(L-R)
Angel Luis Irene, Executive Director EOFULA Spanish Senior
Center, Tobey Dichter, CEO Generations Online, Mary Jane
Jones, Senior, Dr. Mark McClellan, CMS Administrator,
Tommy Thompson, HHS Secretary, Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary, James Firman, Chair, Access to Benefits
Coalition, Kathy Miller, Director of Home and Community
Services.
"We want seniors to get the full $1,200
credit for their medicines over the next 14 months. This
is real savings for seniors who need the most help," Secretary
Thompson said. "We need to work together and focus
on how communities can help seniors enroll in the program
so they don't leave this money on the table.
- HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson |
Hurricane
Jeanne Aftermath - Alabama, Atmore Senior Center |
The Administration
on Aging responds to the special needs of older disaster
victims.
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Evidence-Based
Prevention Program for the Elderly |
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in
collaboration with AoA, CDC, NIA and CMS, will be conducting
a special two-day training program this Fall on Evidence-Based
Prevention Program for the Elderly.
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HHS Works With Grassroots to Help Millions
of Medicare Beneficiaries See Savings With Drug Cards CMS and AOA Provides $3.95 Million in Awards to Local
Organizations
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today launched an unprecedented
public-private outreach effort with hundreds of community organizations
all across the nation to help millions of eligible seniors and
people with a disability begin saving on their prescription drugs
right away. (Off
Site)
Assistant Secretary for Aging, Josefina G. Carbonell, is Keynote
Speaker at Hispanic Health Fair
The Assistant Secretary for Aging was the kickoff speaker for
the Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day Hispanic Health Fair.
Celebra La Vida Con Salud-Informate, Aprende, Actua” (Celebrate
a Healthy Life-Be Informed, Learn and Act) was part of a two
day Hispanic festival at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing
New York, the site of the 1964/1965 World’s Fair. Organized
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, exhibitors
included representation from the Office of Minority Health, Food
and Drug Administration, National Institute of Health, Office
of the HIV/AIDS Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration,
the Administration on Aging, Office on Women’s Health and
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Assistant Secretary
of Aging was also on hand to greet and meet health fair participants.
For more information on the Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day
and Hispanic Fairs:
78 Year Old to Ride his Bike Cross-Country
W.J. “Bill” Anderson,
78, will ride his bike coast-to-coast from San Diego, California and head for
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
to raise awareness and support for Crossroads Mission in his
hometown, Yuma, Arizona.
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