League of Women Voters Council of Metropolitan Area Leagues (CMAL)

Fall quarterly meeting on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

You’re invited to come for coffee, mini-orientation, information, sharing and discussion in the Shady Oak Room at Minnetonka City Hall.

The Graying of the Metropolitan area: What’s Ahead for Everyone

Our speaker is LaRhae Knatterud, Director, Aging Transformation for the Minnesota Deprtment of Human Services, where she has worked for 15 years.  She is chief staff for Aging 2030, a project to prepare the state for a permanent shift in the age of the population, beginning with the large baby boom generation that started turning 65 in 2011. 

Ms. Knatterud coordinates DHS efforts on long-term financing reform.  She has authored several legislative reports on matters such as long-term care and more recently preparing Minnesota for attending to clients with Alzheimer’s disease.