White House Conference on Aging

The White House Conference on Aging^[1] (WHCoA) is a once-a-decade conference sponsored by the Executive Office of the President of the United States which makes policy recommendations to the president and Congress regarding the aged. The first of its kind, the goals of the conference are to promote the dignity, health and economic security of older Americans. It has been claimed that it is perhaps the best-known White House conference.^[2] The conference is held once a decade, with the most recent conference held in 2015, in preparation for the retirement of the baby boomer generation.