On April 26, Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee addressed the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) at its spring policy conference. President Obama had just signed the Older Americans Act (OAA) reauthorization (P.L. 114-144) into law a week earlier—the culmination of a six-year effort. This is the major federal funding for the
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By Anne Montgomery Around the country, people at more than 600 “watch parties” gathered to tune into a livestream of the White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) [http://www.whitehouseconferenceonaging.gov] on Monday, July 13, 2015. Hosted by the White House in the East Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with an invited audience of about 200
By Joanne Lynn Very, very dysfunctional. You need evidence? Try these two tales. First, a remarkably illuminating piece of research was released on March 2 concerning the Meals on Wheels program (http://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/docs/default-source/News-Assets/mtam-full-report—march-2-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=6). The title was “More than a Meal,” and it showed that people who got warm meals home delivered by volunteers 5 days per
Program to Improve Eldercare 