2007 Calendar
November
15th: Alzheimer's Caregiving & the Creative Spirit. 5:30-7:00 pm Pennington 16.
The SAGE Consortium invites you to a special panel presentation with local experts who explore the challenge of providing care for a loved one who has Alzheimer’s. Symptoms, community resources, behavioral management strategies, creativity, and care for the caregiver will be discussed.
Panel Moderator: Karen Kopera-Frye, Ph.D.
Presenters:
Jeffrey N Gingold, M.D., Geriatrician
Jane Fisher, Ph.D., NV Caregiver Support Center
Jill Berryman, Sierra Arts Foundation
Kathy Welsh, Alzheimer’s Association of Northern NV
Steve Rubin, M.D., Geropsychiatrist
Please RSVP to gfenwick@unr.edu or call (775) 784-1324.
December
5th: SAGE Winter Social. 4:30-6:30pm, Mackay Science Room 105.
Join students from the Gerontology and Health Care Ethics programs, faculty and Gerontology club members. Mingle and snack on treats and have a fun time before finals.
2008 Calendar
April
16th: 2008 National Bereavement Teleconference - Living with Grief®: Children and Adolescents. TBA.
Will focus on the experience of grieving children and adolescents and the ways that hospice professionals, teachers and school administrators, grief counselors, funeral directors, and parents can best support these populations as they cope with loss and grief.
May
2nd: Celebration of Aging & Ethics - TBA
Graduation ceremony and poster presentation.