Changing Aging

Family Caregiving and Technology - an essential collaboration when you look at demographic realities and people’s desires to live as independently and empowered as possible.

Next Wednesday, May 14th, in Washington, D.C., there’s going to be a great Congressional briefing led by the National Alliance for Caregiving.  It will be held from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in the Rayburn Office Building, Room B-339. 

Entitled “Technology to Support Family Caregiving,” speakers will include Ecumen’s Chief Operations Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategy and Operations Kathy Bakkenist, as well as:

- Gail Hunt, President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving.

- Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)

- Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

- Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)

- Carol Smith, RN, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center

- Sara J. Czaja, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

- Adam Darkins, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

- Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)

- Pramod Gaur, Ph.D., President Healthanywhere

- David L. Whitlinger, Continua and Intel Corporation

- Thomas Carey, Vice President Sales & Government Business WebMD Health Services

- Charles Hillman, PE, CEO, GrandCare Systems

- Kevin Sypniewski, CEO, AGIS Network

- Hal Chapel, CEO, Lotsa Helping Hands

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