Media Advisories
HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging to Keynote 20th Anniversary
Celebration of Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Area Agency on Aging
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Contact: AoA Press Office
(202) 357-3507
HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell will deliver keynote remarks at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Area Agency on Aging in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Josefina G. Carbonell, HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging |
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
12:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET |
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Raymond F. Kravis Center for Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
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Background:
In addition to congratulating the Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Area Agency on Aging on its 20th Anniversary, Assistant Secretary Carbonell will address national efforts to help Americans live longer, healthier lives by streamlining access to long-term supports, ensuring high quality care and services, emphasizing prevention as a key to improved longevity, and advancing consumer direction and choice. Assistant Secretary Carbonell will also join in saluting Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Area Agency on Aging Chief Executive Officer Robert McFalls for his 30 years of leadership in the national aging network and will participate in a symbolic ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new building for the agency. For more information about the Administration on Aging, visit www.aoa.gov. More information about the Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Area Agency on Aging can be found at http://www.areaagency.org/
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The AoA is a Federal agency dedicated to policy development, planning and the delivery of supportive home and community-based services to older persons and their caregivers through the national aging network of state and local agencies on aging, tribal organizations, service providers and volunteers.
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