION AND COLLECTIVE 455 00:17:01,841 --> 00:17:05,378 EFFORT REQUIRED TO DISRUPT THE 456 00:17:05,378 --> 00:17:08,614 STATUS QUO, APPLY NEW 457 00:17:08,614 --> 00:17:09,882 PERSPECTIVES, AND TO HARNESS THE 458 00:17:09,882 --> 00:17:13,586 POWER OF INTENTION AND AGE 459 00:17:13,586 --> 00:17:14,153 INCLUSIVITY. 460 00:17:14,153 --> 00:17:15,721 I'M EXCITED FOR WHAT TODAY 461 00:17:15,721 --> 00:17:17,723 HOLDS, AND THE MOVEMENT AFOOT 462 00:17:17,723 --> 00:17:19,325 THAT IS BEING STARTED TODAY, 463 00:17:19,325 --> 00:17:22,028 THAT IS CREATING A SOCIETY THAT 464 00:17:22,028 --> 00:17:24,096 SUPPORTS AND CELEBRATES LONGER 465 00:17:24,096 --> 00:17:26,332 AND HEALTHIER LIVES. 466 00:17:26,332 --> 00:17:27,133 SO THANK YOU. 467 00:17:27,133 --> 00:17:35,741 [APPLAUSE] 468 00:17:35,741 --> 00:17:36,375 >> THANK YOU. 469 00:17:36,375 --> 00:17:39,245 SO RIGHT NOW WE'LL MOVE NEXT TO 470 00:17:39,245 --> 00:17:42,281 THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY 471 00:17:42,281 --> 00:17:43,916 OF AGING COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY 472 00:17:43,916 --> 00:17:45,384 BUT SENT A MESSAGE. 473 00:17:45,384 --> 00:17:55,928 AND WE'LL HEAR IT AT THIS TIME. 474 00:17:58,064 --> 00:18:00,499 >> TODAY, MORE THAN 55 MILLION 475 00:18:00,499 --> 00:18:02,001 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UNITED 476 00:18:02,001 --> 00:18:05,037 STATES ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER. 477 00:18:05,037 --> 00:18:07,273 THEY REPRESENT OVER 16% OF OUR 478 00:18:07,273 --> 00:18:09,642 COUNTRY'S POPULATION. 479 00:18:09,642 --> 00:18:11,010 AND THEIR NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE 480 00:18:11,010 --> 00:18:12,812 TO GROW RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT 30 481 00:18:12,812 --> 00:18:13,512 YEARS. 482 00:18:13,512 --> 00:18:15,314 THIS DEMOGRAPHIC TREND IS 483 00:18:15,314 --> 00:18:16,749 MIRRORED AROUND THE GLOBE, AND 484 00:18:16,749 --> 00:18:18,951 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, 485 00:18:18,951 --> 00:18:20,619 OLDER ADULTS OUTNUMBER CHILDREN 486 00:18:20,619 --> 00:18:22,555 IN MANY COUNTRIES. 487 00:18:22,555 --> 00:18:25,191 IN ADDITION, PEOPLE ARE LIVING 488 00:18:25,191 --> 00:18:27,593 LONGER, BETWEEN 2022 AND 2040, 489 00:18:27,593 --> 00:18:29,895 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE 490 00:18:29,895 --> 00:18:30,930 85 OR OLDER WILL MORE THAN 491 00:18:30,930 --> 00:18:32,832 DOUBLE. 492 00:18:32,832 --> 00:18:34,800 THIS TREND GIVES US MUCH TO 493 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,035 CELEBRATE, AS OLDER ADULTS 494 00:18:36,035 --> 00:18:37,536 CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SOCIETY IN 495 00:18:37,536 --> 00:18:39,238 COUNTLESS WAYS. 496 00:18:39,238 --> 00:18:41,374 AT THE SAME TIME, THE AGING OF 497 00:18:41,374 --> 00:18:43,776 OUR POPULATION WILL CREATE 498 00:18:43,776 --> 00:18:44,543 CHALLENGES. 499 00:18:44,543 --> 00:18:46,178 WITH THOUGHTFUL INTENTIONAL 500 00:18:46,178 --> 00:18:48,581 PLANNING AND ACTION, AT AND 501 00:18:48,581 --> 00:18:49,882 ACROSS EVERY LEVEL OF 502 00:18:49,882 --> 00:18:52,284 GOVERNMENT, ACROSS INDUSTRY, 503 00:18:52,284 --> 00:18:53,719 PHILANTHROPY AND ACADEMIA, AND 504 00:18:53,719 --> 00:18:55,354 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OLDER 505 00:18:55,354 --> 00:18:56,889 ADULTS, WE CAN ADDRESS THESE 506 00:18:56,889 --> 00:18:58,090 CHALLENGES. 507 00:18:58,090 --> 00:19:00,259 WE CAN IMPROVE THE AGING 508 00:19:00,259 --> 00:19:01,527 EXPERIENCE FOR THE OLDER ADULTS 509 00:19:01,527 --> 00:19:03,963 OF TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND 510 00:19:03,963 --> 00:19:05,798 CREATE AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES 511 00:19:05,798 --> 00:19:07,266 THAT APPRECIATE THE 512 00:19:07,266 --> 00:19:10,403 CONTRIBUTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS, 513 00:19:10,403 --> 00:19:11,137 SUSTAIN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AT 514 00:19:11,137 --> 00:19:13,139 ALL AGES, RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT 515 00:19:13,139 --> 00:19:15,041 FAMILY CAREGIVERS, AND VALUE AND 516 00:19:15,041 --> 00:19:16,942 REWARD THE WORKER PROFESSIONALS 517 00:19:16,942 --> 00:19:19,779 WHO PROVIDE IN-HOME CARE. 518 00:19:19,779 --> 00:19:21,280 THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING 519 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,783 COMMITTEE ON HEALTHY AGING AND 520 00:19:23,783 --> 00:19:25,317 AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, ICC, 521 00:19:25,317 --> 00:19:27,420 IS LEADING THIS CHARGE AT THE 522 00:19:27,420 --> 00:19:29,088 FEDERAL LEVEL. 523 00:19:29,088 --> 00:19:30,222 AUTHORIZED BY THE OLDER 524 00:19:30,222 --> 00:19:32,658 AMERICANS ACT AND LED BY THE 525 00:19:32,658 --> 00:19:33,526 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY 526 00:19:33,526 --> 00:19:35,694 LIVING, THE ICC WAS FUNDED IN 527 00:19:35,694 --> 00:19:38,597 FISCAL YEAR 2023, AND IS CHARGED 528 00:19:38,597 --> 00:19:40,433 WITH FOSTERING FEDERAL 529 00:19:40,433 --> 00:19:41,867 INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION TO 530 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:43,769 DEVELOP A NATIONAL SET OF 531 00:19:43,769 --> 00:19:45,337 RECOMMENDATIONS ON KEY AGING 532 00:19:45,337 --> 00:19:47,006 ISSUES. 533 00:19:47,006 --> 00:19:48,974 THE FIRST STEP IN THIS PROCESS 534 00:19:48,974 --> 00:19:50,709 IS THE CREATION OF A STRATEGIC 535 00:19:50,709 --> 00:19:53,145 FRAMEWORK FOR A NATIONAL PLAN ON 536 00:19:53,145 --> 00:19:54,847 AGING, A VISION-SETTING DOCUMENT 537 00:19:54,847 --> 00:19:58,584 TO RAISE AWARENESS ON KEY AGING 538 00:19:58,584 --> 00:20:00,553 ISSUES, AND OUTLINE GOALS FOR 539 00:20:00,553 --> 00:20:01,487 SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND 540 00:20:01,487 --> 00:20:02,988 WELL-BEING OF OLDER ADULTS. 541 00:20:02,988 --> 00:20:04,356 THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ALSO 542 00:20:04,356 --> 00:20:06,459 SEEKS TO BREAK THE PATTERNS OF 543 00:20:06,459 --> 00:20:09,495 AGEISM AND ABLEISM THAT SERVE AS 544 00:20:09,495 --> 00:20:10,863 PREVENTABLE BARRIERS TO OLDER 545 00:20:10,863 --> 00:20:11,630 ADULTS THRIVING IN THEIR 546 00:20:11,630 --> 00:20:12,364 COMMUNITIES. 547 00:20:12,364 --> 00:20:14,867 IT IS INTENDED TO SPARK DIALOGUE 548 00:20:14,867 --> 00:20:16,735 AND INNOVATION, AND PROVIDE A 549 00:20:16,735 --> 00:20:18,237 FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPING A 550 00:20:18,237 --> 00:20:20,072 NATIONAL PLAN ON AGING FOR 551 00:20:20,072 --> 00:20:22,274 SYSTEMS CHANGE, TO ENSURE THAT 552 00:20:22,274 --> 00:20:24,009 ALL AMERICANS CAN AGE WELL AND 553 00:20:24,009 --> 00:20:26,212 THRIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. 554 00:20:26,212 --> 00:20:27,813 THE FRAMEWORK WILL BE RELEASED 555 00:20:27,813 --> 00:20:30,116 THIS MONTH, WHICH IS OLDER 556 00:20:30,116 --> 00:20:30,749 AMERICANS MONTH. 557 00:20:30,749 --> 00:20:32,885 THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO DEVELOP 558 00:20:32,885 --> 00:20:35,321 THE NATIONAL PLAN ON AGING. 559 00:20:35,321 --> 00:20:36,689 A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PLAN 560 00:20:36,689 --> 00:20:38,991 THAT WILL REFLECT AND ELEVATE 561 00:20:38,991 --> 00:20:41,494 EXISTING GLOBAL, FEDERAL, STATE 562 00:20:41,494 --> 00:20:42,728 AND LOCAL EFFORTS SEEKS TO 563 00:20:42,728 --> 00:20:44,296 SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS IN 564 00:20:44,296 --> 00:20:45,498 COMMUNITIES THAT RESPECT AND 565 00:20:45,498 --> 00:20:48,033 INCLUDE THEM AND ARE DESIGNED TO 566 00:20:48,033 --> 00:20:49,668 ENCOURAGE HEALTH, WELL-BEING, 567 00:20:49,668 --> 00:20:53,205 ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTION. 568 00:20:53,205 --> 00:20:55,241 EXAMPLES INCLUDE, ESTABLISH 569 00:20:55,241 --> 00:20:56,509 AGE-FRIENDLY STANDARDS AND 570 00:20:56,509 --> 00:20:57,776 DESIGNATIONS IN VARIOUS SECTORS. 571 00:20:57,776 --> 00:21:00,179 FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTHCARE, URBAN 572 00:21:00,179 --> 00:21:02,281 PLANNING, COMMUNITY SPACES. 573 00:21:02,281 --> 00:21:03,816 SCALE FLEXIBLE WORK AND 574 00:21:03,816 --> 00:21:06,085 EDUCATION MODELS, AND PREVENT 575 00:21:06,085 --> 00:21:07,720 AGE DISCRIMINATION IN THE 576 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,488 WORKPLACE, TO INCREASE INCLUSION 577 00:21:09,488 --> 00:21:10,823 AND PROMOTE INTERGENERATIONAL 578 00:21:10,823 --> 00:21:12,625 EXCHANGE. 579 00:21:12,625 --> 00:21:14,827 ENHANCE LIFELONG LEARNING AND 580 00:21:14,827 --> 00:21:16,295 VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND LINK 581 00:21:16,295 --> 00:21:17,596 ENGAGEMENT TO RELEVANT COMMUNITY 582 00:21:17,596 --> 00:21:19,565 PRIORITIES. 583 00:21:19,565 --> 00:21:21,934 THE ICC WILL CONSIDER FEDERAL 584 00:21:21,934 --> 00:21:23,669 RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS TO 585 00:21:23,669 --> 00:21:27,239 EXPAND UPON EXISTING EFFORTS AND 586 00:21:27,239 --> 00:21:28,274 TO INNOVATIVELY ADDRESS 587 00:21:28,274 --> 00:21:29,141 OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH RELATED 588 00:21:29,141 --> 00:21:30,743 TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 589 00:21:30,743 --> 00:21:32,444 AGE-FRIENDLY WORKPLACES AS A KEY 590 00:21:32,444 --> 00:21:33,746 COMPONENT OF AGE-FRIENDLY 591 00:21:33,746 --> 00:21:35,981 COMMUNITIES. 592 00:21:35,981 --> 00:21:37,917 THE WORK YOU ARE EMBARKING ON 593 00:21:37,917 --> 00:21:39,485 PROVIDES A MODEL WITHIN FEDERAL 594 00:21:39,485 --> 00:21:41,120 GOVERNMENT TO ELEVATE THE AGING 595 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,489 OF THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE, 596 00:21:43,489 --> 00:21:44,557 FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS AROUND 597 00:21:44,557 --> 00:21:47,092 AGEISM IN THE WORKPLACE, AND 598 00:21:47,092 --> 00:21:48,227 INFORM THE NATIONAL PLAN ON 599 00:21:48,227 --> 00:21:51,430 AGING. 600 00:21:51,430 --> 00:21:53,232 >> WE WANT TO THANK THE DEPUTY 601 00:21:53,232 --> 00:21:54,433 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THAT 602 00:21:54,433 --> 00:21:55,734 MESSAGE, AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL 603 00:21:55,734 --> 00:21:59,038 MOVE RIGHT INTO THE PROGRAM. 604 00:21:59,038 --> 00:22:00,673 AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S 605 00:22:00,673 --> 00:22:01,774 CALLED AGE INCLUSIVITY. 606 00:22:01,774 --> 00:22:03,776 AND THIS DEVELOPS A FRAMEWORK OF 607 00:22:03,776 --> 00:22:05,811 WHICH WE WILL CREATE A MODEL OF 608 00:22:05,811 --> 00:22:07,780 WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE 609 00:22:07,780 --> 00:22:08,547 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 610 00:22:08,547 --> 00:22:11,016 WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE LEADING 611 00:22:11,016 --> 00:22:12,117 AGENCIES IN THE SPACE, AND WE'RE 612 00:22:12,117 --> 00:22:13,986 DELIGHTED TO HAVE OUR 613 00:22:13,986 --> 00:22:15,187 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WITH US. 614 00:22:15,187 --> 00:22:16,789 WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO 615 00:22:16,789 --> 00:22:19,491 PRESENTATIONS BY EACH. 616 00:22:19,491 --> 00:22:22,528 WE'LL EXAM IP EXAMINE THE GLOBT 617 00:22:22,528 --> 00:22:23,762 OF AGING, WE'LL MOVE INTO 618 00:22:23,762 --> 00:22:25,164 REFRAMING HOW WE TALK ABOUT 619 00:22:25,164 --> 00:22:27,600 AGING, THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON 620 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:28,934 AGEISM STUDY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, 621 00:22:28,934 --> 00:22:30,869 AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THE WORK 622 00:22:30,869 --> 00:22:34,440 SPACE LOOKS IN AGING. 623 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,708 FIRST WE'LL HEAR FROM THE 624 00:22:35,708 --> 00:22:36,642 EXPERTS, AND AFTER WE HEAR FROM 625 00:22:36,642 --> 00:22:39,044 THE EXPERTS, THEN WE'LL MOVE 626 00:22:39,044 --> 00:22:40,613 INTO A FIRESIDE CHAT. 627 00:22:40,613 --> 00:22:42,982 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER AND ASK 628 00:22:42,982 --> 00:22:43,349 QUESTIONS. 629 00:22:43,349 --> 00:22:44,750 FOR THOSE IN LINE, YOU CAN POST 630 00:22:44,750 --> 00:22:46,385 YOUR QUESTIONS ONLINE. 631 00:22:46,385 --> 00:22:48,721 SO RIGHT NOW LET'S LISTEN TO THE 632 00:22:48,721 --> 00:22:50,656 FIRST INTRODUCTION OF OUR 633 00:22:50,656 --> 00:22:53,892 SPEAKER. 634 00:22:53,892 --> 00:22:56,262 >> ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF 635 00:22:56,262 --> 00:22:59,632 HUMAN RIGHTS IS CRUCIAL FOR 636 00:22:59,632 --> 00:23:00,733 PROMOTING WELL-BEING, JUSTICE 637 00:23:00,733 --> 00:23:02,368 AND DIGNITY FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS. 638 00:23:02,368 --> 00:23:08,140 TODAY WE'RE HONORED TO INTRODUCE 639 00:23:08,140 --> 00:23:10,242 OUR SPEAKER. 640 00:23:10,242 --> 00:23:11,143 AS A GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL 641 00:23:11,143 --> 00:23:12,478 WORKER WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF 642 00:23:12,478 --> 00:23:13,045 EXPERIENCE, SHE HAS BEEN 643 00:23:13,045 --> 00:23:14,280 INSTRUMENTAL IN IMPROVING THE 644 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,282 LIVES OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS, AND 645 00:23:16,282 --> 00:23:17,883 ADDRESSING THE LIFELONG 646 00:23:17,883 --> 00:23:18,984 INEQUITIES THEY FACE. 647 00:23:18,984 --> 00:23:21,754 HER EXPERTISE IN POLICY, 648 00:23:21,754 --> 00:23:22,888 PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION HAS 649 00:23:22,888 --> 00:23:23,322 BEEN SIGNIFICANT. 650 00:23:23,322 --> 00:23:26,091 SHE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 651 00:23:26,091 --> 00:23:27,626 FROM VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY, A 652 00:23:27,626 --> 00:23:28,527 MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE 653 00:23:28,527 --> 00:23:30,929 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND A 654 00:23:30,929 --> 00:23:32,731 DOCTORATE FROM COLUMBIA 655 00:23:32,731 --> 00:23:33,299 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL 656 00:23:33,299 --> 00:23:34,266 WORK. 657 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,401 SHE HAS ALSO SERVED AS PAST 658 00:23:35,401 --> 00:23:37,736 CHAIR OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY ON 659 00:23:37,736 --> 00:23:39,305 AGING AND IS A LEADER OF AGING 660 00:23:39,305 --> 00:23:40,072 ORGANIZATIONS. 661 00:23:40,072 --> 00:23:41,674 HER INSIGHTS, GAINED FROM A 662 00:23:41,674 --> 00:23:45,077 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON AGING, ARE 663 00:23:45,077 --> 00:23:45,444 INVALUABLE. 664 00:23:45,444 --> 00:23:46,812 PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO 665 00:23:46,812 --> 00:23:49,948 THE PAST CHAIR OF THE NGO 666 00:23:49,948 --> 00:23:51,483 COMMITTEE ON AGING NEW YORK AND 667 00:23:51,483 --> 00:23:53,319 THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 668 00:23:53,319 --> 00:23:54,620 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ON 669 00:23:54,620 --> 00:23:58,590 AGEING, DR. CYNTHIA STUEN. 670 00:23:58,590 --> 00:24:01,093 [APPLAUSE] 671 00:24:01,093 --> 00:24:01,660 >> THANK YOU. 672 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:03,696 IT'S A REAL HONOR AND A 673 00:24:03,696 --> 00:24:06,565 PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY WITH 674 00:24:06,565 --> 00:24:08,000 YOU AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES 675 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,735 OF HEALTH, AND PARTICULARLY 676 00:24:09,735 --> 00:24:12,004 LAUNCHING THIS VERY IMPORTANT 677 00:24:12,004 --> 00:24:14,273 PROGRAM ON EDIA. 678 00:24:14,273 --> 00:24:15,274 REALLY, CONGRATULATE YOU ALL ON 679 00:24:15,274 --> 00:24:16,709 THIS WORK. 680 00:24:16,709 --> 00:24:20,079 AS I LOOKED OVER THE 27 681 00:24:20,079 --> 00:24:22,781 INSTITUTES, CENTERS, HERE AT THE 682 00:24:22,781 --> 00:24:25,084 NIH, I REFLECTED ON THE FACT, 683 00:24:25,084 --> 00:24:27,052 THERE IS NOT ONE OF THEM THAT 684 00:24:27,052 --> 00:24:29,121 DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE 685 00:24:29,121 --> 00:24:31,190 FUTURE OF AGING. 686 00:24:31,190 --> 00:24:35,527 AND I CHALLENGE YOU TODAY TO IN 687 00:24:35,527 --> 00:24:37,730 EACH OF YOUR CENTERS AND 688 00:24:37,730 --> 00:24:38,797 INSTITUTES THAT YOU REPRESENT, 689 00:24:38,797 --> 00:24:41,033 TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF 690 00:24:41,033 --> 00:24:43,302 WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ITS 691 00:24:43,302 --> 00:24:44,636 IMPACT, POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT 692 00:24:44,636 --> 00:24:48,040 CAN HAVE ON THE LIVES OF OLDER 693 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:48,273 PERSONS. 694 00:24:48,273 --> 00:24:52,745 NOW, YOU MIGHT ALL HAVE SAID, 695 00:24:52,745 --> 00:24:53,445 WELL, OF COURSE SHE'LL TALK 696 00:24:53,445 --> 00:24:55,347 ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON 697 00:24:55,347 --> 00:24:56,915 AGING, ONLY ONE OF 27, BUT IT IS 698 00:24:56,915 --> 00:24:59,418 SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I 699 00:24:59,418 --> 00:25:00,586 PERSONALLY KNEW DR. ROBERT 700 00:25:00,586 --> 00:25:01,787 BUTLER, AND WE WERE PLEASED TO 701 00:25:01,787 --> 00:25:02,988 GET HIM TO NEW YORK AFTER HE 702 00:25:02,988 --> 00:25:06,158 LEFT THE NIA. 703 00:25:06,158 --> 00:25:09,928 BUT IT'S DUE TO ROB BUTLER THAT 704 00:25:09,928 --> 00:25:13,265 HIS SEMINAL -- I THINK IT WAS A 705 00:25:13,265 --> 00:25:15,701 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOK, 706 00:25:15,701 --> 00:25:16,535 "WHY SURVIVE? 707 00:25:16,535 --> 00:25:21,173 BEING OLD IN AMERICA," IN 1969, 708 00:25:21,173 --> 00:25:22,741 TRULY THE FORESIGHT OF WHAT 709 00:25:22,741 --> 00:25:27,713 WE'RE SEEING PLAY OUT TODAY. 710 00:25:27,713 --> 00:25:30,649 SO, YOU MIGHT ALSO SAY, WELL, 711 00:25:30,649 --> 00:25:32,851 SERIOUSLY, SERIOUSLY, DOES CHILD 712 00:25:32,851 --> 00:25:33,952 HEALTH HAVE ANYTHING TO DO? 713 00:25:33,952 --> 00:25:36,588 YOU BET IT DOES. 714 00:25:36,588 --> 00:25:39,958 A CHILD BEING BORN TODAY IS 715 00:25:39,958 --> 00:25:41,994 EXPECTED TO LIVE TO BE A 716 00:25:41,994 --> 00:25:43,595 HUNDRED, AND THE BETTER WE TAKE 717 00:25:43,595 --> 00:25:48,801 CARE OF THAT CHILD AS AN INFANT, 718 00:25:48,801 --> 00:25:51,303 GROWING AND THRIVING, THE BETTER 719 00:25:51,303 --> 00:25:54,440 OFF WE WILL BE WHEN THEY REACH 720 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:54,873 100. 721 00:25:54,873 --> 00:25:57,943 SO IT IS A LIFE COURSE 722 00:25:57,943 --> 00:25:59,311 PERSPECTIVE THAT I'M HERE TO 723 00:25:59,311 --> 00:26:00,312 TALK ABOUT. 724 00:26:00,312 --> 00:26:05,184 IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT AGING. 725 00:26:05,184 --> 00:26:07,286 I ALSO MIGHT ADD, THERE'S A 726 00:26:07,286 --> 00:26:10,456 LITTLE STORY AT THE UNITED 727 00:26:10,456 --> 00:26:10,856 NATIONS. 728 00:26:10,856 --> 00:26:13,091 FOR YEARS WE DIDN'T COLLECT DATA 729 00:26:13,091 --> 00:26:15,260 ON WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 49. 730 00:26:15,260 --> 00:26:18,063 WHY? 731 00:26:18,063 --> 00:26:19,731 DEEMED BEYOND REPRODUCTIVE 732 00:26:19,731 --> 00:26:19,998 YEARS. 733 00:26:19,998 --> 00:26:23,936 SO THERE'S A WHOLE MANY COHORTS 734 00:26:23,936 --> 00:26:27,272 OF WOMEN THAT EXIST -- THAT DID 735 00:26:27,272 --> 00:26:30,209 NOT HAVE DATA COLLECTED ABOUT 736 00:26:30,209 --> 00:26:31,276 THEM, THEIR WORK, THEIR HEALTH, 737 00:26:31,276 --> 00:26:31,777 ET CETERA. 738 00:26:31,777 --> 00:26:34,513 BUT IT'S REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT 739 00:26:34,513 --> 00:26:37,416 AREA, AND I KNOW AS ALREADY THE 740 00:26:37,416 --> 00:26:40,052 STAGE HAS BEEN SET THAT THERE 741 00:26:40,052 --> 00:26:41,653 ARE DISCREPANCIES ACROSS THE 742 00:26:41,653 --> 00:26:45,023 LIFECYCLE, AND I WILL SAY ALL OF 743 00:26:45,023 --> 00:26:48,694 US WHO ARE NOT IN THE 744 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:53,198 MAINSTREAM, MEANING MALE IN 745 00:26:53,198 --> 00:26:57,002 WHATEVER, AND THERE, TOO, IS THE 746 00:26:57,002 --> 00:26:58,537 DISCRIMINATION THAT HAS CREATED 747 00:26:58,537 --> 00:26:59,605 A HIERARCHY. 748 00:26:59,605 --> 00:27:02,307 BUT CERTAINLY LOOKING AT THE 749 00:27:02,307 --> 00:27:03,775 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE, I SPENT 750 00:27:03,775 --> 00:27:07,346 24 YEARS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF 751 00:27:07,346 --> 00:27:11,617 VISION, AND HEARING AND HEARING 752 00:27:11,617 --> 00:27:12,751 LOSS, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 753 00:27:12,751 --> 00:27:14,553 AND HOW CAN YOU NOT EVEN THINK 754 00:27:14,553 --> 00:27:17,389 ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CANCER, AND 755 00:27:17,389 --> 00:27:19,992 INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AND 756 00:27:19,992 --> 00:27:21,727 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ALCOHOL, ET 757 00:27:21,727 --> 00:27:22,828 CETERA. 758 00:27:22,828 --> 00:27:24,329 THEY'RE ALL, ALL CRITICALLY 759 00:27:24,329 --> 00:27:25,397 IMPORTANT. 760 00:27:25,397 --> 00:27:28,166 SO AS WE TAKE THIS LIFE COURSE 761 00:27:28,166 --> 00:27:30,669 PERSPECTIVE, WE WANT A HEALTHIER 762 00:27:30,669 --> 00:27:32,838 ONE FOR ALL AGES. 763 00:27:32,838 --> 00:27:34,239 AFTER ALL, WE ARE IN THE DECADE 764 00:27:34,239 --> 00:27:37,910 OF HEALTHY AGING. 765 00:27:37,910 --> 00:27:39,111 SO EVERY GERONTOLOGIST CANNOT 766 00:27:39,111 --> 00:27:41,446 START A LECTURE WITHOUT SOME 767 00:27:41,446 --> 00:27:41,713 SLIDES. 768 00:27:41,713 --> 00:27:43,282 I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS, BECAUSE 769 00:27:43,282 --> 00:27:46,251 WE ARE HERE IN THE U.S. AT THE 770 00:27:46,251 --> 00:27:49,621 NATIONAL INS TEUNATIONAL INSTIT, 771 00:27:49,621 --> 00:27:50,355 JUST LOOKING AND WHAT'S 772 00:27:50,355 --> 00:27:50,689 HAPPENING. 773 00:27:50,689 --> 00:27:52,524 I WILL TELL YOU IS THIS PLAYS 774 00:27:52,524 --> 00:27:53,225 OUT GLOBALLY. 775 00:27:53,225 --> 00:27:54,326 CERTAINLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 776 00:27:54,326 --> 00:27:56,929 HERE PLAYS OUT IN DEVELOPED 777 00:27:56,929 --> 00:27:59,364 COUNTRY. 778 00:27:59,364 --> 00:28:00,198 COUNTRIES. 779 00:28:00,198 --> 00:28:01,400 IN LESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 780 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,636 EVEN IF THEIR POPULATION OF 781 00:28:04,636 --> 00:28:08,507 OLDER PEOPLE COMPRISES -- IT'S 782 00:28:08,507 --> 00:28:09,708 EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2050. 783 00:28:09,708 --> 00:28:11,176 SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS 784 00:28:11,176 --> 00:28:12,411 JUST AHEAD OF THE GAME THAT'S 785 00:28:12,411 --> 00:28:12,911 HAPPENING GLOBALLY. 786 00:28:12,911 --> 00:28:15,981 SO THIS IS A SLIDE, THE U.S. 787 00:28:15,981 --> 00:28:19,451 POPULATION PYRAMID IN 1900. 788 00:28:19,451 --> 00:28:20,085 PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PYRAMID, 789 00:28:20,085 --> 00:28:21,620 RIGHT? 