Conference Program

THURSDAY, MARCH 23
Integrated Care Networks/
Business Acumen
TH219 A Delicate Balance: Statewide
Collaborative for Evidence-Based Programs
1:00 PM | Randolph 1 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
A statewide collaborative for evidence-based programs is
challenging in today’s changing health services environment.
Learn how reduced funding prompted aging network agencies,
public health, cooperative extension services and communitybased
organizations to collaborate on education and training for
patients, caregivers, direct-care workers, health professionals
and students.
Presenters: Dawn Contreras, PhD, Institute Director, Health and
Nutrition; Joan Ilardo, PhD, Director, Michigan Aging Education
Colla; both of Michigan State University, College of Human
Medicine; Karen McCloskey, MA, Arthritis Program Coordinator,
Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Angela Zell,
MPH, Project Coordinator, Office of Research, Michigan State
University, College of Human Medicine.
Symposium
Lifelong Learning,
Wellness & Engagement
TH221 Beyond Entertainment: Using Outcomes
and Innovation to Elevate Programming
1:00 PM | Michigan 2 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
Join us for this panel discussion about how wellness is evolving
for seniors. We’ll cover a wide range of topics spanning partnerships
for improving your programming to equipment that works.
We’ll talk about how to measure program success and software
options that might make your work life easier. Learn about options
that are budget friendly and attainable without capital investments.
Presenters: Bethany Garrity, MS, Director, National Institute for
Fitness and Sport (NIFS); Sara Kyle, MEd, PhD, Director of Operations,
Nicoya Health & Lifestyle Management; Jolene Moore, MEd,
MS, Corporate Director of Lifestyles, Vi Living; Kelly Stranburg, MEd,
EP-C, CSCS, Director of Vitality and Well-being, Sharon Towers.
1:00–2:30 PM
Symposium
TH223 Bureau of Sages: Incorporating Older
Adults Voices Into Meaningful Research
1:00 PM | Columbus IJ (East Tower, Gold Level)
The Bureau of Sages is a research advisory group aiming to
incorporate older adult voices into research. The symposium
will consist of a few of the advisory members presenting insights
from their experience in being part of the bureau. The project
evaluator and director will discuss the bureau to date and outline
steps moving forward. We will create a dialogue around the idea
of participatory research and the need to include older adults
that are typically excluded from research.
Presenters: Morna Brothers, MSW, MA, Social Services Worker,
Lieberman Center for Health and Rehabilitation; Amy Eisenstein,
PhD, Director of Research; both of CJE SeniorLife; Hailee Gibbons,
MS, PhD(c), Research Intern and Doctoral Candidate, CJE SeniorLife
and University of Illinois, Chicago.
Symposium
TH225 On Being an Aging Woman: A Conversation
1:00 PM | Crystal A (West Tower, Green Level)
Tapping into the lived experience of women of all ages provides
insights into the aging experience. Brief opening statements,
small group discussion and larger group conversation will create
a senses of community among participants. Critical gerontology
and feminist scholarship hold that critical knowledge is lost if we
do not hear from the people whose lives are affected by the
subjects we are studying. Each year this is one session where
our voices are heard with intensity and passion.
Presenters: Joan Ditzion, MSW, MA, Social Worker/Educator,
Founder and Co-Author of Our Bodies Ourselves; Connie Goldman,
MA, President, Connie Goldman Productions; Martha Holstein,
PhD, Writer/Trainer; Phyllis Mitzen, MSW, Consultant, Center of
LTC Reform, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group.
Mental Health
TH227 Developing an Interprofessional
Community-Based Research Team to
Promote Older Adult Health
1:00 PM | Michigan 1 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
A primary aim within the Healthy Brain, Healthy Mind Interprofessional
Research Collaborative is to develop a sustainable
interprofessional geriatric research infrastructure across the
state of Oklahoma. This presentation will highlight the challenges
of establishing a community-based research team and
outline steps to ensure success.
Presenters: Andrew Dentino, MD, FACP, AGSF, FGSA, Clinical
Director, OHAI Central Region, Professor and Vice Chairman,
University of Oklahoma Department of Geriatric Medicine; Keith
Kleszynski, PhD, Assistant Program Director, Oklahoma Healthy
Aging Initiative; Kristen Sirocco, PhD, Associate Professor, University
of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
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