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Aging News and Notes
MARCH 2015
Free Film Screening on LGBT Aging

"GEN SILENT"
Wed., March 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Gen Silent Trailer
Gen Silent Trailer
Textor Hall, Room 102, Ithaca College
Presented in partnership with the Ithaca College Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services

For more information visit this page or contact Teri Reinemann by email or 607-274-1607.
Workshop Series Starts March 5th

All workshops will be held at the Country Inn and Suites, on Route 96B just south of the College. Discount available if you register for all three! Descriptions and Registrations

Aging in Community: Research and Emerging Models
Thurs., March 5, 2:00-4:30 p.m.

Presenters: Mary Ann Erickson, Associate Professor, Ithaca College; Betsy Schermerhorn, Admissions Director, Kendal at Ithaca; Jim Quest, founding member, Love Living at Home in Ithaca


"safeTALK" Suicide Prevention
Wed., March 25, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Presenter: Lee Ellen Marvin, Director, Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service



Family Caregiving in Rural Communities
Thurs., April 23, 2:00-4:30 p.m.

Presenter: Deborah Monahan, Associate Dean of Research, Syracuse University
Please Take Our Palliative Care Survey!

A team of faculty and students of the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute is studying knowledge and attitudes regarding palliative care. Would you please consider taking our anonymous online survey? Absolutely no knowledge of palliative care is necessary to participate.

The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You can skip questions and/or withdraw from the study at any time.

Click here to take the survey 

 

Questions? Please contact Associate Professor Elizabeth J. Bergman, Ph.D. via email, or call 607-274-3859. THANKS!  

Register Now for Free HEALE Training for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

LGBT ELDERS (HEALE) CULTURAL COMPETENCY CURRICULUM
Wed., April 8, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

This full-day training will be held at Country Inn and Suites, 1100 Danby Road, in Ithaca, and is presented in partnership with the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center and the Ithaca College Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services. REGISTER HERE
HEALE Train the Trainer*
Thursday, April 9, 9:00 am-12:00 pm 

*Must attend the Wednesday training or prior HEALE full-day training. Limited to 6 participants.
Senior Living Expo: SAVE THE DATE!

Sat., April 18, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Ithaca High School Cafeteria

 
Speaker to Discuss Women's Sexuality 

Beth Montemurro, Ph.D., of Penn State-Abington, will give a presentation on "Deserving Desire: Heterosexual Women's Sexual Evolutions" on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in Textor 101 on the Ithaca College campus. Dr. Montemurro's most recent book is Deserving Desires: Women's Stories of Sexual Evolution (Rutgers U. Press, 2014). This event is cosponsored by the Ithaca College Department of Sociology and the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute. For more information or to request accommodations, please contact Rebecca Plante as soon as possible at rplante@ithaca.edu or 607-274-3311.
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