Conference Program

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
WE267 Society of Trauma Nurses Geriatric
Trauma Special Interest Group
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 108
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Kai Bortz, MSN, RN-BC, CMSRN, CNC, Society of
Trauma Nurses, Lehigh Valley Health Network.
WE269 The Status of Geriatric Care in the
United States: America’s Need
for More Geriatricians
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 600
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Erin Van Landingham, MA, Grants and Contracts
Manager, Family Eldercare.
WE271 Using the Music and Memory Program
in a Dementia Activity Center
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 216
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenters: Neila Donovan, PhD, Associate Professor; Bonnie
Dupre, Undergraduate Honors Student; both of Louisiana State
University; Dana Territo, QDCP, Director of Services, Alzheimer‘s
Services of the Capital Area.
WE273 Vaginal Atrophy: Patient Concerns
and Treatment Preferences
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 419
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Courtney Hughes, PhD, MS, Senior Researcher, ReJuVey.
Diversity & Cultures of Aging
WE275 Community Engagement With
African-American Clergy: Faith-Based
Model for Culturally Competent Practices
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 314
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW, Department Head and
Professor, Department of Social Work, North Carolina State
University.
WE277 Differentials in Frailty and Injury Risk
by Race, Ethnicity and Nativity
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 301
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Alexis Howard, MA, Graduate Student, NORC at The
University of Chicago.
WE279 Exercise Behaviors Among African-American
Retirees: Identity and Motivation Factors
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 209
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: George Shaw, PT, MSPT, Licensed Physical Therapist/
Doctoral Candidate, Georgia State University.
WE281 Implementing Nutrition Education
Programs for Immigrant Asian American
and Pacific Islander Older Adults
Noon–1:30 PM
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 408
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenters: Annie Feng, MSW, SCSEP National Assistant; Eun Jeong
Lee, PhD, SCSEP National Director; both of National Asian Pacific
Center on Aging (NAPCA).
WE283 Influence of Mental Health Service
Structure on Perceptions and Utilization
by Puerto Rican Older Adults
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 505
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Daniel Velez Ortiz, PhD, Associate Professor, Michigan
State University.
WE285 Measuring Sexual Orientation Disclosure vs.
Concealment Across Age Groups
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 406
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Eddy Elmer, MA, PhD Student, Social Gerontology, Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam.
WE287 Older Lesbians’ Experiences With Home Care:
A National Qualitative Study
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 214
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Sandra Butler, PhD, MSW, Professor, University of Maine
School of Social Work.
WE289 Partnership for PCOR in
Aging and Disability Research
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 414
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenters: Amy Eisenstein, PhD, Director of Research; Nissa
Romanowski, MPH, Research Coordinator; both of CJE SeniorLife.
WE291 Self-Management of Diabetes
Among Older Latinos: The Role of
Written Care Plans and Self Efficacy
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 508
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Valentine Villa, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work
Director, Applied Gerontology Institute, UCLA School of Public
Health.
WE293 Smoking Among Older Sexual
Minority Women: Effects of Age
and Sexual Orientation
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 412
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Sarah Jen, MSW, PhC, Graduate Student, School of
Social Work, University of Washington School of Social Work.
WE295 The Voices of African American
Female Elders on Health
Noon | Riverside Center East, Board 119
(East Tower, Purple Level)
Presenter: Leslie Roundtree, DHSc, MBA, OTR/L, Chairperson,
Chicago State University.
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