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INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTER

ANNUAL REPORT 2OO7

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Contents

1 Who cares? We do.

LETTER FROM THE CHAIR 2 Who cares? Family and society should. By Max Link, Ph.D., Chair

PRESIDENT’S ESSAY 3 Who cares? We at the ILC-USA do. By Robert N. Butler, M.D., President and CEO

THE YEAR IN REVIEW 4 Caring about longevity as a call to action. By Everette E. Dennis, Ph.D., Executive Director and COO 8 Ageism 10 Health Care 12 Caregiving 14 Sleep 16 Public Awareness 18 Global Aging 20 Global Aging ILC Sister Centers report from around the world

22 ILC Publications 24 Recognition of Support 26 If you care 28 Financial statements 29 Program Advisory Group 30 Board of Directors 31 Honorary Board of Directors 32 ILC-USA Staff ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 4

Who cares? Wedo. We are in the middle of a revolution: the longevity revolution. In less than a century, we have gained more in life expectancy than in the preceding 50 centuries. From healthy aging to Social Security, our society is transitioning into a new reality, and the International Longevity Center-USA (ILC-USA) is helping to navigate the way. Every day, 12,000 baby boomers turn 62. A new generation of older Americans is forming. With each year we gain in life, society falls further behind in preparation. Corporations are watching their workforce age. Policymakers are struggling to keep financial and health support systems in place. Scientists are rushing to find treatments for age-related illnesses. From age discrimination to caregiving, new challenges emerge as baby boomers grow older. The ILC-USA is the only “think and do tank” dedicated to furthering the research, policy, and education of longevity issues in the United States. We bring together the top experts in health policy, medicine, social work, economics, and demographics to expand the benefits and tackle the challenges of this extraordinary gain in life. The longevity revolution has arrived. The ILC-USA is paying attention. We care.

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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR Who cares? Familyand societyshould am proud to chair the International issue and the Global Alliance intends Longevity Center-USA and have to address the challenge. looked admiringly over the years at The Global Alliance held a remarkable the admission of new centers to the symposium on human rights of older IILC Global Alliance, the most recent being persons in London in October and has the admission of Israel. There are now ten decided to vigorously pursue this topic. Centers, including the United States, and Working with Yale University School each of them cares deeply about older of Law’s Lowenstein Clinic of Human persons but always in the context of the Rights and through the United Nations, lifespan as a whole. The Centers realize the Alliance has already begun efforts that old age is not only a stage of life to create first a declaration and then a but the outcome of a lifetime of personal convention of human rights. experience, environmental impact, and genetic makeup. All realize that each society Human rights is a specific, identifiable has its own special challenges in creating component of the answer to the question systems of care, especially for those citi- “Who cares?” It is essential for individ- zens who become the victims of age— uals and nations to recognize the needs through disease, poverty, or social blight. of older persons and endeavor to create The centers move in both directions, institutions to combat the most egregious promoting the important productivity form of neglect, discrimination, or ageism of people as they grow older on the one and abuse. hand and caring deeply about the status You might ask why it may take ten years of those who are not so fortunate. to establish a convention, and is it worth it? Only some centuries ago the idea of The Global Alliance is now focused human rights was not subject to common upon two huge issues: caregiving and the discourse. Even today, human rights in human rights of older persons. Among general remains under constant threat. the most abused persons in the world Clearly, to do nothing is not the answer. are older women, who constitute the However long it may take to transform principal caregivers of family members human sensibility regarding human rights, and friends. Who cares? Family members including those of older persons, it is time and society as a whole should. to start. The ILC Global Alliance must It is necessary to develop continue to move forcefully to effective training programs try to build a strong response for family and paid care- to the question “Who cares?” givers for the arduous and often protracted work. Max Link, Ph.D. All nations confront the Chair of the Board of Directors

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PRESIDENT’S ESSAY Who cares? We at the ILC-USA do istorically Homo sapiens has its sister institutions). We do care been the most adaptable, about how to finance longevity indeed the most manipulative, so that people do not outlive their of species and has had the resources. We do care about who Hgreatest impact on the planet as a whole. provides health and social services Humankind is proving so again, facing to maintain a healthy life for as the most significant increase in life long as possible. We do care about expectancy ever experienced. This demo- quality of life and its great obstacle, graphic shift has led to extraordinary age discrimination or ageism. adaptiveness in the creation of new We do care about caregiving. policies, research institutions, and service How can we develop certification agencies to sustain this new longevity. so that we know that the paid care- While generally welcomed, its reception givers we hire are well trained? has been complicated. Some in the world What should that training consist of, of politics, punditry, and economics fear and how can it be made affordable? we cannot afford this extension of life. How can we retain trained workers This has resulted in ideological, at times and offer opportunities for career- inchoate, and often contradictory respons- ladder development? How do we es that might best be summarized with bring dignity to paid home health the question “Who cares?” aides? We care, too, in our efforts Who cares whether we create powerful against age discrimination, our plan- and effective institutions to deal with ning to redesign health care for an this new longevity? Who cares whether older America, and our support of the we meet the caregiving needs of those training of academic geriatricians. affected by dementia, frailty, and myriad But the true answer to the question diseases? Who cares whether we help “Who cares?” must be found in the mobilize lifetime savings adequate to larger American community. We must live a longer life? Who cares whether help educate everyone to understand efforts are made to help people remain the remarkable opportunities offered in the mainstream of community life, to society by increasing longevity, which is often hampered by shocking age which provides new wealth and prejudice and even abuse? the productive engage- The answer to the question ment of older persons to “Who cares?” is central to the advance the social good. mission of the International Robert N. Butler, M.D. Longevity Center-USA (and President and CEO

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW Caring about longevity as a callto action he phrase “Who and especially to board Cares?”sometimes members Edward Berube has a casual or There is and Lloyd Frank, as well even dismissive as founding member Ttone, but it can also be an acute Raymond Handlan. a call to action. At the Implications for the new International Longevity shortage arrangements are many. MSSM hosted a twenty- Center-USA, that query of care- fifth anniversary for the is met with a hearty Brookdale Department “We do.” We care about givers and a special tribute healthy aging, produc- By 2025, Texas alone to Dr. Robert Butler, its tive engagement, and will need more than founder and ours too, enhancing the quality 55,000 additional in November 2007. of life of all people by Earlier in the year, combating ageism— paraprofessional health care aides to maintain Dr. Butler’s 80th and we especially care birthday was marked current levels of care about caregiving, a at a gala event at the major ILC initiative. Metropolitan Club, The past year was notable which drew hundreds of supporters for many reasons. and well-wishers. At year’s end the ILC became a fully The ILC’s governance was independent organization. Its affiliate enhanced this year with the relationship with Mount Sinai School of election of three new board members: Medicine (MSSM) was modified as part Dr. Joseph Feczko, Pfizer’s chief medical of the strategic planning by the ILC officer and president for worldwide and its founding funder, the Atlantic development; Karen K.C. Hsu, a civic Philanthropies. While still enjoying an leader in education, conservation, affiliate relationship with our parent organization, the ILC now is fully and natural history; and Dr. Regina self-governing and moves to a historic Peruggi, president of Kingsborough new phase of its existence. This step Community College. All are based was taken after two years of study by in New York City and have already the Board of Directors—and with great been active on our behalf. appreciation to Mount Sinai and the Greatly strengthening our public presence Brookdale Department of Geriatrics is a stylish new website, employing the

