Media Advisory

For Immediate Release
Friday, July 8, 2005
Contact: WHCoA Press Office: 301-443-2394

2005 WHCoA Policy Committee Members to Participate in Kansas Solutions Forum

Dorcas R. Hardy, Chairman of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) Policy Committee has announced that Policy Committee members Melvin Woods and Alejandro Aparicio, MD will participate in a WHCoA Solutions Forum held in Topeka, Kansas on July 13, 2005.

The Policy Committee will hear recommendations from senior citizens, baby boomers and policymakers from Kansas. 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 2006. In 2015, nearly 622,095 Kansans will be aged 60 or over with 50 percent being baby boomers.

When: Wednesday, July 13, 2005
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Where: Ramada Inn
420 SE 6th Avenue
Topeka, KS

Contact: Moya Benoit Thompson
(301) 443-2394

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