James Adams - Older Americans
Increasing patient care and access to medications as a way to tackle chronic disease is a vital consideration for the health of our senior generation.
I am an Officer of an organization that advocates for an increase in care with a focus on helping people at the individual level. As Americans live longer, we believe that care should focus more on the individual receiving care and not primarily on the system to which administers it.
Since patients by nature are from a wide variety of backgrounds with complex and unique health histories, the approach to care must focus on the individual. Such a focus would minimize health ca...
Source: PHRMA - June 30, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
James Adams
ChairmanBackground
Founded in 1990 by former Governor Mel Thomson and former State Senator George Lovejoy we are aA New Hampshire Corporation that is Non-Partisan, Non-Sectarian, Non-Profit.
Mission StatementOur Mission is to inform, educate and motivate New Hampshire taxpayers and to lobby the legislature on their behalf.
Values
Frugal, limited government that works efficiently within its constitutional authority.
Low taxes as a result of low spending.
Balanced budgets.
Local control on spending issues.
An informed, involved citizenry.
Accountability for our elected public servants.
Free market solutions.
Conversations ...
Source: PHRMA - June 30, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Rob Gundermann - Older Americans
Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is largely a disease of age. The longer a person lives the more likely they are to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In fact, almost half of those over age 85 have Alzheimer’s type dementia. As our natural lifespan increases the number of people with Alzheimer’s disease will increase as well. Couple this with the aging of America and the baby boomer generation reaching the age where Alzheimer’s typically strikes and a looming crisis begins to emerge. This dramatic increase of Alzheimer’s cases will substantially impact state and federal budgets if we d...
Source: PHRMA - June 30, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Rob Gundermann
Public Policy DirectorRob is a graduate of Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin where he majored in Public Policy Administration and began his political career with an internship in the office of a State Representative. Rob is currently the Public Policy Director of the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin where he has served for the past 15 years. The Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization that is specifically designed to provide a link to resources for people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias and Alzheimer’s caregivers. The Alliance mission is to help care...
Source: PHRMA - June 30, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Thair Phillips - Older Americans
We’ve all heard the statement, “50 is the new 40” or “60 is the new 50” or (any decade) is the new (previous decade minus 10). What these statements boil down to is the fact that we are healthier and living longer. New medicines, new treatments, earlier diagnosis and a healthier environment have all helped us live longer. But living longer isn’t better if our quality of life doesn’t let us enjoy those added years and the impact on the cost to the healthcare system can be enormous. Chronic disease is almost solely a product of living longer and has a huge impact on both the quality of life and cost.
Those who ...
Source: PHRMA - June 25, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Thair Phillips
PresidentAfter graduating with a degree in data processing Thair Phillips joined the Air Force and spent 8 years as a B-52 bombardier and a war planning specialist. After the Air Force he worked extensively in the computer field as a system developer, project manager, and formed his own business as a systems consultant. Later Mr. Phillips transitioned into the public policy arena where he served as the executive director of the National Subacute Care Association and then as the CEO of the nationwide Seniors Coalition. He now serves as RetireSafe’s President, an organization of 400,000 nationwide supporters dedicated to p...
Source: PHRMA - June 25, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
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Source: PHRMA - June 24, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Julie Source Type: news
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Source: PHRMA - June 20, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Jamesetta Smith - Older Americans
When I think of preventive care, I think of a person who enjoys life, however, when I think of acute care, I am reminded of a person who really does not care, a person who has no concerns of ever being sick. Many have the rationale that we all have to die with something. This is saying to me; do I choose, life, death, pain, suffering, surgery, therapy? There is no question for me; I choose LIFE.
My imagination would run away with me if I had not followed the steps which I did when I had symptoms which made me feel as if I was losing my mind and thinking death was my only alternative.
The experiences I had 5 years prior to ...
Source: PHRMA - June 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Jamesetta Smith
PresidentI was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana. I graduated from Oxford Business College in Chicago, Illinois. My marriage of 52 years produced 2 sons.
Diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus February 1986 at Mayo Clinic was a frightening experience for me which lead me to join a Lupus Support Group in Indiana. The Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. requested that I start a lupus support group in Arkansas after we moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas. This support group was started October 1993 and May 1995, we became a chapter.
The support group in Indiana gave me my life back and I wanted to do the same for ...
Source: PHRMA - June 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Paul Downey - Older Americans
The answer is a multi-pronged approach based on a very simple premise: healthy seniors live happier more productive lives and save tax dollars through reduced healthcare expenditures.
Essentially, mitigating risk factors comes down to education and providing access to building blocks of good health. The Medicines in Development for Older Americans report clearly shows the importance of educating seniors about the correlations of medication adherence to staying healthy and out of the hospital.
A great example is treatment for solvable conditions such as high cholesterol and the resulting impact on the serious, an...
Source: PHRMA - June 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Paul Downey
President and Chief Executive OfficerPaul Downey became President/CEO of Serving Seniors (formerly Senior Community Centers) in 1995 and has guided the agency’s innovative efforts to provide supportive services focused on keeping low-income seniors healthy and independent. Nutritious meals (breakfast and lunch) are provided 365 days per year to over 2,200 seniors at 10 sites in San Diego County.
Serving Seniors’ flagship facility, the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center, provides case management, healthcare utilizing the latest in wireless technology, mental healthcare, life-long learning and civic engagement...
Source: PHRMA - June 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Dorothy Leone-Glasser - Older Americans
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, (a division of U.S. Health and Human Services Department), the number of Americans who will suffer functional disability due to a chronic disease is expected to increase at least 300 percent by 2049. Currently, almost 75 percent of the elderly (age 65 and over) have at least one chronic illness and 50 percent have at least two chronic illnesses. Aging is an important marker of the accumulation of risks for chronic disease. A prevention- focused paradigm is necessary to break this trend.
Disease burden has continued to shift away from communicable to non-communica...
Source: PHRMA - June 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
Dorothy Leone-Glasser
President and CEODorothy Leone-Glasser, RPN, HHC, has lived with systemic lupus for over thirty-five years. As a result, she has overcome two forms of cancer, disabling arthritis, kidney failure, a coma, heart attack, and two strokes. During this time she graduated from a wheelchair to crutches to ultimately walking with her own two feet. Between the ages of 20 and 37, Dorothy received three death sentences imposed by her doctors. Today she is not only alive, but she is living well and paving the way to the future of wellness as President and CEO of the Advocates for Responsible Care (ARxC), a non-profit wellness and advoc...
Source: PHRMA - June 18, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
North Carolina State Grange - 340B
The North Carolina State Grange has been an advocate for rural North Carolina since 1929. We believe that all citizens should have access to quality healthcare that is affordable. We further believe that lower income individuals should receive financial assistance with acquiring needed medications. The 340B program enacted by Congress was intended to provide the necessary support for the vulnerable and uninsured to have access to medications. However, a study conducted by Avalere Health Alliance for Integrity and Reform 340B Coalition suggests that many hospitals enrolled in the 340B program may not be fulfilling the inten...
Source: PHRMA - June 17, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sabrina Source Type: news