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technology of Web 2.0 and extending Yale Law School to press the United communications worldwide. The site Nations (where the ILC has special features the major ILC projects, activities, consultative status) to endorse human and people associated with us, as well rights for older persons. Dr. Monica as a more interactive and improvisational Ferreira, head of ILC-South Africa, capacity. And there is a blog on ageism delivered the annual Hatch Lecture that has gained notice and support. at Mount Sinai and was an ILC Scholar-In-Residence. As always, the ILC was frequently in the news, The Alliance for Health & the Future, including a presence on all major tele- an ILC-USA, France, and UK venture vision networks and the BBC and in The funded generously by Pfizer in collab- New York Times, and Dr. Butler appeared oration with Edelman, Inc., continued on The Charlie Rose Show. The center’s to generate new knowledge and role as “one-stop shopping” was again policy activity aimed at the European underscored with extensive coverage of community. The Alliance heavily efforts ranging from sleep and healthy engaged the ILC research operations, aging, ageism, caregiving, and other in connection with the venerable and matters of importance. A new book on highly successful World Cities Project. the French health care Among the major system by the ILC and projects chronicled New York University’s Most in this report are Dr. Victor Rodwin drew those on ageism, considerable attention Americans supported by grants from in the wake of a national are not the Open Society Institute, conversation on the The Caregiving Project U.S. system. financially for Older Americans, On the international prepared and collaboration with scene, the worldwide ILC the Schmieding Center partnership welcomed for old age: for Senior Health and ILC-Israel in October Only 8 percent of Education, in Arkansas, at a meeting in London people over 65 have with funding from the that took up aging and annual incomes in Schmieding Foundation, human rights, concur- excess of $50,000. Amgen Foundation, rent with collaboration Unihealth Foundation, between the ILC and and Met Life and the

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MetLife Foundation. The project the United States. The MetLife announced a blue-ribbon advisory com- Foundation and parent company, mittee that includes former First Lady as well as its Mature Market Institute, Rosalynn Carter, Hugh Downs, Walter have been generous contributors Cronkite, famed coach Frank Broyles, and and partners for several years now, others whose names are noted elsewhere a relationship that has deepened. in this report. A caregiving summit was The signature held in March 2007 with leading curricula Age Boom Academy, experts in attendance. A study conducted originally organized in 2000 with sup- by the Schmieding Center and a national port from The New York Times Company poll on caregiver practices and attitudes Foundation (NYTCF) again drew a cadre were released. of leading journalists to the ILC for a Now in its third year, the Sleep weeklong program on “Science, Society and Healthy Aging Project, and Longevity,” which featured leading funded by Takeda North America, drew experts who offered information and leading sleep experts to the ILC as a assessment of new knowledge that is new coalition to develop clinical sleep transforming our understanding of the guidelines for older adults was formed. brain, the aging process, and treatments. A major research effort that draws on The Age Boom Academy now boasts decades of sleep research scores of alums is under way. The goal is to who cover aging at make sleep a vital sign in leading newspapers, medical examinations and Older magazines, and in to get more information adults electronic and digital about sleep disorders in media—and will older people to the medical are not be convened again community. protected: in 2008, with “The Politics of Aging” in Thanks to the 1 million to 3 million MetLife Foundation’s a presidential election Americans age 65+ year as the theme. support, the care- have been injured, giving project got a The 2007 program extorted, or otherwise was for the first time major boost as we launched mistreated by someone co-sponsored and a community college care- upon whom they hosted by the new giver training program depend for care. Stanford Center on that provided grants to 12 Longevity, led by community colleges across

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Medicine needs to Dr. Laura Carstensen. Directors, led by Dr. Max Along with the NYTCF, refocus: Link, and its outstanding 60 percent of adults the event drew support Program Advisory Group, from the Ellison Medical over 65 do not outside experts led by Foundation. receive recommended Dr. George Maddox of preventive services, Duke University. The ILC The ILC was and 40 percent do strongly represented benefits greatly from its at the important not receive vaccines gifted staff and cadre of annual meeting of for flu or pneumonia. consultants and advisors, the Gerontological as well as others who Society of America contribute to our sev- (GSA). In his keynote address, Dr. Butler eral projects, programs, and initiatives. urgently called on governments, business, Together they demonstrate that an and civil society to properly prepare for institution can not only care about the today’s worldwide historic demographic challenges of aging and longevity but shift. At the same meeting, attended also engage and act constructively for by hundreds of experts on aging, ILC all. That happens because caring people colleagues Drs. Harrison Bloom and provide the leadership and funding, Michael Gusmano conducted major do the research, articulate policy sessions on sleep and healthy aging, as objectives, and communicate widely— well as urban health and international and deeply. Once again, the singular partnerships. The ILC sponsored an demographic fact of our times—greater informational booth with its publications. longevity—is the focus of our attention As one observer said, “For a small and the beneficiary of all who truly organization, the ILC makes a large care about it. imprint on the GSA and on the under- Everette E. Dennis, Ph.D. standing of aging everywhere.” Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer The ILC website, previously mentioned and found at www.ilcusa.org, carries a full roster of publications, including those projected in 2007 on such topics as caregiving; the high medical costs of old age and dying; the health, wealth, and longevity connection, and others. As always, the ILC management is grateful to its distinguished Board of

7 ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 11 Ageism Why care? geism is one of the most High Medical Cost of Old Age and Dying, pervasive prejudices Improving Drug Safety and The Fallacy of the Lump of Labor. across human society. Although ageism is less As part of the ILC-USA’s continued effort for public outreach and education Aacknowledged than racism or sexism, on age discrimination, through Ageism in it is a harmful prejudice that results America we developed the first compre- in widespread mistreatment, ranging hensive online community blog dedicated from stereotypic and degrading media to fighting ageism. With the aim of encouraging interaction among key stake- images to physical and financial holders, the blog offers a stream of topical, abuse, unequal treatment in the linked content on issues of age discrimi- workforce, and denial of appropriate nation, with up-to-date editorial content, medical care and services. links to other organizations fighting ageism, and reader comments. Our efforts We also collaborated with key stakehold- In its third year, the Ageism in America ers and organizations to conduct ongoing project aims to transform the experience work with federal and state legislatures and culture of aging in the United States and agencies, United Nations committees, and ultimately improve the human rights and other decision-makers to develop of older Americans. With a generous policy recommendations for important grant from the Open Society Institute, ageism issues. Our advocacy efforts were we focus our work on key research, led by Dr. Robert Butler, who met with advocacy, and educational efforts to the director of Homeland Security and see aging in the U.S. with new eyes. two agency medical directors to discuss Through comprehensive research, the the shortcomings that currently exist in project identifies and analyzes various meeting the special needs of the aged and forms of ageism and stereotyping. In disabled in emergency preparedness plan- the past year, we published research ning. Future plans include the possibility on economic, medical, and workplace of a pilot project that would map vulnera- concerns including the Myths of the ble populations to ensure that they would not be forgotten in an emergency.

