On July 13, 2015, the 2015 White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) took place in Washington D.C. with AMDA President Naushira Pandya, MD, CMD, attending the once-a-decade event. During the conference health care workers, government officials, and advocates discussed various topics from retirement plans to new health care policies including an announcement on a proposal to make major changes to improve the care and safety in long-term care facilities or nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Other major goals the administration discussed in tandem with the conference included finding ways to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease by 2025 and developing a curriculum that health care workers can use to better care for patients with dementia.

More than 600 watch parties took place across the country and #WHCOA was a trending topic on social media throughout the day. During the conference President Obama remarked that “one of the best measures of a country is how it treats its older citizens.” 

In the months leading up to the event, the WHCOA had been collecting input and feedback from Americans about how to shape the aging policy landscape through a number of venues, including their website, social media, listening sessions with stakeholders and by hosting regional forums across the country including in Tampa, Florida, Phoenix, Arizona, Seattle, Washington, Cleveland, Ohio, and Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Pandya also participated on a panel during the first regional forum in Tampa, FL.