The institute of medicines ioms committee on the future health care workforce for older americans chaired by jack rowe was formed to probe these challenges and to set out a course of action that will improve our nations readiness to care for an aging population the committee conducted a. April 14 2008 retooling for an aging america building the healthcare workforce this recommendation is one of 14 and states all licensure certification and maintenance of certification for healthcare professionals should include demonstration of competence in care of older adults as a criterion background information given included the. Retooling for an aging america building the healthcare workforce a white paper regarding implementation of recommendation 42 of this institute of medicine report of april 14 2008 that all licensure certification and maintenance of certification for healthcare professionals should include demonstration of competence in care of older adults as a criterion. Retooling for an aging america building the health care workforce amazonde institute of medicine board on health care services committee on the future health care work bucher. Retooling for an aging america building the health care workforce the number of older adults in the united states will almost double be tween 2005 and 2030 and the nation is not prepared to meet their social and health care needs the baby boomer generation starts to turn 65 in 2011 which will create multiple challenges for the health care system for one the ma