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HUGH DOWNS Member, Honorary Board of Directors, ILC-USA Hugh Downs, longtime anchor of ABC Television’s prime-time newsmagazine 20/20, is one of the most familiar figures in the history of the medium. As an advocate for aging issues, he travels around the country addressing audi- ences on the positive contributions everyone can make toward his own successful aging and debunking the myths of aging. “Western society is riddled with that ‘Pepsi generation’ mentality with the accent on youth, which really neglects and goes against older people just because they are older people. And this still is true to a very large extent,” he said in a recent interview. Downs has shared his interest and expertise on the subject of aging in several books, including Potential, a psychological study of emotional maturing, and Thirty Dirty Lies About Old, a book that exposes the falsehoods of aging. He is a member of the ILC-USA Honorary Board and recently joined the Advisory Committee for the ILC’s Caregiving Project for Older Americans. “We have some misguided myths about aging in our society, like ‘old age is an illness.’ Our culture tends to put old age in the same basket with decrepitude and impairment, and it’s just the opposite,” says Downs. “The longer a person stays alive, the more of a triumph that person is over the forces that are constantly trying to do us in from the crib, through our prime and into our old age. So, it’s not an illness or a disorder, it is just the opposite.” ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 13

MARIE BERNARD, M.D. Member, Board of Directors, ILC-USA “I trained in internal medicine and thought that I knew geriatrics because I took care of older people,” says Dr. Marie Bernard, medical professor and chair of the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. It wasn’t until Dr. Bernard accepted a mini- fellowship from the Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania, after five years as a faculty member at Temple University School of Medicine, that she realized the importance of geriatric training: “It was a lifechanging experience.” Today, Dr. Bernard is one of the country’s strongest advocates for geriatric medicine. As the shortage of geriatrics doctors worsens, Dr. Bernard believes there are a number of things that would help. “First, there needs to be loan forgiveness or scholarship support for trainees in the field. Second, there needs to be better compensation for the lengthy and demanding evaluations and follow-up care provided by geriatrics specialists. Finally, there needs to be better support for academic geriatricians, so that there are sufficient num- bers of mentors for developing geriatric medicine physicians.”

10 ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 14 Health Care Why care? ore then 12,000 In addition to the lack of trained baby boomers turn geriatrics doctors, the ILC-USA has worked to develop a comprehensive 62 years old every day. plan for the redesign of health care Yet, only a handful for older Americans, urging policy- Mof today’s medical students are makers to move from a reactive to a prepared for the older patients who proactive system. It is a little known will dominate waiting rooms and fact that, for decades, the United States has been slipping in international hospitals during the next decade. rankings of life expectancy while other Only 11 of the nation’s 125 medical countries have been improving health schools require courses in geriatrics, care, nutrition, and lifestyles. A baby and only 5 have established born in the United States in 2004 will live an average of 77.9 years. That life geriatrics departments. expectancy ranks forty-second, down Our efforts from eleventh two decades earlier. The ILC-USA has been leading the fight for The need for a reformed health care government policy to address this growing system was highlighted by the ILC-USA concern. Following a year-and-a-half-long through a targeted public outreach. advocacy effort involving the ILC-USA, Our experts were quoted in The New American Geriatrics Society, Alliance for York Times, and Marketwatch and seen Aging Research, and others, funding was on BBC World News and BBC America. restored to the Title VII Geriatrics Health Additionally, ILC-USA staff highlighted Professions Program. President Bush the importance of health care reform signed legislature on February 15, which through various presentations, including provided $31.5 million to the program at the Gerontological Society of America for the remainder of fiscal year 2007, Annual Scientific Conference, and previously zeroed out in 2006. Columbia and Harvard universities. ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 15 Caregiving Why Care? he United States is in the Poll; Dr. John Finnegan, dean of the University midst of a significant and of Minnesota’s School of Public Health; Val Halamandaris, founder and president of growing caregiving crisis. the National Association of Homecare and About 1.4 million older Hospice; and Carol Raphael, president and TAmericans live in nursing homes, CEO of Visiting Nurse Service of New York. nearly 6 million receive care at home, Reaching consensus and significant numbers go com- on caregiving training pletely without the help they need. The Caregiving Project for Older Americans convened a blue-ribbon panel in New York Our efforts City in March 2007, for a conference entitled The Caregiving Project for Older Americans Developing National In-Home Caregiver was launched in 2006 by the ILC-USA and Training Standards. The majority of experts the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and agreed on the establishment of national Education to build greater national awareness standards for training of in-home caregivers. of the caregiving crisis and to develop innova- Community colleges tive, affordable new approaches to in-home key to training caregiving for older adults. We aim to do so by developing a national systematic approach A joint initiative between The Caregiving to recruiting, training, and retaining paid Project for Older Americans and MetLife professional caregivers and enhancing their Foundation, the Community College key role in support of family caregivers. Caregiver Training Initiative was created. Through a nationwide competition among The project appointed a distinguished group community colleges, 12 community colleges, of American leaders to a National Advisory selected from more than 75 applicants, Committee in an effort to bring attention receive up to $25,000 either to establish new to the growing caregiving crisis. Members home-based caregiver training programs include Rosalynn Carter, former First Lady; or enhance programs for professional Walter Cronkite, legendary CBS news anchor; and family caregivers that already exist. Hugh Downs, former 20/20 and Today Show Award recipients included schools in the anchor; Frank Broyles, Hall of Fame NCAA states of Arkansas, Kansas, Maryland, football player, coach and current athletic Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, director at the University of Arkansas; Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Humphrey Taylor, chairman of The Harris

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LAWRENCE SCHMIEDING Member, Honorary Board of Directors, ILC-USA g Unable to find qualified home health workers to care for his terminally ill brother, Lawrence H. Schmieding vowed that no other member of his family or community need suffer the same fate during a time of medical need. It was then that Mr. Schmieding donated $15 million to create the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, Arkansas. As CEO of the Schmieding Foundation and president of H.C. Schmieding Produce, the agribusinessman and philanthropist continues to champion caregiving issues. Most recently, Mr. Schmieding donated $1 million to create The Caregiving Project for Older Americans. Mr. Schmieding’s commitment to home-based elder care has led to a national campaign to provide top- notch training to both professional and family caregivers. He believes that “at home, there is always hope.” ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 17

PHYLLIS ZEE Sleep & Healthy Aging Project Advisor Dr. Phyllis Zee, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Northwestern University, started her career studying the genetics of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. It wasn’t until she was selected as a Brookdale National Fellow (a program sponsored by the Brookdale Foundation to train a new generation of leaders in geriatrics and gerontology) that she thought about sleep and older adults. “I got out of the science lab, where we were focusing on animal behavior, and started working in the clinical setting. I remember meeting a 93- year-old woman and asking what her secret to successful aging was. She said, ‘Genes, a sense of humor, money, and sleeping well.’ It was then I knew I was in the right place.” Dr. Zee has been an integral part of the ILC’s effort to advance sleep and healthy aging education. “It is important to change the attitudes and behavior about sleep and older adults. I’ve always wanted to translate my clinical research to public health. The ILC is the perfect venue to get the information to professionals, policymakers, caregivers, and the general public.”

