Title: AGE READY A Vision for Aging Communities and Congregations: Successful Aging Conferences
1AGE READYA Vision for Aging Communities and
Congregations Successful Aging Conferences
Michael W. Parker, Ph.D. Scott Martin, MSW, VA
Hugh Lee, JD, UA William Scoggins, Ph.D. Daniel
Potts, MD, UA Regina Harrell, MD, UA Jamie Aten,
Ph.D., Wheaton College Gina McCaskill, MSW,
UA Richard M. Allman, MD, UAB October 1,
2012 345-430 Bryant Conference
Center University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama
FOR ANG
2Overview
- Aging Zeitgeist
- Successful Aging Conferences
- Recruiting congregations
- Developing Ongoing programs
- VA Scot Martin
- UA Elder Law clinic Hugh Lee
- Recruiting congregations W Scroggins
- Resources
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4- http//gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/42
/3/406.abstract - https//sites.google.com/site/agingchristiancommun
itycare/home
5Let us rise up and build Conference
Objectives
- to affirm and encourage elder leadership, work,
and volunteerism in all spheres of society - to provide to all (including disadvantaged)
groups state-of-the-art information from experts
about how to age successfully - to promote discussions between elderly and their
adult children about how to prepare for the next
season of life - to foster ongoing, ecumenical partnerships
between academic, medical and religious
organizations that bridge racial, class, and
educational barriers and result in effective
programs that operate efficiently through shared
resources
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14Table 1. Multidisciplinary faculty and workshop
topics
- FACULTY
- Rheumatologist
- Geriatric Psychiatrist
- Geriatrician
- Exercise Physiologist
- Oral historian/author
- Geriatric social worker
- Geriatric psychologist
- Story teller
- Health agencies
- Benefits advisors
- Pastor/Gerontologist
- Nurse Practitioner
- Geriatric Psychiatrist
- CPA
- Elder law attorney
- Geriatric dietician
- Neuropsychologist
- Preventive Medicine MD
- SAMPLE TOPIC(S)
- Living with arthritis
- Enhancing your memory
- How to talk with an MD
- Faithful fitness
- How to tell your story
- Caregiving resources
- When to stop driving
- Stories of active living
- free health screenings
- Maximizing benefits
- Aging successfully Gods way
- Home care/long term care
- Driving
- Financial planning/estates
- Legal Issues and Aging
- Faithful eating
- Competency and Dementia
- Successful Aging
15Alabama Town and Gown Model of Successful Aging
Improving Wellness by Avoiding disability and
disease Active engagement with life Maximizing
intellectual physical fitness Positive spiritual
development
Community-based, InterdisciplinaryIntergenerationa
l Conferences
Improved Health Outcomes Quality of Life
Ongoing Faith-Based Program Initiatives
16Resources/Links
- http//gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/42
/3/406.abstract - https//sites.google.com/site/agingchristiancommun
itycare/home - http//gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/content/42
/5/613.abstract - http//www.aging.uab.edu/SubChannel/Research/uab-s
tudy.aspx - http//cmha.ua.edu/
- http//www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/review/
code3948 - http//beesondivinity.com/assets/1346/beeson_magaz
ine_2012.pdf - www.cognitivedynamics.org.
- www.alzpocketguide.com.