790 00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:23,055 ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ON 791 00:28:23,055 --> 00:28:26,758 THIS SLIDE, THAT PEOPLE AGED 792 00:28:26,758 --> 00:28:27,926 65 AND OLDER WERE ALL AGGREGATED 793 00:28:27,926 --> 00:28:28,527 AT THE TOP. 794 00:28:28,527 --> 00:28:31,063 THEY DID NOT YET DISAGGREGATE 795 00:28:31,063 --> 00:28:31,630 DATA. 796 00:28:31,630 --> 00:28:32,998 PROBABLY BECAUSE THE LIFE 797 00:28:32,998 --> 00:28:36,101 EXPECTANCY IN 1900, 47 YEARS 798 00:28:36,101 --> 00:28:37,603 OLD. 799 00:28:37,603 --> 00:28:41,106 MAKES YOUR POPULATION HERE, THE 800 00:28:41,106 --> 00:28:47,679 LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE 801 00:28:47,679 --> 00:28:50,616 INSTITUTES' EMPLOYEES ARE OVER 802 00:28:50,616 --> 00:28:51,450 40, WAS IT? 803 00:28:51,450 --> 00:28:53,885 YEAH. 804 00:28:53,885 --> 00:28:54,319 YEAH. 805 00:28:54,319 --> 00:28:55,454 SIT UP AND LISTEN, RIGHT? 806 00:28:55,454 --> 00:28:57,656 IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS STORY. 807 00:28:57,656 --> 00:29:00,359 BUT LAST WEEK, I WAS -- BEFORE I 808 00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:01,893 GET TO -- LAST WEEK I WAS 809 00:29:01,893 --> 00:29:04,796 LISTENING TO ANDREW SCOTT'S 810 00:29:04,796 --> 00:29:07,899 LECTURE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 811 00:29:07,899 --> 00:29:10,102 AND SE'S AN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR 812 00:29:10,102 --> 00:29:12,504 AT LONDON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. 813 00:29:12,504 --> 00:29:14,906 HIS FAVORITE BOOK OF MINE WAS 814 00:29:14,906 --> 00:29:16,508 THE HUNDRED-YEAR LIFE, LIVING 815 00:29:16,508 --> 00:29:17,743 AND WORKING IN THE AGE OF 816 00:29:17,743 --> 00:29:19,044 LONGEVITY. 817 00:29:19,044 --> 00:29:22,714 AND JUST OUT LAST MONTH IS THE 818 00:29:22,714 --> 00:29:25,484 LONGEVITY IMPERATIVE, BUILDING A 819 00:29:25,484 --> 00:29:27,386 BETTER SOCIETY FOR HEALTHIER, 820 00:29:27,386 --> 00:29:29,254 LONGER LIVES. 821 00:29:29,254 --> 00:29:32,024 BUT HE SHARED WITH ME, SHARED 822 00:29:32,024 --> 00:29:33,325 WITH HIS AUDIENCE IN THAT WHEN 823 00:29:33,325 --> 00:29:35,394 HE STARTS HIS CLASSES IN 824 00:29:35,394 --> 00:29:37,996 ECONOMICS OF, YOU KNOW, GLOBAL 825 00:29:37,996 --> 00:29:40,399 ECONOMICS, HE ASKS HIS STUDENTS, 826 00:29:40,399 --> 00:29:42,801 WHAT ARE THE MAJOR TRENDS 827 00:29:42,801 --> 00:29:43,702 AFFECTING US TODAY? 828 00:29:43,702 --> 00:29:46,538 HE SAID, ALMOST UNIVERSALLY, 829 00:29:46,538 --> 00:29:49,341 THEY ARE CLIMATE CHANGE, AND 830 00:29:49,341 --> 00:29:52,544 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 831 00:29:52,544 --> 00:29:54,346 SO THEN HE GOES ABOUT 832 00:29:54,346 --> 00:29:57,115 INTRODUCING THE DEMOGRAPHIC 833 00:29:57,115 --> 00:29:59,051 DIVIDEND, AND THEY SOON -- I 834 00:29:59,051 --> 00:30:00,185 HOPE I CONVINCE YOU ABOUT IT 835 00:30:00,185 --> 00:30:01,787 TOO. 836 00:30:01,787 --> 00:30:03,321 BUT ANYWAY, HERE WE'RE LOOKING 837 00:30:03,321 --> 00:30:06,858 AT A POPULATION PYRAMID, JUST 838 00:30:06,858 --> 00:30:12,097 COMPARING 2010 AND 2020. 839 00:30:12,097 --> 00:30:12,330 OKAY? 840 00:30:12,330 --> 00:30:15,067 AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THIS 841 00:30:15,067 --> 00:30:17,536 ONE IS IN 2020, THE BEGINNING 842 00:30:17,536 --> 00:30:20,672 BABY BOOMERS BORN STARTING IN 843 00:30:20,672 --> 00:30:24,176 1946, SO THAT'S YOUR MID CYCLE 844 00:30:24,176 --> 00:30:26,578 ON THE LEFT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU 845 00:30:26,578 --> 00:30:28,780 HAVE A POINTER BUT IT DOESN'T 846 00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:30,148 MATTER, YOU'LL SEE THEM, AND 847 00:30:30,148 --> 00:30:33,351 THEN YOU CAN WATCH THEIR BULGE 848 00:30:33,351 --> 00:30:37,923 AS THEY -- WELL, IN 2010, THE 849 00:30:37,923 --> 00:30:40,826 FIRST GROUP OF BABY BOOMERS BORN 850 00:30:40,826 --> 00:30:43,261 STARTING IN 1946 ARE NOW IN 851 00:30:43,261 --> 00:30:44,796 THEIR EARLY 50s. 852 00:30:44,796 --> 00:30:45,464 OKAY? 853 00:30:45,464 --> 00:30:48,567 AND THEN -- SO THE 40s, A LOT 854 00:30:48,567 --> 00:30:50,368 MORE MOVING UP, AND YOU CAN SORT 855 00:30:50,368 --> 00:30:53,505 OF TRACK IT AS YOU MOVE ACROSS 856 00:30:53,505 --> 00:30:55,340 TO 2010, THAT BULGE OF BABY 857 00:30:55,340 --> 00:30:57,809 BOOMERS MOVES UP, AND AGAIN, 858 00:30:57,809 --> 00:31:03,515 EVEN HIGHER, AND THE TOP HERE 859 00:31:03,515 --> 00:31:08,820 DISAGGREGATION IN BOTH IS FOR 860 00:31:08,820 --> 00:31:09,187 CENTENARIANS. 861 00:31:09,187 --> 00:31:10,222 BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE 862 00:31:10,222 --> 00:31:11,289 THAT ON THIS SLIDE. 863 00:31:11,289 --> 00:31:20,031 BUT ANYWAY, VERY, VERY TELLING. 864 00:31:20,031 --> 00:31:23,001 THEN JUST A QUICK COMPARISON 865 00:31:23,001 --> 00:31:26,404 FROM 1960 TO THE PROJECTIONS OF 866 00:31:26,404 --> 00:31:27,372 2060, WOW! 867 00:31:27,372 --> 00:31:29,508 LOOK AT THE RECTANGULARRIZATION 868 00:31:29,508 --> 00:31:31,643 OF THAT PYRAMID. 869 00:31:31,643 --> 00:31:36,648 SO I REALLY THINK THAT YOU 870 00:31:36,648 --> 00:31:39,551 RECOGNIZE THE MEGA TREND THAT IS 871 00:31:39,551 --> 00:31:43,288 HAPPENING HERE IN THE U.S. AND 872 00:31:43,288 --> 00:31:45,090 GLOBALLY. 873 00:31:45,090 --> 00:31:46,625 NOT TO DIMINISH THE FACT THAT 874 00:31:46,625 --> 00:31:48,126 CLIMATE CHANGE AND A.I. AND MANY 875 00:31:48,126 --> 00:31:49,594 OTHER TRENDS, BUT I THINK WHAT 876 00:31:49,594 --> 00:31:54,633 IT ALSO SAYS IS THAT WE ALSO 877 00:31:54,633 --> 00:31:57,135 HAVE -- WE NEED A MAJOR PARADIGM 878 00:31:57,135 --> 00:31:59,938 SHIFT IN HOW WE THINK OF THE OLD 879 00:31:59,938 --> 00:32:01,139 TRADITIONAL YOU'RE BORN, YOU GO 880 00:32:01,139 --> 00:32:03,275 THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING, ET 881 00:32:03,275 --> 00:32:05,110 CETERA, AND THEN YOU WORK, AND 882 00:32:05,110 --> 00:32:07,879 THEN YOU RETIRE. 883 00:32:07,879 --> 00:32:11,049 THATTHAT AGE STRUCTURE IS NOT 884 00:32:11,049 --> 00:32:11,850 MEANINGFUL ANYMORE. 885 00:32:11,850 --> 00:32:15,921 AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO 886 00:32:15,921 --> 00:32:17,122 RESTRUCTURE AND THINK ABOUT THE 887 00:32:17,122 --> 00:32:19,825 FACT THAT OLDER PERSONS CAUGHT 888 00:32:19,825 --> 00:32:21,960 IN THIS LIVING SO MUCH LONGER, 889 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:26,631 MYSELF INCLUDED, MAY NOT BE ABLE 890 00:32:26,631 --> 00:32:28,266 TO AFFORD TO RETIRE. 891 00:32:28,266 --> 00:32:30,302 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE OTHER 892 00:32:30,302 --> 00:32:32,103 DISABLING CONDITIONS, AND THEY 893 00:32:32,103 --> 00:32:34,539 NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE 894 00:32:34,539 --> 00:32:34,873 WORKPLACE. 895 00:32:34,873 --> 00:32:37,275 IN FACT, I WAS JUST SPEAKING 896 00:32:37,275 --> 00:32:39,477 WITH DAVID RICE BEFORE AND 897 00:32:39,477 --> 00:32:43,448 SAYING, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITY 898 00:32:43,448 --> 00:32:44,916 IS WHAT REALLY COMES IN HERE, 899 00:32:44,916 --> 00:32:46,251 BECAUSE FOR AN OLDER PERSON WHO 900 00:32:46,251 --> 00:32:48,186 DIDN'T EVEN GROW UP WITH A 901 00:32:48,186 --> 00:32:51,790 COMPUTER WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR 902 00:32:51,790 --> 00:32:53,992 CAREER, THE FIRST TIME I USED A 903 00:32:53,992 --> 00:32:57,028 COMPUTER WAS DURING MY PH.D. IN 904 00:32:57,028 --> 00:33:00,532 THE MID 70s TO TYPE A 905 00:33:00,532 --> 00:33:01,132 DISSERTATION. 906 00:33:01,132 --> 00:33:02,767 IT'S AMAZING, THE KIND OF CHANGE 907 00:33:02,767 --> 00:33:04,169 THAT HAS OCCURRED. 908 00:33:04,169 --> 00:33:06,538 SO OLDER PERSONS ARE 909 00:33:06,538 --> 00:33:07,572 DISADVANTAGED IF THEY DON'T HAVE 910 00:33:07,572 --> 00:33:09,474 THE LIFELONG LEARNING, THE 911 00:33:09,474 --> 00:33:11,209 CHANGING, THE UPGRADING OF 912 00:33:11,209 --> 00:33:13,478 SKILLS, JUST AS ANYBODY WHO'S 913 00:33:13,478 --> 00:33:14,546 YOUNGER, I KNOW IN THE TECH 914 00:33:14,546 --> 00:33:15,881 WORLD, THEY SAY THREE TO FIVE 915 00:33:15,881 --> 00:33:19,317 YEARS, YOU HAVE TO RETOOL, THE 916 00:33:19,317 --> 00:33:20,151 TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING THAT 917 00:33:20,151 --> 00:33:20,619 QUICKLY. 918 00:33:20,619 --> 00:33:21,720 BUT LET'S BACK UP TO SOME 919 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,288 HISTORY AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 920 00:33:23,288 --> 00:33:28,894 THE U.N. 921 00:33:28,894 --> 00:33:32,731 THE U.N. WAS FORMED IN 1945. 922 00:33:32,731 --> 00:33:35,333 IT WAS AT THE END OF WORLD WAR 923 00:33:35,333 --> 00:33:36,601 II, AND LET THERE NEVER BE 924 00:33:36,601 --> 00:33:40,338 ANOTHER WAR LIKE THAT. 925 00:33:40,338 --> 00:33:41,740 WELL SADLY TO SAY WE HAVEN'T 926 00:33:41,740 --> 00:33:42,941 QUITE ACCOMPLISHED THAT BUT IT'S 927 00:33:42,941 --> 00:33:44,309 HOPEFULLY AT LEAST SOME PLACE 928 00:33:44,309 --> 00:33:45,710 THAT ALL THE COUNTRIES CAN COME 929 00:33:45,710 --> 00:33:48,580 TOGETHER, AND I STILL BELIEVE IN 930 00:33:48,580 --> 00:33:49,414 ITS WORK. 931 00:33:49,414 --> 00:33:51,383 BUT THREE YEARS LATER, IN 1948, 932 00:33:51,383 --> 00:33:53,985 IT ADOPTED THE UNIVERSAL 933 00:33:53,985 --> 00:33:55,987 DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. 934 00:33:55,987 --> 00:33:57,455 I WANT TO READ TO YOU FROM THAT 935 00:33:57,455 --> 00:33:58,189 ORIGINAL DECLARATION. 936 00:33:58,189 --> 00:34:02,627 IT STATES THAT ALL PERSONS, THAT 937 00:34:02,627 --> 00:34:04,162 ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE ENTITLED TO 938 00:34:04,162 --> 00:34:08,466 ALL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS SET 939 00:34:08,466 --> 00:34:09,601 FORTH WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, 940 00:34:09,601 --> 00:34:12,270 COLOR, SEX, LANGUAGE, POLITICAL, 941 00:34:12,270 --> 00:34:14,773 OR OTHER OPINION, NATIONAL EYE 942 00:34:14,773 --> 00:34:18,576 SOCIAL ORIGIN, PROPERTY, BIRTH 943 00:34:18,576 --> 00:34:21,246 OR OTHER STATUS. 944 00:34:21,246 --> 00:34:21,746 END QUOTE. 945 00:34:21,746 --> 00:34:23,815 YOU SEE WHAT'S MISSING? 946 00:34:23,815 --> 00:34:25,917 AGE ISN'T EVEN RECOGNIZED. 947 00:34:25,917 --> 00:34:27,352 OF COURSE THINK ABOUT IT IN THE 948 00:34:27,352 --> 00:34:30,588 MID, YOU KNOW, IN 1948, OUR 949 00:34:30,588 --> 00:34:32,791 LONGEVITY HAD INCREASED A LITTLE 950 00:34:32,791 --> 00:34:33,091 SINCE 1900. 951 00:34:33,091 --> 00:34:36,428 IT WAS IN THE EARLY 50s. 952 00:34:36,428 --> 00:34:41,633 OR MAYBE EVEN APPROACHING 60. 953 00:34:41,633 --> 00:34:42,934 BUT WE HAVE FALLEN OFF. 954 00:34:42,934 --> 00:34:45,670 BY THE WAY, I'LL BE REFERRING TO 955 00:34:45,670 --> 00:34:49,774 A CONVENTION WHICH IS UN-ESE FOR 956 00:34:49,774 --> 00:34:52,777 A LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT 957 00:34:52,777 --> 00:34:54,579 THAT HAS TO BE PASSED BY THE 958 00:34:54,579 --> 00:34:57,682 U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND THEN 959 00:34:57,682 --> 00:35:01,653 RETURNS TO EACH MEMBER STATE FOR 960 00:35:01,653 --> 00:35:02,487 RATIFICATION, AND IF IT'S 961 00:35:02,487 --> 00:35:04,923 RATIFIED BY THAT MEMBER STATE, 962 00:35:04,923 --> 00:35:07,192 THEN IT IS SUBJECT TO MONITORING 963 00:35:07,192 --> 00:35:11,262 BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. 964 00:35:11,262 --> 00:35:13,665 BUT SINCE 1948, WHEN THE 965 00:35:13,665 --> 00:35:14,699 UNIVERSAL DECLARATION WAS 966 00:35:14,699 --> 00:35:17,135 PASSED, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER 967 00:35:17,135 --> 00:35:20,238 CONVENTIONS TO RECOGNIZE AND 968 00:35:20,238 --> 00:35:23,641 PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, 969 00:35:23,641 --> 00:35:25,577 THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, THE MOST 970 00:35:25,577 --> 00:35:27,112 RECENT, THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS 971 00:35:27,112 --> 00:35:28,847 WITH DISABILITIES. 972 00:35:28,847 --> 00:35:33,318 BY THE WAY, IT WAS MODELED ON 973 00:35:33,318 --> 00:35:35,887 OUR OWN AMERICANS WITH 974 00:35:35,887 --> 00:35:37,155 DISABILITIES ACT, BUT I MIGHT 975 00:35:37,155 --> 00:35:38,823 SAY, THE U.S. HAS NEVER RATIFIED 976 00:35:38,823 --> 00:35:41,526 IT, NOR THE ONE ON WOMEN, BUT 977 00:35:41,526 --> 00:35:48,166 ANYWAY, THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DAY. 978 00:35:48,166 --> 00:35:50,335 SO BY 2010, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 979 00:35:50,335 --> 00:35:52,937 OF THE U.N. HAD BEEN GETTING 980 00:35:52,937 --> 00:35:56,374 ENOUGH PRESSURE TO SAY, MAYBE WE 981 00:35:56,374 --> 00:35:59,944 NEED TO LOOK AT AND PROTECTING 982 00:35:59,944 --> 00:36:01,012 BETTER THE RIGHTS OF OLDER 983 00:36:01,012 --> 00:36:01,513 PERSONS. 984 00:36:01,513 --> 00:36:02,647 THEY ESTABLISHED WHAT THEY CALL 985 00:36:02,647 --> 00:36:04,482 THE OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON 986 00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:06,818 AGING, AND IT HAS BEEN MEETING 987 00:36:06,818 --> 00:36:10,355 EVERY YEAR SINCE 2010. 988 00:36:10,355 --> 00:36:12,190 WE'RE GOING INTO THE 14TH 989 00:36:12,190 --> 00:36:17,996 MEETING IN TWO WEEKS AT THE U.N. 990 00:36:17,996 --> 00:36:20,265 AND LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S 991 00:36:20,265 --> 00:36:22,400 BEEN -- THE PAST YEARS HAVE BEEN 992 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,204 AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE 993 00:36:26,204 --> 00:36:28,039 PRESENTED, SHOWING THE 994 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:30,175 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST OLDER 995 00:36:30,175 --> 00:36:34,879 PERSONS BASED ON THEIR AGE. 996 00:36:34,879 --> 00:36:36,481 SO THAT COMES FROM STATEMENTS BY 997 00:36:36,481 --> 00:36:38,249 THE MEMBER STATES THEMSELVES, 998 00:36:38,249 --> 00:36:44,322 INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, 999 00:36:44,322 --> 00:36:47,125 FROM THE NGO COMMUNITY, OTHER 1000 00:36:47,125 --> 00:36:49,661 CIVIL SOCIETY, AS WELL AS THE 1001 00:36:49,661 --> 00:36:51,596 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HUMAN 1002 00:36:51,596 --> 00:36:55,233 RIGHTS, NHRI, NATIONAL HUMAN 1003 00:36:55,233 --> 00:36:57,735 RIGHTS INSTITUTE, I SHOULD SAY. 1004 00:36:57,735 --> 00:36:59,671 ALMOST 900 DOCUMENTS HAVE 1005 00:36:59,671 --> 00:37:01,106 SUBMITTED, ALL OF THEM CALLING 1006 00:37:01,106 --> 00:37:03,007 FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR 1007 00:37:03,007 --> 00:37:06,277 OLDER PERSONS. 1008 00:37:06,277 --> 00:37:07,946 SO THE OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP 1009 00:37:07,946 --> 00:37:09,447 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO STARTED 1010 00:37:09,447 --> 00:37:11,182 LOOKING AT PARTICULAR NORMATIVE 1011 00:37:11,182 --> 00:37:15,253 ELEMENTS OF AGING, AND WE HAVE 1012 00:37:15,253 --> 00:37:16,588 COVERED THE BALLPARK. 1013 00:37:16,588 --> 00:37:17,856 AS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKES TO 1014 00:37:17,856 --> 00:37:20,291 SAY, IT'S BEEN A GERONTOLOGY 101 1015 00:37:20,291 --> 00:37:21,059 COURSE. 1016 00:37:21,059 --> 00:37:24,329 BUT IT HAS COVERED TOPICS OF 1017 00:37:24,329 --> 00:37:25,663 EQUALITY, AGE DISCRIMINATION, 1018 00:37:25,663 --> 00:37:27,932 NEGLECT, VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, 1019 00:37:27,932 --> 00:37:29,868 AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE, LONG 1020 00:37:29,868 --> 00:37:32,537 TERM AND PALLIATIVE CARE, 1021 00:37:32,537 --> 00:37:33,505 EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING, 1022 00:37:33,505 --> 00:37:36,908 THE RIGHT TO WORK, ACCESS TO 1023 00:37:36,908 --> 00:37:38,810 JUSTICE, ECONOMIC SECURITY, AND 1024 00:37:38,810 --> 00:37:41,312 OLDER PERSONS CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1025 00:37:41,312 --> 00:37:42,714 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 1026 00:37:42,714 --> 00:37:45,783 SO THE LAST TWO COMING UP IN TWO 1027 00:37:45,783 --> 00:37:48,553 WEEKS ARE, ACCESSIBILITY 1028 00:37:48,553 --> 00:37:52,357 INFRASTRUCTURE AND HABITAT, AND 1029 00:37:52,357 --> 00:37:55,493 PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LIFE AND 1030 00:37:55,493 --> 00:37:56,861 IN DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES. 1031 00:37:56,861 --> 00:37:58,429 AND I HARKEN BACK TO WHEN THE 1032 00:37:58,429 --> 00:37:59,764 CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS 1033 00:37:59,764 --> 00:38:01,666 WITH DISABILITIES PASSED, THE 1034 00:38:01,666 --> 00:38:04,369 MODEL THEY USED WAS, NOTHING 1035 00:38:04,369 --> 00:38:05,637 ABOUT US WITHOUT US. 1036 00:38:05,637 --> 00:38:07,805 AND I THINK IT'S AS EQUALLY TRUE 1037 00:38:07,805 --> 00:38:10,008 FOR ALL OF US AGING PEOPLE TODAY 1038 00:38:10,008 --> 00:38:13,511 AND FOR FUTURE AGING PERSONS. 1039 00:38:13,511 --> 00:38:15,547 ALSO, IN THIS PROCESS STARTING 1040 00:38:15,547 --> 00:38:20,885 10 YEARS AGO, THE HUMAN RIGHTS 1041 00:38:20,885 --> 00:38:22,654 COMMISSION AESTABLISHED AN 1042 00:38:22,654 --> 00:38:24,289 INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO LOOK AT 1043 00:38:24,289 --> 00:38:25,089 PROTECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1044 00:38:25,089 --> 00:38:28,259 OLDER PERSONS. 1045 00:38:28,259 --> 00:38:30,028 AND SHE, IN THIS CASE IT'S BOTH 1046 00:38:30,028 --> 00:38:31,229 OF THEM HAVE BEEN WOMEN SERVING 1047 00:38:31,229 --> 00:38:33,631 IN THAT CAPACITY, HAVE PRODUCED 1048 00:38:33,631 --> 00:38:35,200 ENORMOUS NUMBER OF REPORTS, OVER 1049 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,069 29, THAT HAVE DOCUMENTED THE 1050 00:38:38,069 --> 00:38:39,137 GAPS IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF 1051 00:38:39,137 --> 00:38:40,572 OLDER PERSONS, IN ADDITION TO 1052 00:38:40,572 --> 00:38:42,974 THE OFFICE OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS 1053 00:38:42,974 --> 00:38:44,709 COMMISSION BY ITS OWN REPORTS, 1054 00:38:44,709 --> 00:38:46,678 AND I PERSONALLY MET AND TALKED 1055 00:38:46,678 --> 00:38:48,546 WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON 1056 00:38:48,546 --> 00:38:52,584 HUMAN RIGHTS, WHO SAID I SUPPORT 1057 00:38:52,584 --> 00:38:54,552 YOU, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A 1058 00:38:54,552 --> 00:38:57,155 CONVENTION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS. 1059 00:38:57,155 --> 00:39:01,326 SO, WHY HASN'T IT PASSED? 1060 00:39:01,326 --> 00:39:11,202 WELL, IT'S AGEISM AT ITS WORST. 1061 00:39:11,202 --> 00:39:13,204 THE AGE -- I WILL SAY, IT ALSO 1062 00:39:13,204 --> 00:39:15,273 HAS TO DO WITH, RIGHT NOW, 1063 00:39:15,273 --> 00:39:17,342 POLITICAL WILL, AND THAT'S 1064 00:39:17,342 --> 00:39:18,142 UNIVERSAL. 1065 00:39:18,142 --> 00:39:19,444 BECAUSE DECISION-MAKERS DO HAVE 1066 00:39:19,444 --> 00:39:21,846 THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, 1067 00:39:21,846 --> 00:39:23,181 IT'S THE CHOICE THEY MAKE NOT 1068 00:39:23,181 --> 00:39:23,481 TO. 1069 00:39:23,481 --> 00:39:25,516 AND THAT'S WHERE WE ALL COME IN 1070 00:39:25,516 --> 00:39:27,986 AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A 1071 00:39:27,986 --> 00:39:28,886 MOMENT. 1072 00:39:28,886 --> 00:39:31,222 BUT BASING DISCRIMINATION ON AGE 1073 00:39:31,222 --> 00:39:34,659 REALLY MARGINALIZES AND DENIES 1074 00:39:34,659 --> 00:39:37,195 THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF AN 1075 00:39:37,195 --> 00:39:38,062 OLDER PERSON. 1076 00:39:38,062 --> 00:39:40,098 AND NOT TO BE A POLLYANNA 1077 00:39:40,098 --> 00:39:41,799 STUDYING THIS FIELD THE WHOLE 1078 00:39:41,799 --> 00:39:44,102 TIME, BUT AS WE AGE, 1079 00:39:44,102 --> 00:39:46,170 PARTICULARLY THE COHORTS TODAY, 1080 00:39:46,170 --> 00:39:49,374 SUBJECT TO A LOT OF THINGS WE 1081 00:39:49,374 --> 00:39:52,176 DIDN'T KNOW, THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE 1082 00:39:52,176 --> 00:39:53,211 ISSUES, MAYBE WE KNEW ABOUT 1083 00:39:53,211 --> 00:39:55,046 THEM, BUT THEY MAYBE WEREN'T AS 1084 00:39:55,046 --> 00:39:55,847 PROFOUND BECAUSE WE WEREN'T 1085 00:39:55,847 --> 00:39:58,650 LIVING AS LONG, RIGHT, THE 1086 00:39:58,650 --> 00:40:01,185 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE 1087 00:40:01,185 --> 00:40:02,553 CREATED MANY HEALTH ISSUES, ET 1088 00:40:02,553 --> 00:40:03,621 CETERA. 1089 00:40:03,621 --> 00:40:09,761 BUT ANYWAY, I THINK OLDER WOMEN, 1090 00:40:09,761 --> 00:40:10,728 PARTICULARLY WHETHER YOU'RE IN A 1091 00:40:10,728 --> 00:40:11,829 DEVELOPED OR A DEVELOPING 1092 00:40:11,829 --> 00:40:14,165 COUNTRY, ARE AT GREATER RISK 1093 00:40:14,165 --> 00:40:15,133 ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. 1094 00:40:15,133 --> 00:40:20,371 AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, SO 1095 00:40:20,371 --> 00:40:24,542 ELOQUENTLY BY THE SPEAKERS, IS 1096 00:40:24,542 --> 00:40:26,711 I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE 1097 00:40:26,711 --> 00:40:29,113 CONCEPT OF AGEISM FOR THE VERY 1098 00:40:29,113 --> 00:40:30,982 REASONS YOU ARTICULATED TODAY 1099 00:40:30,982 --> 00:40:33,318 EARLIER, AND THAT IS, IT'S NOT 1100 00:40:33,318 --> 00:40:34,619 ONE YOU GET TO CHOOSE. 1101 00:40:34,619 --> 00:40:37,422 RIGHT? 1102 00:40:37,422 --> 00:40:38,623 I MEAN, REALLY. 1103 00:40:38,623 --> 00:40:40,258 THE ALTERNATIVE IS YOU CAN DIE 1104 00:40:40,258 --> 00:40:40,792 YOUNG. 1105 00:40:40,792 --> 00:40:42,427 I'VE NEVER MET A PERSON WHO SAID 1106 00:40:42,427 --> 00:40:43,861 I WANT TO DIE YOUNG, I DON'T 1107 00:40:43,861 --> 00:40:44,962 WANT TO GET OLD. 1108 00:40:44,962 --> 00:40:55,907 WELL, IT'S ONE OF THOSI THOSIS E 1109 00:40:56,607 --> 00:40:58,009 ISMS -- I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 1110 00:40:58,009 --> 00:41:00,945 GROW OLD BUT THE DIFFERENTIAL 1111 00:41:00,945 --> 00:41:01,612 VULNERABILITIES ARE CUMULATIVE 1112 00:41:01,612 --> 00:41:02,714 ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. 1113 00:41:02,714 --> 00:41:03,281 VERY CUMULATIVE. 1114 00:41:03,281 --> 00:41:06,317 AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REALLY 1115 00:41:06,317 --> 00:41:11,055 TAKE NOTE OF THAT. 1116 00:41:11,055 --> 00:41:14,992 BUT OBVIOUSLY, I'M A CHEERLEADER 1117 00:41:14,992 --> 00:41:16,928 FOR A CONVENTION, BUT I'M NOT 1118 00:41:16,928 --> 00:41:19,097 DOING THAT IN A VACUUM, BUT I DO 1119 00:41:19,097 --> 00:41:20,965 THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE 1120 00:41:20,965 --> 00:41:22,767 CORRECT AND RIGHT THING TO DO AT 1121 00:41:22,767 --> 00:41:28,172 THIS POINT IN TIME. 1122 00:41:28,172 --> 00:41:31,509 HAVING BEEN INVOLVED AT THE U.N. 1123 00:41:31,509 --> 00:41:36,814 SINCE 2012, I HAVE SEEN A 1124 00:41:36,814 --> 00:41:37,548 PROGRESSION, BUT AS I WAS 1125 00:41:37,548 --> 00:41:38,716 INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT 1126 00:41:38,716 --> 00:41:40,451 PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND 1127 00:41:40,451 --> 00:41:42,053 PARTICULARLY FOR OLDER WOMEN, I 1128 00:41:42,053 --> 00:41:43,187 MET WITH THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH 1129 00:41:43,187 --> 00:41:44,989 COMMISSIONER IN NEW YORK, WHO 1130 00:41:44,989 --> 00:41:48,159 SAID TO ME TWO THINGS. 