14 ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 18 Sleep Why care? leep is essential to diagnose and manage sleep disorders in older adults. In addition to the well-being, quality of ILC-USA, coalition members include: life, and overall health. AARP Although many older AGS Foundation for Health in Aging Sindividuals have normal Alliance for Aging Research sleep patterns, for others sleep American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry problems are common. Sleep American Geriatrics Society disorders are often associated American Medical Directors Association with serious medical and American Society of Consultant Pharmacists psychiatric diseases and can Association of Directors of Geriatric result in significant morbidity ...... Academic Programs and even mortality. Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Our Efforts Gerontological Society of America National Sleep Foundation The Sleep & Healthy Aging Project The Sleep Research Society advances the awareness and under- standing among health professionals Twenty distinguished experts in medi- and the public of the importance of cine, psychiatry, and pharmacology sleep in older adults. With the support came together at a workshop meeting of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, sleep has hosted by the ILC-USA to work toward been a focus area at the ILC-USA the generation of evidence-based guide- for several years. lines for use by primary care physicians in recognizing and diagnosing vital In 2007, the ILC-USA led the creation signs of sleep disorders. The guidelines of the National Coalition for Sleep are expected to be realized in early 2008. Disorders in Older People. In an effort to ensure the proper care of older adults with sleep disorders, we joined forces with 13 leading aging, geriatric, and sleep organizations to develop comprehensive guidelines on how to

15 ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 19 Public Awareness Why Care? n less then 100 years, human Web 2.0: redesigning the website beings made greater gains Aimed at being more interactive and acces- in life expectancy than in the sible, the ILC-USA launched a redesigned preceding 50 centuries. Our web presence at www.ilcusa.org. The new Isociety is still in the early stages site features the latest news and research on issues facing our aging population. of understanding the benefits and Information is tailored to appeal to a challenges of this transformation. variety of audiences including journalists, corporate executives, academic researchers, Our efforts and the general public. The ILC-USA research projects and Media coverage policy efforts are only part of our mission. Our goal is to inform and educate the public In the last 12 months the ILC-USA has on all issues of aging. Our comprehensive been featured in 300 different media outlets communications and marketing strategies reaching more than 350 million people. reach millions of people through media Highlights include articles in AARP Bulletin, coverage and educational events. BusinessWeek, The New York Times Magazine, USA Today, The Washington Post, Associated Age Boom Academy Press and other national media outlets. Reporters from Marketwatch, BusinessWeek, On television and radio, the ILC-USA has Chicago Tribune, and Associated Press were been represented on the Charlie Rose Show, among 12 journalists to attend the eighth CBS’s Early Show, BBC World News, annual Age Boom Academy. The Academy, BBC America, National Public Radio and a signature event of the ILC-USA, origi- Oprah & Friends XM Radio. nated in 2000 and takes place annually. Top journalists attend an intensive week- Public education long seminar designed to deepen their Our experts have participated in dozens understanding of aging issues. For the of public lectures and appearances. In 2007, eighth year, the event was sponsored by ILC-USA has spoken at the 92nd Street Y, The New York Times Company Foundation. Columbia University, New York Academy Stanford Center on Longevity, led by Dr. of Medicine, the United Nations, Senate Laura Carstensen, joined as co-presenter of Special Committee on Aging, and the the event with ILC-USA. Additional support Gerontological Society of America. came from The Ellison Medical Foundation.

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JANE FONDA Participant, 2007 Age Boom Academy “We should embrace, appreciate, honor, areness and respect aging,” says Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award–winning American actress, writer, activist, and philanthropist. “To the extent I can, I hope to pop- ularize what experts [like Dr. Butler] have been saying for years. We should accept what is happening as we age and not fear death or the loss of youth,” says Ms. Fonda, a special guest during the 2007 Age Boom Academy. She has become of a friend of the ILC-USA, as she begins to write a new book for Random House on her “third act.” “I’m aging,” she says, “and no one prepared me for what I would find. When I turned 60, I realized I was entering my ‘third act’—a time in my life to look back and put it all together and add it all up. I turned 70 in 2007, and I’m ready to dig much deeper into the aging process and understand what is going on in minds and bodies.” “Whatever has happened to us, we can’t change, but we can change our attitudes and state of mind. All of the centenarians I have met are at peace with their lives. It is a beautiful thing.” ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 21 GlobalAging Why Care? he longevity revolution the need to enhance emergency and population aging preparedness for older persons. The research also focused on an are global events.Nations analysis of access to primary and must work together and specialty care services among Tlearn from one another about residents of cities in the United States and Western Europe. how best to respond to these This work includes comparisons demographic changes. of “avoidable hospitalizations,” “avoidable mortality,” and the Our efforts use of revascularizations among The International Longevity Center residents of New York City and was created based on the vision of Newark, New Jersey. collaboration and information sharing with partners around the world. Clinical education Our work expands well beyond U.S. around the world borders as we collaborate with organi- Our global efforts also extend zations throughout the world to bring to geriatric training. The Clinical attention to the aging world population. Education Consultation Service (CECS) of the ILC-USA offers Vulnerability in world cities collaborative assistance to gov- In addition to our work with nine sister ernments, nongovernmental centers, the ILC-USA houses the World organizations, academic institu- Cities Project (WCP), which compares tions, community hospitals and health, social services, and quality of clinics, and community agencies life for persons age 65 and over in in establishing new clinical, edu- New York, Paris, London and Tokyo, cational, and policy approaches and strives to identify lessons that to their demographic trends and may improve health in world cities health care needs for older adults. and beyond. In 2007, WCP developed Project and teaching consultations a neighborhood vulnerability index, have thus far involved the CECS in collaboration with the New York City in South Africa, Singapore, Malta, Department for the Aging, to address Mexico, Russia, Bulgaria, concerns about social isolation and and China.

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BILL NOVELLI Keynote speaker, 2007 Age Boom Academy “Aging concerns are not an American ng phenomenon, they are global issues. The United States is actually behind the curve, compared to the demographics of the rest of the world. Countries around the globe have been adapting new policies as their citizens age, and we want to share knowledge and policy, which can be beneficial to us,” says Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP. Since becoming CEO in 2000, Mr. Novelli has renewed the organization’s international outreach and focused much of its research and partnerships around the issues of global aging. Mr. Novelli looks forward to continued collaboration with the ILC, especially focusing on global aging. “We want to collaborate with visionaries. The ILC, as an organization, covers so many different dimensions of aging. It has the ability to have global discussions on such a large variety of issues, which is consistent with our goals at the AARP.” ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:12 AM Page 23 GlobalAging

