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Gretchen E. Alkema, PhD, LCSW Nearly every decade since the early 1960s, Democratic and Republican presidents have hosted a convening to deliberate on pressing issues and needs facing older Americans and the families who care for them. This official forum, called “The White House Conference on Aging,” has created a focal point for policy dialogue,…
Eileen Tell, MPH Foreword by Jennifer E. Voorlas, MSG, CMC The White House Conference on aging in 2015 shed significant light on maintaining the quality of life for seniors and the importance of measures taken for them to “age in place,” however one questions remains: How do the majority of seniors continue to pay for…
Compiled and edited by Helene Bergman, ACSW, C-ASWCM The theme of the recent White House Conference on Aging (July 2015) was Empowering Americans as We Age, and many initiatives — economic and otherwise — were proposed to better prepare workers for retirement, to support elder caregiving, and to facilitate older Americans to age in place….
Steven C. Castle, MD Introduction Exercise and physical activity for older adults was an important theme discussed at the 2015 White House Conference on Aging. Specific initiatives discussed included the NIH Go4Life campaign and the YMCA initiative to provide intergenerational physical activity. The implementation of exercise and fall prevention programs on state and national levels…
Jennifer Voorlas, MSG, CMC Exercise and Dementia Foreword by Steven C. Castle, MD The White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) not only addressed the importance of addressing Alzheimer’s and related dementias as a national priority, but also identified The National Institute of Health’s “stepped up effort” to find more effective ways to treat and prevent…
Amy Berman, BS, RN, Kathrin Lozah, and Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN Abstract Elder mistreatment causes undue harm and suffering for the over 1.2 million Americans who are victims annually. Aging Life Care Managers are in an optimal position to help screen, detect, and intervene in this serious clinical syndrome. The 2015 White House Conference…
Nancy Berlinger, PhD The July 2015 White House Conference on Aging explored a range of important topics concerning how to structure and finance long-term care and related services to better meet the needs of our aging society. Missing from this policy-oriented agenda, and yet vital to effective policymaking in this area, was a deeper discussion…