1131 00:41:48,159 --> 00:41:51,062 I SAID TO HIM -- AT THE TIME, 1132 00:41:51,062 --> 00:41:54,232 IT'S CRAIG MCKEIBER, I SAID, 1133 00:41:54,232 --> 00:41:55,466 CRAIG, WHAT CAN WE DO HERE IN 1134 00:41:55,466 --> 00:41:56,033 THE U.S.? 1135 00:41:56,033 --> 00:41:58,436 HE SAID, ONE, YOU CAN GET THE 1136 00:41:58,436 --> 00:42:00,104 U.S. TO ACTUALLY TAKE LEADERSHIP 1137 00:42:00,104 --> 00:42:02,640 ON DOING THIS, AND THE SECOND 1138 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,776 THING HE TOLD ME IS, OLDER 1139 00:42:04,776 --> 00:42:06,778 PERSONS ARE TOO POLITE. 1140 00:42:06,778 --> 00:42:09,280 YOU NEED TO MAKE SOME NOISE. 1141 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,950 SO I'VE BEEN DOING BOTH, RIGHT? 1142 00:42:12,950 --> 00:42:15,753 ANYWAY. 1143 00:42:15,753 --> 00:42:17,588 BUT WHAT HAPPENED THEN WAS -- 1144 00:42:17,588 --> 00:42:20,892 AND HE TOLD ME THIS BEFORE THE 1145 00:42:20,892 --> 00:42:21,659 PANDEMIC HIT. 1146 00:42:21,659 --> 00:42:23,194 SO WE'RE GETTING OUR DUCKS IN A 1147 00:42:23,194 --> 00:42:24,996 ROW AND TRYING TO INFLUENCE, AND 1148 00:42:24,996 --> 00:42:27,932 THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND WE ALL 1149 00:42:27,932 --> 00:42:30,101 UNDERSTOOD, LIFE STOPPED, THINGS 1150 00:42:30,101 --> 00:42:33,471 CHANGED AND WE GOT BEHIND. 1151 00:42:33,471 --> 00:42:35,039 BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1152 00:42:35,039 --> 00:42:36,374 PANDEMIC WAS THE EARLY DAYS, 1153 00:42:36,374 --> 00:42:41,078 BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THIS TRIAGING 1154 00:42:41,078 --> 00:42:44,482 OF EQUIPMENT, VENTILATORS, 1155 00:42:44,482 --> 00:42:47,885 INADEQUATE PPE FOR PEOPLE BEING 1156 00:42:47,885 --> 00:42:49,320 SERVED AS OLDER PERSONS, AND 1157 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:50,555 HERE I'M TALKING GLOBALLY, BUT 1158 00:42:50,555 --> 00:42:51,656 IT HAPPENED HERE IN THE U.S. 1159 00:42:51,656 --> 00:42:54,192 WHEN WE GOT THE VACCINES, SOME 1160 00:42:54,192 --> 00:42:56,661 COUNTRIES, NOT OURS, BUT SOME 1161 00:42:56,661 --> 00:42:58,663 COUNTRIES ACTUALLY TRIAGED OLDER 1162 00:42:58,663 --> 00:43:00,531 PERSONS TO BE THE BACK OF THE 1163 00:43:00,531 --> 00:43:02,467 LINE, RIGHT? 1164 00:43:02,467 --> 00:43:03,734 AH, YOU'RE OLD ANYWAY, YOU'RE 1165 00:43:03,734 --> 00:43:04,302 GOING TO DIE. 1166 00:43:04,302 --> 00:43:06,938 YOU KNOW, AGE ALONE SHOULD NEVER 1167 00:43:06,938 --> 00:43:11,275 BE A CRITERIA. 1168 00:43:11,275 --> 00:43:12,109 BUT -- CRITERION. 1169 00:43:12,109 --> 00:43:13,845 BUT ANYWAY, THERE ARE OTHER 1170 00:43:13,845 --> 00:43:16,080 ISSUES, AND WE SAW SOME HORRIFIC 1171 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,216 THINGS HAPPEN IN LONG-TERM CARE 1172 00:43:18,216 --> 00:43:20,418 INSTITUTIONS WITH NOT HAVING 1173 00:43:20,418 --> 00:43:23,354 AVAILABLE PPE FOR THE WORKERS, 1174 00:43:23,354 --> 00:43:24,222 AS WELL AS ONE THING THAT CAME 1175 00:43:24,222 --> 00:43:27,258 OUT OF THE COVID WAS THE 1176 00:43:27,258 --> 00:43:29,160 ISOLATIONISM OF OLDER PERSONS. 1177 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:33,297 AND THAT IS TRULY, I THINK, A 1178 00:43:33,297 --> 00:43:35,867 PHENOMENON, IF WE WERE LIKE 1179 00:43:35,867 --> 00:43:40,671 ENGLAND, U.K., THEY ACTUALLY 1180 00:43:40,671 --> 00:43:44,675 HAVE, AT THE HIGH LEVEL, A 1181 00:43:44,675 --> 00:43:47,411 DIRECTOR OF AVOIDING ISOLATION 1182 00:43:47,411 --> 00:43:50,147 AND CREATING PROGRAMS TO TRY AND 1183 00:43:50,147 --> 00:43:50,948 IMPROVE THAT. 1184 00:43:50,948 --> 00:43:59,323 SO ANYWAY, BUT SECOND GENERAL 1185 00:43:59,323 --> 00:44:00,758 GUTIERREZ SAID, THE PANDEMIC 1186 00:44:00,758 --> 00:44:03,528 SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A STRESS 1187 00:44:03,528 --> 00:44:04,829 TEST MEASURING HOW PREPARED 1188 00:44:04,829 --> 00:44:06,097 MEMBER STATES ARE FOR AN AGING 1189 00:44:06,097 --> 00:44:07,265 SOCIETY. 1190 00:44:07,265 --> 00:44:10,468 AND THAT COULD NOT BE MORE TRUE. 1191 00:44:10,468 --> 00:44:12,603 I THOUGHT, OUT OF THIS HORRIBLE 1192 00:44:12,603 --> 00:44:17,408 PANDEMIC WE'RE EXPERIENCING, IFF 1193 00:44:17,408 --> 00:44:18,576 SOMETHING GOOD CAN COME OUT OF 1194 00:44:18,576 --> 00:44:20,811 IT, THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP 1195 00:44:20,811 --> 00:44:22,246 IS GOING TO SIT UP AND TAKE 1196 00:44:22,246 --> 00:44:23,247 NOTICE AND SAY IT'S TIME, WE 1197 00:44:23,247 --> 00:44:26,784 NEED TO PROTECT OLDER PERSONS. 1198 00:44:26,784 --> 00:44:28,185 WELL, THEY COULD BARELY GET A 1199 00:44:28,185 --> 00:44:31,155 QUORUM FOR THE TWO YEARS OF THE 1200 00:44:31,155 --> 00:44:32,990 HEIGHT OF COVID. 1201 00:44:32,990 --> 00:44:36,727 THAT, TO ME, SAID, OH, DEAR, 1202 00:44:36,727 --> 00:44:38,362 THIS IS NEVER GOING TO GO. 1203 00:44:38,362 --> 00:44:40,598 SO WE'VE REALLY -- THERE'S A 1204 00:44:40,598 --> 00:44:41,599 GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE RIGHTS 1205 00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:47,138 OF OLDER PERSONS, WHERE EACH 1206 00:44:47,138 --> 00:44:48,306 ORGANIZATION, NGO, ANYBODY CAN 1207 00:44:48,306 --> 00:44:51,943 BE A MEMBER OF IT, THAT WE HAVE 1208 00:44:51,943 --> 00:44:54,545 DECIDED TO GET A PETITION GOING 1209 00:44:54,545 --> 00:44:56,480 GLOBALLY, AND THAT IS YOUR 1210 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:57,281 CHALLENGE TODAY. 1211 00:44:57,281 --> 00:44:59,684 I DON'T MEAN ON BEHALF OF YOUR 1212 00:44:59,684 --> 00:45:01,752 INSTITUTE OR CENTER, ALTHOUGH 1213 00:45:01,752 --> 00:45:03,721 YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO DO THAT, 1214 00:45:03,721 --> 00:45:04,989 BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE RULES 1215 00:45:04,989 --> 00:45:06,290 ABOUT WHAT YOU COME OUT AND 1216 00:45:06,290 --> 00:45:07,358 SIGN, ET CETERA. 1217 00:45:07,358 --> 00:45:09,160 BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL. 1218 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:14,165 AND WE THE PEOPLE MAY SIGN 1219 00:45:14,165 --> 00:45:15,499 ANYTHING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, AND 1220 00:45:15,499 --> 00:45:16,567 THAT'S WHAT I'M URGING YOU TO 1221 00:45:16,567 --> 00:45:16,934 DO. 1222 00:45:16,934 --> 00:45:18,436 FOR MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, 1223 00:45:18,436 --> 00:45:21,939 VISIT THE WEBSITE, FOR THE 1224 00:45:21,939 --> 00:45:22,907 GLOBAL -- THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE 1225 00:45:22,907 --> 00:45:25,142 FOR THE RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE, 1226 00:45:25,142 --> 00:45:26,644 LOTS OF WORK HAS BEEN GOING ON 1227 00:45:26,644 --> 00:45:27,078 THERE. 1228 00:45:27,078 --> 00:45:30,381 WE HAVE AN AGE WITH RIGHTS 1229 00:45:30,381 --> 00:45:32,850 CAMPAIGN, OR YOU CAN TAKE OUT 1230 00:45:32,850 --> 00:45:34,452 YOUR PHONE AND JUST CLICK ON IT 1231 00:45:34,452 --> 00:45:36,153 RIGHT TODAY, BUT THE PETITION IS 1232 00:45:36,153 --> 00:45:37,622 ON THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE 1233 00:45:37,622 --> 00:45:39,557 RIGHTS OF OLDER PERSONS. 1234 00:45:39,557 --> 00:45:43,728 LASTLY, I WILL SAY, THE MOTTO OF 1235 00:45:43,728 --> 00:45:47,865 THE U.N. IS, THINK GLOBALLY, ACT 1236 00:45:47,865 --> 00:45:49,100 LOCALLY. 1237 00:45:49,100 --> 00:45:52,169 YOU AND I HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE 1238 00:45:52,169 --> 00:45:54,505 A DIFFERENCE FOR THE CURRENT 1239 00:45:54,505 --> 00:45:55,539 GENERATIONS AND FOR THE ONES TO 1240 00:45:55,539 --> 00:45:56,073 COME. 1241 00:45:56,073 --> 00:45:56,807 THANK YOU. 1242 00:45:56,807 --> 00:46:05,216 [APPLAUSE] 1243 00:46:05,216 --> 00:46:06,651 >> AGEISM CAN SIGNIFICANTLY 1244 00:46:06,651 --> 00:46:08,152 IMPACT A PERSON'S OVERALL 1245 00:46:08,152 --> 00:46:09,654 HEALTH, INCLUDING THEIR 1246 00:46:09,654 --> 00:46:11,822 PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL 1247 00:46:11,822 --> 00:46:12,790 WELL-BEING. 1248 00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:14,158 TO COUNTER THIS IMPACT, THE 1249 00:46:14,158 --> 00:46:15,693 GLOBAL REPORT ON AGEISM HAS 1250 00:46:15,693 --> 00:46:19,463 PROPOSED A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION, 1251 00:46:19,463 --> 00:46:20,431 WHICH INCLUDE SPECIFIC 1252 00:46:20,431 --> 00:46:21,332 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTING 1253 00:46:21,332 --> 00:46:21,932 AND COUNTERING IT. 1254 00:46:21,932 --> 00:46:23,300 OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AN 1255 00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:26,237 EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL THERAPIST 1256 00:46:26,237 --> 00:46:27,638 WITH OVER 17 YEARS OF CLINICAL 1257 00:46:27,638 --> 00:46:28,839 PRACTICE AND RESEARCH ON AGING. 1258 00:46:28,839 --> 00:46:30,341 SHE WILL DISCUSS THE REPORT AND 1259 00:46:30,341 --> 00:46:31,909 ITS SUGGESTIONS FOR VARIOUS 1260 00:46:31,909 --> 00:46:33,411 ENTITIES, SUCH AS GOVERNMENTS, 1261 00:46:33,411 --> 00:46:35,146 U.N. AGENCIES, AND CIVIL 1262 00:46:35,146 --> 00:46:35,546 SOCIETY. 1263 00:46:35,546 --> 00:46:37,548 SHE HOLDS A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE 1264 00:46:37,548 --> 00:46:39,283 IN PUBLIC HEALTH, A MASTER OF 1265 00:46:39,283 --> 00:46:40,518 ARTS DEGREE IN GERONTOLOGY FROM 1266 00:46:40,518 --> 00:46:41,719 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1267 00:46:41,719 --> 00:46:45,156 AT CHARLOTTE, AND A PH.D. IN 1268 00:46:45,156 --> 00:46:46,791 BIOMEDICAL GERONTOLOGY FROM THE 1269 00:46:46,791 --> 00:46:50,795 PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 1270 00:46:50,795 --> 00:46:52,997 OF DE RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL. 1271 00:46:52,997 --> 00:46:55,199 YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THE MAGNITUDE 1272 00:46:55,199 --> 00:46:57,301 OF AGEISM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1273 00:46:57,301 --> 00:46:58,536 UNITED KINGDOM AND CANADA. 1274 00:46:58,536 --> 00:47:00,504 PLEASE WELCOME THE HEALTHY AGING 1275 00:47:00,504 --> 00:47:01,972 ADVISOR FOR THE PANAMERICAN 1276 00:47:01,972 --> 00:47:03,240 ORGANIZATION, THE REGIONAL 1277 00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:04,475 OFFICE OF THE WORLD HEALTH 1278 00:47:04,475 --> 00:47:09,847 ORGANIZATION, DR. M PATRICIA 1279 00:47:09,847 --> 00:47:16,220 MORSCH. 1280 00:47:16,220 --> 00:47:18,155 >> AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE 1281 00:47:18,155 --> 00:47:22,126 GREAT WORK AND FOR THE LAUNCH OF 1282 00:47:22,126 --> 00:47:23,194 THE EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO. 1283 00:47:23,194 --> 00:47:24,762 IT'S A GREAT STRATEGY, AND I 1284 00:47:24,762 --> 00:47:26,764 THINK WE HAVE A GREAT 1285 00:47:26,764 --> 00:47:28,632 OPPORTUNITY HERE TO START AND TO 1286 00:47:28,632 --> 00:47:31,168 STRENGTHEN THIS CONVERSATION 1287 00:47:31,168 --> 00:47:32,970 AROUND AGEISM. 1288 00:47:32,970 --> 00:47:35,806 SO MY TASK TODAY IS TO TALK A 1289 00:47:35,806 --> 00:47:38,309 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT 1290 00:47:38,309 --> 00:47:43,414 WE ARE DOING ON AGEISM IN THE 1291 00:47:43,414 --> 00:47:44,181 PANAMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 1292 00:47:44,181 --> 00:47:48,252 WHICH IS ALSO THE REGIONAL WORK 1293 00:47:48,252 --> 00:47:49,320 FOR WHO IN THE AMERICAS. 1294 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,288 AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE 1295 00:47:51,288 --> 00:47:52,990 BIT TODAY ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN 1296 00:47:52,990 --> 00:47:55,893 THAT WE HAVE, A WORLD FOR ALL 1297 00:47:55,893 --> 00:47:57,795 AGES, WHICH IS THE WHO GLOBAL 1298 00:47:57,795 --> 00:48:00,631 CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT AGEISM. 1299 00:48:00,631 --> 00:48:01,866 SO TO START, I'M GOING TO GIVE 1300 00:48:01,866 --> 00:48:03,968 YOU A LITTLE BIT OF DEFINITIONS 1301 00:48:03,968 --> 00:48:05,469 RELATED TO AGEISM. 1302 00:48:05,469 --> 00:48:10,074 SO USUALLY, WE LISTEN A LOT 1303 00:48:10,074 --> 00:48:11,942 ABOUT AGEISM RELATED TO THE 1304 00:48:11,942 --> 00:48:13,577 DISCRIMINATION BASED ON AGE, BUT 1305 00:48:13,577 --> 00:48:15,579 THE DEFINITION IS A LITTLE BIT 1306 00:48:15,579 --> 00:48:16,113 BROADER. 1307 00:48:16,113 --> 00:48:18,182 BECAUSE IT REFERS TO THE 1308 00:48:18,182 --> 00:48:19,216 STEREOTYPES, WHICH IS HOW WE 1309 00:48:19,216 --> 00:48:20,618 THINK, THE PREJUDICE, HOW WE 1310 00:48:20,618 --> 00:48:22,119 FEEL, AND THE DISCRIMINATION, 1311 00:48:22,119 --> 00:48:25,990 WHICH IS HOW WE ACT TOWARDS 1312 00:48:25,990 --> 00:48:27,625 PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR AGE. 1313 00:48:27,625 --> 00:48:30,995 AND THE AGEISM IS IN VERY 1314 00:48:30,995 --> 00:48:33,430 DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR SOCIETY, 1315 00:48:33,430 --> 00:48:35,633 SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT 1316 00:48:35,633 --> 00:48:36,267 CHARACTERIZATIONS OF IT. 1317 00:48:36,267 --> 00:48:38,669 IT CAN BE THE INSTITUTIONAL 1318 00:48:38,669 --> 00:48:40,004 AGEISM, WHICH REFERS TO THE 1319 00:48:40,004 --> 00:48:42,706 LAWS, THE RULES, THE SOCIAL 1320 00:48:42,706 --> 00:48:44,875 NORMS, POLICIES AND PRACTICES 1321 00:48:44,875 --> 00:48:48,679 THAT INSTITUTIONS HAVE BASED ON 1322 00:48:48,679 --> 00:48:50,748 AGE. 1323 00:48:50,748 --> 00:48:52,082 THE INTERPERSONAL AGEISM, WHEN 1324 00:48:52,082 --> 00:48:54,385 ALL THIS BIAS HAPPENED IN THE 1325 00:48:54,385 --> 00:48:55,152 RELATIONSHIPS PEOPLE HAVE, ONE 1326 00:48:55,152 --> 00:48:56,921 TO ANOTHER, AND THE 1327 00:48:56,921 --> 00:48:58,189 SELF-DIRECTED AGEISM, OF COURSE, 1328 00:48:58,189 --> 00:49:03,194 THAT OCCURS WHEN ONE HAS VIEWS 1329 00:49:03,194 --> 00:49:07,164 ABOUT AGE AGAINST ONCE SELF. 1330 00:49:07,164 --> 00:49:07,731 ONE'S SELF. 1331 00:49:07,731 --> 00:49:08,732 AND TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND A 1332 00:49:08,732 --> 00:49:11,101 LITTLE BIT OF AGEISM, ITS 1333 00:49:11,101 --> 00:49:13,938 NATURE, IMPACT, PREVALENCES, WHO 1334 00:49:13,938 --> 00:49:16,974 ALONG WITH OTHER AGENCIES OF THE 1335 00:49:16,974 --> 00:49:18,242 UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHED THE 1336 00:49:18,242 --> 00:49:21,579 GLOBAL REPORT ON AGEISM THAT 1337 00:49:21,579 --> 00:49:25,416 SERVE AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE 1338 00:49:25,416 --> 00:49:27,751 GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AS IT BRINGS THE 1339 00:49:27,751 --> 00:49:29,453 CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. 1340 00:49:29,453 --> 00:49:31,322 OF COURSE THERE IS -- THIS IS 1341 00:49:31,322 --> 00:49:32,656 THE STARTING POINT. 1342 00:49:32,656 --> 00:49:34,592 THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION 1343 00:49:34,592 --> 00:49:36,460 STILL NEEDED, A LOT OF RESEARCH 1344 00:49:36,460 --> 00:49:39,430 TO BE CONDUCTED TO UNDERSTAND 1345 00:49:39,430 --> 00:49:40,564 MORE ABOUT AGEISM. 1346 00:49:40,564 --> 00:49:42,533 BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME DATA, 1347 00:49:42,533 --> 00:49:44,969 HAVE SOME INFORMATION, AND 1348 00:49:44,969 --> 00:49:47,671 ESPECIALLY FROM HIGH-INCOME 1349 00:49:47,671 --> 00:49:49,039 COUNTRIES. 1350 00:49:49,039 --> 00:49:51,408 AND ONE IMPORTANT THING THAT THE 1351 00:49:51,408 --> 00:49:53,611 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS IS THAT AGEISM 1352 00:49:53,611 --> 00:49:56,180 IS EVERYWHERE. 1353 00:49:56,180 --> 00:50:00,050 AND ONE IN TWO PEOPLE WORLDWIDE 1354 00:50:00,050 --> 00:50:03,954 HAS AGEISM AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE. 1355 00:50:03,954 --> 00:50:05,256 AND AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED BEFORE 1356 00:50:05,256 --> 00:50:08,692 IN HER PRESENTATION, IT AFFECTS 1357 00:50:08,692 --> 00:50:09,994 THE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE 1358 00:50:09,994 --> 00:50:12,696 LIFE COURSE. 1359 00:50:12,696 --> 00:50:14,531 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TACKLE 1360 00:50:14,531 --> 00:50:16,967 AGEISM IN ALL AGE GROUPS, 1361 00:50:16,967 --> 00:50:18,435 BECAUSE OF COURSE WE ARE 1362 00:50:18,435 --> 00:50:21,705 EMPHASIZING HERE I AND THE REPOT 1363 00:50:21,705 --> 00:50:26,277 ALSO EMPHASIZES THE AFFEC EFFECF 1364 00:50:26,277 --> 00:50:27,878 AGEISM ON OLDER PEOPLE BUT IT 1365 00:50:27,878 --> 00:50:29,179 CAN AFFECT ANY STAGE OF THE LIFE 1366 00:50:29,179 --> 00:50:31,348 COURSE, AND OF COURSE CHILDREN 1367 00:50:31,348 --> 00:50:34,251 LEARN ABOUT AGE AND HOW TO REACT 1368 00:50:34,251 --> 00:50:37,988 TO A CERTAIN AGE WHEN THEY ARE 1369 00:50:37,988 --> 00:50:39,223 BUILDING OUT THEIR PERSONALITY, 1370 00:50:39,223 --> 00:50:40,190 THEIR VALUES, SO IT'S VERY 1371 00:50:40,190 --> 00:50:41,825 IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE 1372 00:50:41,825 --> 00:50:43,527 CONVERSATIONS AND TO TACKLE 1373 00:50:43,527 --> 00:50:48,098 AGEISM WITH THE LIFECOURSE 1374 00:50:48,098 --> 00:50:48,432 LENSES. 1375 00:50:48,432 --> 00:50:49,733 IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT 1376 00:50:49,733 --> 00:50:51,702 HOW AGEISM INTERACTS AND 1377 00:50:51,702 --> 00:50:53,537 ACTUALLY EXACERBATES OTHER TYPE 1378 00:50:53,537 --> 00:50:54,071 OF BIAS. 1379 00:50:54,071 --> 00:50:56,707 SO OF COURSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1380 00:50:56,707 --> 00:50:58,809 AGEISM FOR WOMEN, FOR AFRICAN 1381 00:50:58,809 --> 00:51:00,544 AMERICANS AND OTHER DIFFERENT 1382 00:51:00,544 --> 00:51:04,248 RACES, IT CAN EXACERBATE 1383 00:51:04,248 --> 00:51:07,918 DISADVANTAGES BECAUSE IT WORKS 1384 00:51:07,918 --> 00:51:09,219 TO TOGETHER TO INCREASE 1385 00:51:09,219 --> 00:51:10,621 INEQUITIES. 1386 00:51:10,621 --> 00:51:12,323 THE REPORT BRINGS A LITTLE BIT 1387 00:51:12,323 --> 00:51:13,958 OF THE PREVALENCE OF AGEISM. 1388 00:51:13,958 --> 00:51:15,492 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 1389 00:51:15,492 --> 00:51:17,795 INFORMATION ON THE DIFFERENCES 1390 00:51:17,795 --> 00:51:19,330 IN WHY SOME COUNTRIES, SOME 1391 00:51:19,330 --> 00:51:22,766 REGIONS HAVE MORE AGEISM THAN 1392 00:51:22,766 --> 00:51:23,801 OTHERS. 1393 00:51:23,801 --> 00:51:24,468 THERE'S STILL INVESTIGATION THAT 1394 00:51:24,468 --> 00:51:26,303 HAS TO BE CONDUCTED, BUT WE CAN 1395 00:51:26,303 --> 00:51:28,238 SEE THE AMERICAS IS NOT A REGION 1396 00:51:28,238 --> 00:51:34,044 WITH, LIKE, THE MOST AGEISM -- 1397 00:51:34,044 --> 00:51:34,778 AGES PROFILE. 1398 00:51:34,778 --> 00:51:37,481 ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, AROUND 1399 00:51:37,481 --> 00:51:39,483 42% OF MODERATE AGEISM WAS 1400 00:51:39,483 --> 00:51:40,918 OBSERVED IN THE AMERICAS, AND 1401 00:51:40,918 --> 00:51:44,054 DATA FROM THE UNITED STATES SHOW 1402 00:51:44,054 --> 00:51:47,558 MORE OF THE LOW AGEISM 1403 00:51:47,558 --> 00:51:50,894 ATTITUDES, AROUND LIKE 80%. 1404 00:51:50,894 --> 00:51:52,863 I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF 1405 00:51:52,863 --> 00:51:54,531 INFORMATION TO KNOW ABOUT THAT, 1406 00:51:54,531 --> 00:51:58,802 AND ESPECIALLY ON THE STUDIES 1407 00:51:58,802 --> 00:52:01,071 AND HAVE MORE STRONG EVIDENCE TO 1408 00:52:01,071 --> 00:52:02,506 SUPPORT THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE 1409 00:52:02,506 --> 00:52:04,208 AS WE'VE BEEN LISTENING AND WE 1410 00:52:04,208 --> 00:52:05,709 WILL LISTEN MORE TODAY, AGEISM 1411 00:52:05,709 --> 00:52:08,679 IS EVERYWHERE, AND IT'S 1412 00:52:08,679 --> 00:52:12,683 IMPACTING VERY STRONGLY PEOPLE, 1413 00:52:12,683 --> 00:52:13,784 ESPECIALLY OLDER ADULTS. 1414 00:52:13,784 --> 00:52:17,121 AND CONSIDERING THE IMPACTS OF 1415 00:52:17,121 --> 00:52:19,990 AGEISM, THERE IS A LOT OF IMPACT 1416 00:52:19,990 --> 00:52:22,459 ON HEALTH, ON PHYSICAL HEALTH, 1417 00:52:22,459 --> 00:52:24,395 MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL WELL-BEING 1418 00:52:24,395 --> 00:52:26,497 OVERALL FOR OLDER PEOPLE, AND 1419 00:52:26,497 --> 00:52:30,834 THERE IS LIKE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES 1420 00:52:30,834 --> 00:52:33,270 ON THE SLIDE, BUT THERE IS ALSO 1421 00:52:33,270 --> 00:52:36,774 IMPORTANT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR 1422 00:52:36,774 --> 00:52:38,675 SOCIETIES, AND BECAUSE IT'S 1423 00:52:38,675 --> 00:52:40,177 RELATED, ALL THIS IMPACT ON 1424 00:52:40,177 --> 00:52:42,546 HEALTH WILL RELATE TO HOW THE 1425 00:52:42,546 --> 00:52:44,782 SYSTEMS HAVE TO RESPOND TO THESE 1426 00:52:44,782 --> 00:52:45,282 INDIVIDUALS AS WELL. 1427 00:52:45,282 --> 00:52:50,320 SO THERE IS LIKE MORE USE ON 1428 00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:50,921 HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES 1429 00:52:50,921 --> 00:52:53,090 RELATED TO AGEISM. 1430 00:52:53,090 --> 00:52:55,626 AND WHO WAS ALSO WORKING ON THE 1431 00:52:55,626 --> 00:52:57,061 ABUSE OF OLDER PEOPLE, AND 1432 00:52:57,061 --> 00:53:00,130 ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT RAISED 1433 00:53:00,130 --> 00:53:03,667 AFTER THE PANDEMIC RELATED TO 1434 00:53:03,667 --> 00:53:05,969 THIS ISSUE, AND IT WAS 1435 00:53:05,969 --> 00:53:07,404 IDENTIFIED WITH SOME EXPERT 1436 00:53:07,404 --> 00:53:09,706 GROUPS, SOME PRIORITIES TO 1437 00:53:09,706 --> 00:53:12,342 TACKLE ELDER ABUSE, AND THE 1438 00:53:12,342 --> 00:53:14,778 FIRST ONE WAS TO COMBAT AGEISM. 1439 00:53:14,778 --> 00:53:16,847 SO IT VERY MUCH RELATED, AND WE 1440 00:53:16,847 --> 00:53:20,918 HAVE TO WORK ON COMBATING AGEISM 1441 00:53:20,918 --> 00:53:24,221 TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE OTHER 1442 00:53:24,221 --> 00:53:26,757 AREAS RELATED TO HEALTHY AGING 1443 00:53:26,757 --> 00:53:30,494 AND HEALTHY LONGEVITY. 1444 00:53:30,494 --> 00:53:32,096 I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT 1445 00:53:32,096 --> 00:53:33,831 OF AN OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT 1446 00:53:33,831 --> 00:53:35,999 AREAS AND HOW AGEISM IS 1447 00:53:35,999 --> 00:53:37,201 IMPACTING OLDER PEOPLE, 1448 00:53:37,201 --> 00:53:39,403 SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, 1449 00:53:39,403 --> 00:53:43,373 RELATED TO HEALTH, SO AGEISM CAN 1450 00:53:43,373 --> 00:53:44,942 BE A BARRIER TO ACCESS HEALTH 1451 00:53:44,942 --> 00:53:47,244 SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS, AND 1452 00:53:47,244 --> 00:53:50,481 IT'S RELATED TO WORST OUTCOMES 1453 00:53:50,481 --> 00:53:53,884 IN HEALTH IN DIFFERENT AREAS, 1454 00:53:53,884 --> 00:53:56,053 MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, 1455 00:53:56,053 --> 00:53:58,689 IT'S RELATED TO WORSE RECOVERY 1456 00:53:58,689 --> 00:54:01,191 FROM DISABILITY AND 1457 00:54:01,191 --> 00:54:04,228 REHABILITATION RESULTS. 1458 00:54:04,228 --> 00:54:07,664 ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1459 00:54:07,664 --> 00:54:09,032 DECISIONS OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES, 1460 00:54:09,032 --> 00:54:10,501 AND THIS IS SOMETHING RELATED TO 1461 00:54:10,501 --> 00:54:12,069 THE PANDEMIC THAT WAS MENTIONED 1462 00:54:12,069 --> 00:54:14,872 BEFORE ALSO, THE USE OF 1463 00:54:14,872 --> 00:54:16,240 VENTILATORS AND THE PROCEDURES 1464 00:54:16,240 --> 00:54:18,942 BASED ONLY ON CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, 1465 00:54:18,942 --> 00:54:24,915 THIS IS AGEISM, AND ALSO THE 1466 00:54:24,915 --> 00:54:27,017 STEREOTYPES ON, OH, THIS PERSON 1467 00:54:27,017 --> 00:54:28,886 IS OLD, SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE 1468 00:54:28,886 --> 00:54:29,887 FEELING THIS WAY. 1469 00:54:29,887 --> 00:54:31,755 THAT'S WHY THEY ARE PRESENTING 1470 00:54:31,755 --> 00:54:32,422 THIS. 1471 00:54:32,422 --> 00:54:35,159 NO, THIS IS HEALTH ISSUES THAT 1472 00:54:35,159 --> 00:54:36,293 HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. 