Join the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging for a special day-long celebration of the Margaret Blenkner Research Institute’s 50 years of applied aging research
Margaret Blenkner Research Institute (MBRI) 50th Anniversary Conference
CELEBRATING THE PARTNERSHIP OF RESEARCH, PRACTICE, AND POLICY ON AGING
Friday, November 9, 2012 • 8:30am to 4:30pm
Bertram Inn & Conference Center, 600 North Aurora Road, Aurora, OH 44202-7107
A timely overview of issues in evidence-based care for practitioners, policy makers, and researchers, with presentations by national experts and MBRI researchers
5.5 continuing education contact hours are available for social workers, counselors, nurses and nursing home administrators.
Cost: $75. Student/senior discount rate: $40. Luncheon only: $35.
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SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
· Robert Applebaum, PhD, Professor and Director, Ohio Long Term Care Project, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University
· David Bass, PhD, Vice President for Research, Director, and Senior Research Scientist
· Salli Bollin, MSW, Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Association, Northwest Ohio Chapter
· Farida Ejaz, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
· Lynn Feinberg, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
· Robert J. Gitter, PhD, Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University
· Robyn Golden, LCSW, Director of Health and Aging, Rush University Medical Center
· Robert Hudson, PhD, Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Work, Boston University
· Katie Maslow, Scholar-in-Residence, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
· Heather Menne, PhD, Senior Research Scientist
· Carol Whitlatch, PhD, Assistant Director of Research and Senior Research Scientist
· Steven Zarit, PhD, Professor of Human Development and Head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
· Describe factors that influence successful development and sustained implementation of evidence-based programs in a community setting.
· Define how contributions made by researchers help translate findings to advance practice and public policy.
· Identify challenges of using research findings about persons with dementia and their family caregivers to inform policy at the state and federal levels.
· Verbally summarize the influence of an internationally renowned gerontologist to the field of geriatrics and gerontology.
· Have a verbal active exchange with leading experts in applied research, practice, and policy on aging.
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, an approved provider, designates this activity as meeting the criteria for 5.5 (five and one-half) contact hours to satisfy license renewal continuing education requirements for social workers (#RSX058195) and counselors (#RCX091001).
The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging has applied for 5.5 contact hours for nurses from the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
This program is approved for 5.5 BENHA contact hours for nursing home administrators.
Program attendance at 100% and completion of the evaluation form is required to receive continuing education contact hours.
Presenters and planners acknowledge no vested interest nor bias toward commercial products or support.
A limited number of guest rooms are available at the Bertram Inn for the conference rate of $109 + tax. Call 330.995.0200 for room reservations.
Need more information? Call 216.373.1686.
