health
National Hispanic Council on Aging
Urges Healthcare Reform and
Geriatrics Training for Health
Professionals as Older Americans
Reach 20% of Population
N
ational leaders meet in
Washington for the National
Hispanic Council on Aging
(NHCOA) conference Oct. 6-7 to urge
Congress to support healthcare reform
and address the growing need for
geriatric care as two of the nation’s
largest populations — baby boomers
and Hispanics — reach a critical level.
Congressional and local decision-
makers, experts and academic leaders
met for the National Hispanic Council
on Aging (NHCOA) conference,
“Working Together for a Common
Aging Agenda,” Oct. 6-7 at the Marriott
at Metro Center, 775 12th St. NW,
Washington.
http://www.nhcoa.org/conf/
The nation’s older population will
double by 2030 and make up 20% of all
Americans — 71.5 million people.
“By 2050, there will be 2 billion
older people in the world. That means training to diagnose and treat them, said in complex times. NHCOA is a resource
that for the first time in human history, Cruz. “That, coupled with a growing for those working with older adults and
older adults will outnumber the young. older population, highlights the urgent their caregivers. NHCOA works with
This is a total population shift, and soci- need to train them in geriatric care,” she U.S. legislators as they address health,
eties throughout the world will struggle said. “This is the tip of the iceberg of a economic security, education and civic
to support this dynamic change,” said huge public health challenge.” engagement, and housing policy —
Dr. Yanira Cruz, president and CEO of NHCOA is the premier national helping those leaders craft solutions of
NHCOA, organization dedicated to understanding benefit to all older adults, including the
http://nhcoa.org/president_ceo.php. the needs and securing the wellbeing of most rapidly-growing sector within that
“Resources, workforces, and services Hispanic older adults and their families. population, the Hispanic elderly (pro-
must accommodate the new reality.” Hispanics are the fastest-growing seg- jected at over 15 million by 2050).
Because older adults have specific ment of the U.S. population. Oct. 6, Congresswoman Lucille Roy-
health issues, healthcare professionals The conference focused on ensuring bal-Allard (CA-34), chair of the Con-
— beyond general practitioners — need that aging issues remain a high priority gressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force
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