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Aging in America: Survive or Thrive is a one-hour documentary narrated by Martin Sheen.
Aging in America: Survive or Thrive, narrated by Martin Sheen, is a one-hour documentary that celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges. Using Dr. Robert Butler’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, Why Survive? as a guide, the film explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Trailer
Preview: 5/1/2025 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Aging in America: Survive or Thrive, narrated by Martin Sheen, is a one-hour documentary that celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges. Using Dr. Robert Butler’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, Why Survive? as a guide, the film explores critical topics such as ageism, healthcare, economic insecurity, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipPAUL: The growth of homelessness with older adults is staggering.
DR. CASSEL: Our nation does spend a lot of money on medical care for older people, but we don’t spend it on the right things.
AMY: Caregivers are really the unsung hero of the dementia journey.
BRENDA: I will always love him but he won’t be the man that I married.
ANNOUNCER: America is aging.
Is the nation ready for this growing older population?
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Clip: 5/1/2025 | 1m 44s | This animated sequence illustrates the dramatic increase in longevity throughout history. (1m 44s)
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Clip: 5/1/2025 | 2m 58s | The current healthcare system was not designed to needs of a rapidly aging population. (2m 58s)
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Clip: 5/1/2025 | 2m 40s | The gift of longevity is to be celebrated as many find new purpose in their later years. (2m 40s)
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Clip: 5/1/2025 | 2m 17s | Dr. Robert N. Butler was a pioneer and visionary who changed our perception of aging. (2m 17s)
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