Stanford Health 4 All (H4A) Seminar Series
H4A Seminars (August 2016)
- The Science of Healthy Living
- Community-Based Participatory Research to Promote Health Equity
- Current Topics and Controversies in Women's Health
- Planning and Public Health: How to Build Healthy Neighborhoods
- Environmental Health: How Chemical, Physical, and Biological Pollutants Affect Your Health
- From Data to Action: A Citizen Science Approach to Improving Community Health
- Integrated Care in the Field of Aging
- Stress, the Spice of Life
Integrated Care in the Field of Aging
Stanford Hospital
H4A Seminar: Integrated Care in the Field of Aging
Hosted by: Rita Ghatak, PhD, Director, Aging Adult Services/Geriatric Health, Stanford Health Care. More bio details here.
Date & Time: Saturday, August 13, 2016: 9am-1:15pm (with breaks for coffee/snacks)
Schedule: Half-day seminar runs from 9am-1:15pm and includes a morning break from 11-11:15am. The seminar presenter may need to change the break times, if needed.
Location: Li Ka Shing Center, room 120, Stanford School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. Note: the Li Ka Shing Center is identified as the Stanford Medical School on the hyperlinked map.
H4A seminar agenda: With the promise of increasing longevity, there is a great need for integrated care, planning, research, and education in the field of aging. This seminar will explore how prevention, current care models, advance care planning, disease-specific interventions, and community-based programs can enhance wellness for aging adults and adult children caring for their elders. This seminar will cover these specific topics:
- Physical and psychological correlates of aging
- Current care models (including a discussion of case studies)
- Advance care planning
- Chronic disease self-management through the life course
- Dementia management through the life course
- Technology solutions for aging in place
- Understanding the transposition of roles in families as elders age.
What will you learn: This seminar will share information on:
- The critical gaps in care for aging adults and adult children caring for their elders
- The key health care principles at play through the continuum of care
- Developing effective partnerships with community and academic organizations (as well as organizations from other sectors) to best serve aging adults and those that care for them
- Implementing key strategies for effective care models
- Developing collaborative employee health programs for those struggling with eldercare
- Designing innovative products for aging in place
- Effective models of knowledge dissemination and implementation for universities, hospitals, and communities.
Who should attend: This seminar will be useful to anyone who cares for or provides for an aging adult(s), is an aging adult, or is working in/has an interest in the field of aging and the continuum of care through the life course. Seminar content will be accessible and relevant to:
- Interested community members
- People working at non-profit community centers, medical centers, and government agencies
- Students (including medical students)
- Researchers and scholars working the field of aging or related fields.
Cost: Half-Day Seminar Rates:
- Stanford STAP eligible.
- Early Bird Rate = $250 USD (through July 30)
- Scholarship Rate = $250 USD (includes students, trainees, H4A alumni, Stanford employees (STAP eligible), SHPN members, URMs, government agencies, and non-profit community partners)
- Regular Rate = $375 USD
Additional guest speaker details to follow.
How to register: Please visit our Registration Page (note: you will be directed to another web platform for registration).