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Preparing for the Unthinkable
Evaluating U.S. Pandemic Preparedness:
Anticipating the Special Role of Home Care and Technology

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This Conference is presented before a live audience in a Congressional format. Testimony is presented to Trustees of the Caring Institute including:

Honorable Mel Levine, Chairman of the Caring Institute's Board of Directors, former Member of Congress from California
Honorable Harold 'Hal' Daub, Chairman of the Social Security Advisory Board, former Member of Congress from Nebraska and Mayor of Omaha
Honorable Mickey Edwards, former Member of Congress from Oklahoma
Honorable Peter N. Kyros, former Member of Congress from Maine
Honorable Ralph R. Harding, former Member of Congress from Idaho and former Director of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dr. Ruth Constant, EdD, MSN, CHCE, Chairman of the Board, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, President/Administrator, Beaumont, Port Arthur & Wichita Home Health
Mary Suther, Chairman, Foundation for Hospice and Homecare, former Chairman of the Board, NAHC, former CEO, VNA Dallas
Val J. Halamandaris, Founder and Executive Director, The Caring Institute, President, NAHC, former Counsel to the US Senate/House Committees on Aging

Part One: Exposition of the Problem
Both science and history support the conclusion that another pandemic is imminent. The only question is how severe it will be. Scientists are worried that the H5N1 virus carried by birds throughout the world is identical in its genetic structure to the virus of 1918 that claimed at least 40 million lives worldwide. The virus has been transmitted from birds to mammals and has infected human beings. As of yet, human-to-human transmission is not easily accomplished but some 200 people have contracted it, half of whom have died. The Federal government announced in March that the avian flu will arrive in the U.S. in 2006. The experts listed below will discuss the consensus of scientific opinion that another pandemic is imminent and that the only question is how sever it will be. They join scientists in worrying about the virus' ability to mutate, which would make human-to-human transmission easy. Some 90 million people will be affected and millions of deaths might occur causing the economy to grind to a halt. It would be like having Katrina hit all 50 states at once said one expert.

JOHN M. BARRY, Historian and Author of The Great Influenza, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane and Xavier Universities
How Study of the 1918 Flu Pandemic Can Help Us Plan for 2006
PETER MARGHELLA, CEM, FACCP, former Chief of Medical Plans and Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff, former Senior Medical Plans and Operations Officer/Office of the Secretary of Defense
Phase 3/0 Lessons Learned from Pandemic Influenza Planning
JOE D. WHITLEY, JD, Partner, Alston & Bird, LLP, former General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
Role of Government in Pandemic Preparedness
GEORGE A. KOENIG, JD, Alston & Bird, LLP, former Counsel to the General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
What is the Federal Government Doing to Prepare for a Pandemic?
MAURICE A. RAMIREZ, DO, CNS, CMRO, Educator, Author, ER Physician, Researcher, Founding Chair of the American Board of Disaster Medicine
Are We Ready? Are you Kidding?!
RICHARD F. REST, PhD, Professor, Director, Center for Bacterial Pathogenesis and Biodefense, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Director, Division of Postdoctoral Studies, Drexel University College of Medicine
Microbiological Research in Pandemic Preparedness

Part Two: A Search for Solutions: Home Care and Technology
Both home care and hospice will undoubtedly play a central role in combating a pandemic. The home care community played a vital role in the 1918 epidemic and will be essential in managing the coming pandemic. Major advances in technology offer effective ways of prevention and detection as well as helping personnel to care for those who become ill. Experts will discuss what home care and technology companies can do to prepare for this important role.
Experts include:

SHARON DEZZANI MARTIN, MSN, APRN, BC, Associate Professor of Nursing, Saint Joseph's College
Avian Flu: Should We Worry in Home Health Care?
HONORABLE TOMMY THOMPSON, former Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Former Governor, State of Wisconsin
The State of Health in America as we Plan for a Pandemic
BARBARA CITARELLA, RN, MS, CHCE, CHS-III , President, RBC Limited
Role of Home Care in Pandemic Preparedness

Registration fee: $400

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For questions, please call (202) 547-7424.