he International Longevity ILC-Argentina Center global alliance was Working with local and state governments, police depart- founded by the creation of the ments and aging organizations, the ILC- ILC-USA and the ILC-Japan in ARG has worked to combat elder abuse in T1990. Today, with additional independent Argentina. Together with the International sister centers in Great Britain, France, Network to Prevent Elder Abuse (INPEA), the ILC-ARG sponsored a comprehensive the Caribbean, India, South America, awareness campaign and developed a Africa, the Netherlands, and Israel, three-day conference for primary health our global alliance is the only nongovern- care workers and the community, focusing mental organization capable of carrying on the prevention of victimization and out global research and education financial abuse of older people. projects on population aging. ILC-Dominican Republic The ILC-DR led an intensive “Human Rights in an Aging World” was effort to develop the first official the theme of an international conference training program in geriatric medicine in held in London, during the annual gather- the Dominican Republic. Working with the ing of ILC directors. Representatives from Ministry of Health and the Dominican nine countries discussed the implications Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, the of longevity and demographic change on training program will select four candidates human rights policy in different societies to train for two years of internal medicine and cultures. During the meeting, they wel- and two years of geriatrics. comed the ILC-Israel as the tenth member of the international partnership. Led by ILC-France Dr. Sara Carmel, the ILC-Israel will be Calling on the new president housed within Ben Gurion University of Nicolas Sarkozy and his govern- the Negev (BGU) at the Center for ment to take action, the ILC-France launched Multidisciplinary Research in Aging. an election manifesto, advocating turning Europe’s demographic challenge into an In addition to the collaboration among opportunity. The election manifesto proposes centers, each ILC is independently work- the promotion of policies and initiatives to ing on aging issues in their country. improve both healthy and active aging.

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ILC-India ILC-South Africa The ILC-India, in collabor- The ILC-South Africa led ation with Bharati Vidyapeeth the development and publi- University and Sullivan University, is launch- cation of the Study to Understand and ing a three-month pilot certificate course for Foster the Functioning and Involvement of geriatrics caregivers. This would give compre- Contributive Elders (SUFFICE). SUFFICE hensive theoretical and practical training for is a binational, multicenter project focusing those who have passed their standard exams on the role of older people as caregivers and wish to take up geriatric caregiving. and heads of households in communities ravaged by HIV/AIDS. ILC-Japan Building on the Campaign ILC-UK to Understand Dementia and The role of older people’s Build Community Networks, a national housing and housing- campaign to support persons with dementia, related care issues in England is the the ILC-Japan solicited examples of projects subject of a new project from the ILC-UK. in which a community innovatively provides This project brings together represen- services and assistance for dementia patients. tatives from the Department of Health, After reviewing many entries, the ILC-Japan Communities, and Local Government; recognized eight community groups for the Retirement Housing Group; the excellence in dementia support. South East Public Health Group; the Town and Country Planning Association, ILC-Netherlands the National Housing Federation; and An 85 million euro national Help the Aged. Outcomes are expected research program was pro- to be an extended think piece, which posed to the government in a joint cam- will be produced in conjunction with the paign by several research institutions. The forthcoming National Strategy on Ageing, ILC-Netherlands board member, the distin- and a series of regional seminars. guished professor Rudi Westendorp, took the lead in the formation of a Consortium for Healthy Ageing, in which a number of public and private institutions provide an effective infrastructure within which researchers can cooperate in the program.

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In ILC Publications n keeping with our commitment to inform society on how to best Inavigate today's unprecedented increase in longevity, we publish timely, relevant, evidence-based research. Visit www.ilcusa.org/ This report is the result of deliberations Two Nobel Prize winners discuss longevity’s impact of a blue-ribbon panel of experts in aging in a number of areas. Robert Fogel, Ph.D., puts forth publications for a and caregiving, who met March 29, 2007, that health care is the engine that will drive the complete list of in New York City with the goal of providing U.S. economy forward in the 21st century. Stanley expertise, guidance, and direction in the Prusiner, M.D., speaks to the pressing need for ILC publications. search for solutions to the caregiving crisis. blood tests to diagnose Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. All reports are available for free electronic download or in hard copy for purchase.

A provocative lecture presented by the first This report challenges commonly held beliefs philosopher elected a fellow in the United about the financial and medical impact of older Kingdom Academy of Medicine Sciences, Americans during their last months of life. explores the ethical and social implications Written by physicians specializing in geriatrics, of indefinite life extension. the report offers a wealth of data to refute seven misconceptions that currently influence our health care policies. 22 ILC_Annual07Corrected.qxd 2/28/08 11:13 AM Page 26

This issue brief is an interdisciplinary examination With errors in the administration of drugs of rates of avoidable hospitalizations in France and and adverse reactions accounting for more than England to evaluate access to primary care and 100,000 deaths annually, Dr. Butler addresses identify the extent to which these countries may be the urgent need for clinical trials that include able to reduce hospital costs by investing in disease older adults and careful monitoring of drugs management and primary care. in the years following FDA approval.

A geriatrician discusses the importance of a ILC economist Kenneth Knapp debunks the variety of immunizations for adults, with notion that older people who remain in the labor important up-to-date information concerning force prevent younger people from getting jobs. preventive vaccinations for older persons. The underlying belief supporting this fallacy is that there is a fixed number of jobs to go around and a fixed “lump of labor.”

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Recognition of support Founding gifts Corporate Patron and endowments contributions ($5,000 to $9,999) The Atlantic Philanthropies MetLife AARP Estate of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser Mature Market Institute The Atlantic Philanthropies Program to Advance Healthy Aging Pfizer Inc Robert N. Butler, M.D. Susan W. Dryfoos Roche Canyon Ranch General Endowment Fund Takeda Pharmaceuticals Vincent Carrozza Margaret Milliken Hatch Charitable Trust Parker and Miles Collier The Harold Hatch International Lectureship Consultations, lectures, writings, and studies Lloyd and Beatrice Frank in Geriatrics and Gerontology Annie and John Glenn Betty Wold Johnson AARP Betty Wold Johnson General Endowment Fund MetLife Fred & Mary Eddy Jones Eugene and Rose Kleiner Family Foundation New York City Foundation Boardroom, General Endowment Fund Department of Aging Maxim Volkov Bernard and Mollye Mills Family Foundation Nivis Lifecare Program to Advance Healthy Aging Friend Evelyn Stefansson Nef Individuals ($1,000 to $4,999) Trustees Room President’s Circle Don and Marilyn Berger Hewitt Donald W. Reynolds Foundation ($10,000 annually) Marie Bernard, M.D. Robert N. Butler Fund Edward Berube Susan W. Dryfoos Drs. Harrison and Patricia Bloom Lifetime Member Century Foundation Grants Kleiner Family Lawrence and Alberta Grossman Amgen Foundation Lifetime Members Glenn N. Howatt Foundation, Inc. Astellas USA Foundation Max Link, Ph.D. Karen Hsu Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation Mills Family The Anna-Maria and The Ellison Medical Foundation Lifetime Members Stephen Kellen Foundation The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Evelyn Stefansson Nef Kazuo and Yoko Komuro Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation Lifetime Member Linda Lambert MetLife Foundation Naomi Levine The New York Times Company Foundation Partner Rose Marshall Pfizer Foundation ($10,000 to $24,999) William and Geniva Martin The Schmieding Foundation, Inc. Brookdale Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation Stanford Center on Longevity Ramapo Trust Daniel Perry UniHealth Foundation Anthony Cerami LLC Regina Peruggi Vital Project Fund John Creedon Peter Peterson MetLife Marjorie and Robert Rosencrans Mount Sinai Hospital Ursula Springer Joseph E. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tolkin Jackson T. Stephens Larry Wright, M.D. Edward Stolman Warren Pharmaceuticals

