Event Information
Date:
Wednesday, June 4, 2024
Time:
TBD
Location:
KFF’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center (1330 G St NW, Washington, DC, 20005)
Virtual Live Stream (Link will be sent to virtual attendees before the event)
Cost:
TBD
Accommodations: American Sign Language (ASL) and live captioning (CART) will be provided for in-person and virtual attendees. Any additional accommodation requests can be made by emailing harkininstitute@drake.edu.
Event Summary
The 2025 Harkin Retirement Security Symposium will convene policy makers, researchers, and advocacy organizations working on long-term care policy. The program includes discussions on workplace policies, federal and state policies, caregiving experiences and their impact on retirement security, and financial planning for long-term care expenditures. The cost of care has nearly doubled from the early 2000s to 2024, both for at-home care and nursing home care. These costs are out of reach for everyone except the wealthiest households. Long-term care costs are internalized by caregiver families in some combination of the following: diminished or lost earned income, early retirement, direct caregiving expenditures, and mental and physical health issues. There are a variety of policy options to address this economic burden on families across the income distribution, which will be discussed as part of the program.
If you are interested in sponsoring the Symposium, contact Rayna Stoycheva at rayna.stoycheva@drake.edu.
Address: 2800 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311
Phone: (515) 271-3623
Email: harkininstitute@drake.edu
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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