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Financing Long-Term Care in Florida: Finding Ways to Meet the Challenge
Orlando, Fl
October 30, 2009
The meeting will focus on ways in which our state can meet the needs of persons with disabilities and elders who will need in-home or residential care in the years to come. As you know, Florida has the one of the largest populations of residents 65 years and older, and the number of seniors who are 85 and older is growing much faster than the national average. Assuring that these individuals receive the care they need in the location they choose will require significant changes in both financing and service delivery. Neither will be easy in these difficult economic times.
Long Term Health Care White Paper by Dr. Lynne Holt
Sanford “Sandy” Elsass, President, Ponce de Leon Risk Retention Group and Nancy Rehkamp, Principal, LarsonAllen LLP
Barbara Manard, Ph.D., Vice President, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
The Honorable Douglas Beach, Ph.D., Secretary, Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Alma Ballard, Executive Director Family Housing Management Company
John Paul Dalsimer, Resident, John Knox Village
Larry Polivka, Ph.D., Director, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, FSU
Beth Kidder, Bureau Chief, Medicaid Services, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
University in Crisis
The symposium was mentioned in the Alligator:
Panel provides insight on budget crisis
This important symposium was created by (and for) University of Florida students. Without their hard work and dedication, UF students would not have the opportunity to voice their opinions concerning UFs budget cuts. The hard work of Julie Hochsztein, Anuradha Pandey, Dan Frank, and Jessi Snyder made this symposium possible. This conference received gracious support from Dr. David Colburn, Cacciatore Catering, and the Reubin OD. Askew Institute on Politics and Society.
New "FORUM"
The Askew Institute in partnership with the Florida Humanities Council is please to present the FORUM presenting bold ideas from Florida's leaders. Please go to http://www.flahum.org/index.cfm/do/Media.Forum/Forum.htm to sign up to receive the issue.