In his book The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life (PublicAffairs; 2008), Dr. Robert Butler has created a wish list of goals that he suggests will benefit aging Americans. Among them:
o Support an equitable allocation of resources across generations
o Reduce income inequalities
o Establish universal health care
o Sustain Social Security
o Combat ageism through legislation
o Regulate nursing homes and assisted living facilities better
o Establish geriatric departments in all medical schools
o Allocate more funding to national and local health agencies
o Register everyone to vote
o Promote grassroots activism
o Advocate term limits and rotation in the seniority system
o Avoid gerrymandering
o Establish a mandatory youth corps and an intergenerational service corps
o Strengthen public education with a focus on lifespan perspective
o Create men's and women's longevity groups
o Support global harmonization of social benefits
o Protect the human rights of the elderly and disabled
o Make taxation more progressive
o Support freedom of science to pursue courses that promote better quality of life
o Provide sabbaticals for all
o Strengthen unions
o Establish a White House agency/counselor to coordinate age issues
across departments
o Elect more advocates to Congress like Claude Pepper!
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