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Age Friendly Communities Symposium: Platforms for Equity, Health & Wellness


The Age-Friendly Communities Symposium brings together individuals from the Intermountain West to identify innovations and opportunities that will transform how neighborhoods, campuses, and health environments foster the independence, productivity, and wellbeing of older adults.

The virtual symposium, which will take place from Sept 22nd to Sept 23rd, is designed to convene national and regional experts and key community stakeholders to envision age-friendly futures through knowledge exchange, generating ideas and expanding networks.

The keynote address will be delivered by Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., a nationally and international recognized leading expert in the field of aging. Dr. Fulmer is also the President of The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, a national philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults.

Panelists will include Patricia M. D’Antonio (BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP is the Vice President of Policy and Professional Affairs for The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and a board-certified geriatric pharmacist), Mike Watson (Director of Livable Communities for AARP), and Joann M. Montepare, Ph.D. (Professor of Psychology and Director of the RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies at Lasell University).

To register, visit here!

For more information on the symposium, please download the event brochure here.

 

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