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2015 White House Conference on Aging

By rmorgan

The White House has announced the 2015 White House Conference on Aging. According to the announcement, Nora Super will be the Executive Director of the WHCOA.and “[t]he 2015 White House Conference on Aging is an opportunity to look ahead to the issues that will help shape the landscape for older Americans for the next decade.” The website for the conference, WhiteHouseConferenceOnAging.gov, is expected to be accessible by the end of the summer.

With the upcoming conference in mind, The Gerontologist  issued a call for papers (abstracts due May 15 and papers due August 15) which “contribute novel conceptual manuscripts that outline a vision of older adults’ economic and retirement security, health, caregiving, and social well-being for the decade ahead… [as well as] pragmatic papers that explore ways to ensure the modification and/or continuation of … programs for present and future generations…”