Chiropractors participate in conference on aging


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December 2005

American Chiropractic Association members Steven P. Weiniger of Georgia and Ritch Miller of Nebraska joined delegates from across America earlier this month to participate in the 2005 White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA).

The WHCoA meets every 10 years to make recommendations to the President and Congress to help guide national aging policies for the next ten years and beyond.

Of 73 proposed resolutions, the ten most popular were recommendations to:

Reauthorize the Older Americans Act,
Develop a coordinated, comprehensive long-term care strategy,
Insure that older Americans have transportation options,
Strengthen and improve Medicaid,
Strengthen and improve Medicare,
Support geriatric education and training for all healthcare professionals paraprofessionals, health profession students and direct care Workers,
Promote innovative models of non-institutional long-term care,
Improve recognition, assessment, and treatment of mental illness and depression among older Americans,
Attain adequate numbers of geriatric-trained healthcare personnel,
Improve state- and local-based integrated delivery systems to meet 21stcentury standards.

The final WHCoA report will be submitted to the White House and made public in June, although brief summaries of the implementation strategies will be posted soon on www.whcoa.gov.

More information about national policies on aging and the conferences is available at www.gao.gov and www.whcoa.gov.

Source: Steven Weiniger, DC, Roswell, Ga.

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