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"Successful Aging through the Life Span: Intergenerational Issues
in Health" will be the topic of the 14th Florence Cellar Gerontology
Conference, to be conducted October 7 at Executive Caterers at
Landerhaven Mayfield Heights.
The conference is co-sponsored by CWRU's Frances Payne Bolton
School of Nursing and the University Center on Aging and Health.
The day-long conference will bring together scholars and practitioners
in the community to examine ideas and activities for fostering
productive intergenerational aging and health.
Keynote speakers will be:
- Harry "Rick" Moody, executive director of
the Brookdale Intergenerational Longevity Center at Hunter College
in New York and author of Ethics in an Aging Society. He will
speak on "Successful Aging, Productive Aging and Conscious Aging:
Why Do Generations Need Each Other?"
- May Wykle, dean and Florence Cellar Professor
of Nursing at the Bolton School and director of the University
Center on Aging and Health, on "Challenging the Mystique of
Aging"
- Nancy Morrow-Howell, professor and chair of
the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington
University in St. Louis and author of Productive Aging, on "Productive
Engagement in Later Life: Maximizing the Potential"
Other speakers will be:
- Jerome Kowal, associate dean and professor
of geriatric medicine at the CWRU School of Medicine, on "I
Wish I Was 85 Again: Perceptions of Aging as Reflected in Humor."
- Armond D. Budish, attorney and partner in
the firm Budish & Solomon Ltd., on "New Legal Developments in
Long-Term Care."
- Peter J. Whitehouse, director of Integrated
Studies and professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the CWRU
School of Medicine on "Lessons Learned for Successful Aging."
In addition to these talks, the conference will feature morning
and afternoon workshops on a variety of topics ranging from "Successful
Aging in the Face of Chronic Disease" to "End of Life Care: What
is Hospice All About?"
Continuing education credits are available for physicians, nurses,
nursing home administrators, social workers and counselors and
psychologists.
For more information contact the University Center on Aging and
Health at 368-4945 or 368-2692.
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