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Contributor James Gallagher, Penn South Social Services (up to $999) Hartford Foundation Susan Perlstein Lester Gingold Lina B. Popper Mr. and Mrs. Ben Alexander Pearl Greenberg Stanley I. Rapoport American Federation David Hamerman Helen Rehr for Aging Research Helen Hamlin Daniel Reingold Stephen Axelrod Dr. Denham and Helen Harman Neil Resnick Leiter J. Bamberger S. Mitchell Harman, M.D., Ph.D. Mildred Reynolds Sally Barnett Cyril Harris Brent Ridge, M.D. Aaron Barnhart and Andrew D. Heineman Florence Roberts Diane Eickhoff Pamela and James Heller Jack Rosenthal and Holly Russell Jill R. Baron Michael J. Hewitt Janet Sainer Raj and Marjorie Bery Michael Hodin Mark Saunders John Blau Seniye Margaret Huang Rita Schneider Barry M. Bloom, Ph.D. James S. Jackson Walter M. Schoedel Susan Blumenfield David Keller Robert and Louise Schulman Donald Bliwise, Ph.D. Charles and Dorothy Kenyon Carol Schutz Barbara Bowman C. Everett Koop Gordon Shillinglaw Michael Brenner itt John and Patricia Koskinen Jane Shure Christine L. Butler and Richard, Ellen Kuenzel Jacob Siegel Corrine and Charlie Guest Rabbi Harold and Robert and Miriam Siffert Cynthia Butler and om Suzette Kushner Beverly Sills James Gleason Gara LaMarche, J. Silver, Irene Diamond Fund Laura Carstensen, Ph.D. Open Society Institute Jeffery and Marsha Silverstein man Mary Carswell Albert and Mary Lasker John Simon Inc. Robert and Rosetta Chao Foundation Marianne Spiegel Nancy Ford Charles S. Robert Lathan, M.D. Stanford University Gene Cohen, Ph.D. Alex Levi Margaret Stevens and Wendy Miller Rebecca Levy, Ph.D. Catharine Stimpson, Ph.D. Mark Collins Mr. and Mrs. William Lieser Peter Strauss Joan Cooney Ganz David Lipschitz, M.D., University David Taylor Shirley Craven of Arkansas Foundation Humphrey Taylor Regina Davis Lewis Lipsitz The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Democratic Socialists Richard and Jing Lyman UFJ of America Margaret Mahoney Abigail Trafford Marilyn Ditty Mark and Susan Monane Pan Tsitouras Rose Dobrof, D.S.W. Michael Markowitz Barbara Walters Oscar and Joan Dodek Nancy Maynard Richard Weiss Eldercare Advocates Inc. ns Bruce McEwen, Ph.D. Susan West Mary Erlanger Alfred Miller Mr. and Mrs. John Winthrop Everett Foundation New York Academy of Medicine Lonnie Wollin Charles Fahey New York Community Trust Mary Woolley, Howard Fillit, M.D. Reba Nosoff Research! America Claudia Fine Nora O’Brien William Zabel Sanford and Fern Finkel S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D. and Deborah Miller Kathleen Foley Henry and Eleanor O’Neil John and Marcia Zweig Joanna Fountain Masako Osako Evan and Susan Zweig James Frevert Barbara Paris, M.D., F.A.C.P.

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Gifts that celebrate life There are many occasions when If you care… you want to recognize a family e can continue to support member, friend or associate. A gift initiatives for caregiving and to the ILC is a meaningful way to advocacy to advance healthy commemorate happy occasions— aging, promote productive birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, Wengagement, and combat ageism. retirements or graduations. You may even wish to make a contribution We appreciate support from individuals, instead of a holiday gift. Whatever corporations, foundations, and government the occasion, your thoughtfulness agencies and rely heavily on the continuing will be acknowledged to the person loyalty and support of our friends. you are honoring or to the family. Joining our family of donors means that you will be contributing to policy-changing research projects and the establishment of forums to educate and initiate discussion The President’s Circle on healthy aging. is a membership program that recognizes We are all stakeholders in the International individual donors to the ILC and provides Longevity Center’s commitment to prepare the organization with much-needed current- individuals and society for population aging. use funds. Membership includes personal There are a number of ways that your access to Dr. Robert Butler, president of the thoughtfulness can help support the impor- ILC. Annual membership is offered for an tant work of the ILC. Here are just a few. unrestricted, tax-deductible contribution of $10,000 or more. Lifetime membership A gift of cash is offered for unrestricted, tax-deductible contributions of $150,000 or more. Cash contributions are of immediate A gift of long-term appreciated securities benefit to the ILC and are the most can provide a double tax benefit to donors— direct way to give. A fully deductible a current income tax deduction and cash gift allows the organization to reduction of capital gains taxes. use the funds immediately. Workplace giving Recognizing achievements Partnering with your workplace can of family and friends: double your charitable contributions. named gift opportunities Please contact the human resources office Naming awards are an outstanding way of your employer for a matching-gift to commemorate the work ethic, successes, form. If your company does not currently or lifetime achievements of an outstanding match employee donations, ask it to do so. individual. Named gift opportunities begin Together, you and your employer can at $50,000 and include the Robert N. Butler send a message of support for the ILC’s Fund, a magnet endowment established continuous conduit of original research and by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation communications to inform the future of our in support of the scholarly and advocacy aging world—a future that will affect every activities of the organization. one of us! Other assets such as real estate and closely held stock can also be used to make contributions to the ILC.

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Life income gifts and bequests Announcing the One of the easiest ways to remember the International Longevity Center ILC’s participation is through your will, by naming the in the combined ILC as a beneficiary of a bequest. federal campaign There are significant tax advantages to making a bequest to the ILC as part The ILC is now part of the world's of your estate plan. Life income gifts, largest annual workplace charity such as charitable remainder trusts and campaign. Pledges made by Federal charitable gift annuities, reduce the civilian, postal and military donors taxable value of your estate, and generate during the campaign season (September current tax deductions at the same time 1st to December 15th, 2008) support they support the work of the ILC. eligible non-profit organizations that provide health and human service benefits throughout the world. If your workplace is involved in Corporate the Combined Federal Campaign, partnerships remember to specify the International Longevity Center (CFC # 12354) The ILC-USA partners with as the recipient of your support. many companies and their leaders on strategic projects, insightful research, and public outreach You may make a life income gift to the campaigns. Some of our present ILC by irrevocably transferring securities, and past corporate partners include money, or other property. Ask your Pfizer Inc, MetLife Inc., Unilever Plc, attorney to include language such as this: Edelman, Canyon Ranch, Takeda “I give to the International Longevity Center- Pharmaceuticals NA, Ketchum Inc., USA, Ltd., an IRS approved 501 (c) (3) nonprofit the Harris Poll, Amgen Inc., AARP, charitable organization (tax exempt #13-3987911), Roche and Philips International. the sum of ______dollars to be used for the general purposes of the organization.” A partnership between the ILC-USA and your company is To make a contribution or for information an effective way of supporting our on ways to give to the ILC, please contact: work and collaboratively pursuing Heather Sutton meaningful goals for each of our Development Manager organizations and our society. Tel: 212-517-1307 Together we can develop a project, Fax: 212-288-3132 set the objectives, determine how E-mail: [email protected] to measure our impact and bring about positive change.

