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Hill Day

Hill Day 2025

 

On April 3, 2025, ASA staff and member advocates headed to Capitol Hill to amplify key priorities impacting older Americans.

Hill Day 2025 focused on the following topics:
1) Protecting resources that support a rapidly growing aging population;
2) Expanding access to the full continuum of obesity care treatment for older adults.

 

Click here to explore ASA’s fact sheets on Prioritizing Obesity Care for Older Adults with key facts and policy recommendations to support this work.

Hill Day 2024

 

On May 1, 2024, the American Society on Aging coordinated a day of advocacy with and on behalf of Indigenous Elders in Washington, DC. We met with elected officials, staffers and committee support staff to advocate for better and more equitable access to healthcare and obesity care treatments.

We shared findings from a series of roundtable sessions ASA staff held in 2023. These conversations had 3 themes, each of which we have compiled into a fact sheet:

 

We will ask elected officials to:

  1. Provide nutritious & culturally appropriate foods in the Older Americans Act’s Title III and Title VI programs.
  2. Increase funding allocation for Indian Health Services (IHS) to allow for better access and culturally appropriate care.
  3. Ensure greater access and options for obesity care treatment.

 

Download the Fact Sheets:

 

  

Obesity Is a Chronic Condition for Indigenous Elders

  

Contributors to Obesity for Indigenous Elders

  

Range in Care Options for Indigenous Elders with Obesity

Additional resources around this topic from ASA partners: