Program & Registration
Program & Registration
The Program and Registration will be available on the Conference website in late May 2008.
Registration Fees
Full Conference Registration: $175
Single Day, Tuesday, 10/28: $90
Single Day, Wednesday, 10/29: $90
Single Day, Thursday, 10/30: $60
Student Registration: $125
Senior Registration (65+) $125
Late Registration Penalty
(add to above registration
fee if payment submitted
after October 7th): $40
The Full, Senior and Student Registration fees include admittance to all: presentations (plenary sessions, workshops, symposia, roundtables and poster session), as well as exhibits, and all scheduled meal functions over the 2 1/2 day Conference.
The Single Day Registration includes admittance to all presentations, exhibits, and scheduled meal functions for the particular day you choose to register for.
Conference Tracks
1. Livable, Senior Friendly Communities. A livable and senior-friendly community is dedicated to improving the lives of people of all ages, especially seniors. These communities promote social and economic security for all citizens; inspire intergenerational relations; encourage community planners to involve seniors and consider their needs and interests; affirm seniors’ efforts to live independently; and acknowledge the important role that families, friends, and neighbors play in the lives of seniors. Specifically, this track will highlight promising practices, tools, and case studies that can be used by advocates, groups, and communities in preparing for the aging of the population. The eight components of NC’s livable and senior-friendly framework make it possible for communities to ensure that seniors and others have opportunities to live healthy, wealthy, and wise!
2. Economy of Aging. The economy plays a large part in shaping the lives of older people, and the aging population has important impacts on the economy. This track will explore many different aspects of this dynamic relationship. Sessions might explore the changing nature of retirement and its timing, factors influencing retirement decisions of individuals, human resources management issues of an aging workforce, job training and employment opportunities for older adults, savings and investment dilemmas and strategies, the politics and economics of social security, and the challenges faced by economically disadvantaged adults. Older adults are one of the fastest-growing consumer markets, and the aging society offers numerous opportunities in the business sector. Products and services need to be adapted to this increasingly sophisticated market.
3. Healthy Aging. Health promotion and wellness services enhance the quality of life of many older adults. However, funders are increasingly demanding proof that health promotion programs help to achieve and maintain well-being. The sessions in this track will focus on health and wellness programs (including nutrition, physical activity, mental health, and others) that have been demonstrated to successfully improve or maintain the health of North Carolina's older adult population. This track will include a range of approaches in health and wellness programming, including the assessment of health conditions of older adults in the community, the effective use of resources and partnerships in program planning, evidence-based health promotion programming, methods for evaluation and maintenance, and innovative policy development and implementation of services.
4. Family, Intergenerational Relations and Caregiving. The family has often been called the backbone of our long-term care system since family members provide most of the care received by older adults. However, the "simple" act of family caregiving has become an increasingly complex and challenging task in today’s society. This track might present model programs and initiatives intended to support families as members care for each other; research that documents the psychosocial impacts of caregiving; descriptions of the dynamics of grandparents or older relatives raising grandchildren; or the relationship between caregiving roles and the workplace.
5. Gender, Race, and Class. As the population grows more diverse, the elderly population is becoming more racially and ethnically complex. The implications of gender, race and class on the life experiences of older adults are critical concerns related to the older adult population in North Carolina. Combined with advanced age, each of these factors increases the likelihood of health or social problems. This track will provide an opportunity to explore evidence and opportunities associated with these factors and implications for service design and outreach.
6. Elder Rights, Consumer Protection and Legal Issues. One of the primary challenges faced by the State is the development of a comprehensive system of elder rights offering a full array of supports for older persons to obtain help, solve disputes, exercise choice, be protected from mistreatment and maintain control over their lives. Such a comprehensive system includes both public and private resources involved in elderlaw, consumer protection, protective services, law enforcement, and guardianship. This track will address best practices in the various facets of elder rights.
7. Health and the Continuum of Care. The aging of the population has broad implications for the development of our systems of care, financing, and structure of health care, long term care services and supports. Health and the continuum of care is the sum of health, social, housing, transportation, and other supportive services needed by those with physical, mental, or cognitive limitations that compromise independent living. Presentations in this track will include public policy implications in addressing the acute and chronic conditions of an older population; promising best practices; measures to address improved quality; and the workforce implications associated with health care.
