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Minneapolis Area Senior Workers' Association
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St. Paul Senior Workers' Association present:
The 39th Annual
Fall Aging Conference
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Aging Family Style: Same Music, Different Dance
All of us work hard to help our loved ones, and those we serve in the community, grow old with grace, purpose and joy. This year the Fall Aging Conference will focus on some of the challenges you and your colleaagues encounter when caring for your patients/clients, and your own family members. The conference will offer in depth information allowing us to analyze aging and offer differenty types of care based on the needs of seniors today. There are many factors that impact how we care for the elderly and our goal is to help you professional caregivers, adjust to those changes in an effort to improve the quality of life for our aging population.
Guest Speakers:
Msgr. Charles Fahey, - sponsored by Above and Beyond - will be presenting on "Aging in a New Era".
Hendrik Hartog, Ph.D., - sponsored by Right at Home - will be presenting on "Compensation for Care: How Families
Once Worked for Pay".
Dr. Marc Agronin, - sponsored by VOA - is a board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist who will be presenting
on "How We Age: Problems and Potential."
Claudia Black, Ph.D., - sponsored by alleviaCARE - presenting on "Addictive Disorders: The Legacy of Trauma",
will describe how adverse childhood experiences and forms of abandonment create trauma within a family impacted
by addiction.
The Book Fair will be hosted by Barnes and Noble of Maplewood Mall. Please take time to visit the Book Fair during one of the breaks.
Registration:
Reminder - October 17th is the last day to register at Early Bird Discounted Rates for the Fall Aging Conference.
For questions about registration, contact Deb Valley at dvalley1@fairview.org or 952-885-6186.
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