Media Advisory

For Immediate Release
Monday, August 1, 2005

Contact: WHCoA Press Office / 301-443-2394

2005 WHCoA To Participate In Tennessee Solutions Forum

Dorcas R. Hardy, 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) Policy Committee Chairman, has announced that Robert Blancato, Policy Committee member, and WHCoA Advisory Committee members Lupo Carlota and T. Bella Dinh-Zarr will participate at the Tennessee 2005 White House Conference on Aging Solutions Forum in Nashville, Tennessee on August 3, 2005.

The Policy Committee will hear recommendations from senior citizens, baby boomers and policymakers from Tennessee. This input will assist the Policy Committee in their planning for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, scheduled to occur December 11 to 14 in Washington, DC.

The mission of the WHCoA, which is held once a decade, is to report policy recommendations to the President and Congress which are designed to help guide national aging policies for the next ten years and beyond. Four previous White House Conferences on Aging have been held.

The 2005 WHCoA will focus on the interests of current and future seniors, including the 78 million baby boomers who will begin to turn 60 in January 2006. In 2000, 12.4 percent of the Tennessee’s population was age 65 and older. By 2025, that percentage is expected to increase to 20.3 percent.

When: Wednesday, August 3, 2005
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Where: Sheraton Downtown Hotel
623 Union Street
Nashville, TN

Contact: Charles Hewgley (615) 741-2056, Ext. 129

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