achived URL: http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=310462&

event website URL: http://aging.senate.gov/

start date and time: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:30 AM

end date and time: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM

categories:   health & wellness

event description:

video webcast -

The Senate Special Committee on Aging holds a hearing entitled "The Way Forward: An Update from the Alzheimer's Study Group." Herb Kohn (Democrat - Wisconsin) will chair the hearing.

The following witnesses will testify:

- Sandra Day O'Connor - Former Supreme Court Justice, Member of the Alzheimer's Study Group, Washington, DC

- Newt Gingrich - Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Co-Chair, Alzheimer's Study Group, Washington, DC

- Bob Kerrey - Former Senator (D-NE), President, The New School, Co-Chair, Alzheimer's Study Group, Washington, DC

- Maria Shriver - First Lady of California, caregiver and advocate, Sacramento, CA

- Larry Butcher -Chair, Board of Directors, Alzheimer's Community Care, West Palm Beach, FL

sponsor's website: http://aging.senate.gov/