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2011 Spring Education Conference

Staying Healthy, Active and Involved in the Community:  Optimizing Your Resources

Committee Co-Chairs: Jane Marks and Patricia Alt
Contact Information:
Save the date:  June 22 – 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM   
Charlestown Conference Center

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Powerpoint Presentations

Please note: If you do not find slides posted for a particular presentation, this is because the speaker did not grant permission to post the slides or has not given the slides to MGA at this time.

Maintaining Quality of Life

  • Barbara Resnick (Note: this is a 42 MB file and may take a long time to download on slower connections)

Staying on Top of Your Health

Mental Health Needs: Meeting the Challenge

Reaching Out to the Community

Hot Topics
MGA Networking Breakfast

THE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGE: MEETING THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS

Presenters:
Sue Dollins, Executive Director, The Senior Connection
David Mohabbi, Regency Cab

APRIL 14, 2011
8:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

Easter Seals Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center
1420 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-588-8700

Please register in advance through email at marylandgerontologyassoc@yahoo.com

Please click here for the informational flyer.

Committee Co-Chairs: Marsha Ansel and Marie Ickrath
Contact Information: mansel@mcmha.org
Save the Date: April 14, 2011
Committee Description: The MGA Networking Breakfasts present innovative programs in the field of aging. The topics address models of service, service delivery, policy, and other updates and issues impacting older adults. The sessions allow time for networking with other professionals while enjoying breakfast refreshments. Locations are arranged to provide a range of opportunities to participate in the programs.
MGA/MDA Educational Forum

Work Opportunities for Seniors in a Slow Economic Recovery

Tuesday, October 5, 1 – 4 PM
UMBC Technology Center

Featured Speakers

  • Richard Johnson – Senior Fellow, Urban Institute
  • Paulette Francois – Deputy Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
  • Edward J. Fangman – Executive Liaison, Baltimore County Workforce Development Council
  • Emily Allen, Assistant National Director, AARP Foundation WorkSearch
  • Tony Sarmiento, Executive Director, Senior Service America

Registration is limited.  Download the flyer to register for this event. 

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MGA Fall Dementia Conference

Successful Transitions Along the Dementia Journey
October 26, 2010

Sheppard Pratt Conference Center
Towson, MD

Conference Faculty

  • Jacob Blumenthal, MD - Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Ann Morrison, PhD, RN, CS - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Carrie Perfetto, CRNP - Hopkins ElderPlus
  • Judah Ronch, PhD - The Erickson School, UMBC
  • Susan Smith, PhD, CRNP - Holy Cross Hospital
  • Ernestine Wright, MD - Stella Maris and Mercy Ridge
  • Carol Wynne, RN, CRNP - Alzheimer's Association
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You may register for this conference using the online registration website at http://dementiaconf2010.kintera.org OR by mailing in a registration form by October 15, 2010.
MGA Spring Education Conference

Destiny and Dignity: Achieving Harmony in Later Life
June 9, 2010

Key Note Speaker
Bob Levy, Retired Washington Post Columnist

Special Appearance by the writer and actress duo, Naomi Greenberg and Vivienne Shub

Conference Faculty

  • Sue Newhouse – Village at Home
  • Barbara Huston – Partners in Care
  • Deborah Chenoweth – Baltimore County Police
  • Danielle Doberman – Greater Baltimore Medical Center
  • Cathy Pascale – Office of the Attorney General

Conference Speakers and Presentations

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MGA presents U.S. Senator Ben Cardin

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act
Wednesday, September 8

10:00 AM
Vantage House

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Networking Breakfast and Lecture

April 13, 2010, 8:30 - 10:00 am

NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ALL AGES

Somerford Place, 8220 Snowden River Parkway, Columbia, MD

Sessions & Speakers:
Christy Bullman and Amy Cohen-Callow

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Dementia Conference

Dec. 3, 2009

LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE:
OPTIMIZE STRENGTHS/MAXIMIZE FUNCTION

Sheppard Pratt Conference Center

Sessions & Speakers:
The Alzheimer’s Study Group,   Robert J. Egge, V.P. of Public Policy and Advocacy, Alzheimer’s Association

How are Local Policies Effecting those with Alzheimer’s Disease, Mike Splaine, Alzheimer’s Association

Maximizing Functional Strengths through Careful Assessment and Motivation, Steven Vozzella, Copper Ridge and Beth Martin, PT, Copper Ridge

Meeting the Challenge of Multiple Comorbidites and Coordination of Care, Panel with James Richardson, MD; Chanel Agness, Pharm D; Marsden McGuire, MD

Driving and Dementia, Jan Crye, OTR/L Sinai Hospital

Families Coping with Young Onset Alzheimer’s, Carol Wynne, RN with panel of family members

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Maryland Gerontological Association Forum Series

November 3, 2009

Resilience and Creativity in Aging: The Realms of Silver

Location:
Keswick Library
700 West 40th Street, Baltimore Maryland

Speaker:
Anne Wyatt-Brown, PhD
Professor Emeritus, University of Florida
Co-Editor, Journal of Aging, the Humanities and Arts

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Networking Breakfast & Lecture

October 6, 2009

Integrating Mental Health Services into the Primary Care Setting

Location:
Easter Seals Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center
Silver Spring MD

Speaker:
Jennifer Pauk, LCSW-C, MPH

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The Maryland Gerontological Association 27th Annual Conference

June 3, 2009

Inform, Inspire, Advocate, Empower.
Making the Most of All Our Resources in Tough Times.

Charleston Retirement Community
Catonsville, Maryland

Keynote Address:
National Inititatives to Transform Health Care for Frail Elders
George A. Taler, MD

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Presentations

 Affordable Programs: Aging in Place The Warm House Model
Maryland Domestic Partnerships
What this means for older LGBT individuals and couples?
Hispanic Outreach Program (HOP) National Initialtives to Transform Health Care for Frail Elders
The Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP) & Catholic Charities Senior Housing Now What? Retirement Readiness & Retirement Risk
Maryland Domestic Partners Law: What It Is, What It Isn't    
Networking Breakfast

April 2, 2009

Inform, Inspire, Advocate, Empower.

Presentations

 Geriatric Pallative Care    

 
The Maryland Gerontological Association
Older Americans' Month Forum

May 5, 2009

Stage and Age: The Theater as Mirror of Life
Presented by Naomi Greenberg & Vivienne Shub

5 pm - 6:30 pm
Pikesville Senior Center
1301 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville, Maryland

The program is free to Maryland Gerontological Association members.
$10 for non-members (pay at the door – check or cash); $5 for people age 60 or older.

Please register in advance through email at marylandgerontologyassoc@yahoo.com

For questions call Bea Robbins at 410-550-0019
The Maryland Gerontological Association Annual Dementia Conference

December 4, 2008

Clinical, Policy, and Ethical Dilemmas in the Care of Persons with Dementia
Sheppard Pratt Conference Center
Economic Policy Summit for Aging Services

September 16, 2008

Speaker: Professor Joseph A. Gribbin, Ph.D.
Present issues concerning Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare and the related long-term health of the U.S. economy.
The Maryland Gerontological Association
26th Annual Conference

"Focus on Health: Knowledge is Power"

June 5th, 2008
Maryland Gerontological Association Baltimore, MD
 
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