WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) will chair a hearing to focus on improving person-centered residential long-term care and outpatient health care for older Americans. Testimony will be given by medical professionals, policy and academic experts, family members and direct care workers dealing with health and long term care for older Americans.
What: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing: improving patient-centered
residential long-term care and outpatient health care for older Americans.
When: Wednesday, July 23, 10:30am
Where: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
Who: Panel I
William Thomas, MD, Professor, Erickson School of Aging Studies, University of Maryland and founder, Green House Model
Robert Jenkens, Director, Green House Project, NCB Capital Impact
Melinda Abrams, M.S., Assistant Vice President, Patient-Centered Primary Care, The Commonwealth Fund
Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Director, Care Transitions Program, University of Colorado
Panel II
Zoe Holland, Daughter of a former Green House resident, Lincoln, NE
Edna Hess, Shahbaz, Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra, PA
Diana White, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Institute on Aging, Portland State University Portland, OR
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What: Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing: improving patient-centered
residential long-term care and outpatient health care for older Americans.
When: Wednesday, July 23, 10:30am
Where: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562
Who: Panel I
William Thomas, MD, Professor, Erickson School of Aging Studies, University of Maryland and founder, Green House Model
Robert Jenkens, Director, Green House Project, NCB Capital Impact
Melinda Abrams, M.S., Assistant Vice President, Patient-Centered Primary Care, The Commonwealth Fund
Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Director, Care Transitions Program, University of Colorado
Panel II
Zoe Holland, Daughter of a former Green House resident, Lincoln, NE
Edna Hess, Shahbaz, Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra, PA
Diana White, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Institute on Aging, Portland State University Portland, OR
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