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Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2006 2005

Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,434,006 $ 2,063,207 Grants receivable 367,575 920,651 Pledges receivable, net — 23,100 Prepaid expenses and other assets 12,514 18,771 Investments 2,742,767 2,705,978 Inventory — 80,697 Property, plant, and equipment, net 6,582,766 6,696,842 Total assets 13,139,628 12,509,246

Liabilities and net assets Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses 123,122 155,195 Amounts due to Mount Sinai 350,424 158,002 Grant payable to ILC-UK 300,000 — Total liabilities 773,546 313,197 Net assets: Unrestricted 8,468,432 8,703,971 Temporarily restricted 1,154,883 765,000 Permanently restricted 2,742,767 2,727,078 Total net assets 12,366,082 12,196,049

Total liabilities and net assets $ 13,139,628 $ 12,509,246 Six month period ended Statement of Activities For year ended December 31,2006 December 31,2005

Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted restricted restricted Total Total Support and revenue: Grants and contributions $ 241,587 $ 4,370,404 $ 15,689 $ 4,627,680 $ 2,879,320 Investment income 129,116 — — 129,116 74,471 Sale of inventory 3,253 — — 3,253 5,376 Other income 11,197 — — 11,197 — Net unrealized gains on investments 83,802 — — 83,802 9,382 Net assets released from restrictions 3,980,521 (3,980,521) — — — Total support and revenue 4,449,476 389,883 15,689 4,855,048 2,968,549

Expenses: Program Services: Direct research 1,432,489 — — 1,432,489 977,629 Research grants and program development: Grants 650,000 — — 650,000 336,000 Research program development 366,000 — — 366,000 520,045 Total research grants and program development 1,016,000 — — 1,016,000 864,045 Communications and publications 866,517 — — 866,517 335,120 Other program services 325,161 — — 325,161 180,346 Total program services 3,640,147 — — 3,640,147 2,349,140

Supporting services: General and administrative 605,908 — — 605,908 338,695 Fundraising 438,960 — — 438,960 220,917 Total supporting services 1,044,868 — — 1,044,868 559,612 Total expenses 4,685,015 — — 4,685,015 2,908,752 Excess (deficiency) of support and revenue over expenses (235,539) 389,883 15,689 170,033 59,797 Net assets at beginning of year 8,703,971 765,000 2,727,076 12,196,049 12,136,252 Net assets at end of year $ 8,468,432 $ 1,154,883 $ 2,742,767 $ 12,366,082 $ 12,196,049

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Program Laurence G. Branch, Ph.D. Martha Pelaez, Ph.D. advisory group University of South Florida Regional Advisor on Aging and Health Department of Aging and Mental Health Family Health and Population Program Pan American Health Organization Working to create the Jacob A. Brody, M.D. Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus Victor Regnier, FAIA most fertile conditions School of Public Health Professor, School of Architecture and University of Illinois at Chicago Leonard Davis School of Gerontology for successful and University of Southern California innovative research in Marjorie H. Cantor, M.A. Sara E. Rix, Ph.D. longevity and aging, Professor Senior Policy Advisor Graduate School of Social Service Public Policy Institute of AARP our Program Advisory Fordham University Ursula Springer, Ph.D. Group provides advice Neal E. Cutler, Ph.D. Former President and suggestions on Associate Director Springer Publishing Company UNCG Gerontology Program policies, procedures, Director, Business and Aging Research Fernando Torres-Gil, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro Director and directions. Center for Policy Research on Aging Rose Campbell Gibson, Ph.D. UCLA School of Policy & Social Research Group members review Professor Emerita funded grants in order University of Michigan Tony Vuturo, M.D., M.P.H. Senior Vice President to provide oversight Alan Maynard, Ph.D. Canyon Ranch Health Resort Professor and Director and give context to York Health Policy Group Peter J. Whitehouse M.D., Ph.D. University of York Director of Integrative Studies the important research Department of Neurology being forged here. Kathleen McGarry, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University Professor of Economics University Memory and Aging Center George L. Maddox, Ph.D. Dartmouth College University Hospitals of Cleveland Chair, Program Advisory Group Director Marilyn Moon, Ph.D. Long-Term Care Resources Program T. Franklin Williams, M.D. VP and Director of the Health Program Duke University Center for the Study Professor of Medicine Emeritus American Institutes for Research of Aging and Human Development University of Rochester Alicia Munnell, Ph.D. Monroe Community Hospital Julia T. Alvarez Peter F. Drucker Professor Kathleen Woodward, Ph.D. Former Ambassador Management Sciences Director Dominican Republic Mission Boston College Center for Retirement Walter Chapin Simpson to the United Nations Research Center for Humanities Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D. Robert J. Myers, F.S.A. University of Washington Professor of Aging, Health, and Society Actuarial Consultant School of Medicine S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University Professor, School of Public Health James E. Birren, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago Associate Director Masako M. Osako, Ph.D. UCLA Center on Aging Fitch Ratings ILC Global Alliance, Secretariat Dan Blazer, M.D., Ph.D. J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry Martha N. Ozawa, Ph.D. Duke University Medical Center Distinguished Professor of Social Policy George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington University

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Board of The Board provides overall governance of the ILC-USA, elects officers, exercises fiscal responsibility, Directors and maintains important external relationships.

Edward Berube Cory Booker Marie Bernard, M.D. John Creedon Former President and CEO Mayor, Newark, NJ Professor and Chairman Former President and CEO Bankers Life and Casualty Co. Partner, Booker, Rabinowitz, Reynolds Department of Geriatrics Metropolitan Life Insurance, Co. Trenk, Lubetkin, Tully, University of Oklahoma . DiPasquale & Webster, P.C. College of Medicine

Max Link, Ph.D. Joe Feczko, M.D. Robert Fogel, Ph.D. Lloyd Frank Annie Glenn Senator John Glenn Chair, ILC-USA Chief Medical Officer, President, Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Secretary, ILC-USA Speech and hearing expert John Glenn Institute for Chairman of the Board and Worldwide Development Service Professor of American Of Counsel, Public Service and Public Policy CEO, Centerpulse Pfizer Inc. Institutions University of Chicago Troutman Sanders LLP The Ohio State University and Nobel Laureate

Robert N. Butler, M.D. Karen K.C. Hsu Linda P. Lambert Naomi Levine William C. Martin David Meltzler, M.D.,Ph.D. President and CEO Civic Leader President Senior Advisor to New York Principal Associate Professor of Medicine ILC-USA LASSO Corporation University and Executive Director Indie Research Associate Professor of of the NYU Center for Philanthropy Public Policy and Economics and Fundraising University of Chicago

Stanley B.Prusiner, M.D. Joseph E. Smith Jackson T. Stephens, Jr. Catharine R. Stimpson, Humphrey Taylor Professor of Neurology and Director Treasurer, ILC-USA Chairman and CEO Ph.D. Chairman University of California Institute Former Corporate Vice President ExOxEmis, Inc. Dean, Graduate School The Harris Poll of Neurodegenerative Diseases Warner-Lambert Company of Arts and Sciences and Nobel Laureate New York University

