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With its unique and complex health needs, the nation’s aging population warrants special attention. The IOM examines the health care needs of our older population, including the size and strength of the workforce and research that will be necessary as this population grows.

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From Molecules to Minds: Challenges for the 21st Century. Workshop Summary

Released: September 29, 2008
On June 25, 2008, the IOM Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted more than 70 of the leading neuroscientists in the world, for a workshop titled From Molecules to Minds: Challenges for the 21st Century. The objective of the workshop was to explore a set of common goals or “Grand Challenges” posed by participants that could inspire and rally both the scientific community and the public to consider the possibilities for neuroscience in the 21st century.

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Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce

Released: April 11, 2008
The Institute of Medicine charged the ad hoc Committee on the Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs. The resulting report, Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce, says that as the population of seniors grows to comprise approximately 20 percent of the U.S. population, they will face a health care workforce that is too small and critically unprepared to meet their health needs.

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