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Coming Soon: Full Program for the 2022 Age Boom Academy 

APPLY BY JUNE 30 HERE
SAMPLE SESSIONS AND CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Confirmed Speakers

Co-Host and Director of the Academy:
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH - geriatrician and public health leader


Co-Host of the Academy:
Bruce Shapiro - director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Journalism School

Anne Basting, MacArthur grantee and Creative Care innovator 
Susan Reinhard, AARP policy specialist 
John Schall, CEO of Caregiver Action Network
Paula Span, New Old Age NYT columnist 
Michelle Cottle, NYT editorial board member
and many, many others.

Noted journalists covering aging will assist in the training and include: 

Rich Eisenberg, MarketWatch “unretirement” columnist and former managing editor at Next Avenue
Chris Farrell, Public Media’s Marketplace
Kerry Hannon, senior columnist Yahoo Finance and New York Times contributor
Carol Hymowitz, former editor Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal
Julia Yarbough, founder, Keeping It Real Caregiving

Sample sessions under development
The Academy will be comprised primarily of four two-hour sessions during the times listed below; each will include a mix of panels, keynotes and story clinics. 

• Thursday, October 13, 11am-1pm ET | 8am-10am PST
• Friday, October 14, 11am-1pm ET | 8am-10am PST
• Thursday, October 20, 11am-1pm ET | 8am-10am PST
• Friday, October 21, 11am-1pm ET | 8am-10am PST
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Sample themes for these sessions include:

Preserving the Third Demographic Dividend, Extending Health Span: Public Health is Our Most Valuable Tool to Promote Healthy Longevity and Reduce the Caregiving Burden

Beyond 2022: The US Demographics of Caregiving 2032, 2042

The $500 Billion Question (The Economics)
- Where Employers Fit In: What Are Employers Doing to Retain Valuable Employees Forced to Moonlight as Informal Caregivers?
- Are Americans Factoring Caregiving Costs into Retirement Planning?

A Question of Equity
- Caregiving in Communities of Color and among People with Disabilities
- The Multifront Crisis of the Low-Income Caregiver

Care Squared: Caretaking Caregivers
- How Stress Gets Under the Skin and How this Impacts Healthy Aging of Caregivers
- Combating Loneliness and Isolation: Protecting the Mental Health of Caregivers

The Future is Home
- Intergenerational Housing
- Aging in Place and Community Medicaid

Interventions and Policy Showcase
- CreativeCare: The Time is Now for a Radical Change in Eldercare
- The Policy Toolkit for Structural Change: Workplace Flexibility, Universal Family Leave, Workforce Training, and Infrastructure; The Medicare We Need
Side Events
In addition to the above sessions, the following events are also planned.
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Date TBD
Fellow & Mentor Virtual Happy Hour & Speed Acquainting

Date TBD
Solutions Journalism 101 (optional training)
 
Date TBD
Virtual Roundtable and Mixer with Caregivers

With thanks to our funders
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