The Challenge of Family Caregiving: What Needs to Be Done?

AARP Solutions Forum

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 9 am–12 pm

Prominent authors and experts discuss the difficulties faced by millions of family caregivers coping with our health and long-term services and supports (LTSS) systems. They will explore how public policies can more effectively address the needs of caregivers and provide insight on how health care professionals can improve support for family caregivers. Audience participation is encouraged. Join us!

Speakers

• Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs (Moderator)
• Howard Gleckman, Author of Caring for Our Parents, and Fellow, the Urban Institute.
• Jane Gross, Journalist and author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents--And Ourselves, and founder of the New York Times "The New Old Age" blog.
• Robert Kane, MD, Author of The Good Caregiver, and Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging, University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
• Carol Levine, Editor of Always on Call: When Illness Turns Families into Caregivers, and Director, Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund, New York.
• Suzanne Mintz, Author of A Family Caregiver Speaks Up: "It Doesn't Have to Be This Hard," and President and CEO, National Family Caregivers Association.
• Walter Mosley, Author of more than 34 books, including The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, a novel about family and aging.
• Peter Rabins, MD, MPH, Co-Author, The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer's Disease, Related Dementias and Memory Loss, and Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
• Jonathan Rauch, Author of "Letting Go of My Father;" Contributing Editor, National Journal and The Atlantic; and Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution.
• Gail Sheehy, Author of Passages in Caregiving: Turning Chaos into Confidence and author of over 15 other books, including Passages, and a contributer to Vanity Fair.
• Cheryl Woodson, MD, Author of To Survive Caregiving: A Daughter's Experience, A Doctor's Advice on Finding Hope, Help and Health," and Director, Woodson Center for Adult HealthCare.

The forum will be held at the Columbus Club, Union Station.

For those who cannot attend,this forum will be webcast. Click here for the webcast at 9AM on December 1.

Continental breakfast available at 8:30 AM. Forum starts at 9:00 AM. For more information, contact Cherri Thompson, 202-434-3883, chthompson@aarp.org.