1473 00:54:36,293 --> 00:54:38,462 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE 1474 00:54:38,462 --> 00:54:43,400 THIS IN MIND IN HEALTH. 1475 00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:44,801 AND ANOTHER POINT, IT'S RELATED 1476 00:54:44,801 --> 00:54:45,602 TO RESEARCH. 1477 00:54:45,602 --> 00:54:47,204 HERE AT THE NIH, THIS SHOULD 1478 00:54:47,204 --> 00:54:48,138 BE -- IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS 1479 00:54:48,138 --> 00:54:51,375 VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER, THAT 1480 00:54:51,375 --> 00:54:53,210 OLDER ADULTS MANY TIMES THEY ARE 1481 00:54:53,210 --> 00:54:54,278 EXCLUDED FROM CLINICAL TRIALS 1482 00:54:54,278 --> 00:54:55,913 BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY 1483 00:54:55,913 --> 00:54:58,749 FACTORS RELATED TO THE OLDER 1484 00:54:58,749 --> 00:54:59,683 ADULTS WITH LIKE CHRONIC 1485 00:54:59,683 --> 00:55:02,886 CONDITIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED 1486 00:55:02,886 --> 00:55:04,421 WITH THE AGING PROCESS ITSELF 1487 00:55:04,421 --> 00:55:06,423 THAT MIGHT LEAD TO SOME 1488 00:55:06,423 --> 00:55:09,359 SITUATIONS THAT CAN BE SOME LIKE 1489 00:55:09,359 --> 00:55:11,328 CONFUSION FACTORS FOR RESEARCH. 1490 00:55:11,328 --> 00:55:13,564 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, OLDER 1491 00:55:13,564 --> 00:55:14,965 ADULTS ARE USING THOSE 1492 00:55:14,965 --> 00:55:16,466 MEDICATIONS, ARE RECEIVING THOSE 1493 00:55:16,466 --> 00:55:18,302 VACCINES, AND THEY ARE NOT AS 1494 00:55:18,302 --> 00:55:20,237 MUCH INCLUDED ON THE TRIALS. 1495 00:55:20,237 --> 00:55:23,207 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO 1496 00:55:23,207 --> 00:55:25,075 CONSIDER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1497 00:55:25,075 --> 00:55:26,443 AGEISM AND HEALTH. 1498 00:55:26,443 --> 00:55:27,444 OF COURSE AGEISM IN THE 1499 00:55:27,444 --> 00:55:30,080 WORKPLACE IS SOMETHING VERY 1500 00:55:30,080 --> 00:55:31,481 IMPORTANT, WE ARE HERE GATHERED 1501 00:55:31,481 --> 00:55:33,717 TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE 1502 00:55:33,717 --> 00:55:35,385 PORTFOLIO THAT HAS THE WORKPLACE 1503 00:55:35,385 --> 00:55:37,988 AS A FOCUS, SO I WANT TO MENTION 1504 00:55:37,988 --> 00:55:40,390 THAT HERE ON THE REPORT, THE 1505 00:55:40,390 --> 00:55:42,859 EXAMPLES IN THE WORKFORCE 1506 00:55:42,859 --> 00:55:47,698 EMPHASIZE POTASSIEMPHASIZE BOTHT 1507 00:55:47,698 --> 00:55:49,132 GROUP AS WELL AS THE OLDEST 1508 00:55:49,132 --> 00:55:51,635 GROUP BECAUSE THESE TWO ARE THE 1509 00:55:51,635 --> 00:55:54,471 MOST PRONE TO AGEISM IN THE 1510 00:55:54,471 --> 00:55:56,306 WORKFORCE, BUT CONSIDERING OLDER 1511 00:55:56,306 --> 00:55:58,942 PEOPLE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 1512 00:55:58,942 --> 00:56:01,078 BECAUSE OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT 1513 00:56:01,078 --> 00:56:02,813 AGE IS WHEN MANY TIMES OLDER 1514 00:56:02,813 --> 00:56:05,182 ADULTS NEED OR WANT TO KEEP 1515 00:56:05,182 --> 00:56:06,583 WORKING, WORK IS A VERY 1516 00:56:06,583 --> 00:56:10,454 IMPORTANT PART OF WHO A PERSON 1517 00:56:10,454 --> 00:56:13,624 IS IN SOCIETY, AND REFER TO 1518 00:56:13,624 --> 00:56:15,325 THEIR JOB, THEIR POSITION, SO 1519 00:56:15,325 --> 00:56:19,229 IT'S VERY, VERY -- IT'S A VERY 1520 00:56:19,229 --> 00:56:21,098 IMPORTANT TRANSITION, 1521 00:56:21,098 --> 00:56:22,866 RETIREMENT, SO IT SHOULD BE WELL 1522 00:56:22,866 --> 00:56:25,035 PLANNED AND PREPARED. 1523 00:56:25,035 --> 00:56:26,403 SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO 1524 00:56:26,403 --> 00:56:28,272 CONSIDER. 1525 00:56:28,272 --> 00:56:30,574 AND ALSO INTEGRATING OLDER 1526 00:56:30,574 --> 00:56:32,309 PEOPLE IN THE MARKET WHEN THEY 1527 00:56:32,309 --> 00:56:34,544 DESAID TO RETIRE AND LOOK FOR 1528 00:56:34,544 --> 00:56:35,846 ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, CHANGE 1529 00:56:35,846 --> 00:56:37,080 CAREER, LIFELONG LEARNING FOR 1530 00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:38,849 NEW EXPERIENCES, OPPORTUNITIES 1531 00:56:38,849 --> 00:56:43,353 FOR HAVING OLDER PEOPLE IN THE 1532 00:56:43,353 --> 00:56:44,521 WORKFORCE, AND OF COURSE 1533 00:56:44,521 --> 00:56:45,289 INTERGENERATIONAL STRATEGIES TO 1534 00:56:45,289 --> 00:56:48,225 BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE DIFFERENT 1535 00:56:48,225 --> 00:56:50,227 GENERATIONS SHARING THIS 1536 00:56:50,227 --> 00:56:54,564 WORKFORCE. 1537 00:56:54,564 --> 00:56:56,667 AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE -- 1538 00:56:56,667 --> 00:56:58,835 THERE ARE MANY OTHERS BUT I AM 1539 00:56:58,835 --> 00:57:00,704 FOCUSING ON THESE THREE, HEALTH, 1540 00:57:00,704 --> 00:57:03,206 WORKFORCE AND ARTIFICIAL 1541 00:57:03,206 --> 00:57:04,741 INTELLIGENCE, AS MENTIONED 1542 00:57:04,741 --> 00:57:05,876 BEFORE THIS CAN BE A HUGE 1543 00:57:05,876 --> 00:57:07,744 CONCERN, IT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL, 1544 00:57:07,744 --> 00:57:09,813 ESPECIALLY FOR HEALTHCARE, 1545 00:57:09,813 --> 00:57:11,915 BULL -- AND NOT ONLY ARTIFICIAL 1546 00:57:11,915 --> 00:57:13,684 INTELLIGENCE, BUT ALSO THE USE 1547 00:57:13,684 --> 00:57:18,655 OF TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, WE HAVE TO 1548 00:57:18,655 --> 00:57:20,057 CONSIDER WHEN WE HAVE THIS AGING 1549 00:57:20,057 --> 00:57:20,957 SOCIETY BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, 1550 00:57:20,957 --> 00:57:25,295 THERE IS THIS HUGE DIGITAL 1551 00:57:25,295 --> 00:57:26,697 DIVIDE BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS 1552 00:57:26,697 --> 00:57:28,965 ON THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND A 1553 00:57:28,965 --> 00:57:31,835 LOT OF THE TIME IT IS RELATED TO 1554 00:57:31,835 --> 00:57:34,671 AGEISM. 1555 00:57:34,671 --> 00:57:35,472 BECAUSE THERE IS THE BELIEF 1556 00:57:35,472 --> 00:57:37,274 SOMETIMES THAT OLDER PEOPLE 1557 00:57:37,274 --> 00:57:39,309 CANNOT MASTER NEW TECHNOLOGIES, 1558 00:57:39,309 --> 00:57:42,279 AND THEY CANNOT LEARN FROM 1559 00:57:42,279 --> 00:57:44,114 THEMSELVES, FROM OTHER PEOPLE, 1560 00:57:44,114 --> 00:57:48,118 WORKING WITH THEM, SO IT VERY 1561 00:57:48,118 --> 00:57:50,287 IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS AGEISM ON 1562 00:57:50,287 --> 00:57:50,887 THIS AREA. 1563 00:57:50,887 --> 00:57:53,423 AND CONSIDERING ARTIFICIAL 1564 00:57:53,423 --> 00:57:54,658 INTELLIGENCE SPECIFICALLY, IT 1565 00:57:54,658 --> 00:57:56,560 CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE, 1566 00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:58,061 ESPECIALLY FOR AGING IN PLACE, 1567 00:57:58,061 --> 00:58:01,598 FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE 1568 00:58:01,598 --> 00:58:03,900 SPECIAL NEEDS DISABILITY, BUT 1569 00:58:03,900 --> 00:58:06,803 IT'S CRUCIAL TO ENGAGE OLDER 1570 00:58:06,803 --> 00:58:10,407 PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 1571 00:58:10,407 --> 00:58:11,208 THESE STRATEGIES. 1572 00:58:11,208 --> 00:58:12,642 SO THEIR NEEDS ARE UNDERSTOOD 1573 00:58:12,642 --> 00:58:16,413 AND, OF COURSE, THEY CAN BE -- 1574 00:58:16,413 --> 00:58:17,814 THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN 1575 00:58:17,814 --> 00:58:19,316 RESPOND TO THAT. 1576 00:58:19,316 --> 00:58:22,586 ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 1577 00:58:22,586 --> 00:58:23,854 EARLIER IDENTIFICATION OF 1578 00:58:23,854 --> 00:58:25,122 DISEASES AND ALL OF THAT, IT'S 1579 00:58:25,122 --> 00:58:30,694 BASED ON DIG BE -- BASED ON BIG, 1580 00:58:30,694 --> 00:58:32,229 AND STRATIFICATION AND INCLUSION 1581 00:58:32,229 --> 00:58:33,497 OF THE DATA, THE SAME PROBLEM AS 1582 00:58:33,497 --> 00:58:35,665 I MENTIONED WITH RESEARCH 1583 00:58:35,665 --> 00:58:37,100 BEFORE, SOMETIMES OLDER PEOPLE 1584 00:58:37,100 --> 00:58:39,369 ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS BIG DATA. 1585 00:58:39,369 --> 00:58:41,204 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE 1586 00:58:41,204 --> 00:58:42,806 TALK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL 1587 00:58:42,806 --> 00:58:43,306 INTELLIGENCE. 1588 00:58:43,306 --> 00:58:46,176 AND THERE IS A POLICY BRIEF 1589 00:58:46,176 --> 00:58:48,278 SEPARATE FROM WHO ON THIS TOPIC 1590 00:58:48,278 --> 00:58:50,414 TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS WHEN WE 1591 00:58:50,414 --> 00:58:51,882 TALK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL 1592 00:58:51,882 --> 00:58:54,518 INTELLIGENCE. 1593 00:58:54,518 --> 00:58:56,653 THE GOOD NEWS, THAT AGEISM CAN 1594 00:58:56,653 --> 00:58:58,288 BE COMBATED, AND OF COURSE BEING 1595 00:58:58,288 --> 00:59:01,024 HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY, 1596 00:59:01,024 --> 00:59:03,960 IT'S AN IMPORTANT WAY TO DO SO. 1597 00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:07,431 BUT ON THE REPORT, IT IS LISTED 1598 00:59:07,431 --> 00:59:10,100 THAT THREE MAIN ACTIONS THAT WE 1599 00:59:10,100 --> 00:59:13,870 CAN WORK TO COMBAT AGEISM. 1600 00:59:13,870 --> 00:59:17,274 AND THE FIRST ONE IS POLICY -- 1601 00:59:17,274 --> 00:59:18,475 SO OF COURSE THE GLOBAL 1602 00:59:18,475 --> 00:59:20,510 CONVENTION, THAT WOULD BE THE 1603 00:59:20,510 --> 00:59:22,446 UTMOST POLICY AND LAW THAT WE 1604 00:59:22,446 --> 00:59:24,548 CAN HAVE FROM THE UNITED 1605 00:59:24,548 --> 00:59:26,616 NATIONS, BUT WE KNOW THAT 1606 00:59:26,616 --> 00:59:28,385 COUNTRIES HAVE SOME SPECIFIC 1607 00:59:28,385 --> 00:59:31,188 LAWS, FOR EXAMPLE, PAHO'S MEMBER 1608 00:59:31,188 --> 00:59:32,722 STATES HAVE SOME LAWS 1609 00:59:32,722 --> 00:59:33,890 SPECIFICALLY AGAINST 1610 00:59:33,890 --> 00:59:37,961 DISCRIMINATION AT WORK BASED 1611 00:59:37,961 --> 00:59:38,395 AGE. 1612 00:59:38,395 --> 00:59:40,330 WE NEED SOMETHING BROADER FOR 1613 00:59:40,330 --> 00:59:40,564 AGEISM. 1614 00:59:40,564 --> 00:59:43,600 AND THE AMERICAS, THEY HAVE -- 1615 00:59:43,600 --> 00:59:45,936 THE REGION HAS AB INTERAMERICAN 1616 00:59:45,936 --> 00:59:47,604 CONVENTION TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF 1617 00:59:47,604 --> 00:59:49,573 OLDER PEOPLE. 1618 00:59:49,573 --> 00:59:52,342 THE CONVENTION IS RATIFIED BY 11 1619 00:59:52,342 --> 00:59:55,178 OF THE MEMBER STATES, SO LAST 1620 00:59:55,178 --> 00:59:57,814 YEAR, FINALLY THE TENTH COUNTRY 1621 00:59:57,814 --> 00:59:59,049 RATIFIED THE CONVENTION, SO 1622 00:59:59,049 --> 01:00:00,650 RIGHT NOW THE ORGANIZATION OF 1623 01:00:00,650 --> 01:00:02,319 THE AMERICAN STATES IS WORKING 1624 01:00:02,319 --> 01:00:04,087 TO ACTIVATE THE CONVENTION 1625 01:00:04,087 --> 01:00:06,690 WITHIN THE INTERAMERICAN COURT, 1626 01:00:06,690 --> 01:00:08,758 AND WORKING WITH THE EXPERT 1627 01:00:08,758 --> 01:00:13,230 GROUP TO FOLLOW ALL THE ACTIONS 1628 01:00:13,230 --> 01:00:15,031 THAT A COUNTRY MAY BRING TO THE 1629 01:00:15,031 --> 01:00:16,900 COURT, SO THIS IS A VERY 1630 01:00:16,900 --> 01:00:21,538 IMPORTANT LEGALLY BINDING 1631 01:00:21,538 --> 01:00:24,808 INSTRUMENT, AND CAN SERVE AS A 1632 01:00:24,808 --> 01:00:27,177 FIRST STEP, AS IN A CASE EXAMPLE 1633 01:00:27,177 --> 01:00:30,180 FOR THE GLOBAL CONVENTION IN THE 1634 01:00:30,180 --> 01:00:31,681 FUTURE, SO THE TEXT IS AVAILABLE 1635 01:00:31,681 --> 01:00:33,350 ONLINE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW. 1636 01:00:33,350 --> 01:00:35,185 IT'S VERY BROAD, IT BRINGS LIKE 1637 01:00:35,185 --> 01:00:36,319 DIFFERENT AREAS, AND WHEN WE 1638 01:00:36,319 --> 01:00:39,189 WORK WITH THE COUNTRIES, IT'S 1639 01:00:39,189 --> 01:00:42,259 VERY INTERESTING, HOW THEY 1640 01:00:42,259 --> 01:00:44,027 APPROACH THE CONVENTION, SAY NO, 1641 01:00:44,027 --> 01:00:47,964 BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THE 1642 01:00:47,964 --> 01:00:49,366 CONVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHT, IT'S 1643 01:00:49,366 --> 01:00:52,035 FOR EVERYBODY. 1644 01:00:52,035 --> 01:00:53,970 AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, IT DOESN'T 1645 01:00:53,970 --> 01:00:55,639 BRING AGE SPECIFICALLY IN ALL 1646 01:00:55,639 --> 01:00:56,873 THE GROUPS THAT THEY ARE 1647 01:00:56,873 --> 01:00:57,707 SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE 1648 01:00:57,707 --> 01:00:57,908 GAPS. 1649 01:00:57,908 --> 01:00:59,476 AND THEN SOME OTHERS RESPOND, 1650 01:00:59,476 --> 01:01:01,044 OH, WE DO HAVE THE CONVENTION 1651 01:01:01,044 --> 01:01:04,247 FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 1652 01:01:04,247 --> 01:01:05,916 WELL, YEAH, THIS IS GOOD FOR 1653 01:01:05,916 --> 01:01:08,451 OLDER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, 1654 01:01:08,451 --> 01:01:12,622 BUT WHAT ABOUT THE AGING 1655 01:01:12,622 --> 01:01:14,357 POPULATION AND HOW ABOUT 1656 01:01:14,357 --> 01:01:15,992 CREATING AGING TRAJECTORIES? 1657 01:01:15,992 --> 01:01:18,295 SO THAT'S WHY THE CONVENTION IS 1658 01:01:18,295 --> 01:01:22,232 THERE. 1659 01:01:22,232 --> 01:01:24,034 THE OTHER ACTIVITY TO COMBAT 1660 01:01:24,034 --> 01:01:26,036 AGEISM WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL 1661 01:01:26,036 --> 01:01:28,505 ACTIVITIES, VERY BROAD, 1662 01:01:28,505 --> 01:01:30,907 PROVIDING LIFE LEARNING 1663 01:01:30,907 --> 01:01:31,708 OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS 1664 01:01:31,708 --> 01:01:33,343 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AGEISM, SKILLS 1665 01:01:33,343 --> 01:01:37,280 RELATED TO THIS TOPIC, AND 1666 01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:39,215 PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 1667 01:01:39,215 --> 01:01:40,050 INTERGENERATIONAL APPROACH, 1668 01:01:40,050 --> 01:01:42,752 WHICH IS THE NEXT ACTIVITY TO 1669 01:01:42,752 --> 01:01:46,389 COMBAT AGEISM. 1670 01:01:46,389 --> 01:01:47,557 THE REPORT SUGGESTS THAT BOTH 1671 01:01:47,557 --> 01:01:48,558 COULD GO TOGETHER, BECAUSE THEY 1672 01:01:48,558 --> 01:01:50,927 WOULD LIKE STRENGTHEN EACH 1673 01:01:50,927 --> 01:01:52,329 OTHER, AND TO HELP TO DEVELOP 1674 01:01:52,329 --> 01:01:54,864 THIS, SOME OF THESE EDUCATIONAL 1675 01:01:54,864 --> 01:01:55,765 ACTIVITIES, THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN 1676 01:01:55,765 --> 01:01:58,702 HAS A TOOLKIT WITH DIFFERENT 1677 01:01:58,702 --> 01:02:01,538 MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT 1678 01:02:01,538 --> 01:02:03,540 THE ENGAGEMENT IN THE CAMPAIGN. 1679 01:02:03,540 --> 01:02:04,608 AND SOME OF THE MATERIALS ARE 1680 01:02:04,608 --> 01:02:06,610 RELATED TO HOW TO CREATE AN 1681 01:02:06,610 --> 01:02:08,244 EVENT, HOW TO START A 1682 01:02:08,244 --> 01:02:09,646 CONVERSATION ABOUT AGEISM, AND 1683 01:02:09,646 --> 01:02:11,348 THIS CAN SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT 1684 01:02:11,348 --> 01:02:14,818 OF THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 1685 01:02:14,818 --> 01:02:15,952 THE LEAST THAT I WANT TO TALK 1686 01:02:15,952 --> 01:02:20,090 ABOU -- THELAST I WANT TO TALK E 1687 01:02:20,090 --> 01:02:20,724 INTERGENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 1688 01:02:20,724 --> 01:02:21,891 I MENTIONED. 1689 01:02:21,891 --> 01:02:22,993 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE 1690 01:02:22,993 --> 01:02:24,894 ARE LIVING IN THIRD GENERATIONAL 1691 01:02:24,894 --> 01:02:25,895 SOCIETY. 1692 01:02:25,895 --> 01:02:28,264 NEVER WE COULD EXPERIENCE THIS 1693 01:02:28,264 --> 01:02:30,900 THAT FIVE, SIX GENERATIONS SHARE 1694 01:02:30,900 --> 01:02:32,469 THE SAME COMMUNITY, THE SAME 1695 01:02:32,469 --> 01:02:34,938 HOUSE SOMETIMES, SO WE HAVE TO 1696 01:02:34,938 --> 01:02:37,607 INCREASE INTERGENERATIONAL 1697 01:02:37,607 --> 01:02:39,209 SOLIDARITY, AND THE REPORT SHOWS 1698 01:02:39,209 --> 01:02:41,978 THAT WHEN YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVE 1699 01:02:41,978 --> 01:02:46,816 THIS CONTACT WITH OLDER PEOPLE 1700 01:02:46,816 --> 01:02:48,018 ARE RAISED WITH OLDER PEOPLE 1701 01:02:48,018 --> 01:02:48,985 TOGETHER, THEY HAVE A MUCH 1702 01:02:48,985 --> 01:02:50,053 BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AGING 1703 01:02:50,053 --> 01:02:52,989 AND A MUCH BETTER VIEW OF AGING. 1704 01:02:52,989 --> 01:02:56,292 SO WHO LAUNCHED RECENTLY THE 1705 01:02:56,292 --> 01:02:57,460 CONNECTING GENERATIONS GUIDES, 1706 01:02:57,460 --> 01:03:00,497 AND THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A HOW-TO 1707 01:03:00,497 --> 01:03:02,866 GUIDE FOR ALL THE THREE 1708 01:03:02,866 --> 01:03:04,300 INTERVENTIONS, THE FIRST ONE IS 1709 01:03:04,300 --> 01:03:06,102 AVAILABLE IS THE CONNECTING 1710 01:03:06,102 --> 01:03:09,239 GENERATIONS. 1711 01:03:09,239 --> 01:03:11,708 AND WE ARE IN A VERY GOOD MOMENT 1712 01:03:11,708 --> 01:03:13,309 TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, TO 1713 01:03:13,309 --> 01:03:15,912 HAVE THIS WORK ON AGEISM BECAUSE 1714 01:03:15,912 --> 01:03:18,581 WE ARE NOW IN THE PERIOD OF THE 1715 01:03:18,581 --> 01:03:20,450 UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF HEALTHY 1716 01:03:20,450 --> 01:03:23,153 AGING UNTIL 2030, AND THE FIRST 1717 01:03:23,153 --> 01:03:25,922 AREA OF ACTION OF THE DECADE IS 1718 01:03:25,922 --> 01:03:28,124 TO CHANGE HOW WE THINK, FEEL AND 1719 01:03:28,124 --> 01:03:29,693 ACT TOWARDS AGE AND AGING. 1720 01:03:29,693 --> 01:03:31,227 SO IT'S EVERYTHING RELATED TO 1721 01:03:31,227 --> 01:03:35,065 COMBAT AGEISM. 1722 01:03:35,065 --> 01:03:38,401 WHO LAUNCHED LAST NOVEMBER THE 1723 01:03:38,401 --> 01:03:42,038 PROGRESS REPORT ON THE DECADE OF 1724 01:03:42,038 --> 01:03:44,140 HEALTHY AGING, AND SHOWED THAT 1725 01:03:44,140 --> 01:03:46,042 83% OF COUNTRIES HAD SOME 1726 01:03:46,042 --> 01:03:48,712 LEGISLATION ON AGEISM. 1727 01:03:48,712 --> 01:03:50,380 OF DISCRIMINATION BY AGE. 1728 01:03:50,380 --> 01:03:54,117 AND FROM 60% ON THE DATA FOR THE 1729 01:03:54,117 --> 01:03:54,584 BASELINE REPORT. 1730 01:03:54,584 --> 01:03:59,923 SO IT MEANS IT'S INCREASING, THE 1731 01:03:59,923 --> 01:04:00,890 AWARENESS AND THE WAY TO WORK ON 1732 01:04:00,890 --> 01:04:03,193 IT, THE POLICIES, BUT AS I 1733 01:04:03,193 --> 01:04:05,028 MENTIONED, SOMETIMES THIS 1734 01:04:05,028 --> 01:04:06,996 LEGISLATION, THEY ONLY ADDRESS 1735 01:04:06,996 --> 01:04:09,866 ONE SPECIFIC TOPIC. 1736 01:04:09,866 --> 01:04:12,736 SO WE HAVE TO WORK BROADER. 1737 01:04:12,736 --> 01:04:14,137 AND JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 1738 01:04:14,137 --> 01:04:17,273 ALTHOUGH COUNTRIES ARE WILLING 1739 01:04:17,273 --> 01:04:19,042 SOMETIMES TO WORK, ONLY 22% OF 1740 01:04:19,042 --> 01:04:21,644 THE COUNTRIES REPORT HAVING 1741 01:04:21,644 --> 01:04:23,113 ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO PUT IN 1742 01:04:23,113 --> 01:04:24,013 PLACE THE ACTIONS. 1743 01:04:24,013 --> 01:04:25,982 SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 1744 01:04:25,982 --> 01:04:28,618 THAT WE CAN RAISE THIS ISSUE AND 1745 01:04:28,618 --> 01:04:31,087 STRENGTHEN. 1746 01:04:31,087 --> 01:04:31,421 ACTIONS. 1747 01:04:31,421 --> 01:04:33,022 SO I WILL JUST LEAVE SOME 1748 01:04:33,022 --> 01:04:34,924 WEBSITES FOR THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN 1749 01:04:34,924 --> 01:04:37,827 TO COMBAT AGEISM, PAHO'S HEALTHY 1750 01:04:37,827 --> 01:04:39,696 AGING WEBSITE AND THE DECADE OF 1751 01:04:39,696 --> 01:04:41,231 HEALTHY AGING PLATFORM, WHICH IS 1752 01:04:41,231 --> 01:04:42,966 A COLLABORATIVE SPACE WHERE YOU 1753 01:04:42,966 --> 01:04:45,835 CAN PUT THE INFORMATION, THE 1754 01:04:45,835 --> 01:04:47,170 STRATEGIES, THE RESEARCH THAT IS 1755 01:04:47,170 --> 01:04:49,939 BEING DONE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF 1756 01:04:49,939 --> 01:04:51,174 EVERYTHING RELATED TO HEALTHY 1757 01:04:51,174 --> 01:04:52,175 AGING. 1758 01:04:52,175 --> 01:04:53,810 TO FINALIZE, I WOULD LIKE TO 1759 01:04:53,810 --> 01:04:55,044 SHOW A VIDEO ON THE GLOBAL 1760 01:04:55,044 --> 01:04:56,746 CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT AGEISM. 1761 01:04:56,746 --> 01:04:58,648 THIS IS PART OF THE TOOLKIT. 1762 01:04:58,648 --> 01:05:01,484 THERE IS THIS VIDEO AND ANOTHER 1763 01:05:01,484 --> 01:05:02,719 SHORTER ONE, AND IT'S AVAILABLE 1764 01:05:02,719 --> 01:05:13,096 FOR EVERYBODY TO USE. 1765 01:05:17,167 --> 01:05:20,537 >> SO WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? 1766 01:05:20,537 --> 01:05:21,938 >> I'M TOO OLD FOR THIS. 1767 01:05:21,938 --> 01:05:23,740 >> YOU JUST WANT ME TO SAY WHAT 1768 01:05:23,740 --> 01:05:26,409 PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME. 1769 01:05:26,409 --> 01:05:28,211 >> WEIRD QUESTION, I GUESS. 1770 01:05:28,211 --> 01:05:29,846 >> MY TEACHER SAYS YOU'LL GROW 1771 01:05:29,846 --> 01:05:31,514 OUT OF IT, IT'S JUST A PHASE. 1772 01:05:31,514 --> 01:05:33,483 >> IT WAS NEVER A PHASE. 1773 01:05:33,483 --> 01:05:36,820 I NEVER GREW OUT OF IT. 1774 01:05:36,820 --> 01:05:38,555 >> PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK VERY 1775 01:05:38,555 --> 01:05:39,689 LOUDLY TO ME. 1776 01:05:39,689 --> 01:05:41,291 >> THEY SAY I DON'T THINK THINGS 1777 01:05:41,291 --> 01:05:42,425 THROUGH. 1778 01:05:42,425 --> 01:05:43,993 >> YOU'RE LOOKING STILL GOOD FOR 1779 01:05:43,993 --> 01:05:44,794 YOUR AGE. 1780 01:05:44,794 --> 01:05:46,262 >> I'LL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN I'M 1781 01:05:46,262 --> 01:05:47,897 OLDER. 1782 01:05:47,897 --> 01:05:49,132 >> YOU'RE HAVING A SENIOR 1783 01:05:49,132 --> 01:05:53,136 MOMENT. 1784 01:05:53,136 --> 01:05:55,805 >> WHEN THE FOCUS IS ON MY AGE, 1785 01:05:55,805 --> 01:05:57,407 LIFE SEEMS TO GET A LITTLE BIT 1786 01:05:57,407 --> 01:05:58,174 HARDER. 1787 01:05:58,174 --> 01:05:59,809 >> IT FEELS LIKE I'M NOT GIVEN A 1788 01:05:59,809 --> 01:06:00,143 CHANCE. 1789 01:06:00,143 --> 01:06:03,012 >> I NEED TO KEEP UP -- 1790 01:06:03,012 --> 01:06:04,113 >> OR GET OUT OF THE WAY. 1791 01:06:04,113 --> 01:06:06,416 >> I LACK EXPERIENCE. 1792 01:06:06,416 --> 01:06:07,784 >> OR TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE. 1793 01:06:07,784 --> 01:06:10,320 >> I'M BAGGAGE. 1794 01:06:10,320 --> 01:06:11,821 >> ONLY WEIGHING PEOPLE DOWN. 1795 01:06:11,821 --> 01:06:13,957 >> LOOKING AT MY AGE -- 1796 01:06:13,957 --> 01:06:15,391 >> LIKE IT IS A DISEASE. 1797 01:06:15,391 --> 01:06:18,361 >> WHERE I WORK, NO ONE TAKES ME 1798 01:06:18,361 --> 01:06:19,195 SERIOUSLY. 1799 01:06:19,195 --> 01:06:22,332 >> IT MAKES ME FEEL POWERLESS. 1800 01:06:22,332 --> 01:06:26,903 >> AND IT HITS. 1801 01:06:26,903 --> 01:06:37,447 >> WHEN PEOPLE SEE ONLY MY AGE. 1802 01:06:49,626 --> 01:06:59,736 [APPLAUSE] 1803 01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:06,342 >> DID YOU KNOW THE 1804 01:07:06,342 --> 01:07:06,876 GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 1805 01:07:06,876 --> 01:07:08,211 AMERICA HAS LED THE STUDY OF 1806 01:07:08,211 --> 01:07:10,380 AGING FOR OVER 75 YEARS AND 1807 01:07:10,380 --> 01:07:12,315 PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN 1808 01:07:12,315 --> 01:07:13,082 ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL 1809 01:07:13,082 --> 01:07:14,150 INSTITUTE ON AGING? 