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Democrats
introduce Bill to address shortage of
Geriatric Care Providers
[Jan 21, 2009] House and Senate Democrats on
Thursday jointly introduced a bill intended
to address a shortage of providers in
geriatric medicine, the
Washington Times reports.
Ab
out
7,000 U.S. physicians, or about 1%, are
certified geriatricians, "even as the
population of older people is on track to
double by 2030," according to the
Times.
The bill, called the Retooling the Health
Care Workforce for an Aging America Act,
would expand education and training
opportunities in the fields of geriatrics
and long-term care for licensed health
professionals, direct care workers and
family caregivers.
Senate
Special Committee on Aging Chair
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), Sens. Blanche Lincoln
(D-Ark.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Rep. Jan
Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced the bill. A
vote on the legislation has not been
scheduled (Lengell,
Washington Times, 1/19).
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