Thirty Miami University Gerontology faculty, research staff, and graduate students will present at the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting in Austin, TX, November 13 - 17, 2019.
Graduate students from all divisions will present more than 140 oral sessions, poster presentations and art displays at the Graduate Research Forum Nov. 1.
We need more curious people in this field. When our curiosity is tapped that innovation starts to happen and we can see things a little bit differently. - Julie Kaminski, MGS '00
Nursing home residents and their families rely on social workers to help navigate the maze of decisions required to meet their often-changing health needs.
There are many kinds of dementias. Elizabeth 'Like' Lokon, founder and director of Opening Minds through Art (OMA) an award-winning, evidence-based art program for people with neurocognitive disorders uses dementia in plural form to convey the fact that it has many types.
As the number of people diagnosed with dementia increases and the search for effective treatments appears stymied, experts said that addressing future physicians attitudes has become more pressing.
In 2016, the Scripps leadership team began to envision a physical space to foster collaborative, interdisciplinary research and creation of innovative programs. Thanks to a lot of support and teamwork along the way, the Scripps Gerontology Center Collaboratory was completed in December of 2018.
The landscape of health and long-term care is shifting to better provide holistic person-centered and high-quality care for people of all ages. Age-friendly health systems and an increasing focus on the social determinants of health are manifestations of this shift.
