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Meetings
The 2005 White House Conference
on Aging: A Vision Policy Committee Meeting
Josefina G. Carbonell Assistant Secretary
for Aging
AoA’s Strategic Priorities
in Action
- Improve older people’s access
to long-term supports
- Help older people stay active and
healthy
- Support family caregivers
- Protect consumers from abuse and
neglect
- Promote effective and responsive
management
Improve Older People’s Access
to Long-Term Care
- Aging and Disability Resource Center
Initiative
- Cash and Counseling Next Steps Initiative
- Partnership with NGA
- Partnership with NCSL
- Partnership with Federal Transit
Administration
- Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstration
Program
Help Older People Stay Active and
Healthy
- Evidence-Based Prevention Initiatives
- OAA Nutrition Program Consolidation
- You Can! Steps to Healthier Aging
Campaign
Support Family Caregivers
- National Family Caregiver Support
Program
-Reached out to 8 million caregivers
-Provided direct services to 500,000 caregivers
- Consumer outreach through Eldercare
Locator
Protect Consumers from Abuse and
Neglect
- Partnership with CMS on Nursing
Home Quality Initiative
- Resource Centers: Elder Abuse, Legal
Services, Pension Rights, Senior Medicare Patrol, LTC
Ombudsman
Promote Effective and Responsive
Management
- PART Score (49 to 81)
- National Outcomes Surveys
- Reduced Reporting Requirements
- Communication with Stakeholders
Vision for the White House Conference
on Aging
- Planning along the Lifespan
- Employment
- Environmental
- Health and Long-Term Living
- Social Engagement
- Marketplace
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