FORUM: Passport to Independence: Battling the Leading Causes of Disability Among Seniors
June 10, 1999
At this forum the Alliance for Aging Research released a report on the economic and social costs of lost independence and identifies the four conditions that are the most common causes of disability and often trigger nursing home admission or dependent care in the home. These conditions are vision loss, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease and incontenance.
B>Date: June 10, 1999
Time: 9:45 am
Room: 608 Dirksen
- Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Iowa
- Senator John Breaux, Ranking Member, Louisiana
- Daniel P. Perry, Executive Director, Alliance for Aging Research
- Dr. Laurance Branch, Research Professor, Duke University Center on the Study of Aging and Human Development
- Dr. Terrie Wetle, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging
- Dr. Marcel Morrison Bogorad, Associate Director, Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program, National Institute of Health
- Dr. Lindsey Kerr, Green Mountain Urology
- Dr. Joan A. McGowan, Director, Musculoskeletal Diseases, National Institute of Arthritis and Muscoloskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of Health
- Dr. Steven Pratt, Cosmetic Surgery and Eye Center
Forum Publications
- Committee on Aging Print: 106-9