Eldercare Workforce Alliance Congressional Briefing

Voices from the Field

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 12–1:30 pm

Voices from the Field: 
Caring for Older Adults
November 3, 2011 
12:00 - 1:30 PM

Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 562 

lunch will be served

 The Eldercare Workforce Alliance, a coalition of 28 organizations in aging, invites you to a congressional luncheon briefing on the importance of funding opportunities for health professionals and direct-care workers with specialized training in geriatrics.  The panel will discuss the importance of Medicaid and government funded programs that support interdisciplinary team care and family caregivers.

Strengthening the eldercare workforce will strengthen America’s economy. We must incorporate the need for a well-trained eldercare workforce into our job creation policies.  Drawing people into the fields of eldercare, including geriatrics and gerontology can generate jobs and address the need for quality care.

 

Speakers include:

Diana Espinosa

Deputy Associate Administrator and Director of the Office of Policy Coordination, Bureau of Health Professions at the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

 

Tom Genung

Family Caregiver Hastings, NE

 

Kelly Gessner

Direct-Care Worker Harrisburg, PA

 

Dr. Beverly Lunsford

George Washington University School of Nursing, Associate Research Professor Washington, DC

 

Dr. David Reuben

University of California at Los Angeles Chief, Division of Geriatrics Los Angeles, CA

 

Moderated by:

Dr. Sharon Brangman

SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY

 

Join us to hear from experienced professionals, a direct-care worker, and a family caregiver as they present on challenges we face as an aging nation and the opportunities for Congress to avert this crisis. 

 

RSVP by November 1 to cconnolly@eldercareworkforce.org.