1810 01:07:14,150 --> 01:07:15,718 IT'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AGENDA 1811 01:07:15,718 --> 01:07:16,786 OF EVERY WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE 1812 01:07:16,786 --> 01:07:18,354 ON AGING HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY 1813 01:07:18,354 --> 01:07:19,622 INFLUENCED AGING-RELATED 1814 01:07:19,622 --> 01:07:20,189 POLICIES. 1815 01:07:20,189 --> 01:07:22,225 IN THE UPCOMING DISCUSSION, OUR 1816 01:07:22,225 --> 01:07:23,826 SPEAKER WILL ADDRESS WAYS TO 1817 01:07:23,826 --> 01:07:26,963 COMBAT AGEISM BY CHANGING HOW WE 1818 01:07:26,963 --> 01:07:27,764 TALK ABOUT AGING. 1819 01:07:27,764 --> 01:07:29,365 SHE IS A CERTIFIED SENIOR 1820 01:07:29,365 --> 01:07:29,966 PHARMACIST AND A LEADER IN THE 1821 01:07:29,966 --> 01:07:31,467 FIELD OF AGING RESEARCH. 1822 01:07:31,467 --> 01:07:33,303 SHE HOLDS A KEY POSITION ON THE 1823 01:07:33,303 --> 01:07:34,871 LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE RESOURCE 1824 01:07:34,871 --> 01:07:36,439 CENTERS FOR MINORITY AGING 1825 01:07:36,439 --> 01:07:38,174 RESEARCH NATIONAL COORDINATING 1826 01:07:38,174 --> 01:07:38,508 CENTER. 1827 01:07:38,508 --> 01:07:40,443 THIS ROLE UNDERSCORES HER 1828 01:07:40,443 --> 01:07:41,611 EXPERTISE AND INFLUENCE IN THE 1829 01:07:41,611 --> 01:07:42,111 FIELD. 1830 01:07:42,111 --> 01:07:44,380 SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR OF 1831 01:07:44,380 --> 01:07:46,849 SCIENCE IN PHARMACY FROM DUCANE 1832 01:07:46,849 --> 01:07:47,483 UNIVERSITY, A MASTER OF SCIENCE 1833 01:07:47,483 --> 01:07:49,652 IN HEALTH FINANCE, AND A 1834 01:07:49,652 --> 01:07:50,420 MASTER'S DEGREE IN 1835 01:07:50,420 --> 01:07:51,721 ADMINISTRATION WITH A 1836 01:07:51,721 --> 01:07:52,989 CONCENTRATION IN HEALTHCARE FROM 1837 01:07:52,989 --> 01:07:54,524 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. 1838 01:07:54,524 --> 01:07:55,825 HER ACADEMIC PURSUITS WERE 1839 01:07:55,825 --> 01:07:57,727 FURTHER ENHANCED BY A RESIDENCY 1840 01:07:57,727 --> 01:07:59,595 IN ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE AT 1841 01:07:59,595 --> 01:08:01,764 THE PHILADELPHIA GERIATRIC 1842 01:08:01,764 --> 01:08:03,700 CENTER, WHERE SHE HONED HER 1843 01:08:03,700 --> 01:08:05,068 SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN 1844 01:08:05,068 --> 01:08:05,702 GERIATRIC PHARMACY. 1845 01:08:05,702 --> 01:08:06,803 PLEASE WELCOME THE VICE 1846 01:08:06,803 --> 01:08:07,570 PRESIDENT OF POLICY AND 1847 01:08:07,570 --> 01:08:09,839 PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS FOR THE 1848 01:08:09,839 --> 01:08:10,673 GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 1849 01:08:10,673 --> 01:08:12,608 AMERICA, AND THE NATIONAL CENTER 1850 01:08:12,608 --> 01:08:15,278 TO REFRAME AGING, EXECUTIVE 1851 01:08:15,278 --> 01:08:16,579 DIRECTOR, PATRICIA D'ANTONIO. 1852 01:08:16,579 --> 01:08:20,416 [APPLAUSE] 1853 01:08:20,416 --> 01:08:20,950 >> THANK YOU. 1854 01:08:20,950 --> 01:08:21,651 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1855 01:08:21,651 --> 01:08:24,654 I'M TRULY HONORED AND INSPIRED 1856 01:08:24,654 --> 01:08:24,988 TODAY. 1857 01:08:24,988 --> 01:08:27,256 IN THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE 1858 01:08:27,256 --> 01:08:29,359 NATIONAL CENTER TO REFRAME AGING 1859 01:08:29,359 --> 01:08:32,061 AND OF THE GERONTOLOGICAL 1860 01:08:32,061 --> 01:08:32,662 SOCIETY OF AMERICA, IT'S 1861 01:08:32,662 --> 01:08:34,063 CERTAINLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO 1862 01:08:34,063 --> 01:08:36,432 BE ON THE SAME PODIUM WITH OUR 1863 01:08:36,432 --> 01:08:37,133 DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES TODAY, 1864 01:08:37,133 --> 01:08:41,738 AND HOPEFULLY AS I FOLLOW UP TO 1865 01:08:41,738 --> 01:08:43,873 CYNTHIA AND PATRICIA'S 1866 01:08:43,873 --> 01:08:45,108 PRESENTATIONS, YOU'LL GET SOME 1867 01:08:45,108 --> 01:08:47,610 IDEAS ABOUT HOW OUR OWN -- HOW 1868 01:08:47,610 --> 01:08:51,147 OUR COMMUNICATIONS, WHAT WE SAY, 1869 01:08:51,147 --> 01:08:54,083 HOW WE THINK ABOUT OUR UNIVERSAL 1870 01:08:54,083 --> 01:08:56,919 EXPERIENCE OF AGING INFLUENCES 1871 01:08:56,919 --> 01:09:03,192 WHAT WE TALK ABOUT TODAY AS FAR 1872 01:09:03,192 --> 01:09:04,160 AS THE INITIATIVE TO MOVE 1873 01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:05,495 FORWARD WITH THE NIH ON HOW WE 1874 01:09:05,495 --> 01:09:06,696 THINK ABOUT AGING AND WHAT DO WE 1875 01:09:06,696 --> 01:09:08,831 THINK ABOUT THAT. 1876 01:09:08,831 --> 01:09:11,434 SO THE NATIONAL CENTER TO 1877 01:09:11,434 --> 01:09:14,704 REFRAME AGING IS DEDICATED TO 1878 01:09:14,704 --> 01:09:17,940 ENDING AGEISM BY ADVANCING AN 1879 01:09:17,940 --> 01:09:19,308 EQUITABLE AND COMPLETE STORY. 1880 01:09:19,308 --> 01:09:22,578 OUR WORK IS EVIDENCE-BASED, AND 1881 01:09:22,578 --> 01:09:24,313 WE SERVE AS A TRUST SOURCE FOR 1882 01:09:24,313 --> 01:09:26,149 COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES. 1883 01:09:26,149 --> 01:09:27,016 RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT YOU CAN 1884 01:09:27,016 --> 01:09:28,751 USE, YOU CAN APPLY AS YOU START 1885 01:09:28,751 --> 01:09:32,555 TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS 1886 01:09:32,555 --> 01:09:35,224 MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO REFRAME 1887 01:09:35,224 --> 01:09:35,491 AGING. 1888 01:09:35,491 --> 01:09:37,493 IT LED BY THE GERONTOLOGICAL 1889 01:09:37,493 --> 01:09:41,130 SOCIETY ON BEHALF OF 10 NATIONAL 1890 01:09:41,130 --> 01:09:41,798 AGING ORGANIZATIONS. 1891 01:09:41,798 --> 01:09:44,133 YOU'D BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH 1892 01:09:44,133 --> 01:09:44,400 THEM. 1893 01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:46,135 I'M TOO NERVOUS TO NAME ALL THEM 1894 01:09:46,135 --> 01:09:47,270 BECAUSE I'M POSITIVE I'LL LEAVE 1895 01:09:47,270 --> 01:09:49,372 ONE OUT. 1896 01:09:49,372 --> 01:09:50,740 BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AGING 1897 01:09:50,740 --> 01:09:51,707 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ALL 1898 01:09:51,707 --> 01:09:54,811 INTERACT WITH, YOU WOULD 1899 01:09:54,811 --> 01:09:55,445 RECOGNIZE MANY OF THESE 1900 01:09:55,445 --> 01:09:56,813 ORGANIZATIONS. 1901 01:09:56,813 --> 01:09:58,648 WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING 1902 01:09:58,648 --> 01:10:00,283 FROM FOUR NATIONAL 1903 01:10:00,283 --> 01:10:01,350 PHILANTHROPIES TO HELP SUPPORT 1904 01:10:01,350 --> 01:10:05,188 US IN OUR WORK AND CONDUCT THE 1905 01:10:05,188 --> 01:10:07,356 RESEARCH WE'VE DONE. 1906 01:10:07,356 --> 01:10:09,759 THAT'S THE SCAN FOUNDATION, ARCH 1907 01:10:09,759 --> 01:10:11,260 STONE FOUNDATION AND RRF 1908 01:10:11,260 --> 01:10:12,395 FOUNDATION FOR AGING. 1909 01:10:12,395 --> 01:10:14,597 AND OUR RESEARCH PARTNER IS THE 1910 01:10:14,597 --> 01:10:15,565 FRAME WORKS INSTITUTE. 1911 01:10:15,565 --> 01:10:16,699 IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THEM, 1912 01:10:16,699 --> 01:10:19,068 THEY'VE DONE THIS WORK WITH US 1913 01:10:19,068 --> 01:10:20,570 ON AGING, WITH AGING EXPERTS AND 1914 01:10:20,570 --> 01:10:22,839 TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN 1915 01:10:22,839 --> 01:10:24,107 COMMUNICATE TO IMPROVE 1916 01:10:24,107 --> 01:10:26,676 UNDERSTANDING OF AGING, YET 1917 01:10:26,676 --> 01:10:28,010 THEY'VE ALSO DONE WORK IN EARLY 1918 01:10:28,010 --> 01:10:30,580 CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, IN 1919 01:10:30,580 --> 01:10:32,014 VACCINATION, AND IN MANY OTHER 1920 01:10:32,014 --> 01:10:33,783 AREAS THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU 1921 01:10:33,783 --> 01:10:34,851 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE 1922 01:10:34,851 --> 01:10:36,953 TO SEE HOW THEY WORK WITH 1923 01:10:36,953 --> 01:10:39,589 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO 1924 01:10:39,589 --> 01:10:40,590 CONSIDER THE RESEARCH THAT'S 1925 01:10:40,590 --> 01:10:42,225 THERE AND HOW WE FRAME OUR 1926 01:10:42,225 --> 01:10:45,495 MESSAGES. 1927 01:10:45,495 --> 01:10:49,499 AND IT'S REALLY FUN TO FOLLOW 1928 01:10:49,499 --> 01:10:50,600 THE FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS 1929 01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:51,701 BECAUSE THIS SORT OF COMPLEMENTS 1930 01:10:51,701 --> 01:10:52,602 WHAT WE'VE HEARD WHEN WE THINK 1931 01:10:52,602 --> 01:10:54,337 ABOUT WHY DO WE NEED THIS NEW 1932 01:10:54,337 --> 01:10:56,172 STORY, WHY THE NATIONAL CENTER 1933 01:10:56,172 --> 01:10:57,940 TO REFRAME AGING? 1934 01:10:57,940 --> 01:11:00,176 WHY THIS INTENSE RESEARCH IN HOW 1935 01:11:00,176 --> 01:11:02,512 WE COMMUNICATE ABOUT AGING? 1936 01:11:02,512 --> 01:11:06,449 AND I PUT A FEW JOURNAL AND LAY 1937 01:11:06,449 --> 01:11:08,317 PUBLIC ARTICLES UP THERE FOR YOU 1938 01:11:08,317 --> 01:11:10,620 TO SEE. 1939 01:11:10,620 --> 01:11:13,589 MOST RECENTLY, THE OCTOBER 2023 1940 01:11:13,589 --> 01:11:15,925 COVER OF "THE NEW YORKER," GREAT 1941 01:11:15,925 --> 01:11:18,161 ARTICLE ABOUT AGING IN AMERICA. 1942 01:11:18,161 --> 01:11:19,896 THE COVER, IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT 1943 01:11:19,896 --> 01:11:22,832 WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU 1944 01:11:22,832 --> 01:11:25,935 PORTRAY AGING. 1945 01:11:25,935 --> 01:11:27,203 SO CERTAINLY THINGS WE NEED TO 1946 01:11:27,203 --> 01:11:27,603 THINK ABOUT. 1947 01:11:27,603 --> 01:11:28,905 IT'S WHAT WE SAY, IT'S WHAT WE 1948 01:11:28,905 --> 01:11:32,408 HEAR, IT'S WHAT WE SEE. 1949 01:11:32,408 --> 01:11:34,143 AND THINKING ABOUT WHY DO WE 1950 01:11:34,143 --> 01:11:38,781 THINK THAT THIS IS OKAY? 1951 01:11:38,781 --> 01:11:40,483 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST. 1952 01:11:40,483 --> 01:11:41,250 WE HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED WITH 1953 01:11:41,250 --> 01:11:42,985 THESE MESSAGES SINCE WE WERE 1954 01:11:42,985 --> 01:11:44,754 VERY YOUNG. 1955 01:11:44,754 --> 01:11:46,155 SINCE WE WERE 3 YEARS OLD. 1956 01:11:46,155 --> 01:11:48,791 IT'S THE JOKES THAT PEOPLE TELL, 1957 01:11:48,791 --> 01:11:52,261 IT'S THE TV SHOWS THAT WE WATCH, 1958 01:11:52,261 --> 01:11:54,597 IT'S THE BIRTHDAY CARDS THAT WE 1959 01:11:54,597 --> 01:11:56,766 PURCHASE, AND I WOULD PUT 1960 01:11:56,766 --> 01:11:57,867 FORWARD HERE, WE ARE NOT ONLY 1961 01:11:57,867 --> 01:12:00,369 MAKING FUN OF THESE WOMEN'S AGE, 1962 01:12:00,369 --> 01:12:02,405 WE HAVE A WOMAN WHO HAS A 1963 01:12:02,405 --> 01:12:03,739 DISABILITY, IS A PERSON WITH A 1964 01:12:03,739 --> 01:12:04,574 DISABILITY, AND WE'RE MAKING FUN 1965 01:12:04,574 --> 01:12:06,075 OF THAT, AND NOWHERE ELSE WOULD 1966 01:12:06,075 --> 01:12:08,611 WE SEE THAT IN THE BIRTHDAY CARD 1967 01:12:08,611 --> 01:12:11,681 AISLE. 1968 01:12:11,681 --> 01:12:13,950 BUT I ALSO WANT TO PUT FORWARD 1969 01:12:13,950 --> 01:12:15,751 AND SUGGEST TO YOU ALL THAT NONE 1970 01:12:15,751 --> 01:12:16,953 OF US WAKES UP IN THE MORNING 1971 01:12:16,953 --> 01:12:18,688 AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO BE AGEIST 1972 01:12:18,688 --> 01:12:20,089 TODAY. 1973 01:12:20,089 --> 01:12:22,258 THERE MIGHT BE LIKE 2% OF PEOPLE 1974 01:12:22,258 --> 01:12:24,093 WHO THINK ABOUT THAT. 1975 01:12:24,093 --> 01:12:26,028 BUT REALLY, WE ALL WAKE UP IN 1976 01:12:26,028 --> 01:12:27,396 THE MORNING AND SAY, WE WANT TO 1977 01:12:27,396 --> 01:12:29,232 DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE WORLD. 1978 01:12:29,232 --> 01:12:31,500 RIGHT? 1979 01:12:31,500 --> 01:12:33,936 OUR COMMUNICATIONS CAN 1980 01:12:33,936 --> 01:12:35,805 CONTRIBUTE TO A LACK OF 1981 01:12:35,805 --> 01:12:38,608 UNDERSTANDING ABOUT AGING. 1982 01:12:38,608 --> 01:12:40,710 WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT AS WE 1983 01:12:40,710 --> 01:12:43,446 MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THAT 1984 01:12:43,446 --> 01:12:44,947 IMPLICIT BIAS, THAT SUBCONSCIOUS 1985 01:12:44,947 --> 01:12:47,783 THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE, WE HEARD 1986 01:12:47,783 --> 01:12:48,918 IT ALREADY, I'VE GOT THIS PAIN 1987 01:12:48,918 --> 01:12:51,120 IN MY BACK, I'M GETTING OLDER. 1988 01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:51,320 RIGHT? 1989 01:12:51,320 --> 01:12:52,021 WHAT CAN I DO? 1990 01:12:52,021 --> 01:12:55,224 I'M GETTING OLDER. 1991 01:12:55,224 --> 01:12:59,962 THAT SELF-BIAS THAT WE PORTRAY. 1992 01:12:59,962 --> 01:13:01,197 THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT WE HEAR 1993 01:13:01,197 --> 01:13:04,400 AND SEE OUT LOUD, BUT WE OFTEN 1994 01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:06,936 INTERNALIZE AGEISM, AND IT PLAYS 1995 01:13:06,936 --> 01:13:09,639 ON OUR THOUGHTS AND 1996 01:13:09,639 --> 01:13:10,806 UNDERSTANDING. 1997 01:13:10,806 --> 01:13:12,275 WHAT WE KNOW FROM OUR RESEARCH 1998 01:13:12,275 --> 01:13:14,377 IS THAT CRAFTING WELL-FRAMED 1999 01:13:14,377 --> 01:13:15,611 MESSAGES THAT FOLLOW WHAT WE 2000 01:13:15,611 --> 01:13:19,949 LEARNED IN THE RESEARCH, WE CAN 2001 01:13:19,949 --> 01:13:20,549 REDUCE AGEISM. 2002 01:13:20,549 --> 01:13:24,787 AND IF I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, WE 2003 01:13:24,787 --> 01:13:25,921 HAVE SO MUCH TIME TODAY, 2004 01:13:25,921 --> 01:13:27,757 HOWEVER, WE HAVE A VIDEO OF 2005 01:13:27,757 --> 01:13:29,358 INTERVIEWING PEOPLE ON THE 2006 01:13:29,358 --> 01:13:29,992 STREET. 2007 01:13:29,992 --> 01:13:32,995 WE ASK THEM TO GIVE US -- TALK 2008 01:13:32,995 --> 01:13:33,996 TO US ABOUT AGING. 2009 01:13:33,996 --> 01:13:35,564 WHAT DOES IT MEAN AS WE GROW 2010 01:13:35,564 --> 01:13:36,699 OLD? 2011 01:13:36,699 --> 01:13:37,867 AND YOU'LL GET THE ANSWERS THAT 2012 01:13:37,867 --> 01:13:40,102 YOU THINK WE WOULD GET, SOMEWHAT 2013 01:13:40,102 --> 01:13:41,904 LIKE WHAT WE HEARD IN THE VIDEO 2014 01:13:41,904 --> 01:13:42,605 WE JUST SAW. 2015 01:13:42,605 --> 01:13:44,407 AND THEN WE READ A WELL-FRAMED 2016 01:13:44,407 --> 01:13:45,908 MESSAGE AND 10 MINUTES LATER, WE 2017 01:13:45,908 --> 01:13:47,910 ASK THE SAME QUESTION, AND YOU 2018 01:13:47,910 --> 01:13:49,345 WOULD BE SURPRISED HOW PEOPLE 2019 01:13:49,345 --> 01:13:51,447 START TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT 2020 01:13:51,447 --> 01:13:53,749 AGING BECAUSE OF THE SENTENCES 2021 01:13:53,749 --> 01:13:54,550 THAT THEY HEARD. 2022 01:13:54,550 --> 01:13:55,851 IT'S TWO OR THREE SENTENCES. 2023 01:13:55,851 --> 01:13:57,853 IT'S NOT MUCH. 2024 01:13:57,853 --> 01:13:59,188 AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE 2025 01:13:59,188 --> 01:14:01,057 TO THINK -- TO GO FROM IT'S 2026 01:14:01,057 --> 01:14:03,159 REALLY HARD TO GROW OLD TO, IT'S 2027 01:14:03,159 --> 01:14:08,230 GOOD TO GET OLD. 2028 01:14:08,230 --> 01:14:09,699 SO I'M GOING TO ASK THIS 2029 01:14:09,699 --> 01:14:11,167 QUESTION AS SELF-REFLECTION FOR 2030 01:14:11,167 --> 01:14:13,502 ALL FL YOU HERE IN THE ROOM AND 2031 01:14:13,502 --> 01:14:15,237 FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE. 2032 01:14:15,237 --> 01:14:18,207 HAVE YOU SEEN AGEISM? 2033 01:14:18,207 --> 01:14:20,242 HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED AGEISM? 2034 01:14:20,242 --> 01:14:21,844 AN HOPEFULLY WE'VE MADE THE CASE 2035 01:14:21,844 --> 01:14:23,079 THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN AND 2036 01:14:23,079 --> 01:14:26,048 EXPERIENCED AGEISM. 2037 01:14:26,048 --> 01:14:27,516 THIS IS THE ONE I DON'T WANT 2038 01:14:27,516 --> 01:14:28,551 ANYBODY TO FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO 2039 01:14:28,551 --> 01:14:30,052 OWN UP TO THIS PUBLICLY, SO YOU 2040 01:14:30,052 --> 01:14:32,755 DON'T HAVE TO CHAT IT IN, YOU 2041 01:14:32,755 --> 01:14:33,756 DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR HAND IN 2042 01:14:33,756 --> 01:14:37,126 THE ROOM, BUT HAVE YOU 2043 01:14:37,126 --> 01:14:37,727 PERPETUATED AGEISM? 2044 01:14:37,727 --> 01:14:39,795 AND NOTICE I DIDN'T ASK IF YOU 2045 01:14:39,795 --> 01:14:41,397 PERPETUATED AGEISM TOWARDS OTHER 2046 01:14:41,397 --> 01:14:41,630 PEOPLE. 2047 01:14:41,630 --> 01:14:43,933 I ASKED IF YOU PERPETUATED 2048 01:14:43,933 --> 01:14:44,166 AGEISM. 2049 01:14:44,166 --> 01:14:46,001 HOW MANY TIMES TO WE HEAR 2050 01:14:46,001 --> 01:14:46,802 OURSELVES HEARING AND SAYING 2051 01:14:46,802 --> 01:14:48,904 THINGS LIKE, HOW DOES A 2052 01:14:48,904 --> 01:14:50,272 21-YEAR-OLD GET ACCESS TO TOP 2053 01:14:50,272 --> 01:14:52,908 SECRET INFORMATION? 2054 01:14:52,908 --> 01:14:53,609 AH! 2055 01:14:53,609 --> 01:14:54,477 SHE'S ONLY 25. 2056 01:14:54,477 --> 01:14:58,748 SHE CAN'T RUN THAT PROGRAM. 2057 01:14:58,748 --> 01:14:59,081 SHE'S 65. 2058 01:14:59,081 --> 01:15:02,585 SHE CAN'T RUN THAT PROGRAM. 2059 01:15:02,585 --> 01:15:05,421 SO THINK ABOUT THAT, AND REALLY 2060 01:15:05,421 --> 01:15:06,689 WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO IN THE 2061 01:15:06,689 --> 01:15:07,890 NEXT FEW MINUTES IS JUST SAY, 2062 01:15:07,890 --> 01:15:09,158 HERE ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN START 2063 01:15:09,158 --> 01:15:11,260 TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO. 2064 01:15:11,260 --> 01:15:12,628 AND HOW THE RESOURCES THAT WE 2065 01:15:12,628 --> 01:15:14,897 HAVE AT THE NATIONAL CENTER TO 2066 01:15:14,897 --> 01:15:15,798 REFRAME AGING, AS WELL AS THE 2067 01:15:15,798 --> 01:15:16,699 RESOURCES THAT OTHER COLLEAGUES 2068 01:15:16,699 --> 01:15:18,000 ARE PUTTING FORWARD AND THAT I 2069 01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:19,435 KNOW THAT DR. FLETCHER IS 2070 01:15:19,435 --> 01:15:22,905 WORKING ON FOR THE NIH, HOW 2071 01:15:22,905 --> 01:15:24,340 THOSE RESOURCES WILL HELP YOU 2072 01:15:24,340 --> 01:15:25,741 START TO THINK ABOUT THIS 2073 01:15:25,741 --> 01:15:26,842 PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY. 2074 01:15:26,842 --> 01:15:32,314 BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE. 2075 01:15:32,314 --> 01:15:33,749 WHY DO WE WANT TO REFRAME? 2076 01:15:33,749 --> 01:15:36,018 WHY DO WE MAKE THIS CASE? 2077 01:15:36,018 --> 01:15:37,520 WHY ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS 2078 01:15:37,520 --> 01:15:37,887 INVESTED? 2079 01:15:37,887 --> 01:15:39,955 WE KNOW THAT IF WE CAN CHANGE 2080 01:15:39,955 --> 01:15:41,490 OUR COMMUNICATION FROM OUR 2081 01:15:41,490 --> 01:15:42,892 RESEARCH, THAT WE COULD START TO 2082 01:15:42,892 --> 01:15:44,760 CHANGE THE DISCUSSION, THE 2083 01:15:44,760 --> 01:15:45,261 DISCOURSE. 2084 01:15:45,261 --> 01:15:46,996 AS THAT STARTS TO CHANGE, IT 2085 01:15:46,996 --> 01:15:49,932 STARTS TO CHANGE THINKING. 2086 01:15:49,932 --> 01:15:52,802 THE LOGICAL PROGRESSION FROM 2087 01:15:52,802 --> 01:15:54,136 THAT IS THAT WE WILL START TO 2088 01:15:54,136 --> 01:15:55,404 CHANGE BEHAVIOR AND WE WILL SEE 2089 01:15:55,404 --> 01:15:57,106 THE POLICY AND PRACTICE CHANGES 2090 01:15:57,106 --> 01:15:59,408 THAT WE KNOW WE NEED IN ORDER TO 2091 01:15:59,408 --> 01:16:01,343 SUPPORT ALL OF US AS WE AGE. 2092 01:16:01,343 --> 01:16:03,546 AND WHEN I SAY POLICY 2093 01:16:03,546 --> 01:16:04,647 INITIATIVES OR THE POLICY 2094 01:16:04,647 --> 01:16:06,682 CHANGES WE LOOK FOR, THEY'RE THE 2095 01:16:06,682 --> 01:16:08,717 POLICY CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN 2096 01:16:08,717 --> 01:16:09,618 IN WASHINGTON, THEY'RE THE 2097 01:16:09,618 --> 01:16:11,320 POLICY CHANGES THAT HAPPEN IN 2098 01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:12,288 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, 2099 01:16:12,288 --> 01:16:13,622 THEY'RE ALSO THE POLICY CHANGES 2100 01:16:13,622 --> 01:16:16,459 THAT HAPPEN IN ORGANIZATIONS. 2101 01:16:16,459 --> 01:16:17,393 SO THINK ABOUT THAT. 2102 01:16:17,393 --> 01:16:19,962 IF AN ORGANIZATION CHANGES A 2103 01:16:19,962 --> 01:16:21,197 POLICY AROUND MANDATORY 2104 01:16:21,197 --> 01:16:22,398 RETIREMENT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN 2105 01:16:22,398 --> 01:16:23,165 FOR A COMMUNITY? 2106 01:16:23,165 --> 01:16:24,066 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR PEOPLE 2107 01:16:24,066 --> 01:16:31,874 IN THE COMMUNITY? 2108 01:16:31,874 --> 01:16:32,741 SO HERE'S SOME OF WHAT WE 2109 01:16:32,741 --> 01:16:34,577 LEARNED IN OUR RESEARCH. 2110 01:16:34,577 --> 01:16:36,979 ONE, WE KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC'S 2111 01:16:36,979 --> 01:16:37,947 PERCEPTION OF AGING IS IN 2112 01:16:37,947 --> 01:16:38,247 COMPLETE. 2113 01:16:38,247 --> 01:16:41,183 AND WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THE 2114 01:16:41,183 --> 01:16:42,618 PUBLIC, WE ALSO MAY WORK IN 2115 01:16:42,618 --> 01:16:45,821 AGING, SOME OF YOU HERE, WORK IN 2116 01:16:45,821 --> 01:16:48,090 AN AGING-RELATED FIELD OR AGING 2117 01:16:48,090 --> 01:16:51,193 NETWORK, BUT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE 2118 01:16:51,193 --> 01:16:53,062 DO NOT RECOGNIZE OUR 2119 01:16:53,062 --> 01:16:53,929 HETEROGENEITY. 2120 01:16:53,929 --> 01:16:55,831 THAT'S OUR BIG 50-CENT WORD FOR 2121 01:16:55,831 --> 01:16:56,866 TODAY, HETEROGENEITY. 2122 01:16:56,866 --> 01:16:58,767 THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THE 2123 01:16:58,767 --> 01:16:59,902 HETEROGENEITY OF ALL OF US AS WE 2124 01:16:59,902 --> 01:17:00,069 AGE. 2125 01:17:00,069 --> 01:17:01,604 WE ARE SO MUCH MORE DIFFERENT AS 2126 01:17:01,604 --> 01:17:04,940 WE AGE. 2127 01:17:04,940 --> 01:17:05,574 RIGHT? 2128 01:17:05,574 --> 01:17:07,343 YES, SOME OF US AGE WITH 2129 01:17:07,343 --> 01:17:10,212 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 2130 01:17:10,212 --> 01:17:11,347 AND WE NEED SERVICES AND 2131 01:17:11,347 --> 01:17:11,614 SUPPORTS. 2132 01:17:11,614 --> 01:17:15,150 SOME OF US AGE HEALTHY AND AT 2133 01:17:15,150 --> 01:17:17,319 80, WE JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE 2134 01:17:17,319 --> 01:17:18,587 TO CELEBRATE OUR BIRTHDAY, 2135 01:17:18,587 --> 01:17:19,922 RIGHT? 2136 01:17:19,922 --> 01:17:21,223 AND, THERE ARE ALL OF THE REST 2137 01:17:21,223 --> 01:17:24,393 OF US IN THE MIDDLE THERE. 2138 01:17:24,393 --> 01:17:29,098 SO WE'RE NOT ALL GOING ON 2139 01:17:29,098 --> 01:17:30,332 CRUISES AND WE'RE NOT ALL 2140 01:17:30,332 --> 01:17:35,204 CONFINED TO A BED. 2141 01:17:35,204 --> 01:17:36,705 WE ALSO LEARN THAT AGEISM IS NOT 2142 01:17:36,705 --> 01:17:39,008 CONSIDERED A PROBLEM. 2143 01:17:39,008 --> 01:17:42,111 SOUNDS SURPRISING, BUT IT NOT ON 2144 01:17:42,111 --> 01:17:44,280 PEOPLE'S RADAR SCREEN. 2145 01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:45,848 HOW DO YOU WALK DOWN A BIRTHDAY 2146 01:17:45,848 --> 01:17:47,082 CARD AISLE AND SEE CARDS LIKE 2147 01:17:47,082 --> 01:17:48,651 THAT THAT CONSTANTLY MAKE FUN OF 2148 01:17:48,651 --> 01:17:49,451 PEOPLE'S AGE? 2149 01:17:49,451 --> 01:17:51,020 HOW DO WE WATCH SOME TV SHOWS 2150 01:17:51,020 --> 01:17:52,922 THAT MAKE FUN -- THERE'S THE 2151 01:17:52,922 --> 01:17:54,590 CROTCH ETY OLD GRANDPA SITTING 2152 01:17:54,590 --> 01:17:55,324 IN THE CORNER. 