2020 Forum on Aging presented by Global Meals
Event Details
Forum on Aging is attended by hundreds of professionals from southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky. The two-day event provides up to 12 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for professionals in the fields of aging and disability services, making it one of the most popular conferences for social workers, nurses, nursing home administrators and activity professionals in our region.
Date
March 10 - 11, 2020
Location
Sharonville Convention Center11355 Chester Road
Cincinnati, OH 45246-4002
(513) 771-7744
Conference ContactAmy Leonhardt
Registration
Registration Fees
One Day - $95 (Tuesday or Wednesday)
Two Days - $160
Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon - $25 (Wednesday)
Payment Information
If you are paying by check, please make your check payable to:
Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio.
Forum on Aging
P.O. Box 706278
Cincinnati, OH 45270-6278
Single payment for multiple employees instructionsClick here for PDF on instructions
Registration closes Tuesday, March 3, 2020
CANCELLATION INFORMATION
Full refunds will be granted on cancellations received in writing (aleonhardt@help4seniors.org) by Monday, March 2, 2020. No refunds will be issued on cancellations received after this date. No phone registrations or phone cancellations will be accepted.
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
7:30 -- 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast, Networking and Exhibit Hall8:30 -- 11:30 a.m.3-hour Intensive Workshops11:30 -- 12:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch, Networking and Exhibit Hall12:30 -- 1:45 p.m.
Welcome & Opening Keynote
Impact of Physical, Mental, and Social Activity on Cognitive Aging
1:45 -- 2:00 p.m.Break 2:00 -- 4:00 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Workshops
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
7:30 -- 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast, Networking and Exhibit Hall8:30 -- 9:30 a.m.
Welcome & Keynote
Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
9:30 -- 9:45 a.m.Break9:45 -- 11:45 a.m.Concurrent Breakout Workshops11:45 -- 12:45 p.m. Buffet Lunch, Networking and Exhibit Hall
COA Annual Meeting and Awards1:00 -- 2:00 p.m.
Closing Keynote
If I had a Magic Wand…
2:00 -- 2:15 p.mBreak2:15 -- 4:15 p.m.Concurrent Breakout Workshops
Forum on Aging Keynotes
Tuesday Opening Keynote - Impact of Physical, Mental, and Social Activity on Cognitive Aging
Amy Jak, Ph.D.
Dr. Jak will explore the connection between lifestyle factors: such as exercise, cognitively stimulating activities and social connection on cognitive functioning and brain changes over time. She will provide detailed scientific support for the best ways to improve neurocognitive disorders and reduce risk for cognitive decline over time. This session will deliver an understanding of practical recommendations regarding use of physical activity, cognitively stimulating activities and other lifestyle factors to maintain or improve cognitive functioning.
Amy Jak, PhD is a clinical neuropsychologist specializing in disorders of aging as well as traumatic brain injury. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Miami University and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati. She is currently a staff neuropsychologist and Director of the Cognitive Rehabilitation Clinic at the VA San Diego Healthcare system where she provides neuropsychological assessments as well as psychoeducation and training in compensatory strategies to Veterans with mild cognitive disorders She is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Jak’s research interests are in cognitive aging and mild cognitive impairment. Her work has been funded by VA, DoD, NIA, and/or the Alzheimer’s Association since 2007.
Wednesday AM Keynote - Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
Greg O’Brien
Join veteran journalist Greg O’Brien for his talk about his internationally award-winning book, On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s. Mr. O’Brien lost his maternal grandfather, mother and paternal uncles to Alzheimer’s, and before his father’s death, his dad, too, was diagnosed with dementia. Now Alzheimer’s has come for O’Brien, diagnosed several years ago with Early Onset Alzheimer’s; (he also carried the Alzheimer’s marker gene, APOE-4.) On Pluto is the first book written by an investigative reporter embedded inside the mind of Alzheimer’s, chronicling the progression of his own disease.
Greg O’Brien is award-winning career journalist. He has more than 40 years of newspaper and magazine experience, regionally and nationally, as a writer, editor, investigative reporter, and publisher.
Over the years, O’Brien has contributed to many publications including : Huffington Post, Psychology Today, Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, The Arizona Republic, Runner’s World, Reader’s Digest, Boston Herald American, Boston Herald, Boston Metro, New York Metro, Philadelphia Metro, The Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston Irish Reporter, and Boston Magazine, in addition to contributions to National Public Radio (NPR), PBS/NOVA, and other national media, including CBS News, NBC news, and Fox News. O’Brien is the author/editor of several books, and over the years has published more than a dozen books by other authors.
O’Brien also is a board member of the distinguished UsAgainstAlzheimer’s in Washington, DC, is an advocate for the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund of Boston, and has served on the national Alzheimer’s Association Early Onset Advisory Board, headquartered in Chicago.
Wednesday Closing Keynote - If I had a Magic Wand…
Dawn Gross, MD, PhD
Join Dr. Gross for this keynote where she will teach us how to initiate and facilitate un-intimidating and highly productive advance care planning conversations.
What do a stethoscope and magic wand have in common? Both listen carefully to the heart. The first time Dr. Gross offered a magic wand, asking her terminally ill patient what they wished for, she was stunned to discover it was not to be cured. When caring for critically ill patients, fear can stop us from asking the questions that really matter. However, by breaking from the usual medical dialogue and simply asking what people wish, we may discover we have gifts to offer more powerful than any medicine or surgical procedure. Perhaps then, the stethoscope can become a wand. When auscultation reveals sacred stories as well as second heart sounds, providing healthcare centered on making wishes come true is nothing short of…magic.
Dawn Gross, MD. PhD. is a palliative medicine physician dedicated to transforming end-of-life conversations. Earning her BA from USC and a combined MD and PhD from Tufts University School of Medicine, Dawn completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Tufts, followed by fellowship training in Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant at Stanford and post-doctoral research at UCSF.
Considered a national thought leader on end-of -life care, her work has been featured in Science, JAMA and the New York Times. An invited speaker nationally and internationally, Dawn founded a first-of-its-kind live, call-in radio program, Dying To Talk, produced at San Francisco’s National Public Radio station.