Events

Tuesday, September 23 · 7 – 8pm EDT

Rose Lehrman Arts Center

HACC Drive Harrisburg, PA 17110

State leaders, experts & community partners share how they are working to build a future where we can all thrive as we age.

Pennsylvania’s older adult population is growing rapidly. Currently, one in four Pennsylvanians are over age 60; in less than five years, this number will be one in three. To examine this shift and its impacts, public broadcasting stations WVIA and WITF partnered for a year-long initiative — with support from the PA Department of Aging and AllOne Foundation & Charities — called Aging Together in PA.

Aging Our Way, PA — the strategic 10-year plan designed to transform the infrastructure of supports for the Commonwealth’s older adults. Aging Together in PA is aimed at presenting programming to educate and inform about the challenges and opportunities of growing older — and drive discussion in communities.

In conclusion of this year-long initiative, WITF and WVIA are convening state leaders and experts to discuss how the Commonwealth and community partners are coming together to meet the needs of PA’s rapidly growing older adult population. We’ll look at how we can connect and improve services and supports to build a future where we can all thrive as we age.

The first panel, Designing PA’s Future: An Age-Friendly, Accessible, and Inclusive Commonwealth, will include:

· PA Department of Aging Secretary Jason Kavulich

· Governor Josh Shapiro’s Office of Policy and Planning Secretary Akbar Hossain

· PA Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh

· PA Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger

The second panel, Caring for the Commonwealth: Workforce, Families, and the Future will include to-be-determined panelists who advocate and support caregivers and someone who is a caregiver for a loved one.