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8th Annual LMG Conference Focuses on Improving Care for the Nation's Elderly |
LONG BEACH, CA - May 24, 2010: Responding to a growing need in an aging society, concerned healthcare professionals recently gathered in Long Beach, California, to discuss creative approaches to better caring for America's expanding senior population.
"In two decades one of every five Americans will be 65 or older, and our job is to make sure that the healthcare community is well equipped to serve these older adults," said Dan Osterweil, MD, convener of the Leadership and Management in Geriatrics (LMG) Conference.
"If care for the elderly is to be more efficient and less costly, healthcare professionals need to hone their leadership and management skills; and that's what this conference was all about."
Now in its eighth year, the LMG Conference is sponsored by SCAN Health Plan in collaboration with the UCLA Academic Geriatric Resource Center and the California Geriatric Education Center. Unique in its setting and approach, the conference provides participants - physicians, nurses and allied health professionals - the opportunity to spend focused, highly interactive time with leaders in the field of geriatric medical management. Attendees work with colleagues and mentors in a retreat-like setting to refine individual action plans related to management or leadership issues they want to address at their worksite. When the conference ended, 24 of the 32 attendees committed to continue working one-on-one with a faculty mentor to implement and evaluate their action plans in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, adult day health centers, home health care and clinical training.
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Dr. Robert H. Binstock Receives the AGRC Distinguished Professor Award |
LOS ANGELES, CA - May 20, 2010: Robert H. Binstock, PhD received the 21st UCLA Academic Geriatric Resource Center (AGRC) Distinguished Professor award on May 20, 2010 from David B. Reuben, MD, chief of geriatrics and director of the AGRC. This award was in recognition of a long and significant career in the field of gerontology. Dr. Binstock is currently Professor of Aging, Health, and Society at Case Western Reserve University. He has served as president of the Gerontological Society of America, director of a White House Task Force on Older Americans, and chairman and member of a number of advisory panels to the United States government, state and local governments, and foundations. He is also a former Chair of the Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association. He has frequently testified before the U.S. Congress. He is presently a member of the MacArthur Foundation’s
Aging Society Network.
Professor Binstock presented his colloquium, Anti-Aging Medicine and Science: An Arena of Conflict and Profound Societal Implications on May 20, 2010. To view Dr.Binstock's presentation, please click here.
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The NEW GeroNet Goes Live |
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The massive reconstruction of the UCLA GeroNet website is completed. This effort led by the UCLA Academic Geriatric Resource Center (AGRC) is aimed at creating user-friendly accessibility to the wealth of health and aging resources at UCLA.
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Dr. Bruce Ferrell in the News |
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Bruce Ferrell, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was awarded the Philo W. Van Wagoner Chair, funded by a gift of $1,000,000 to The Regents of the University of California from the estate trust of the late Philo W. Van Wagoner. The Chair will have key roles in geriatrics education of medical students, resident trainees, geriatrics fellows, and practicing physicians. These include administrative functions such as organizing courses as well as direct teaching in clinical and classroom settings. In addition, the Chair may engage in related educational research.
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Why We Gain Weight As We Age |
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Why We Gain Weight As We Age | Link to NPR Article |
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