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Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Partners for Regional Geriatric Education Initiative
The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute is a partner institution in a three-year, $2.5 million grant received by the University of Rochester Medical Center that will create a significant geriatric educational initiative. Serving both rural and urban communities in the 17-county area of New York's Finger Lakes region, the program will focus on integrating geriatrics with primary care, educating caregivers and creating links with community-based supports and services.
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Register Now For Fall Workshops
Pain Management: Ouch! Why Does That Hurt and What To Do About It
Tuesday, October 20
2:00-4:30 p.m. 
Presenter:
Michael Costello, PT, DSc, OCS, MTC, Cayuga Medical Center
This workshop will cover the neurobiology of pain and its management. A continuum of normal pain to abnormal pain will be presented. Incorporating this information into the clinical decision making process for conditions such as chronic low back pain, osteoarthritis, whiplash associated disorder, fibromyalgia, and neurogenic pain will be explored. Michael Costello will focus on non-invasive pain management strategies that incorporate a bio-psycho-social approach. With greater knowledge, patients and practitioners may then select optimal strategies to manage painful conditions including a range of therapies to address the whole person in pain.
Aging and Religion Panel
Wednesday, November 4
2:00-4:30 p.m.
Presenters:
- Rev. Tim Dean, Director of Spiritual Care, Cayuga Medical Center
- Rev. Barbara E. Blom, Pastor, St. Pauls ELCA, and Bereavement Counselor, Hospicare and Palliative Care Services
- Deana Bodnar, PhD, Board Member, Namgyal Institute for Buddhist Studies
- Father Joe Marcoux, Pastor, St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church
Perspectives on aging and religion will be presented as seen through daily interactions with older people in various religious settings. Coping with loss and impermanence, addressing regret and disappointment, revealing and releasing tension and fear, moving from "why me to what's next?" and finding purpose, compassion and peace, are some of the topics that will be addressed.
Meaningful Activity for Aging Gracefully Monday, November 30 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Presenter:
Eleanor Leibson, OTR/L, PYT, DRS
Occupational Therapists look at the whole person, their many roles, values and challenges within particular contexts and environments to help live life to the fullest. Specializing in health and wellness and with dual certification in yoga teaching and yoga therapy, Eleanor Leibson will highlight the benefits of keeping active, thinking positively, eating healthy, relaxing properly, reminiscing/reflecting in the moment, breathing deeply, and finding one's passion.
For more information and to register, go to
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 Film Screening
MAGGIE GROWLS
Thursday, October 29
7:00-9:00 PM
Textor Hall, Room 102
Ithaca College
Free and open to the public. Discussion to follow.
"MAGGIE GROWLS is a documentary film portrait by Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater of the amazing, canny, lusty, charming and unstoppable Maggie Kuhn (1905-1995), who founded the Gray Panthers in 1970 after being forced to retire from a job she loved. Her outrage and determination fueled a political chain reaction that forever changed the lives of older Americans, repealing mandatory retirement laws and proving that "old" is not a dirty word... Maggie created one of the most potent social movements of the century - one that was committed to justice, peace and fairness to all, regardless of age."
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 Age-Friendly Ithaca and Tompkins County
Tompkins County and the City of Ithaca have officially been welcomed into the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities, an initiative of the World Health Organization intended to help municipalities prepare for rapid population aging.
The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute partnered with the Tompkins County Office for the Aging and other local human service organizations and government leaders to seek the designation. The county is home to more than 16,000 people age 60 and over, and that number will increase dramatically over the next two decades.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Harvest Moon Dance
Friday, November 13, 2015
6:30-8:30pm
Ithaca College
Emerson Suites in the Campus Center
You are cordially invited to join us for a night of music, dancing, refreshments and great conversation!
The Harvest Moon Dance is an annual intergenerational event where local seniors meet and interact with members of the Ithaca College Community.
Music by Mike Vitucci and The Immortal Jellyfish
Sponsored by Ithaca College's A.G.E.S. Student Organization
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