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C-USA, elects officers, exercises fiscal responsibility, Honorary . Honorary BoardBoard of of DirectorsDirectors TheThe Honorary Honorary Board Board provides providesguidance guidance and serves and in an servesambassadorial in an ambassadorial capacity, linking capacity,the ILC-USA linking with the institutions ILC-USAaround the with world. institutions d, M.D. John Creedon Everette E. Dennis, Ph.D. Susan W. Dryfoos man Former President and CEO Executive Director and Vice Chair, ILC-USA around the world. nt of Geriatrics Metropolitan Life Insurance, Co. Chief Operating Officer Documentary filmmaker, oma . ILC-USA author

Senator Bill Bradley Managing Director, Allen & Company; former U.S. senator Rosalynn Carter Co-Founder, The Carter Center; former First Lady Harlan Cleveland Political scientist and public executive Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Richard DeSchutter Former CEO, DuPont Pharmaceuticals

Senator John Glenn Lawrence K. Grossman Robert D. Hormats Hugh Downs xpert John Glenn Institute for Former President Vice Chairman Television journalist; former host, The Today Show, 20/20 Public Service and Public Policy Public Broadcasting Service Goldman Sachs International The Ohio State University and NBC News Françoise Forette, M.D. President, ILC-France; professor and chair, Department of Geriatrics, Hôpital Broca Senator Charles E. Grassley United States Senate Claude Jasmin, M.D. President, International Council for Global Health Progress, Hôpital Paul Brousse Walter Kaye Chairman, Walter Kaye Associates C. Everett Koop, M.D. Senior Scholar, C. Everett Koop Institute; former U.S. surgeon general artin David Meltzler, M.D.,Ph.D. Evelyn Stefansson Nef Regina S. Peruggi, Ed.D. Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Author, philanthropist President President Emeritus and Sackler Foundation Scholar, The Rockefeller University Associate Professor of Kingsborough Community College Public Policy and Economics City University of New York Paul A. Marks, M.D. University of Chicago President Emeritus, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Shigeo Morioka Director, ILC-Japan; senior advisor, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Dorothy P. Rice, Sc.D. Professor Emerita, University of California, San Francisco Lawrence Schmieding CEO, Schmieding Foundation; president, Schmieding Produce Co., Inc. Margaret S. Wilson Chairman and CEO, Scarbroughs impson, Humphrey Taylor William D. Zabel John F. Zweig Chairman Partner Consultant ool The Harris Poll Shulte Roth & Zabel LLP WPP Group y

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ILC-USA Staff & Associates Executive Staff Staff ILC-Columbia-NYU ILC-USA Robert N. Butler, M.D. Morriseen Barmore World Cities Project Senior Associates President and Chief Executive Officer Executive Assistant to the CEO Victor G. Rodwin, Ph.D. Steven M. Albert, Ph.D., M.Sc. Everette E. Dennis, Ph.D. Andrea Carey-Lebron Director, World Cities Project; Associate Professor of Clinical Health Executive Director and Building Manager Professor, Health Policy and Management, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center Columbia University Chief Operating Officer Tabatha Chaney Wagner School of Public Service, Harrison Bloom, M.D. Program Assistant New York University Anthony Cerami, Ph.D. Director Senior Associate Michael Gusmano, Ph.D. Evelyn Flemming The Kenneth S. Warren Institute Director of International Geriatrics Receptionist Co-Director, World Cities Project; Clinical Education Consultation Service Alliance Director of Research; Rose W. Dobrof, D.S.W. Kenny Greene Assistant Professor of Health Policy Founding Director Judith Estrine Information Technology Manager Executive Editor and Management and Lauterstein Scholar, Brookdale Center on Aging Frances Kasey Mailman School of Public Health, Hunter College Kenneth Knapp, Ph.D. Receptionist Columbia University Senior Research Analyst Howard Fillit, M.D. Lissa Kiernan Daniel Weisz, M.D. Executive Director Megan McIntyre Website Content Editor Research Associate Institute for the Study of Aging Director of Communications Annual Report Christine Kuehbeck Judith Howe, Ph.D. Charlotte Muller, Ph.D. Executive Assistant to the COO Part-Time Director Credits Director of Longevity Research Vivienne Lorijn de Usandivaras Research and Office Geriatric Institute Team Training Program Editorial Director Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Dale Santos Research Policy Associate Assistants Megan McIntyre Director of Finance and Administration Milagros Marrero Talley Andrews Harry R. Moody, Ph.D. Editorial Consultant Director Judith Estrine Heather Sutton Administrative Assistant to the CEO Ann Felton Development Manager Institute of Human Values and Aging James Nyberg, M.P.A. Elizabeth Gemdjian Copy Editor Joris de Vries S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D. Lisa DeLisle Consultant Maggie Gower Director of Corporate and Professor, School of Public Health Design Government Relations Mal Schechter Mina Kwon University of Illinois, Chicago Senior Advisor Herb Reade Inc. Health Policy and Communications Cynthia X. Pan, M.D. Photography Medical Director Mikhail Stoliarov Jerry Allison Queens Region of Hospice Care Network Cover and pages 10, 11, 14, 15, Finance Assistant Barbara E. Cammer Paris, M.D., 18 and 19 Oleg Volkov F.A.C.P. Senior Research Associate Andrew Eccles/ Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine JBGPhoto.com Maimonides Medical Center pages 16 and 17

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ILC-Columbia-NYU ILC-USA World Cities Project Senior Associates Victor G. Rodwin, Ph.D. Steven M. Albert, Ph.D., M.Sc. Director, World Cities Project; Associate Professor of Clinical Health Professor, Health Policy and Management, Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center Wagner School of Public Service, Columbia University New York University Anthony Cerami, Ph.D. Michael Gusmano, Ph.D. Director Co-Director, World Cities Project; The Kenneth S. Warren Institute Alliance Director of Research; Rose W. Dobrof, D.S.W. Assistant Professor of Health Policy Founding Director and Management and Lauterstein Scholar, Brookdale Center on Aging Mailman School of Public Health, Hunter College Columbia University Howard Fillit, M.D. Daniel Weisz, M.D. Executive Director Research Associate Institute for the Study of Aging Annual Report Judith Howe, Ph.D. Part-Time Director Credits divaras Research and Office Geriatric Institute Team Training Program Editorial Director Assistants Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Megan McIntyre Talley Andrews Harry R. Moody, Ph.D. Editorial Consultant Director Judith Estrine CEO Ann Felton Institute of Human Values and Aging Elizabeth Gemdjian Copy Editor S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D. Lisa DeLisle Maggie Gower Professor, School of Public Health Design Mina Kwon University of Illinois, Chicago Herb Reade Inc. ns Cynthia X. Pan, M.D. Photography Medical Director Jerry Allison Queens Region of Hospice Care Network Cover and pages 10, 11, 14, 15, Barbara E. Cammer Paris, M.D., 18 and 19 F.A.C.P. Andrew Eccles/ Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine JBGPhoto.com Maimonides Medical Center pages 16 and 17

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