"The 21st Century Challenge: Providing and Paying for Long-Term Care" 5/21/2003
Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project, Washington, D.C.
This conference is the first in a series of events sponsored by the Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project. The purpose of the conference is to establish a debate about the financing of long-term care, with insight from caregivers, policymakers and researchers about the challenges of providing and paying for long-term care.
Opening Remarks
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Judy Feder, co-director, Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project; Karen Davenport, program officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Sheila Burke, co-director, Georgetown University Long-Term Care Financing Project.
Facing the Challenges: Perspectives of a Long-Term Caregiver
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Judy Woodruff, CNN Anchor and mother of a disabled son.
Panel Discussion: Overcoming the Obstacles
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Moderator: Susan Dentzer, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
How Could Long-Term Care be Provided? A Panel Discussion
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Chad Boult, Johns Hopkins University;
Catherine Hawes, Texas A&M;
Robyn Stone, Institute for the Future of Aging Services; and
William Kiernan, Institute for Community Inclusion.
Policy and Politics of Long-Term Care at the Federal Level
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Senator David Durenberger (R-Minn.), member of the U.S. Senate from 1978-1995.
Getting to a Better Long-Term Care System
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Overview: Bill Scanlon, General Accounting Office.
Panel Discussion: Ray Scheppach, National Governors Association; Julie James, Health Policy Alternatives; Stephen McConnell, Alzheimer’s Association; Carol Raphael, Visiting Nurse Service of NY; and Chip Kahn, American Federation of Hospitals and formerly of the Health Insurance Association of America.
Perspectives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Tom Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (invited)
Conference Wrap-Up and Closing
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Susan Dentzer, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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