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CLEVELAND:
Josefina G. Carbonell, assistant
secretary for aging at the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, will talk about her vision of the future in long term
care for seniors at
noon on
Friday,
May 9, 2008,
at The City Club of Cleveland.
Confirmed as
the assistant secretary in August 2001, Carbonell spent 30 years
in aging community service in Florida, where she led one of the
largest Latino community based long-term care organizations in the
nation that provides health, nutrition, transportation, adult-day
and personal care services through community partnerships, working
with volunteers and intergenerational programs.
Carbonell’s strategic vision centers upon
improving the capacity of the community-based Aging Network to
help older adults live and age with the highest quality of life
possible in their communities and to increase the health and
vitality of America’s elders by improving access to quality care,
emphasizing prevention for improved longevity and fostering
consumer choice.
Some of the Administration on Aging’s
accomplishments under Carbonell’s leadership are: mobilization of
the Aging Network in community education events and personalized
assistance to Medicare beneficiaries on the new benefits under
Medicare; broad-based efforts to modernize access to long-term
care through Aging and Disability Resource Centers;
community-based consumer use evidence-based chronic disease and
disability prevention programs; improved long-term care
partnerships among many organizations both public and private;
and, most recently, the 16th reauthorization of the Older
Americans Act.
Tickets are $18 for members and $30 for non-members. Lunch is
included. They can be purchased by calling The City Club at
216.621.0082
or visiting the website at
www.cityclub.org.
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