27th Annual Summer Series on Aging

Date: June 21-23, 2010
Where: Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and SPA, Lexington, Kentucky
Date saver flyer (pdf format)

Keynote Presenter: Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN
Keynote address: "Transitional Care: An Innovative Care Delivery Model for Older Adults"

Dr. Naylor is the Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology and Director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Since 1990, Dr. Naylor has led a multidisciplinary program of research designed to improve the quality of care, decrease unnecessary hospitalizations and reduce health care costs for vulnerable, community-based elders. To date, Dr. Naylor and her research team have completed three National Institute of Nursing funded randomized clinical trials testing and refining the Transitional Care Model, an innovative approach to addressing the needs of high risk chronically-ill elders and their family caregivers. With the support of several foundations, her research team has recently partnered with a major insurance organization and health care plan to translate this model into the "real world" of clinical practice and promote its widespread adoption. An ongoing clinical trial funded by the Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Program at PENN and the National Institute on Aging has expanded testing of this model of care among hospitalized cognitively impaired elders and their caregivers. Additionally, Dr. Naylor and colleagues are engaged in a study funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Nursing Research that will examine over time the natural history of changes in health and quality of life among elders newly admitted to long term care settings or services. In the 1990s, Dr. Naylor co-led the establishment of a Program of All-Inclusive Care (PACE) at Penn's School of Nursing. Dr. Naylor also is the National Program Director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI). The primary goal of INQRI is to generate, disseminate and translate research that demonstrates nursing's contribution to the quality of patient care. In 2005, Dr. Naylor was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine (IOM), and currently is a member of the IOMs Roundtable for Evidence-Based Medicine.

Announcing a Special Multidisciplinary Post Session!

Emergency Planning and Preparedness Through the Continuum of Care
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
When: 2:00-5:00pm

Three full days of practical innovations, discoveries and best practices in aging. Some of the topics will include:

• Arthritis
• Caregiver Issues
• Dementia Care
• Elder Abuse
• End-of-Life
• Falls Prevention
• Health Promotion
• Innovations in Long Term Care
• Medication Update
• Mental Health
• Nutrition
• Spirituality
• The Aging Workforce

More to come!!!

Up to 20+ continuing education credits for a variety of professional disciplines will be offered for those attending all three days.

Sponsors:

• Invitation to sponsor (pdf)

Exhibitors:

Each exhibit space is one 6' x 30” table with linen, skirting and two chairs. Electricity is an additional $25. Please request access in advance. Contact Barbara Helm at (859) 257-8301, for more information and to reserve a space. Exhibit space is limited. Checks should be made to the UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. Please designate "Summer Series on Aging" on the check. We accept both MasterCard and Visa credit cards.

• Exhibitor Registration Form (pdf)

Address:

University of Kentucky
Ligon House, 658 South Limestone
Lexington, KY 40506-0442
Fax: (859) 323-4940

Barbara J. Helm
Conference Coordinator
(859) 257-8301

Melissa Tuttle
Conference Registrar
(859) 257-5179

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The University of Kentucky College of Public Health is proud to provide this annual forum for professionals to share the most current information in geriatrics and gerontology from a multidisciplinary perspective. When the Summer Series on Aging began in 1983, it was the only conference of its kind targeting professionals in aging. Today we have over 350 attending annually and continue to pursue the highest of educational goals. During three days of educational sessions, lectures and workshops, participants choose from topics on clinical issues, policy, technology, management, wellness, housing, healthcare, and service. The Summer Series on Aging provides innovative and practical information for professionals in service provision, nursing, social work, home health, recreation, pharmacy, case management, nutrition, law, religion, medicine, state and regional aging planning, senior centers, physical and occupational therapy, education and other professions in the field.

Upon completion of the Summer Series on Aging, participants will have the knowledge to: apply new and updated practical information in geriatrics and gerontology to their own specific professional responsibilities; describe new and innovative programs and services in the field of aging that are functioning effectively throughout the country and select concepts and/or processes appropriate for replication in other community or professional settings; and outline current initiatives and emerging issues in the field of aging and identify a network of speakers, participants, and programs as available resources.

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