2153 01:17:55,324 --> 01:17:57,059 YOU JUST ASSUME THAT HE'S DEAF, 2154 01:17:57,059 --> 01:17:59,895 RIGHT? 2155 01:17:59,895 --> 01:18:00,696 SO THINK ABOUT THAT. 2156 01:18:00,696 --> 01:18:01,664 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 2157 01:18:01,664 --> 01:18:02,798 AND I KNOW THAT OUR NEXT SPEAKER 2158 01:18:02,798 --> 01:18:04,767 IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT 2159 01:18:04,767 --> 01:18:05,668 EMPLOYMENT, SO I DON'T HAVE TO 2160 01:18:05,668 --> 01:18:07,670 GO INTO THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE AGE 2161 01:18:07,670 --> 01:18:08,837 DISCRIMINATION LAWS IN THE 2162 01:18:08,837 --> 01:18:10,306 WORKPLACE, AND YET WE KNOW THAT 2163 01:18:10,306 --> 01:18:13,042 THERE ARE STATISTICS THAT SHOW 2164 01:18:13,042 --> 01:18:14,977 US THAT AGE DISCRIMINATION 2165 01:18:14,977 --> 01:18:16,946 EXISTS. 2166 01:18:16,946 --> 01:18:19,048 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND WHY WE 2167 01:18:19,048 --> 01:18:20,449 TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION 2168 01:18:20,449 --> 01:18:23,152 STRATEGIES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT 2169 01:18:23,152 --> 01:18:24,753 IS OVER THESE YEARS, WE'VE 2170 01:18:24,753 --> 01:18:25,654 DEVELOPED THESE CULTURAL MODELS 2171 01:18:25,654 --> 01:18:28,257 IN OUR BRAINS. 2172 01:18:28,257 --> 01:18:29,658 THERE'S SPRIT-SECOND DECISIONS 2173 01:18:29,658 --> 01:18:32,227 WE MAKE WHEN WE HEAR, SEE, THINK 2174 01:18:32,227 --> 01:18:32,861 ABOUT AGING. 2175 01:18:32,861 --> 01:18:35,431 WHEN I SAY AGING. 2176 01:18:35,431 --> 01:18:38,267 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WANT TO 2177 01:18:38,267 --> 01:18:39,501 ACTIVATE THE PRODUCTIVE THOUGHTS 2178 01:18:39,501 --> 01:18:41,036 ABOUT AGING. 2179 01:18:41,036 --> 01:18:43,539 ONE THAT RECOGNIZES HOW MUCH 2180 01:18:43,539 --> 01:18:46,609 MORE DIFFERENT WE BECOME AS WE 2181 01:18:46,609 --> 01:18:50,779 AIRNLINGS RAGE RATHER THAN ONE T 2182 01:18:50,779 --> 01:18:51,914 AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMES DEATH, 2183 01:18:51,914 --> 01:18:57,486 DECLINE AND DISABILITY. 2184 01:18:57,486 --> 01:18:59,188 HERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS WE 2185 01:18:59,188 --> 01:19:00,089 LEARNED AS PART OF THE RESEARCH 2186 01:19:00,089 --> 01:19:00,422 HERE. 2187 01:19:00,422 --> 01:19:05,394 NOW WHAT WE DID WAS CALLED MAP 2188 01:19:05,394 --> 01:19:05,661 DETERRING. 2189 01:19:05,661 --> 01:19:07,363 SO THIS RESEARCH IS BASED ON 2190 01:19:07,363 --> 01:19:07,963 AMERICAN CULTURE. 2191 01:19:07,963 --> 01:19:10,165 ANYONE WHO'S EXPOSED TO AT LEAST 2192 01:19:10,165 --> 01:19:12,635 TWO TO THREE YEARS OF A STEADY 2193 01:19:12,635 --> 01:19:15,004 DIET OF AMERICAN CULTURE. 2194 01:19:15,004 --> 01:19:17,039 TELEVISION, FRIENDS, FASHION. 2195 01:19:17,039 --> 01:19:18,307 ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE 2196 01:19:18,307 --> 01:19:19,608 EXPOSED TO. 2197 01:19:19,608 --> 01:19:21,410 AND SO WE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE IN 2198 01:19:21,410 --> 01:19:23,445 THE AGING FIELD, AND WE 2199 01:19:23,445 --> 01:19:24,446 INTERVIEWED PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 2200 01:19:24,446 --> 01:19:25,114 THE PUBLIC. 2201 01:19:25,114 --> 01:19:26,949 NOW, WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED WHEN 2202 01:19:26,949 --> 01:19:30,219 I SAY TO YOU THAT HOW WE SHOULD 2203 01:19:30,219 --> 01:19:32,921 APPROACH AGING, THE PUBLIC SAYS 2204 01:19:32,921 --> 01:19:35,524 WE'RE GOING TO BATTLE AGING, 2205 01:19:35,524 --> 01:19:37,793 WHEN HAVE WE HEARD ANTI-AGING, 2206 01:19:37,793 --> 01:19:39,828 YOU SEE PEOPLE ACTUALLY PUSH 2207 01:19:39,828 --> 01:19:40,596 AWAY? 2208 01:19:40,596 --> 01:19:41,930 ANTI-AGING CREAMS, HEY, GUYS, 2209 01:19:41,930 --> 01:19:43,098 YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT GREY 2210 01:19:43,098 --> 01:19:45,234 OUT OF YOUR BEARD, RIGHT? 2211 01:19:45,234 --> 01:19:46,635 I THINK YOU ALSO WOULD NOT BE 2212 01:19:46,635 --> 01:19:49,338 SURPRISED OR MAYBE YOU WOULD, IS 2213 01:19:49,338 --> 01:19:52,241 THAT AGEISM IS NOT A CONCERN IN 2214 01:19:52,241 --> 01:19:53,642 THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE. 2215 01:19:53,642 --> 01:19:57,479 IT IS IN THE AGING NETWORK. 2216 01:19:57,479 --> 01:19:59,748 AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS 2217 01:19:59,748 --> 01:20:02,184 YOU SAY, THEY THINK. 2218 01:20:02,184 --> 01:20:04,053 WE PRETEND THAT WHEN WE SAY 2219 01:20:04,053 --> 01:20:05,621 SOMETHING AS EXPERTS IN A FIELD 2220 01:20:05,621 --> 01:20:06,722 THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT 2221 01:20:06,722 --> 01:20:07,790 THE WAY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. 2222 01:20:07,790 --> 01:20:11,126 SO WHEN WE SAY THE WORDS "THE 2223 01:20:11,126 --> 01:20:12,127 ELDERLY," WHAT IT CUES IS 2224 01:20:12,127 --> 01:20:19,468 SOMEONE WHO IS BED RI DEP, BEDR, 2225 01:20:19,468 --> 01:20:20,769 SOMEBODY WHO IS FAILING, 2226 01:20:20,769 --> 01:20:21,637 SOMEBODY WHO IS IN DECLINE. 2227 01:20:21,637 --> 01:20:23,405 WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO GET 2228 01:20:23,405 --> 01:20:25,674 ACROSS IS THAT WE ARE ALL AGING. 2229 01:20:25,674 --> 01:20:27,042 AND THIS MORNING AS WE WERE 2230 01:20:27,042 --> 01:20:28,043 GETTING READY, WE TALKED ABOUT 2231 01:20:28,043 --> 01:20:29,645 IT AND WE SAID, WELL, HOW MANY 2232 01:20:29,645 --> 01:20:31,613 OF US ARE PART OF THE AGING 2233 01:20:31,613 --> 01:20:31,947 POPULATION? 2234 01:20:31,947 --> 01:20:35,884 RAISE YOUR HAND. 2235 01:20:35,884 --> 01:20:36,418 VERY GOOD. 2236 01:20:36,418 --> 01:20:37,286 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE 2237 01:20:37,286 --> 01:20:39,888 DEAD. 2238 01:20:39,888 --> 01:20:41,590 [LAUGHTER] 2239 01:20:41,590 --> 01:20:42,224 >> RIGHT? 2240 01:20:42,224 --> 01:20:43,759 WE ARE ALL PART OF THE AGING 2241 01:20:43,759 --> 01:20:44,793 POPULATION, FROM BIRTH, AND WE 2242 01:20:44,793 --> 01:20:46,395 RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A 2243 01:20:46,395 --> 01:20:47,596 COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND 2244 01:20:47,596 --> 01:20:47,830 BENEFIT. 2245 01:20:47,830 --> 01:20:49,198 AND IF I HAD LOTS OF TIME, I 2246 01:20:49,198 --> 01:20:50,499 WOULD GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE 2247 01:20:50,499 --> 01:20:53,702 THAT WE STUDIED, TRAPS TO AVOID 2248 01:20:53,702 --> 01:20:55,204 AND STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE, AND I 2249 01:20:55,204 --> 01:20:56,605 KNOW WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO 2250 01:20:56,605 --> 01:20:57,840 CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO 2251 01:20:57,840 --> 01:20:59,775 UNDERSTAND HOW WE DO THAT, BUT I 2252 01:20:59,775 --> 01:21:01,076 HAVE A VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS IT SO 2253 01:21:01,076 --> 01:21:02,411 MUCH BETTER, SO I'M GOING TO 2254 01:21:02,411 --> 01:21:09,551 JUST SHOW THIS TO YOU QUICKLY. 2255 01:21:09,551 --> 01:21:10,652 >> SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN WE 2256 01:21:10,652 --> 01:21:12,387 TALK ABOUT AGING. 2257 01:21:12,387 --> 01:21:13,689 WE CARE DEEPLY. 2258 01:21:13,689 --> 01:21:16,325 WE HAVE THE FACTS. 2259 01:21:16,325 --> 01:21:18,393 YET OUR MESSAGE OFTEN DOESN'T 2260 01:21:18,393 --> 01:21:20,362 GET THROUGH. 2261 01:21:20,362 --> 01:21:20,596 WHY? 2262 01:21:20,596 --> 01:21:23,365 IT COULD BE THE WAY WE'RE 2263 01:21:23,365 --> 01:21:24,566 COMMUNICATING. 2264 01:21:24,566 --> 01:21:25,601 RESEARCH FROM THE REFRAMING 2265 01:21:25,601 --> 01:21:28,704 AGING INITIATIVE HAS IDENTIFIED 2266 01:21:28,704 --> 01:21:30,806 SOME COMMUNICATION TRAPS, COMMON 2267 01:21:30,806 --> 01:21:32,307 PRACTICES THAT UNDERMINE OUR 2268 01:21:32,307 --> 01:21:34,176 MESSAGE. 2269 01:21:34,176 --> 01:21:37,379 THESE TRAPS INCLUDE FATALISM, 2270 01:21:37,379 --> 01:21:39,882 FANTASTIC EXAMPLES, AND FALSE 2271 01:21:39,882 --> 01:21:42,384 STARTS. 2272 01:21:42,384 --> 01:21:44,686 FIRST, FATALISM. 2273 01:21:44,686 --> 01:21:47,456 TAKE THE SILVER TSUNAMI, AN 2274 01:21:47,456 --> 01:21:49,725 UNFORTUNATE METAPHOR FOR THE 2275 01:21:49,725 --> 01:21:51,360 GROWING NUMBER OF OLDER PEOPLE. 2276 01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:54,463 YES, IT'S DP DRAMATIC BUT IT ALO 2277 01:21:54,463 --> 01:21:55,764 CREATES AN OVERWHELMING SENSE 2278 01:21:55,764 --> 01:21:57,900 THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. 2279 01:21:57,900 --> 01:21:59,234 INSTEAD, OFFER CONCRETE 2280 01:21:59,234 --> 01:22:01,837 SOLUTIONS IN YOUR MESSAGING, 2281 01:22:01,837 --> 01:22:04,540 EARLY AND OFTEN. 2282 01:22:04,540 --> 01:22:07,142 NEXT, FANTASTIC EXAMPLES, 2283 01:22:07,142 --> 01:22:09,011 SOMETIMES CALLED SUPER SENIORS. 2284 01:22:09,011 --> 01:22:10,512 YES, IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN OLDER 2285 01:22:10,512 --> 01:22:16,185 PEOPLE DO INCREDIBLE THINGS, BUT 2286 01:22:16,185 --> 01:22:17,519 FEATURING EXTRAORDINARY 2287 01:22:17,519 --> 01:22:19,254 INDIVIDUALS CAN BE MISLEADING. 2288 01:22:19,254 --> 01:22:20,689 INSTEAD, TRY TO KEEP YOUR FOCUS 2289 01:22:20,689 --> 01:22:21,790 ON BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AND 2290 01:22:21,790 --> 01:22:25,160 REALISTIC SUPPORTS FOR EVERYONE. 2291 01:22:25,160 --> 01:22:27,262 FINALLY, FALSE STARTS. 2292 01:22:27,262 --> 01:22:28,931 WE'VE ALL SEEN PRESENTATIONS 2293 01:22:28,931 --> 01:22:31,066 THAT START WITH A STATISTIC, 2294 01:22:31,066 --> 01:22:34,503 LIKE BY 2030, 1 IN 5 AMERICANS 2295 01:22:34,503 --> 01:22:35,871 WILL BE 65 OR OLDER. 2296 01:22:35,871 --> 01:22:37,673 THIS DOESN'T BEGIN TO TELL THE 2297 01:22:37,673 --> 01:22:39,508 WHOLE STORY OF AGING. 2298 01:22:39,508 --> 01:22:42,678 AND IT'S PRETTY BORING. 2299 01:22:42,678 --> 01:22:45,447 INSTEAD, START STRONG, WITH A 2300 01:22:45,447 --> 01:22:47,449 SHARED VISION, LIKE STAYING 2301 01:22:47,449 --> 01:22:48,951 CONNECTED TO FAMILY AND 2302 01:22:48,951 --> 01:22:50,252 COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF 2303 01:22:50,252 --> 01:22:51,820 US. 2304 01:22:51,820 --> 01:22:55,591 THIS IS A MORE ENGAGING WAY TO 2305 01:22:55,591 --> 01:22:56,859 START, AND YOU CAN BUILD YOUR 2306 01:22:56,859 --> 01:22:58,360 COMMUNICATION OR STORY FROM 2307 01:22:58,360 --> 01:22:59,194 THERE. 2308 01:22:59,194 --> 01:23:01,029 CHANGING THE WAY WE TALK CAN 2309 01:23:01,029 --> 01:23:03,899 CHANGE ATTITUDES ABOUT AGING. 2310 01:23:03,899 --> 01:23:06,535 FIND RESOURCES, AND GET STARTED 2311 01:23:06,535 --> 01:23:08,604 AT REFRAMINGAGING.ORG. 2312 01:23:08,604 --> 01:23:11,139 >> THE REST OF THAT IS THE 2313 01:23:11,139 --> 01:23:12,107 COMMERCIAL ABOUT REFRAMING AGING 2314 01:23:12,107 --> 01:23:13,542 THAT YOU ALREADY SEE IN THE 2315 01:23:13,542 --> 01:23:14,543 SLIDES AND WE'LL PROVIDE A COPY 2316 01:23:14,543 --> 01:23:15,410 OF THESE SLIDES. 2317 01:23:15,410 --> 01:23:17,246 THESE VIDEOS WE HAVE, WE HAVE 2318 01:23:17,246 --> 01:23:18,814 FOUR OF THEM, CALLED THE FRAME 2319 01:23:18,814 --> 01:23:20,315 OF MIND SERIES, EACH OF THEM IS 2320 01:23:20,315 --> 01:23:21,416 LESS THAN 2 MINUTES SO IF YOU 2321 01:23:21,416 --> 01:23:22,784 NEED TO GO INTO YOUR BOSS' 2322 01:23:22,784 --> 01:23:24,953 OFFICE AND SHARE WHY THIS IS SO 2323 01:23:24,953 --> 01:23:26,255 IMPORTANT, I WOULD HIGHLY 2324 01:23:26,255 --> 01:23:27,656 RECOMMEND THAT THESE COULD BE 2325 01:23:27,656 --> 01:23:29,658 USEFUL TOOLS TO HELP YOU. 2326 01:23:29,658 --> 01:23:30,559 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 2327 01:23:30,559 --> 01:23:33,362 WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF IS THE 2328 01:23:33,362 --> 01:23:37,799 TRAPS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID 2329 01:23:37,799 --> 01:23:38,500 ARE OUR PREDOMINANT WAY OF 2330 01:23:38,500 --> 01:23:39,001 THINKING. 2331 01:23:39,001 --> 01:23:40,469 SO IT'S RIGHT THERE, RIGHT AT 2332 01:23:40,469 --> 01:23:42,537 THE TOP, RIGHT AT THE TIP OF OUR 2333 01:23:42,537 --> 01:23:43,739 TONGUE, RIGHT AT THE TOP OF OUR 2334 01:23:43,739 --> 01:23:47,075 MINDS. 2335 01:23:47,075 --> 01:23:50,145 WHAT'S NOT THERE ARE THE 2336 01:23:50,145 --> 01:23:52,080 STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE AND HOW WE 2337 01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:52,681 CAN ADVANCE THEM. 2338 01:23:52,681 --> 01:23:54,216 AND THERE IS WORK AROUND THE 2339 01:23:54,216 --> 01:23:54,650 COUNTRY. 2340 01:23:54,650 --> 01:23:56,084 WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES, 2341 01:23:56,084 --> 01:23:58,620 WE ARE WORKING NATIONALLY WITH 2342 01:23:58,620 --> 01:24:02,324 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE 2343 01:24:02,324 --> 01:24:03,158 WORKING WITH STATES INCLUDING 2344 01:24:03,158 --> 01:24:06,795 MARYLAND AND THE LONGEVITY-READY 2345 01:24:06,795 --> 01:24:09,231 PROJECT, THE MULTI-SECTOR PLAN, 2346 01:24:09,231 --> 01:24:10,799 TO BE SURE THAT THE MESSAGE, HOW 2347 01:24:10,799 --> 01:24:13,936 WE TALK ABOUT THAT, IS WELL 2348 01:24:13,936 --> 01:24:15,537 FRAMED. 2349 01:24:15,537 --> 01:24:17,406 THAT WE'RE USING LANGUAGE TO 2350 01:24:17,406 --> 01:24:19,141 ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF AGING. 2351 01:24:19,141 --> 01:24:21,343 THIS PART IS CHALLENGING. 2352 01:24:21,343 --> 01:24:22,644 THIS PART IS HARD. 2353 01:24:22,644 --> 01:24:24,413 YOU NOTICE ON MY FIRST SLIDE, WE 2354 01:24:24,413 --> 01:24:26,348 TALKED ABOUT A GENERATION'S 2355 01:24:26,348 --> 01:24:26,682 WORK. 2356 01:24:26,682 --> 01:24:29,151 THIS WILL TAKE TIME, THIS WILL 2357 01:24:29,151 --> 01:24:30,085 TAKE A GENERATION FOR US TO BE 2358 01:24:30,085 --> 01:24:31,920 ABLE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS. 2359 01:24:31,920 --> 01:24:34,523 BUT IF WE DON'T START NOW, WHEN 2360 01:24:34,523 --> 01:24:36,558 WILL WE START? 2361 01:24:36,558 --> 01:24:42,397 WE KNOW THAT WHEN A FRAMEWORK 2362 01:24:42,397 --> 01:24:44,599 WORKS, WE CAN SHIFT, IMPROVE 2363 01:24:44,599 --> 01:24:46,368 KNOWLEDGE, IMPROVE ATTITUDE, AND 2364 01:24:46,368 --> 01:24:51,073 POLICY GROWTH SUPPORT. 2365 01:24:51,073 --> 01:24:52,307 ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL 2366 01:24:52,307 --> 01:24:53,075 CENTER, WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT 2367 01:24:53,075 --> 01:24:53,809 YOU CAN START WITH. 2368 01:24:53,809 --> 01:24:55,444 RIGHT HERE ON THE END IS A QUICK 2369 01:24:55,444 --> 01:24:57,312 START GUIDE, AND ALL THESE 2370 01:24:57,312 --> 01:24:58,680 LINKS, WE'LL SHARE WITH 2371 01:24:58,680 --> 01:25:00,248 DR. FLETCHER AND SHE WILL SHARE 2372 01:25:00,248 --> 01:25:03,085 THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 2373 01:25:03,085 --> 01:25:04,920 WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION STYLE 2374 01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:07,923 GUIDE FOR OW YOU CAN S -- FOR HN 2375 01:25:07,923 --> 01:25:08,724 START TO APPLY THIS. 2376 01:25:08,724 --> 01:25:10,058 SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHY AND 2377 01:25:10,058 --> 01:25:11,360 HOW TO START IN THE QUICK START 2378 01:25:11,360 --> 01:25:12,861 GUIDE, OUR COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE 2379 01:25:12,861 --> 01:25:13,762 GIVES YOU THE WHY. 2380 01:25:13,762 --> 01:25:15,731 WE HAVE A LEARNING MANAGEMENT 2381 01:25:15,731 --> 01:25:17,499 SYSTEM, A LEARNING MANAGEMENT 2382 01:25:17,499 --> 01:25:18,700 HUB THAT PROVIDES YOU WITH 2383 01:25:18,700 --> 01:25:20,402 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND 2384 01:25:20,402 --> 01:25:21,837 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND TOOLS, 2385 01:25:21,837 --> 01:25:23,572 LIKE AGEISM FIRST AID, RIGHT? 2386 01:25:23,572 --> 01:25:25,240 WE ALL GET THE IDEA WE NEED TO, 2387 01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:28,243 YOU KNOW, FOR EMERGENCY 2388 01:25:28,243 --> 01:25:29,478 PREPAREDNESS FIRST AID, HOW DO 2389 01:25:29,478 --> 01:25:31,246 WE GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND 2390 01:25:31,246 --> 01:25:33,749 AGEISM? 2391 01:25:33,749 --> 01:25:36,418 HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE TO 2392 01:25:36,418 --> 01:25:38,587 UNDERSTAND THAT ELDERSPEAK, OH, 2393 01:25:38,587 --> 01:25:40,055 SWEETIE, HONEY, YOU DON'T LOOK A 2394 01:25:40,055 --> 01:25:41,757 DAY OVER 60, IS REALLY NOT 2395 01:25:41,757 --> 01:25:42,758 ADVANCING THE WORK WE NEED TO 2396 01:25:42,758 --> 01:25:43,425 UNDERSTAND AGING. 2397 01:25:43,425 --> 01:25:44,493 AND BECAUSE I'M HERE AT THE NIH, 2398 01:25:44,493 --> 01:25:46,595 I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO MENTION 2399 01:25:46,595 --> 01:25:50,198 THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK 2400 01:25:50,198 --> 01:25:51,600 WITH THE AMERICAN MEDICAL 2401 01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:52,567 ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN 2402 01:25:52,567 --> 01:25:53,702 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND 2403 01:25:53,702 --> 01:25:57,305 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TO CHANGE 2404 01:25:57,305 --> 01:25:59,107 HOW INFORMATION AGE-INCLUSIVE 2405 01:25:59,107 --> 01:26:00,976 LANGUAGE IN STYLE GUIDES, IN 2406 01:26:00,976 --> 01:26:03,145 MANUALS OF STYLE. 2407 01:26:03,145 --> 01:26:05,347 THIS IS STYLE-AGNOSTIC. 2408 01:26:05,347 --> 01:26:06,314 THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE TALK ABOUT 2409 01:26:06,314 --> 01:26:08,917 PEOPLE AS WE AGE. 2410 01:26:08,917 --> 01:26:10,952 SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO ASK 2411 01:26:10,952 --> 01:26:12,054 YOU ALL TO START TO THINK ABOUT 2412 01:26:12,054 --> 01:26:14,256 HOW YOU FRAME YOUR MESSAGES, AND 2413 01:26:14,256 --> 01:26:16,291 THINK ABOUT HOW THESE PRODUCTIVE 2414 01:26:16,291 --> 01:26:18,660 PERCEPTIONS OF AGING ARE 2415 01:26:18,660 --> 01:26:19,127 PRICELESS. 2416 01:26:19,127 --> 01:26:20,962 NEFTION ON HOW TO SEE AND FOLLOW 2417 01:26:20,962 --> 01:26:22,230 US, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 2418 01:26:22,230 --> 01:26:22,864 THIS OPPORTUNITY. 2419 01:26:22,864 --> 01:26:30,472 [APPLAUSE] 2420 01:26:30,472 --> 01:26:32,107 >> AGE DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL 2421 01:26:32,107 --> 01:26:34,409 AT ANY STAGE OF EMPLOYMENT. 2422 01:26:34,409 --> 01:26:36,812 INCLUDING DURING HIRING, 2423 01:26:36,812 --> 01:26:39,781 PROMOTIONS, RAISES, AND LAYOFFS. 2424 01:26:39,781 --> 01:26:42,084 IN AARP'S RESEARCH, AGE 2425 01:26:42,084 --> 01:26:43,051 DISCRIMINATION IS A PREVALENT 2426 01:26:43,051 --> 01:26:44,586 ISSUE IN THE WORKPLACE, 2427 01:26:44,586 --> 01:26:46,354 AFFECTING 78% OF WORKERS, MAKING 2428 01:26:46,354 --> 01:26:48,356 IT AN ESSENTIAL TOPIC. 2429 01:26:48,356 --> 01:26:50,992 OUR SPEAKER IS A TRAILBLAZING 2430 01:26:50,992 --> 01:26:56,865 RESEARCHER WHO TACKLED HOW AGE 2431 01:26:56,865 --> 01:27:01,069 DISCRIMINATION HACKL TACKLES EQ. 2432 01:27:01,069 --> 01:27:03,905 THE ACT OF 2021, THE U.S. SENATE 2433 01:27:03,905 --> 01:27:05,674 IS CONSIDERING PASSING TO 2434 01:27:05,674 --> 01:27:07,175 CONSIDER AGE IN THEIR DIVERSITY, 2435 01:27:07,175 --> 01:27:08,677 EQUITY AND INCLUSION STRATEGIES. 2436 01:27:08,677 --> 01:27:10,078 OUR SPEAKER HOLDS A PH.D. IN 2437 01:27:10,078 --> 01:27:12,547 ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, AN M.A. 2438 01:27:12,547 --> 01:27:13,782 IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND A 2439 01:27:13,782 --> 01:27:14,983 B.A. IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 2440 01:27:14,983 --> 01:27:16,818 FROM THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF 2441 01:27:16,818 --> 01:27:19,154 AMERICA IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 2442 01:27:19,154 --> 01:27:20,455 ADDITIONALLY, SHE HOLDS AN 2443 01:27:20,455 --> 01:27:21,356 EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE IN 2444 01:27:21,356 --> 01:27:22,958 FINANCIAL PLANNING FROM 2445 01:27:22,958 --> 01:27:25,026 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, AND IS A 2446 01:27:25,026 --> 01:27:25,660 CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER 2447 01:27:25,660 --> 01:27:26,361 PROFESSIONAL. 2448 01:27:26,361 --> 01:27:28,396 SHE COMPLETED THE DIVERSITY AND 2449 01:27:28,396 --> 01:27:29,698 INCLUSION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AT 2450 01:27:29,698 --> 01:27:31,800 THE ILR SCHOOL OF CORNELL 2451 01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:34,836 UNIVERSITY, AND IS A 2452 01:27:34,836 --> 01:27:35,871 CORNELL-CERTIFIED DIVERSITY 2453 01:27:35,871 --> 01:27:36,771 PRACTITIONER. 2454 01:27:36,771 --> 01:27:37,772 PLEASE WELCOME THE DIRECTOR OF 2455 01:27:37,772 --> 01:27:39,341 FINANCE AND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE 2456 01:27:39,341 --> 01:27:40,876 AARP PUBLIC POLICY, WHO IS ALSO 2457 01:27:40,876 --> 01:27:43,278 A PROFESSIONAL STAND-UP 2458 01:27:43,278 --> 01:27:45,080 COMPLEEDIAN, DR. LORI A. 2459 01:27:45,080 --> 01:27:45,747 TRAWINSKI. 2460 01:27:45,747 --> 01:27:50,485 WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE HER SHARE 2461 01:27:50,485 --> 01:27:51,653 HER INSIGHTS WITH US TODAY. 2462 01:27:51,653 --> 01:27:52,754 >> THANKS VERY MUCH. 2463 01:27:52,754 --> 01:27:53,889 I GUESS SINCE I'M THE LAST 2464 01:27:53,889 --> 01:27:55,123 SPEAKER OF THE MORNING OR 2465 01:27:55,123 --> 01:27:57,225 AFTERNOON, THAT MAKES ME THE 2466 01:27:57,225 --> 01:27:58,426 HEADLINER, AND SO I'M VERY 2467 01:27:58,426 --> 01:27:59,528 EXCITED TO BE HERE. 2468 01:27:59,528 --> 01:28:04,432 SO THANK YOU. 2469 01:28:04,432 --> 01:28:07,202 I ALWAYS LIKE TO BEGIN MY TALKS 2470 01:28:07,202 --> 01:28:09,671 WITH A GRATITUDE PAUSE. 2471 01:28:09,671 --> 01:28:12,307 I NEED TO THANK EACH AND EVERY 2472 01:28:12,307 --> 01:28:15,844 ONE OF YOU WHO WORK AT NIH FOR 2473 01:28:15,844 --> 01:28:17,946 THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 2474 01:28:17,946 --> 01:28:20,081 YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO KEEP 2475 01:28:20,081 --> 01:28:23,518 OUR COUNTRY SAFE, TO FIGHT 2476 01:28:23,518 --> 01:28:25,887 DISEASE, AND IN PARTICULAR, 2477 01:28:25,887 --> 01:28:27,422 COVID-19 AND THE GROUNDBREAKING 2478 01:28:27,422 --> 01:28:30,625 WORK THAT YOU DID ON THAT. 2479 01:28:30,625 --> 01:28:32,494 I HAVE TO PAUSE NOW AND THANK 2480 01:28:32,494 --> 01:28:34,196 YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. 2481 01:28:34,196 --> 01:28:38,066 [APPLAUSE] 2482 01:28:38,066 --> 01:28:42,904 AND I ALSO WANT TO PAUSE AND 2483 01:28:42,904 --> 01:28:45,874 THANK MR. WILLIAMS AND 2484 01:28:45,874 --> 01:28:47,375 DR. FLETCHER FOR SEEING THE 2485 01:28:47,375 --> 01:28:49,844 IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING AGE IN 2486 01:28:49,844 --> 01:28:51,546 YOUR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND 2487 01:28:51,546 --> 01:28:53,281 INCLUSION STRATEGY. 2488 01:28:53,281 --> 01:28:56,318 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IN THIS DAY 2489 01:28:56,318 --> 01:28:58,820 AND AGE, IT IS THE MOST 2490 01:28:58,820 --> 01:29:01,523 OVERLOOKED DIMENSION WITHIN EDI 2491 01:29:01,523 --> 01:29:02,557 PROGRAMS. 