Media Advisory

For Immediate Release
Friday, June 3, 2005
Contact: WHCoA Press Office: 301-443-2394

2005 WHCoA Executive Director to Participate in Massachusetts Governor’s Conference on Aging

Scott V. Nystrom, Executive Director of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA), will address the Massachusetts Governor’s Conference on Aging in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday, June 6, 2005. Dr. Nystrom will provide an update on the progress of the 2005 WHCoA, and will encourage Conference participants to be visionary and thoughtful as they deliberate on the issues of concern to current and future older citizens of Massachusetts. Input from the Conference will assist the WHCoA Policy Committee in planning for the WHCoA scheduled to occur on December 11 to 14, 2005 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 2006. Massachusetts’ 65 and over population numbers about 860,000 and has close to 2 million baby boomers who will soon reach retirement age.

When: Monday, June 6, 2005
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. (luncheon)

Where: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
415 Summer Street
Boston, MA

Contact: Moya Benoit Thompson
(301) 443-2394

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