Could YOUR Parents Struggling in Silence? Save the Date: 9/14, 11:30-1pm
Please join Assembly Member Beall, Senator Liu, and experts from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Insight Center for a lunch discussion about what it really takes for seniors to get by in California. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, in partnership with the Insight Center, will be releasing the 2010 Elder Economic Security Standard Index, a county-specific measure of what it takes seniors to meet their basic needs.
We will present a new policy brief that provides updated data on the true cost of living for seniors in every county in California.
We will also spotlight innovative programs and policies that are helping seniors thrive in our communities, including the launch of the NCOA Economic Security Initiative demonstration in Los Angeles.
Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to epolk@insightcced.org by September 9th.
When: Tuesday, September 14 , 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m.
Where:State Capitol, Hearing Room 112
Please RSVP to epolk@insightcced.org.
Participants include:
- State Assembly Member Jim Beall Jr. (D-San Jose)
- State Senator Carol Liu
- Susie Smith, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
- D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- Diana Madoshi, California Alliance for Retired Americans
- Leane Marchese, ElderHelp of San Diego
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is one of the nation’s leading health policy research centers and the premier source of health policy information for California. UCLA CHPR improves the public’s health through high quality, objective, and evidence-based research and data that informs effective policymaking. UCLA CHPR is the home of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and is part of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and affiliated with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.