National experts on social
security, healthcare, and aging will be featured participants at
seminar for journalists; 'Life in Older America' seminar to be held
Oct. 20-21
NEW YORK,
Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This year's debate over the future of
Social Security has highlighted the extent to which the aging of the
U.S. population is gaining increasing importance on the national
agenda. The looming retirement of the baby boom generation will have
a far-reaching impact not only on Social Security, but also on the
nation's health care system, economy, and social arrangements.
Because the connections between long-term demographic changes and
government policy can be complex, journalists attempting to inform
the public about those issues often find it difficult to gain access
to reliable information and synthesize it in a way that average
Americans can understand.
To help journalists learn more
about the aging of the population and its potential impact on U.S.
public policy, The Century Foundation is sponsoring a free seminar
called "Life in an Older America," which will feature some of the
country's leading experts on these issues. The event will be held at
the Grand Geneva Resort and Spa in Lake Geneva, Wis., Oct. 20 to 21.
It will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday evening with dinner, and go from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. This seminar is designed for national
and local reporters, producers, columnists, and editorial writers
who cover issues that will be affected by the aging of the
population. The Century Foundation will cover participant's room
costs and will reimburse for travel expenses.
Experts on aging-related policy
issues will provide participants the latest information and best
analysis of the issues and current state of the debate. They will
also address issues of concern to the participating journalists.
Seminar presenters will include Marilyn Moon, president of the
National Academy of Social Insurance and vice president and director
of the health program at American Institutes for Research; Henry
Aaron, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; Robert Friedland,
director of the Center on an Aging Society; and Teresa Ghilarducci,
director of the Higgins Labor Research Center at the University of
Notre Dame.
Among the topics to be explored
will be:
-- Demographic Trends in the U.S.
-- The future of Social Security
-- The Impact of an Aging
Population on the Workforce
-- Medicare, Long-term care and
The Future of the Nation's Health Care System
-- Politics and Public Opinion
To receive more information or to
register for this seminar, please contact Laurie Ahlrich at
agingseminar@tcf.org
or 212-452-7722. Interested journalists should register as soon as
possible, as space is limited.
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