123STA T . 3 56 2 CON C UR R E NT RESO L UT I ONS — SE P T. 8, 2 0 0 9Code,c o n ce r n i n gsal es, ad v er t ise m ents, dis p la y s, and solicitations ont h e Capitol G ro u nds, as w ell as other restrictions applica b le to the Capitol Grounds, in connection with the event .A greed to August 5 , 20 0 9 . JOINTSE SSION Resolv e dbyth e H o u seo f Re pr ese n t a t i ves ( the S enate c oncur - rin g),T hat the two H ouses o f Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of R epresentatives on W ednesday, S eptember 9, 2009, at 8: 00 p.m., for the purpose of receiving such communication as the P resident of the U nited States shall be pleased to ma k e to them. Agreed to September 8, 2009. SENIO RCA RE G I V ING — RECOGNITION AN D S UP PORT Whereas 8,000 people in the United States turn 6 0 years old every day
Whereas an estimated 3 5,900,000 people, 1 2. 4 percent of the popu - lation, are 65 years of age and older; Whereas the United States population age 65 and older is e x pected to more than double in the next 50 years to 86, 7 00,000 in 2050; Whereas the 85 and older population is pro j ected to reach 9,600,000 in 2030 and double again to 20,900,000 in 2050; Whereas it is estimated that 4,500,000 people in the United States have Al z heimer ’ s disease today; Whereas it is estimated that number will increase to between 11,300,000 and 16,000,000 by 2050; Whereas 70 percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias live at home, and these individuals are examples of individuals who need assistance in their homes with their ‘ ‘activi- ties of daily living’’; Whereas currently over 25 percent of all seniors need some level of assistance with their ‘‘activities of daily living’’; Whereas in order to address the surging population of seniors who have significant needs for in-home care, the field of senior caregiving will continue to grow; Whereas there are an estimated 44,000,000 adults in the United States providing care to adult relatives or friends and an esti- mated 725,000 nonfamily private paid senior caregivers; Whereas both unpaid family caregivers and paid caregivers work together to serve the daily living needs of seniors who live in their own homes; Whereas the D epartment of L abor estimated that paid caregivers for the year 2006 worked a total of 835,000,000 hours, and the Sept.23, 2 0 0 9[H . Con . R e s . 5 9 ] Sept. 8 , 2009 [H. Con. Res. 17 9]
