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The College of St. Catherine's School of Health

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2008 Annual Conference

April 25, 2008
7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Aging and the Family…It’s all in the Genes!

Earle Brown Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center

7:30 a.m.
Registration, Contintental Breakfast, Exhibits & Networking
 
8:15
Welcome & Bloedow Scholarship Presentation
 
8:45
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Bradley Wilcox
The Genetic Epidemiology of Healthy Aging: Disentangling the Effects of Genes, Ethnicity & Environment
 
9:45
Break & Exhibits
 
10:15
Concurrent Breakout Sessions:
Counseling, Coaching & Connecting: Best Practices for Caregivers
Kathryn Ringham, MSW, MAL, LicSW
Promoting Family Involvement in Long-Term Care
Joseph Gaugler, PhD
What's Different about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Aging?
Catherine Croghan, MS, MPH, RN & Kelly Knochel, MSW
Asian Elder Care
Yorn Yan, Sunny Chanthanouvong, See Vue Lee & Cynthia Yang
Spiritual Health Within Families
Lynn Silva-Breen, MDiv
 
11:05
Concurrent Breakout Sessions:
Rural Issues in Caregiving
Sara Lassig, MA & Jan McCulloch, PhD
Collaborative Learning: An Innovative Look at Family Dementia Care
Faten Khoury, PhD & Carmen Graumann, MA
Gradparents New Role
Sharon Durken, MS
American Indian Elders: Hidden Aging
Margaret Moss, PhD
Stress Reduction & Caregiving: Mindfulness as a Path to Balance
Robin Whitebird, PhD
 
11:50
Lunch
 
12:10 p.m.
Kastenbaum Award
 
12:45
Lunch Speaker, Kari Berit
The Unexpected Caregiver
 
1:45
Dessert, Poster & Exchange Sessions, Exhibits & Networking
 
2:45
Concurrent Breakout Sessions:
Beyond Eligibility: Caregiving Assessement as a Sustaining Device
Rhonda Montgomery, PhD
Family Perception of Quality of Life in Adult Day Services
Patricia Shaber, PhD
Aging, Caregiving & Developmenta Disabilities
Marianne Reich & Anne Roehl
Kinship Care with African American Grandmothers as a Mental Health Invervention
Priscilla Gibson, PhD
 

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