2492 01:29:02,557 --> 01:29:05,227 AND I ALWAYS FIND THAT WILL 2493 01:29:05,227 --> 01:29:06,995 WEIRD BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE 2494 01:29:06,995 --> 01:29:08,730 DIMENSION OF DIVERSITY THAT 2495 01:29:08,730 --> 01:29:10,332 INCLUDES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 2496 01:29:10,332 --> 01:29:10,999 US. 2497 01:29:10,999 --> 01:29:13,168 AND WHAT ALSO MAKES IT UNIQUE IS 2498 01:29:13,168 --> 01:29:15,036 THAT IT'S THE ONE DIMENSION THAT 2499 01:29:15,036 --> 01:29:16,705 CHANGES OVER TIME. 2500 01:29:16,705 --> 01:29:18,006 SO WE START OUT IN THE 2501 01:29:18,006 --> 01:29:20,408 WORKPLACE, WE ARE A YOUNGER 2502 01:29:20,408 --> 01:29:22,277 WORKER, WE ARE NEW, WE ARE 2503 01:29:22,277 --> 01:29:24,713 LEARNING, WE ADVANCE HOPEFULLY, 2504 01:29:24,713 --> 01:29:27,349 WE CONTINUE TO LEARN, AND THEN 2505 01:29:27,349 --> 01:29:28,550 ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HIT THAT 2506 01:29:28,550 --> 01:29:30,852 MAGIC AGE OF 40, AND IN THE 2507 01:29:30,852 --> 01:29:32,420 UNITED STATES, YOU ARE NOW AN 2508 01:29:32,420 --> 01:29:33,388 OLDER WORKER. 2509 01:29:33,388 --> 01:29:35,390 AND FOR MANY PEOPLE, THAT IS 2510 01:29:35,390 --> 01:29:35,590 NEWS. 2511 01:29:35,590 --> 01:29:38,026 MANY PEOPLE DO NOT RECOGNIZE 2512 01:29:38,026 --> 01:29:41,496 THAT 40 IS THE AGE AT WHICH YOU 2513 01:29:41,496 --> 01:29:44,399 BECOME A PROTECTED CLASS. 2514 01:29:44,399 --> 01:29:46,534 SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND 2515 01:29:46,534 --> 01:29:47,702 CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THIS 2516 01:29:47,702 --> 01:29:50,438 ISSUE. 2517 01:29:50,438 --> 01:29:51,606 SO WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK 2518 01:29:51,606 --> 01:29:52,774 ABOUT IT IN THE WORKPLACE IS -- 2519 01:29:52,774 --> 01:29:54,009 AND SOME OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS 2520 01:29:54,009 --> 01:29:56,645 HAVE MENTIONED IT, WE NOW HAVE 2521 01:29:56,645 --> 01:29:59,080 UP TO FIVE, EVEN SIX GENERATIONS 2522 01:29:59,080 --> 01:30:01,383 IN THE WORKPLACE WORKING SIDE BY 2523 01:30:01,383 --> 01:30:01,883 SIDE. 2524 01:30:01,883 --> 01:30:04,819 NOW I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS AN 2525 01:30:04,819 --> 01:30:06,888 INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY. 2526 01:30:06,888 --> 01:30:10,158 SOME PEOPLE DON'T VIEW IT THAT 2527 01:30:10,158 --> 01:30:11,926 WAY, HOWEVER, AND THEY THINK 2528 01:30:11,926 --> 01:30:13,061 THIS IS A TERRIBLE CHALLENGE. 2529 01:30:13,061 --> 01:30:14,029 SO THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, THERE 2530 01:30:14,029 --> 01:30:15,297 ARE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN BE 2531 01:30:15,297 --> 01:30:17,832 DOING WITHIN OUR WORKPLACES TO 2532 01:30:17,832 --> 01:30:18,967 MAKE THINGS BETTER. 2533 01:30:18,967 --> 01:30:20,435 SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S AN 2534 01:30:20,435 --> 01:30:23,104 OPPORTUNITY. 2535 01:30:23,104 --> 01:30:26,508 I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN 2536 01:30:26,508 --> 01:30:27,676 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OTHER 2537 01:30:27,676 --> 01:30:28,643 SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, THAT IS 2538 01:30:28,643 --> 01:30:30,812 PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER, MANY 2539 01:30:30,812 --> 01:30:32,314 CHOOSE TO STAY IN THE WORKPLACE 2540 01:30:32,314 --> 01:30:33,548 LONGER. 2541 01:30:33,548 --> 01:30:36,851 NOW, SOME OF THAT CHOICE IS DUE 2542 01:30:36,851 --> 01:30:40,555 TO THE NEED TO WORK, BECAUSE WE 2543 01:30:40,555 --> 01:30:42,057 NEED MONEY, AND IT'S REALLY 2544 01:30:42,057 --> 01:30:44,659 DIFFICULT TO RETIRE AT THE AGE 2545 01:30:44,659 --> 01:30:48,330 OF 60 OR 65 AND LIVE ANOTHER 30 2546 01:30:48,330 --> 01:30:51,566 YEARS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ONLY 2547 01:30:51,566 --> 01:30:52,200 DEPENDENT ON SOMETHING LIKE 2548 01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:53,101 SOCIAL SECURITY. 2549 01:30:53,101 --> 01:30:54,369 IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO 2550 01:30:54,369 --> 01:30:55,670 SURVIVE ONLY ON THAT. 2551 01:30:55,670 --> 01:30:57,238 SO PEOPLE WANT TO WORK LONGER, 2552 01:30:57,238 --> 01:30:59,174 THEY WANT TO ACCUMULATE SAVINGS 2553 01:30:59,174 --> 01:30:59,874 LONGER. 2554 01:30:59,874 --> 01:31:02,877 NOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT 2555 01:31:02,877 --> 01:31:03,745 CHOICE. 2556 01:31:03,745 --> 01:31:04,746 THE OTHER REASON PEOPLE LIKE TO 2557 01:31:04,746 --> 01:31:06,448 STAY IN THE WORKPLACE IS ANOTHER 2558 01:31:06,448 --> 01:31:07,649 REASON WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED ALREADY 2559 01:31:07,649 --> 01:31:09,517 THIS MORNING, AND THAT IS TO 2560 01:31:09,517 --> 01:31:12,520 KEEP THE SOCIAL CONNECTION. 2561 01:31:12,520 --> 01:31:15,357 TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE, 2562 01:31:15,357 --> 01:31:18,026 TO HAVE THAT HUMAN TOUCH, THE 2563 01:31:18,026 --> 01:31:19,661 IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATING WITH 2564 01:31:19,661 --> 01:31:20,862 PEOPLE. 2565 01:31:20,862 --> 01:31:22,297 AND ALSO TO HAVE A SENSE OF 2566 01:31:22,297 --> 01:31:25,166 PURPOSE. 2567 01:31:25,166 --> 01:31:26,434 MANY PEOPLE GET THEIR SENSE OF 2568 01:31:26,434 --> 01:31:27,802 PURPOSE AND SELF-IDENTITY FROM 2569 01:31:27,802 --> 01:31:31,406 THE WORK THEY DO, AND WHAT A SAD 2570 01:31:31,406 --> 01:31:32,540 THING IT IS TO REACH A CERTAIN 2571 01:31:32,540 --> 01:31:34,376 AGE AND FIND OUT YOU'RE NO 2572 01:31:34,376 --> 01:31:38,847 LONGER ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT. 2573 01:31:38,847 --> 01:31:43,885 SO AT AARP, OUR GOAL IS TO HELP 2574 01:31:43,885 --> 01:31:45,587 PEOPLE LIVE AS THEY CHOOSE AS 2575 01:31:45,587 --> 01:31:47,856 THEY AGE. 2576 01:31:47,856 --> 01:31:49,190 AND PART OF LIVING AS YOU CHOOSE 2577 01:31:49,190 --> 01:31:50,959 IS WORKING AS LONG AS YOU WANT 2578 01:31:50,959 --> 01:31:55,730 TO. 2579 01:31:55,730 --> 01:31:59,000 SO I JUST WANT TO ASK THE 2580 01:31:59,000 --> 01:31:59,667 AUDIENCE A QUESTION. 2581 01:31:59,667 --> 01:32:01,903 WHAT IS THE FIRST WORD YOU THINK 2582 01:32:01,903 --> 01:32:04,839 OF WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD AGING? 2583 01:32:04,839 --> 01:32:07,942 ANYONE, JUST YELL IT OUT. 2584 01:32:07,942 --> 01:32:09,310 >> DISCRIMINATION. 2585 01:32:09,310 --> 01:32:10,578 >> DISCRIMINATION, OKAY. 2586 01:32:10,578 --> 01:32:12,147 >> MATURITY. 2587 01:32:12,147 --> 01:32:14,949 >> OKAY. 2588 01:32:14,949 --> 01:32:15,550 >> OLD. 2589 01:32:15,550 --> 01:32:21,689 >> OLD? 2590 01:32:21,689 --> 01:32:22,223 EXPERIENCE, OKAY. 2591 01:32:22,223 --> 01:32:23,591 SO NOT EVERYTHING I HEARD WAS 2592 01:32:23,591 --> 01:32:23,992 NEGATIVE. 2593 01:32:23,992 --> 01:32:26,127 SOME WAS NEGATIVE, AND SOME WAS 2594 01:32:26,127 --> 01:32:27,762 POSITIVE. 2595 01:32:27,762 --> 01:32:30,732 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS ROLL 2596 01:32:30,732 --> 01:32:33,568 THE FIRST VIDEO. 2597 01:32:33,568 --> 01:32:36,204 PLEASE. 2598 01:32:36,204 --> 01:32:38,139 >> HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? 2599 01:32:38,139 --> 01:32:39,574 YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE, 2600 01:32:39,574 --> 01:32:40,575 THAT'S YOUR MARK. 2601 01:32:40,575 --> 01:32:41,209 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 2602 01:32:41,209 --> 01:32:41,810 >> I'M GREAT. 2603 01:32:41,810 --> 01:32:42,744 HOW ARE YOU? 2604 01:32:42,744 --> 01:32:43,311 >> GREAT. 2605 01:32:43,311 --> 01:32:44,846 >> JUST TELL US YOUR FIRST NAME 2606 01:32:44,846 --> 01:32:45,280 AND YOUR AGE. 2607 01:32:45,280 --> 01:32:46,481 >> MY REAL AGE? 2608 01:32:46,481 --> 01:32:48,082 >> MY NAME IS PABLO. 2609 01:32:48,082 --> 01:32:48,516 I'M 25 YEARS OLD. 2610 01:32:48,516 --> 01:32:51,085 >> MY NAME IS DANIELA, AND I'M 2611 01:32:51,085 --> 01:32:51,953 19. 2612 01:32:51,953 --> 01:32:52,587 >> 24. 2613 01:32:52,587 --> 01:32:55,590 >> 35. 2614 01:32:55,590 --> 01:32:56,724 31. 2615 01:32:56,724 --> 01:32:56,891 33. 2616 01:32:56,891 --> 01:32:57,892 >> WHAT AGE DO YOU CONSIDER TO 2617 01:32:57,892 --> 01:32:58,193 BE OLD? 2618 01:32:58,193 --> 01:32:59,060 >> LATE 40s. 2619 01:32:59,060 --> 01:33:01,095 >> MAYBE WI 50. 2620 01:33:01,095 --> 01:33:01,396 >> UM -- 2621 01:33:01,396 --> 01:33:03,798 >> I FEEL LIKE 30 IS THE NEW 20 2622 01:33:03,798 --> 01:33:04,999 SO I'D SAY LIKE 40 IS OLD. 2623 01:33:04,999 --> 01:33:06,601 >> I'D PROBABLY SAY 50s. 2624 01:33:06,601 --> 01:33:07,669 >> I'D LIKE YOU TO SHOW ME HOW 2625 01:33:07,669 --> 01:33:08,803 AN OLD PERSON WOULD CROSS THE 2626 01:33:08,803 --> 01:33:18,947 STREET. 2627 01:33:21,382 --> 01:33:22,951 >> SHOW ME HOW AN OLD PERSON 2628 01:33:22,951 --> 01:33:33,394 WOULD SEND A TEXT MESSAGE. 2629 01:33:34,095 --> 01:33:35,563 HOW MIGHT AN OLD PERSON DO A 2630 01:33:35,563 --> 01:33:43,471 PUSHUP? 2631 01:33:43,471 --> 01:33:44,072 [COUGHING] 2632 01:33:44,072 --> 01:33:54,549 >> WHAT ABOUT JUMPING JACKS? 2633 01:33:58,453 --> 01:34:01,222 >> OKAY, HEA HANG ON. 2634 01:34:01,222 --> 01:34:02,190 THERE'S SOMEONE I WANT YOU TO 2635 01:34:02,190 --> 01:34:04,759 MEET. 2636 01:34:04,759 --> 01:34:07,262 >> HELLO, I'M BIRCH. 2637 01:34:07,262 --> 01:34:07,495 I'M 66. 2638 01:34:07,495 --> 01:34:09,397 >> I'M DAPHNE, AND I'M 68. 2639 01:34:09,397 --> 01:34:13,001 >> I'M DEE AND I'M 55. 2640 01:34:13,001 --> 01:34:14,969 >> 75. 2641 01:34:14,969 --> 01:34:15,637 >> I'M 70. 2642 01:34:15,637 --> 01:34:16,538 >> NICE TO MEET YOU. 2643 01:34:16,538 --> 01:34:18,106 >> NICE TO MEET YOU. 2644 01:34:18,106 --> 01:34:21,276 >> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE BUT TWO 2645 01:34:21,276 --> 01:34:23,945 MINUTES TO TEACH EACH OTHER 2646 01:34:23,945 --> 01:34:24,946 SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOOD AT. 2647 01:34:24,946 --> 01:34:27,949 >> I CAN TEACH YOU A JUMP THAT I 2648 01:34:27,949 --> 01:34:28,116 DO. 2649 01:34:28,116 --> 01:34:28,383 >> PLEASE. 2650 01:34:28,383 --> 01:34:29,884 >> BOTH OF YOUR LEGS GO UP AND 2651 01:34:29,884 --> 01:34:31,786 YOUR ARM GOES UP AND YOUR LEFT 2652 01:34:31,786 --> 01:34:35,390 ARM GOES -- READY? 2653 01:34:35,390 --> 01:34:37,492 ONE, TWO, THREE, LIFT, ONE, TWO, 2654 01:34:37,492 --> 01:34:37,825 THREE. 2655 01:34:37,825 --> 01:34:39,093 AND BRING TO YOUR HEART. 2656 01:34:39,093 --> 01:34:42,263 AND BRING TO YOUR HEAR. 2657 01:34:42,263 --> 01:34:43,998 ADD THE HEAD IN, YEAH. 2658 01:34:43,998 --> 01:34:50,004 TRY TO GET YOUR BALANCE. 2659 01:34:50,004 --> 01:34:53,374 NOW BRING YOUR FEET UP. 2660 01:34:53,374 --> 01:34:54,075 IT HARD, RIGHT? 2661 01:34:54,075 --> 01:34:54,576 >> YEAH. 2662 01:34:54,576 --> 01:34:56,778 >> ONE, TWO, THREE. 2663 01:34:56,778 --> 01:34:57,445 FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. 2664 01:34:57,445 --> 01:34:59,914 SO WHEN YOU COME OUT OF A TURN, 2665 01:34:59,914 --> 01:35:01,783 EITHER WAY, YOU GO BACK TO THAT 2666 01:35:01,783 --> 01:35:04,419 PLACE. 2667 01:35:04,419 --> 01:35:06,955 >> OVER, NOW FORWARD. 2668 01:35:06,955 --> 01:35:09,591 OVER -- YEAH. 2669 01:35:09,591 --> 01:35:13,728 >> LIKE THIS, AND HOOK, HOOK. 2670 01:35:13,728 --> 01:35:15,296 JAB, CROSS, HOOK, AND THEN WE'LL 2671 01:35:15,296 --> 01:35:16,464 GO LIKE THIS, RIGHT? 2672 01:35:16,464 --> 01:35:20,902 >> ONE, TWO, THREE. 2673 01:35:20,902 --> 01:35:21,135 HEE-YA! 2674 01:35:21,135 --> 01:35:22,637 >> NOW WHAT AGE MIGHT YOU 2675 01:35:22,637 --> 01:35:23,805 CONSIDER TO BE OLD? 2676 01:35:23,805 --> 01:35:26,874 >> PROBABLY 80 OR 90. 2677 01:35:26,874 --> 01:35:27,976 >> IF YOU COULD JUST DO 2678 01:35:27,976 --> 01:35:30,645 EVERYTHING THAT I TOLD HIM TO 2679 01:35:30,645 --> 01:35:31,012 DO. 2680 01:35:31,012 --> 01:35:32,447 >> AN AGE THAT I CONSIDER TO BE 2681 01:35:32,447 --> 01:35:35,984 OLD NOW MIGHT BE A HUNDRED. 2682 01:35:35,984 --> 01:35:36,351 [LAUGHTER] 2683 01:35:36,351 --> 01:35:37,352 >> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU 2684 01:35:37,352 --> 01:35:37,552 SAID? 2685 01:35:37,552 --> 01:35:39,487 >> YEAH, YEAH, I SAID IN THE 2686 01:35:39,487 --> 01:35:43,424 50s, I THOUGHT WOULD BE OLD. 2687 01:35:43,424 --> 01:35:44,859 WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT -- 2688 01:35:44,859 --> 01:35:47,095 >> WAIT A MINUTE. 2689 01:35:47,095 --> 01:35:49,297 >> IT REALLY CHANGED MY THINKING 2690 01:35:49,297 --> 01:35:51,766 OF WHAT OLD IS. 2691 01:35:51,766 --> 01:35:52,967 YOU'VE TAUGHT ME SOMETHING 2692 01:35:52,967 --> 01:35:53,701 TODAY. 2693 01:35:53,701 --> 01:35:56,838 CLEARLY, THERE'S NO WAY SHE'S 2694 01:35:56,838 --> 01:35:57,372 OLD, YOU KNOW? 2695 01:35:57,372 --> 01:36:00,341 >> I DON'T LOOK AT AGE. 2696 01:36:00,341 --> 01:36:02,043 >> AT MY AGE, I FEEL LIKE I DID 2697 01:36:02,043 --> 01:36:04,879 WHEN I WAS IN MY 20s. 2698 01:36:04,879 --> 01:36:06,781 >> THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I 2699 01:36:06,781 --> 01:36:08,216 STILL WANT TO DO, THERE'S SO 2700 01:36:08,216 --> 01:36:10,451 MANY THINGS THAT I CAN DO. 2701 01:36:10,451 --> 01:36:13,221 AS LONG AS I'M GROWING AND 2702 01:36:13,221 --> 01:36:14,088 LEARNING, THEN AGE DOESN'T 2703 01:36:14,088 --> 01:36:14,422 MATTER. 2704 01:36:14,422 --> 01:36:19,994 >> WHEN PEOPLE START STOP, 2705 01:36:19,994 --> 01:36:21,195 THAT'S WHEN THEY START GETTING 2706 01:36:21,195 --> 01:36:21,362 OLD. 2707 01:36:21,362 --> 01:36:21,929 >> THANK YOU. 2708 01:36:21,929 --> 01:36:22,730 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2709 01:36:22,730 --> 01:36:27,402 >> THANK YOU. 2710 01:36:27,402 --> 01:36:28,703 >> THANK YOU, IT WAS GREAT 2711 01:36:28,703 --> 01:36:29,370 MEETING YOU. 2712 01:36:29,370 --> 01:36:30,738 >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING 2713 01:36:30,738 --> 01:36:31,105 THIS? 2714 01:36:31,105 --> 01:36:32,240 IS THIS A NEW SKILL? 2715 01:36:32,240 --> 01:36:32,807 >> 40 YEARS. 2716 01:36:32,807 --> 01:36:41,049 >> WOW! 2717 01:36:41,049 --> 01:36:45,520 [APPLAUSE] 2718 01:36:45,520 --> 01:36:47,088 >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 2719 01:36:47,088 --> 01:36:49,290 EVERYBODY, WHAT DID YOU THINK? 2720 01:36:49,290 --> 01:36:52,427 WERE YOU AFFECTED BY THIS VIDEO? 2721 01:36:52,427 --> 01:36:58,666 DID YOU FEEL SOMETHING? 2722 01:36:58,666 --> 01:37:02,103 SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE AN 2723 01:37:02,103 --> 01:37:05,873 ACKNOWLEDGMENT HERE THAT IN SOME 2724 01:37:05,873 --> 01:37:07,008 AUDIENCE, IT HAS BEEN POINTED 2725 01:37:07,008 --> 01:37:12,513 OUT TO ME THAT THIS IS ONE WAY 2726 01:37:12,513 --> 01:37:13,881 TO DEMONSTRATE AGING. 2727 01:37:13,881 --> 01:37:17,819 IT WAS VERY PHYSICALLY BASED, 2728 01:37:17,819 --> 01:37:19,420 AND IN A CERTAIN SENSE IT MAY BE 2729 01:37:19,420 --> 01:37:21,956 CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT FANTASTIC, 2730 01:37:21,956 --> 01:37:22,824 AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 2731 01:37:22,824 --> 01:37:24,192 I THINK WHAT COULD HAVE MADE 2732 01:37:24,192 --> 01:37:26,227 THIS VIDEO BETTER IS TO HAVE 2733 01:37:26,227 --> 01:37:29,564 OTHER EXAMPLES OF OLDER PEOPLE 2734 01:37:29,564 --> 01:37:32,266 SHOWING YOUNGER PEOPLE SOMETHING 2735 01:37:32,266 --> 01:37:34,135 AND VICE VERSA THAT WERE MORE, 2736 01:37:34,135 --> 01:37:37,105 PERHAPS, INTELLECTUALLY BASED OR 2737 01:37:37,105 --> 01:37:38,172 SKILLS-BASED OR SOMETHING LIKE 2738 01:37:38,172 --> 01:37:42,310 THAT, SO THIS IS ONLY ONE ASPECT 2739 01:37:42,310 --> 01:37:43,678 OF THE AGING CONTINUUM. 2740 01:37:43,678 --> 01:37:45,513 BUT I WILL AGREE WITH YOU THAT 2741 01:37:45,513 --> 01:37:49,083 EVERYBODY DOES NOT EXPERIENCE 2742 01:37:49,083 --> 01:37:53,054 EXCELLENT PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND 2743 01:37:53,054 --> 01:37:54,155 SHAPE AS THEY AGE. 2744 01:37:54,155 --> 01:37:56,657 I WILL TELL YOU, THOUGH, THAT 2745 01:37:56,657 --> 01:37:58,159 UNFORTUNATELY I LEFT MY 2746 01:37:58,159 --> 01:38:00,228 BALANCING BLOCK IN THE CAR, AND 2747 01:38:00,228 --> 01:38:01,929 OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT 2748 01:38:01,929 --> 01:38:03,297 DEMO FOR YOU. 2749 01:38:03,297 --> 01:38:04,499 [LAUGHTER] 2750 01:38:04,499 --> 01:38:05,133 IT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS TO 2751 01:38:05,133 --> 01:38:06,868 BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT VIDEO, IS 2752 01:38:06,868 --> 01:38:08,302 YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE 2753 01:38:08,302 --> 01:38:09,737 ON THE BLOCK. 2754 01:38:09,737 --> 01:38:11,072 SO MY APOLOGIES FOR LEAVING IT 2755 01:38:11,072 --> 01:38:13,040 IN THE CAR. 2756 01:38:13,040 --> 01:38:14,809 IT'S PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT 2757 01:38:14,809 --> 01:38:17,912 THAT I GOT LOST CIRCLING THE 2758 01:38:17,912 --> 01:38:18,613 CAMPUS HERE. 2759 01:38:18,613 --> 01:38:21,816 YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT ME AS I 2760 01:38:21,816 --> 01:38:23,317 CIRCLED REPEATEDLY. 2761 01:38:23,317 --> 01:38:26,120 SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 2762 01:38:26,120 --> 01:38:29,757 BUT I DO WANT TO KEEP TALKING A 2763 01:38:29,757 --> 01:38:31,826 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS VIDEO IN 2764 01:38:31,826 --> 01:38:33,261 THE SENSE THAT IT HIGHLIGHTS A 2765 01:38:33,261 --> 01:38:37,465 LOT OF MYTHS AND STEREOTYPES 2766 01:38:37,465 --> 01:38:38,432 THAT WE BRING WHEN WE THINK 2767 01:38:38,432 --> 01:38:39,667 ABOUT AGE. 2768 01:38:39,667 --> 01:38:41,769 WE HEARD FROM THE YOUNGER PEOPLE 2769 01:38:41,769 --> 01:38:45,873 THAT WHAT AGE THEY THOUGHT WAS 2770 01:38:45,873 --> 01:38:47,542 OLD, AND BEING ABLE TO SEE AN 2771 01:38:47,542 --> 01:38:49,277 OLDER PERSON DO CERTAIN THINGS 2772 01:38:49,277 --> 01:38:52,947 WAS REALLY SURPRISING TO THEM. 2773 01:38:52,947 --> 01:38:54,515 BUT HOW MANY OF US DO THAT IN 2774 01:38:54,515 --> 01:38:55,183 OUR WORKPLACE EVERY DAY? 2775 01:38:55,183 --> 01:38:57,351 AND MAYBE IT'S NOT ABOUT 2776 01:38:57,351 --> 01:38:59,921 PHYSICAL STRENGTH OR GREAT 2777 01:38:59,921 --> 01:39:01,656 ACTIVITIES, BUT MAYBE WE SEE AN 2778 01:39:01,656 --> 01:39:02,790 OLDER PERSON AND WE SAY OH, 2779 01:39:02,790 --> 01:39:03,991 THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN 2780 01:39:03,991 --> 01:39:06,060 LEARNING ANYTHING NEW. 2781 01:39:06,060 --> 01:39:09,263 OR THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING 2782 01:39:09,263 --> 01:39:10,464 ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. 2783 01:39:10,464 --> 01:39:11,966 WHAT YOU MAY FORGET IS THAT WE 2784 01:39:11,966 --> 01:39:13,568 MAY HAVE INVENTED THE TECHNOLOGY 2785 01:39:13,568 --> 01:39:14,535 THAT YOU'RE USING. 2786 01:39:14,535 --> 01:39:16,737 SO YOU KNOW, BUT AT THE SAME 2787 01:39:16,737 --> 01:39:18,506 TIME, YOU KNOW, OLDER PEOPLE CAN 2788 01:39:18,506 --> 01:39:20,007 LEARN FROM YOUNGER PEOPLE. 2789 01:39:20,007 --> 01:39:22,009 IT'S CALLED REVERSE MENTORING. 2790 01:39:22,009 --> 01:39:24,846 MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FORMAL 2791 01:39:24,846 --> 01:39:27,615 PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THAT KIND 2792 01:39:27,615 --> 01:39:28,382 OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER. 2793 01:39:28,382 --> 01:39:31,819 SO I JUST LIKE TO SHARE THOSE 2794 01:39:31,819 --> 01:39:32,553 THOUGHTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 2795 01:39:32,553 --> 01:39:33,588 IMPORTANT. 2796 01:39:33,588 --> 01:39:35,156 THE OTHER THING I OFTEN THINK 2797 01:39:35,156 --> 01:39:38,326 ABOUT WITH AGE IS WHERE DO WE 2798 01:39:38,326 --> 01:39:39,861 FORM OUR IDEAS ABOUT AGE? 2799 01:39:39,861 --> 01:39:42,830 NOW WE'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S 2800 01:39:42,830 --> 01:39:43,865 CHILDHOOD, IT'S WHAT YOU 2801 01:39:43,865 --> 01:39:46,334 EXPERIENCE GROWING UP IN YOUR 2802 01:39:46,334 --> 01:39:47,768 FAMILY. 2803 01:39:47,768 --> 01:39:49,203 BUT IT'S ALSO THE EXAMPLES THAT 2804 01:39:49,203 --> 01:39:53,574 YOU SEE OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU. 2805 01:39:53,574 --> 01:39:54,809 SO AN EXAMPLE FOR ME IS, MY 2806 01:39:54,809 --> 01:39:57,411 MOTHER HAD FRIENDS OF OLDER 2807 01:39:57,411 --> 01:39:59,280 GENERATIONS. 2808 01:39:59,280 --> 01:40:00,548 I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE WAS LIKE 2809 01:40:00,548 --> 01:40:01,983 THAT, I DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW IT 2810 01:40:01,983 --> 01:40:03,050 HAPPENED, BUT WHEN MY MOTHER WAS 2811 01:40:03,050 --> 01:40:05,119 IN HER 20s AND 30s, MANY OF 2812 01:40:05,119 --> 01:40:06,721 HER FRIENDS WERE IN THEIR 50s 2813 01:40:06,721 --> 01:40:07,722 AND 60s. 2814 01:40:07,722 --> 01:40:09,490 AND I BENEFITED FROM THIS 2815 01:40:09,490 --> 01:40:10,157 GREATLY. 2816 01:40:10,157 --> 01:40:12,226 WHEN I WAS 17, AND WANTED TO GET 2817 01:40:12,226 --> 01:40:15,229 A BETTER PART-TIME JOB, HER BEST 2818 01:40:15,229 --> 01:40:17,298 FRIEND WORKED AT J.C. PENNEY AND 2819 01:40:17,298 --> 01:40:18,633 GOT ME A JOB. 2820 01:40:18,633 --> 01:40:20,701 SO I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WORKING 2821 01:40:20,701 --> 01:40:22,770 WITH WOMEN WHO WERE IN THEIR 2822 01:40:22,770 --> 01:40:24,972 60s, AND IT DIDN'T FAZE ME A 2823 01:40:24,972 --> 01:40:25,306 BIT. 2824 01:40:25,306 --> 01:40:26,741 WHEN I HAD A POOL PARTY TO 2825 01:40:26,741 --> 01:40:28,376 CELEBRATE GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE, 2826 01:40:28,376 --> 01:40:29,610 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO 2827 01:40:29,610 --> 01:40:30,811 MY PARTY. 2828 01:40:30,811 --> 01:40:32,179 AND I DIDN'T BLINK AN EYE. 2829 01:40:32,179 --> 01:40:34,582 IT WAS JUST NORMAL FOR ME. 2830 01:40:34,582 --> 01:40:36,350 IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT I 2831 01:40:36,350 --> 01:40:38,853 WAS FRIENDS WITH OLDER WOMEN. 2832 01:40:38,853 --> 01:40:41,555 SO AGAIN, YOUR ENVIRONMENT CAN 2833 01:40:41,555 --> 01:40:45,793 SHAPE WHERE YOU GET THESE IDEAS. 2834 01:40:45,793 --> 01:40:48,763 NOW, ABOUT THE WORKPLACE. 2835 01:40:48,763 --> 01:40:51,866 THERE IS AN ASPECT THAT WE 2836 01:40:51,866 --> 01:40:53,000 REALLY -- YOU KNOW, WE'VE 2837 01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:54,268 ALLUDED TO, WE HAVEN'T 2838 01:40:54,268 --> 01:40:54,769 MENTIONED. 2839 01:40:54,769 --> 01:40:56,370 I WANT TO SHARE ONE MORE QUICK 2840 01:40:56,370 --> 01:41:00,975 VIDEO WITH YOU TO DEMONSTRATE 2841 01:41:00,975 --> 01:41:02,677 THIS ASPECT OF AGE IN THE 2842 01:41:02,677 --> 01:41:03,311 WORKPLACE. 2843 01:41:03,311 --> 01:41:04,712 SO LET'S ROLL THE SECOND VIDEO, 2844 01:41:04,712 --> 01:41:13,087 PLEASE. 2845 01:41:13,087 --> 01:41:13,688 >> HI! 2846 01:41:13,688 --> 01:41:14,188 >> HI! 2847 01:41:14,188 --> 01:41:15,456 >> JUST ONE QUESTION REALLY 2848 01:41:15,456 --> 01:41:16,724 QUICK. 2849 01:41:16,724 --> 01:41:17,925 YOU'RE NOT OVER 40, ARE YOU? 2850 01:41:17,925 --> 01:41:18,392 >> NO. 2851 01:41:18,392 --> 01:41:19,126 >> PER FORECAST. 2852 01:41:19,126 --> 01:41:21,562 GREAT. 2853 01:41:21,562 --> 01:41:22,029 PER FORECAST. 2854 01:41:22,029 --> 01:41:22,964 >> I'M OVER 40. 2855 01:41:22,964 --> 01:41:24,565 >> WE ARE NOT SERVING ANYBODY 2856 01:41:24,565 --> 01:41:24,899 OVER 40 TODAY. 2857 01:41:24,899 --> 01:41:25,967 WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A LITTLE 2858 01:41:25,967 --> 01:41:27,768 BIT YOUNGER VIBE TODAY. 2859 01:41:27,768 --> 01:41:28,836 YOU ARE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE 2860 01:41:28,836 --> 01:41:32,473 LOOKING FOR. 2861 01:41:32,473 --> 01:41:33,874 IF YOU'RE UNDER 40, I'M ACTUALLY 2862 01:41:33,874 --> 01:41:35,042 NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR ORDER, 2863 01:41:35,042 --> 01:41:35,242 SIR. 2864 01:41:35,242 --> 01:41:36,877 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 2865 01:41:36,877 --> 01:41:37,144 INTEREST. 2866 01:41:37,144 --> 01:41:38,279 >> WE'RE JUST TRYING SOMETHING 2867 01:41:38,279 --> 01:41:40,047 DIFFERENT. 2868 01:41:40,047 --> 01:41:41,482 >> YOU'RE JUST NOT EXACTLY WHAT 2869 01:41:41,482 --> 01:41:46,120 WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 2870 01:41:46,120 --> 01:41:48,456 >> EVERY DAY, AGE DISCRIMINATION 2871 01:41:48,456 --> 01:41:49,857 HAPPENS IN THE WORKPLACE BEHIND 2872 01:41:49,857 --> 01:41:50,458 CLOSED DOORS. 2873 01:41:50,458 --> 01:41:51,659 AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT 2874 01:41:51,659 --> 01:41:54,695 WOULD LOOK LIKE OUT IN THE OPEN. 2875 01:41:54,695 --> 01:41:56,197 SO WE HID CAMERAS IN A FOOD 2876 01:41:56,197 --> 01:41:57,498 TRUCK AND REFUSED TO SERVE 2877 01:41:57,498 --> 01:42:00,167 ANYONE OVER 40. 2878 01:42:00,167 --> 01:42:01,769 >> ARE YOU UNDER 40? 2879 01:42:01,769 --> 01:42:03,771 >> NO. 2880 01:42:03,771 --> 01:42:05,239 THIS IS FOR MY DAUGHTER, NOT FOR 2881 01:42:05,239 --> 01:42:05,773 ME. 2882 01:42:05,773 --> 01:42:06,941 >> OH, IT'S FOR YOUR DAUGHTER. 2883 01:42:06,941 --> 01:42:08,576 AS LONG AS YOU DON'T EAT THEM. 2884 01:42:08,576 --> 01:42:08,876 OKAY. 2885 01:42:08,876 --> 01:42:09,844 DO YOU PROMISE THAT YOU WON'T 2886 01:42:09,844 --> 01:42:10,277 EAT THEM? 2887 01:42:10,277 --> 01:42:10,911 >> I PROMISE. 2888 01:42:10,911 --> 01:42:11,879 >> OKAY, OKAY. 2889 01:42:11,879 --> 01:42:12,947 >> ACTUALLY IF YOU COULD JUST 2890 01:42:12,947 --> 01:42:14,648 STEP AWAY FROM THE FOOD TRUCK 2891 01:42:14,648 --> 01:42:16,384 SINCE YOU'RE NOT UNDER 40? 2892 01:42:16,384 --> 01:42:20,821 AND I'LL BRING YOU THE -- I 2893 01:42:20,821 --> 01:42:22,857 DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE WRONG 2894 01:42:22,857 --> 01:42:23,758 IMPRESSION IF YOU'RE STANDING 2895 01:42:23,758 --> 01:42:24,158 OVER HERE. 2896 01:42:24,158 --> 01:42:26,193 YOU GUYS ARE UNDER 40, RIGHT? 2897 01:42:26,193 --> 01:42:27,128 OKAY, GREAT. 2898 01:42:27,128 --> 01:42:28,362 I CAN TAKE YOUR ORDER. 2899 01:42:28,362 --> 01:42:29,730 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S 2900 01:42:29,730 --> 01:42:31,165 HAPPENING. 2901 01:42:31,165 --> 01:42:33,334 >> THIS IS A STUPID THING, 2902 01:42:33,334 --> 01:42:36,771 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET REALLY 2903 01:42:36,771 --> 01:42:39,807 P -- THIS IS STUPID. 2904 01:42:39,807 --> 01:42:44,311 >> ARE YOU FOR REAL? 2905 01:42:44,311 --> 01:42:46,580 >> WALKING AWAY I FELT REALLY 2906 01:42:46,580 --> 01:42:47,214 UPSET. 2907 01:42:47,214 --> 01:42:48,082 I ALMOST STARTED CRYING. 2908 01:42:48,082 --> 01:42:50,951 I WAS UPDATING MY RESUME 2909 01:42:50,951 --> 01:42:53,120 RECENTLY AND I WANTED TO SOUND 2910 01:42:53,120 --> 01:42:55,489 EXPERIENCED WITHOUT SOUNDING TOO 2911 01:42:55,489 --> 01:42:56,557 OLD. 2912 01:42:56,557 --> 01:42:58,059 I HAVE TO SOUND YOUNG AND 2913 01:42:58,059 --> 01:42:58,859 RELEVANT. 2914 01:42:58,859 --> 01:42:59,427 >> OLDER PEOPLE JUST DON'T 2915 01:42:59,427 --> 01:43:00,795 REALLY FIT INTO OUR CULTURE. 2916 01:43:00,795 --> 01:43:01,695 >> THAT'S RIDICULOUS. 2917 01:43:01,695 --> 01:43:03,130 >> WE ACTUALLY DON'T THINK THIS 2918 01:43:03,130 --> 01:43:04,331 TRUCK IS A GOOD FIT FOR YOU. 2919 01:43:04,331 --> 01:43:06,634 >> I'M SORRY. 2920 01:43:06,634 --> 01:43:08,135 >> I WAS OUTRAGED. 2921 01:43:08,135 --> 01:43:09,670 THIS STUNT MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE 2922 01:43:09,670 --> 01:43:10,905 ACTION TO HELP OTHERS WHO MIGHT 2923 01:43:10,905 --> 01:43:11,872 BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE 2924 01:43:11,872 --> 01:43:22,116 OF THEIR AGE. 2925 01:43:26,620 --> 01:43:29,356 >> SO HAVE ANY OF YOU 2926 01:43:29,356 --> 01:43:30,091 EXPERIENCED AGE DISCRIMINATION? 2927 01:43:30,091 --> 01:43:32,760 HAVE YOU SEEN IT? 2928 01:43:32,760 --> 01:43:33,294 >> YES. 2929 01:43:33,294 --> 01:43:34,195 >> YOU HAVE? 2930 01:43:34,195 --> 01:43:36,630 OKAY. 2931 01:43:36,630 --> 01:43:38,132 SO I LIKE TO SHARE THAT VIDEO 2932 01:43:38,132 --> 01:43:39,266 BECAUSE IT'S A RIDICULOUS 2933 01:43:39,266 --> 01:43:41,102 EXAMPLE OF DISCRIMINATION, BUT 2934 01:43:41,102 --> 01:43:43,437 THINK ABOUT THE WORKPLACE WHEN A 2935 01:43:43,437 --> 01:43:45,072 JOB APPLICATION COMES ACROSS 2936 01:43:45,072 --> 01:43:49,343 YOUR DESK, OR YOU'RE IN A HIRING 2937 01:43:49,343 --> 01:43:51,011 TEAM AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT 2938 01:43:51,011 --> 01:43:52,179 PEOPLE'S CREDENTIALS AND YOU'RE 2939 01:43:52,179 --> 01:43:53,013 LIKE, OH, THIS PERSON HAS A LOT 2940 01:43:53,013 --> 01:43:54,548 OF EXPERIENCE, OH, THEY'RE 2941 01:43:54,548 --> 01:43:55,549 OVERQUALIFIED, WE DON'T WANT TO 2942 01:43:55,549 --> 01:43:56,383 CONSIDER THEM. 2943 01:43:56,383 --> 01:43:57,351 HOW MANY TIMES DOES SOMETHING 2944 01:43:57,351 --> 01:43:58,652 LIKE THAT HAPPEN? 2945 01:43:58,652 --> 01:44:01,589 IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN 2946 01:44:01,589 --> 01:44:03,591 TELLING SOMEBODY AT A FOOD 2947 01:44:03,591 --> 01:44:04,558 TRUCK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SERVE 2948 01:44:04,558 --> 01:44:04,992 YOU. 2949 01:44:04,992 --> 01:44:07,361 SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY 2950 01:44:07,361 --> 01:44:09,063 IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THESE 2951 01:44:09,063 --> 01:44:12,166 ISSUES IN YOUR WORKPLACE, HOW 2952 01:44:12,166 --> 01:44:13,767 YOU'RE DOING YOUR HIRING, HOW 2953 01:44:13,767 --> 01:44:15,169 YOU'RE PROMOTING, HOW YOU'RE 2954 01:44:15,169 --> 01:44:16,170 CHOOSING WHO YOU'RE GOING TO 2955 01:44:16,170 --> 01:44:18,639 RETAIN. 2956 01:44:18,639 --> 01:44:20,674 I HAVE A FEW TIPS ABOUT WORKING 2957 01:44:20,674 --> 01:44:23,244 ACROSS AGE GROUPS, RECOGNIZING 2958 01:44:23,244 --> 01:44:25,579 THAT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES HAVE 2959 01:44:25,579 --> 01:44:27,815 VALUE, WORK STYLES, WORK 2960 01:44:27,815 --> 01:44:29,917 PREFERENCES, COMMUNICATIONS 2961 01:44:29,917 --> 01:44:31,585 MATTER, AND SO THINK ABOUT HOW 2962 01:44:31,585 --> 01:44:33,554 YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH ONE 2963 01:44:33,554 --> 01:44:33,988 ANOTHER. 2964 01:44:33,988 --> 01:44:36,056 FOCUS ON WHAT'S COMMON AMONG US 2965 01:44:36,056 --> 01:44:37,224 INSTEAD OF WHAT MAKES US 2966 01:44:37,224 --> 01:44:40,361 DIFFERENT. 2967 01:44:40,361 --> 01:44:41,729 IF YOU CAN DEVELOPED A MIXED AGE 2968 01:44:41,729 --> 01:44:42,363 TEAM, CONSIDER DOING THAT. 2969 01:44:42,363 --> 01:44:45,299 YOU WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM 2970 01:44:45,299 --> 01:44:47,468 THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, AND 2971 01:44:47,468 --> 01:44:48,802 I ALREADY TALKED A LITTLE BIT 2972 01:44:48,802 --> 01:44:50,237 ABOUT REVERSE MENTORING, BUT 2973 01:44:50,237 --> 01:44:53,340 MENTORING PROGRAMS ARE ALSO A 2974 01:44:53,340 --> 01:44:54,675 GREAT WAY TO DO IT. 2975 01:44:54,675 --> 01:44:55,643 FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE 2976 01:44:55,643 --> 01:44:57,645 A COUPLE OF RESOURCES. 2977 01:44:57,645 --> 01:44:59,947 AARP HAS AN EMPLOYER PLEDGE 2978 01:44:59,947 --> 01:45:00,848 PROGRAM, WHERE WE WORK WITH 2979 01:45:00,848 --> 01:45:04,451 EMPLOYERS AND ASK THEM TO SHARE 2980 01:45:04,451 --> 01:45:05,186 INFORMATION, AND WE SHARE 2981 01:45:05,186 --> 01:45:06,554 INFORMATION WITH THEM BUT THEY 2982 01:45:06,554 --> 01:45:07,755 BASICALLY PLEDGE TO RECOGNIZE 2983 01:45:07,755 --> 01:45:10,925 THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE, AND 2984 01:45:10,925 --> 01:45:12,359 ENSURE THAT PEOPLE 50-PLUS HAVE 2985 01:45:12,359 --> 01:45:13,727 A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. 2986 01:45:13,727 --> 01:45:15,996 AND FINALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER 2987 01:45:15,996 --> 01:45:17,565 LEARNING COLLABORATIVE. 2988 01:45:17,565 --> 01:45:19,833 IT'S CALLED THE LIVING, LEARNING 2989 01:45:19,833 --> 01:45:21,368 AND EARNING LONGER 2990 01:45:21,368 --> 01:45:21,902 COLLABORATIVE. 2991 01:45:21,902 --> 01:45:27,041 IT IS MADE UP OF PARTNERS WHO 2992 01:45:27,041 --> 01:45:28,809 WANT TO SHARE THEIR LEARNINGS 2993 01:45:28,809 --> 01:45:30,411 ABOUT HOW TO WORK WITH THE 2994 01:45:30,411 --> 01:45:31,278 MULTIGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE, SO 2995 01:45:31,278 --> 01:45:32,012 IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION 2996 01:45:32,012 --> 01:45:33,214 ABOUT IT, THE WEBSITE IS THERE. 2997 01:45:33,214 --> 01:45:35,382 IT'S A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE 2998 01:45:35,382 --> 01:45:37,351 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND THE 2999 01:45:37,351 --> 01:45:39,353 OECD AND AARP, AND I JUST WANT 3000 01:45:39,353 --> 01:45:40,688 TO SAY THANKS SO MUCH. 3001 01:45:40,688 --> 01:45:50,464 [APPLAUSE] 3002 01:45:50,464 --> 01:45:53,234 >> WOW, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OUR 3003 01:45:53,234 --> 01:45:55,736 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS FOR A 3004 01:45:55,736 --> 01:45:57,004 WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, AND 3005 01:45:57,004 --> 01:45:58,472 BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST OF TIME, 3006 01:45:58,472 --> 01:46:01,809 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE 3007 01:46:01,809 --> 01:46:02,343 FIRESIDE CHAT. 3008 01:46:02,343 --> 01:46:04,178 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE 3009 01:46:04,178 --> 01:46:06,146 CAN ANSWER, ANY ONE QUESTION OR 3010 01:46:06,146 --> 01:46:13,387 TWO? 3011 01:46:13,387 --> 01:46:15,656 THANK YOU. 3012 01:46:15,656 --> 01:46:17,291 >> HI, EVERYONE. 3013 01:46:17,291 --> 01:46:18,959 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH 3014 01:46:18,959 --> 01:46:20,628 FOR THIS INCREDIBLE 3015 01:46:20,628 --> 01:46:21,128 PRESENTATION. 3016 01:46:21,128 --> 01:46:24,465 WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT COMMENTS 3017 01:46:24,465 --> 01:46:25,032 ABOUT THE CONTENT THAT WAS 3018 01:46:25,032 --> 01:46:25,299 SHARED. 3019 01:46:25,299 --> 01:46:27,234 THERE ARE A FEW QUESTIONS, SO IN 3020 01:46:27,234 --> 01:46:28,669 THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL PICK 3021 01:46:28,669 --> 01:46:31,605 A FEW THAT -- OR MAYBE I'LL JUST 3022 01:46:31,605 --> 01:46:33,641 DO TWO. 3023 01:46:33,641 --> 01:46:35,776 SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, 3024 01:46:35,776 --> 01:46:38,045 KEVIN WILLIAMS MENTIONED THAT 3025 01:46:38,045 --> 01:46:40,080 77% OF THE NIH WORKFORCE IS 40 3026 01:46:40,080 --> 01:46:41,415 OR OLDER. 3027 01:46:41,415 --> 01:46:44,184 HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE 3028 01:46:44,184 --> 01:46:45,286 AVERAGE WORKFORCE, AND THEN DO 3029 01:46:45,286 --> 01:46:47,087 YOU PERCEIVE THAT THIS GROUP 3030 01:46:47,087 --> 01:46:49,156 CHOOSING TO STAY IN THE 3031 01:46:49,156 --> 01:46:50,557 WORKFORCE INSTEAD OF RETIRING 3032 01:46:50,557 --> 01:46:52,159 WHEN THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE A 3033 01:46:52,159 --> 01:46:53,394 BARRIER FOR THE YOUNGER 3034 01:46:53,394 --> 01:46:54,995 GENERATION TO ENTER THE 3035 01:46:54,995 --> 01:47:03,537 WORKFORCE? 3036 01:47:03,537 --> 01:47:06,273 >> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT? 3037 01:47:06,273 --> 01:47:08,976 WE'LL JUST DO ONE QUESTION. 3038 01:47:08,976 --> 01:47:11,512 >> OKAY. 3039 01:47:11,512 --> 01:47:14,782 SO I THINK THAT IT IS NOT 3040 01:47:14,782 --> 01:47:17,351 CORRECT TO ASSUME EMPLOYMENT IS 3041 01:47:17,351 --> 01:47:18,886 A ZERO SUM GAME. 3042 01:47:18,886 --> 01:47:20,521 OKAY? 3043 01:47:20,521 --> 01:47:22,723 SO THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR 3044 01:47:22,723 --> 01:47:24,024 YOUNGER WORKERS AND OLDER 3045 01:47:24,024 --> 01:47:25,993 WORKERS IN THE WORKFORCE. 3046 01:47:25,993 --> 01:47:27,528 ODDS ARE THAT A YOUNGER WORKER 3047 01:47:27,528 --> 01:47:30,064 IS NOT GOING TO BE COMING IN TO 3048 01:47:30,064 --> 01:47:32,833 SEEK A POSITION THAT IS AT THE 3049 01:47:32,833 --> 01:47:34,234 SAME LEVEL AS SOMEONE WHO MAY BE 3050 01:47:34,234 --> 01:47:36,804 MORE EXPERIENCED, SO I THINK 3051 01:47:36,804 --> 01:47:38,572 THOSE ARE POTENTIALLY TWO 3052 01:47:38,572 --> 01:47:39,573 DIFFERENT ISSUES. 3053 01:47:39,573 --> 01:47:42,343 ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT IN 3054 01:47:42,343 --> 01:47:43,877 TODAY'S WORKFORCES IS WE SHOULD 3055 01:47:43,877 --> 01:47:46,380 BE ENGAGING IN SKILLS-BASED 3056 01:47:46,380 --> 01:47:47,414 HIRING. 3057 01:47:47,414 --> 01:47:49,016 SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, AGE IS 3058 01:47:49,016 --> 01:47:51,352 NOT A CREDENTIAL. 3059 01:47:51,352 --> 01:47:52,586 BUT IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S 3060 01:47:52,586 --> 01:47:53,987 NOT A CREDENTIAL, IT'S ALSO NOT 3061 01:47:53,987 --> 01:47:55,589 A BARRIER. 3062 01:47:55,589 --> 01:47:59,026 SO IT IS THE SKILLS AND WHAT THE 3063 01:47:59,026 --> 01:48:00,561 JOB REQUIRES THAT SHOULD BE 3064 01:48:00,561 --> 01:48:03,030 DETERMINING WHO GETS THE JOB. 3065 01:48:03,030 --> 01:48:05,099 ASSUMING YOU CAN ELIMINATE 3066 01:48:05,099 --> 01:48:06,200 DISCRIMINATION IN YOUR HIRING 3067 01:48:06,200 --> 01:48:07,134 PROCESS. 3068 01:48:07,134 --> 01:48:10,637 SO THAT MEANS NOT USING A.I. TO 3069 01:48:10,637 --> 01:48:12,673 SCREEN OUT PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE 3070 01:48:12,673 --> 01:48:14,975 TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE, BUT IT ALSO 3071 01:48:14,975 --> 01:48:16,977 MEANS SCREENING OUT WHERE PEOPLE 3072 01:48:16,977 --> 01:48:20,581 WENT TO SCHOOL, GENDER, NAMES, 3073 01:48:20,581 --> 01:48:22,182 YOU KNOW, IT'S TRYING TO MAKE 3074 01:48:22,182 --> 01:48:27,221 THE HIRING PROCESS BASED ON THE 3075 01:48:27,221 --> 01:48:28,889 PERSON'S EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS 3076 01:48:28,889 --> 01:48:30,224 AND ABILITY TO DO THE JOB THAT 3077 01:48:30,224 --> 01:48:31,959 YOU'RE HIRING FOR. 3078 01:48:31,959 --> 01:48:32,393 >> GREAT. 3079 01:48:32,393 --> 01:48:34,628 THANK YOU. 3080 01:48:34,628 --> 01:48:36,530 >> DO WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE 3081 01:48:36,530 --> 01:48:37,898 OR WE'RE GOOD? 3082 01:48:37,898 --> 01:48:40,701 >> JUST QUICKLY, THERE USED TO 3083 01:48:40,701 --> 01:48:44,238 BE A TIME IN OUR HISTORY WHERE 3084 01:48:44,238 --> 01:48:46,740 PEOPLE WANTED TO GET A GOOD 3085 01:48:46,740 --> 01:48:47,307 GOVERNMENT JOB. 3086 01:48:47,307 --> 01:48:51,011 THE REALITY OF IT IS, THE 3087 01:48:51,011 --> 01:48:52,212 YOUNGER PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO 3088 01:48:52,212 --> 01:48:54,281 ARE EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS, DO 3089 01:48:54,281 --> 01:48:56,350 NOT LOOK AT GOVERNMENT SERVICE 3090 01:48:56,350 --> 01:48:57,985 IN THE SAME WAY THAT OLDER 3091 01:48:57,985 --> 01:48:59,553 GENERATIONS DID. 3092 01:48:59,553 --> 01:49:02,222 AND SO THIS IS NOT JUST AN NIH 3093 01:49:02,222 --> 01:49:03,190 ISSUE. 3094 01:49:03,190 --> 01:49:04,258 IT'S ACROSS GOVERNMENT. 3095 01:49:04,258 --> 01:49:05,659 AND WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB 3096 01:49:05,659 --> 01:49:07,961 OF TELLING ABOUT OUR STORY AND 3097 01:49:07,961 --> 01:49:09,696 WHY PUBLIC SERVICE IS SUCH A 3098 01:49:09,696 --> 01:49:11,198 GREAT COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO 3099 01:49:11,198 --> 01:49:15,669 ARE EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS. 3100 01:49:15,669 --> 01:49:18,739 >> ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE? 3101 01:49:18,739 --> 01:49:22,543 WITH A QUESTION? 3102 01:49:22,543 --> 01:49:24,144 >> SO ANOTHER QUESTION -- 3103 01:49:24,144 --> 01:49:25,546 >> THIS WILL BE OUR LAST 3104 01:49:25,546 --> 01:49:25,813 QUESTION. 3105 01:49:25,813 --> 01:49:26,513 >> OKAY. 3106 01:49:26,513 --> 01:49:28,515 ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, 3107 01:49:28,515 --> 01:49:31,452 FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE 3108 01:49:31,452 --> 01:49:32,920 CAREGIVERS OR SEE CAREGIVING AS 3109 01:49:32,920 --> 01:49:36,790 A PART OF OUR FUTURE, WHAT 3110 01:49:36,790 --> 01:49:38,425 RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP 3111 01:49:38,425 --> 01:49:39,326 BALANCE CAREGIVING IN ADDITION 3112 01:49:39,326 --> 01:49:49,837 TO YOUR EVERYDAY OBLIGATIONS? 3113 01:49:50,070 --> 01:49:52,172 >> I'M BACK. 3114 01:49:52,172 --> 01:49:55,542 SO I CAN RECOMMEND RESOURCES 3115 01:49:55,542 --> 01:49:56,810 FROM AARP. 3116 01:49:56,810 --> 01:49:59,146 WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST SITE ABOUT 3117 01:49:59,146 --> 01:50:00,948 CAREGIVING AND RESOURCES TO 3118 01:50:00,948 --> 01:50:02,115 ASSIST CAREGIVERS. 3119 01:50:02,115 --> 01:50:03,450 WE'VE DONE RESEARCH ON 3120 01:50:03,450 --> 01:50:03,951 CAREGIVING. 3121 01:50:03,951 --> 01:50:05,619 WE CAN TELL YOU THAT 25 -- I 3122 01:50:05,619 --> 01:50:07,721 THINK IT WAS LIKE 25% OF 3123 01:50:07,721 --> 01:50:09,523 MILLENNIALS ARE ACTUALLY 3124 01:50:09,523 --> 01:50:11,191 CAREGIVERS FOR AN OLDER ADULT IN 3125 01:50:11,191 --> 01:50:13,627 THEIR HOUSEHOLD. 3126 01:50:13,627 --> 01:50:14,862 SO THERE'S A LOT OF CAREGIVING 3127 01:50:14,862 --> 01:50:15,596 GOING ON. 3128 01:50:15,596 --> 01:50:17,097 IT'S NOT REALLY BASED ON HOW OLD 3129 01:50:17,097 --> 01:50:18,398 YOU ARE, IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE 3130 01:50:18,398 --> 01:50:19,099 OF ALL AGES. 3131 01:50:19,099 --> 01:50:22,402 ONE THING THAT WE HAVE AT AARP 3132 01:50:22,402 --> 01:50:24,338 IS CAREGIVING LEAVE, WHERE 3133 01:50:24,338 --> 01:50:25,772 EMPLOYEES GET TWO WEEKS OF PAID 3134 01:50:25,772 --> 01:50:28,842 LEAVE TO TAKE CARE OF CAREGIVING 3135 01:50:28,842 --> 01:50:29,610 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THEIR 3136 01:50:29,610 --> 01:50:29,843 FAMILY. 3137 01:50:29,843 --> 01:50:30,878 I DON'T THINK THE FEDERAL 3138 01:50:30,878 --> 01:50:32,212 GOVERNMENT HAS THAT AS A 3139 01:50:32,212 --> 01:50:33,247 BENEFIT. 3140 01:50:33,247 --> 01:50:35,249 YET. 3141 01:50:35,249 --> 01:50:36,350 BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT 3142 01:50:36,350 --> 01:50:37,317 COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE 3143 01:50:37,317 --> 01:50:40,020 FUTURE. 3144 01:50:40,020 --> 01:50:41,088 BUT ANYWAY, CHECK OUT OUR 3145 01:50:41,088 --> 01:50:44,324 WEBSITE. 3146 01:50:44,324 --> 01:50:47,361 >> I CAN ALSO JUST ADD FROM THE 3147 01:50:47,361 --> 01:50:50,330 STATE UNIT ON AGING THAT WE HAVE 3148 01:50:50,330 --> 01:50:52,900 19 AAAs, AREA AGENCIES ON 3149 01:50:52,900 --> 01:50:53,867 AGING ACROSS MARYLAND. 3150 01:50:53,867 --> 01:50:56,203 EVERY STATE HAS AREA AGENCIES ON 3151 01:50:56,203 --> 01:50:58,906 AGING, AND THERE ARE NATIONAL 3152 01:50:58,906 --> 01:51:00,374 FAMILY CAREGIVER PROGRAMS THAT 3153 01:51:00,374 --> 01:51:02,009 PROVIDE SUPPORT AS WELL AS 3154 01:51:02,009 --> 01:51:05,345 PROGRAMS THAT OFFER RESPITE, AND 3155 01:51:05,345 --> 01:51:06,914 THERE ARE ALSO EVIDENCE-BASED 3156 01:51:06,914 --> 01:51:08,582 PROGRAMS THROUGH THE AAA NETWORK 3157 01:51:08,582 --> 01:51:10,083 THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO HELP 3158 01:51:10,083 --> 01:51:13,487 STRENGTHEN THE CAREGIVER AND TO 3159 01:51:13,487 --> 01:51:15,689 REALLY ENHANCE THAT EXPERIENCE. 3160 01:51:15,689 --> 01:51:17,257 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. 3161 01:51:17,257 --> 01:51:19,493 SO AS YOU SEE, THIS IS AN 3162 01:51:19,493 --> 01:51:21,161 INTERESTING TOPIC THAT WE COULD 3163 01:51:21,161 --> 01:51:23,430 SPEND ALL DAY, I'M A 3164 01:51:23,430 --> 01:51:24,531 GERONTOLOGIST SO I COULD SPEND 3165 01:51:24,531 --> 01:51:25,832 ALL DAY TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE 3166 01:51:25,832 --> 01:51:27,701 WON'T. 3167 01:51:27,701 --> 01:51:30,070 AND WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO 3168 01:51:30,070 --> 01:51:32,339 IS DEVELOP PROGRAMS AS NEEDED, 3169 01:51:32,339 --> 01:51:34,207 AS THOSE QUESTIONS COME IN, 3170 01:51:34,207 --> 01:51:35,609 WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT PROGRAMS WE 3171 01:51:35,609 --> 01:51:36,577 NEED. 3172 01:51:36,577 --> 01:51:38,745 OUR PANELISTS, WE WILL SHARE 3173 01:51:38,745 --> 01:51:40,914 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT NOW IN 3174 01:51:40,914 --> 01:51:42,983 REFRAMING HOW WE THINK ABOUT 3175 01:51:42,983 --> 01:51:44,017 AGING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 3176 01:51:44,017 --> 01:51:45,852 AND IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT, AND 3177 01:51:45,852 --> 01:51:48,155 I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF 3178 01:51:48,155 --> 01:51:49,990 NIH'S PLATFORM IN DOING THIS, SO 3179 01:51:49,990 --> 01:51:50,691 THANK YOU. 3180 01:51:50,691 --> 01:51:51,425 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 3181 01:51:51,425 --> 01:51:54,661 [APPLAUSE] 3182 01:51:54,661 --> 01:51:57,130 AND SO CAN YOU GIVE AN APPLAUSE 3183 01:51:57,130 --> 01:51:58,899 TO OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS 3184 01:51:58,899 --> 01:52:01,401 TODAY FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT 3185 01:52:01,401 --> 01:52:04,538 AND COMING TO JOIN US AS WE 3186 01:52:04,538 --> 01:52:06,106 START THIS INITIATIVE? 3187 01:52:06,106 --> 01:52:08,342 I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR 3188 01:52:08,342 --> 01:52:09,710 TIME TODAY, AND I WANT TO THANK 3189 01:52:09,710 --> 01:52:11,979 YOU AND THE AUDIENCE AND 3190 01:52:11,979 --> 01:52:14,514 EVERYBODY ONLINE FOR JOINING US. 3191 01:52:14,514 --> 01:52:19,720 PLEASE FOLLOW EDI ON NIH'S 3192 01:52:19,720 --> 01:52:20,821 WEBSITE AND YOU WILL FIND MORE 3193 01:52:20,821 --> 01:52:21,788 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 3194 01:52:21,788 --> 01:52:23,090 DOING, YOU'LL SEE PLATFORMS 3195 01:52:23,090 --> 01:52:24,091 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND JOIN 3196 01:52:24,091 --> 01:52:24,491 US. 3197 01:52:24,491 --> 01:52:26,660 WE WOULD LIKE TO COLLABORATE 3198 01:52:26,660 --> 01:52:29,129 WITH YOUR CENTER OR INSTITUTION, 3199 01:52:29,129 --> 01:52:30,330 WE'D LOVE TO BRING TRAINING 3200 01:52:30,330 --> 01:52:31,765 ABOUT AGEISM TO THAT. 3201 01:52:31,765 --> 01:52:33,867 WE'LL BE DOING BROWN BAG LUNCHES 3202 01:52:33,867 --> 01:52:34,101 SOON. 3203 01:52:34,101 --> 01:52:35,669 SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF 3204 01:52:35,669 --> 01:52:36,303 THAT. 3205 01:52:36,303 --> 01:52:38,672 SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3206 01:52:38,672 --> 01:52:40,240 JOINING US, AND WE'LL SEE YOU 3207 01:52:40,240 --> 01:52:40,607 NEXT TIME. 3208 01:52:40,607 --> 01:52:50,784 [APPLAUSE]