Events
The 12th Annual Eckenhoff Lecture
is scheduled for October 29th from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Pritzker Auditorium of Northwestern Memorial Hospital located at 251 E. Huron, Chicago, IL. J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University will introduce this year’s speaker, Martha L. Twaddle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM. Dr. Twaddle, a nationally recognized expert in the field of palliative care, is the Chief Medical Officer for the Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, & the president of the board of directors of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She also serves on the National Institute of Health’s Pain and Palliative Care Board. This lecture series is made possible by the generous support of the Eckenhoff family. Click here to view invitation. Click here to view program.
Kartemquin Films
is thrilled to announce that their newly restored first film, Home for Life, will have a premiere screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday, November 10th at 8:00pm. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster for $9. The critically acclaimed documentary follows two new residents during their first months at the now closed Drexel Home for the Aged and illuminates issues surrounding our society's treatment of the elderly still relevant today. Additional information can be found online at www.kartemquin.com. Click here to view flyer. Medications too expensive?
Older adults needed for participation in a research study. Click here for more information.
Mondays, 12:30-1:30pm, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Lecture Series
Charles L. Bennett MD, PhD and Bonnie Spring, PhD are co-hosting an ongoing Lunchtime Lecture Series on Cancer Prevention and Control and Health Service Research. The series is open to the Northwestern community and takes place on Mondays from 12:30-1:30pm in the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Thursdays, 8:30-9:30am, Multidisciplinary Geriatrics Seminar Series
The Buehler Center hosts weekly seminars on clinical geriatrics issues where Northwestern faculty present topics of relevance to clinical geriatrics. The one hour seminar includes breakfast, and all are welcome to come.
Thursdays, 12-1pm, The Health Services Research and Policy Seminar Series
The seminars are video simulcast to: Weiboldt Hall 421, Hines VA Hospital and the ENH Center for Outcomes, Research and Education (CORE). Speakers address a variety of topics and methodologies in health services research, aging, quality of care and health policy. Contact Sharon Bledsoe to join the mailing list.
Medicare Part D Community Lectures
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society is conducting community lectures on the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.
see Community outreach for more information.
Past Events
Global Day of Pain
Joe Shega, MD presented a lecture entitled "Pain in Older Adults" as part of the Global Day of Pain. The lecture took take place on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, in the Pritzker Auditorium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. For more information please visit: International Association For The Study of Pain
July 12 - August 2, 2006, Vital Visionaries Program
The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum and Northwestern University hosted the Vital Visionaries Program. The program met every Wednesday from July 12th to August 2nd and gave the participants the opportunity to meet new friends, create artwork with a partner from a younger generation, and tour Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum for free
May 22, 2006, 1:00-4:30pm, Spring Aging Conference
The Buehler Center held a Spring Aging Conference on "The Best and Worst of Long Term Care" on May 22, 2006 from 1pm to 4pm at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Conference Center.
May 22, 2006, 10-2pm, Smart Aging Matters Spring Fair
The Buehler Center, with generous funding from the Smart Family Foundation, hosted an active aging fair themed "Smart Aging Matters" in the 3rd floor atrium of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Feinberg Pavilion on May 22, 2006 from 10am to 2pm.
April 26-29, 2006, Society for the Arts in Healthcare Annual International Conference
Society for the Arts in Healthcare presented its 15th Annual International Conference, "Vision + Voice: Charting the Course of Arts, Health and Medicine". It took place on April 26 – 29, 2006, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.
2006 Joint Conference of the National Council on the Aging and The American Society On Aging, March 16-19, 2006, Anaheim, CA
Theme: "Invest in Aging: Strengthening Families, Communities and Ourselves." The conference brought together a multidisciplinary group of more than 4,000 professionals, including researchers, practitioners, educators, business people and policymakers, to discuss the physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual aspects of aging.
February 28, 2006, 5:30-6:30pm, Memory & Aging - The Long and Short of It
The Streeterville Organization of Active Residents (SOAR) and the Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease Center presented this lecture by Sandra Weintraub, PhD, who has also presented at the Multidisciplinary Geriatrics Seminar Series. Memory decline is inevitable with aging but the fear of Alzheimer's disease can turn each moment of forgetting into a moment of panic. Dr. Weintraub explained what is normal and what is cause for concern. This free lecture will be held at the Searle Seminar Room in the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center.
Film: Balancing Act - Feb 3, 2006, 12 noon
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society proudly presented: Balancing Acts on Friday, February 3, at 12 noon in the Buehler Center Conference Room. This film is the life story of Chicago resident Man-Fong Tong, who was born in China and trained in the traditional Chinese art of acrobatics. First going abroad as a performer at age 15, he toured and performed across Europe in the 1930s, including for leaders of Nazi Germany. In Sweden, he met and married his wife, a Hungarian vaudeville performer of Jewish background. Spending the war years in Hungary, he was able to protect her and their two sons by sharing his Chinese citizenship. After the war, Mr. Tong performed in the U.S. but his wife and children were not allowed to leave Hungary. The family was separated for 10 years, until Mr. Tong was able to bring his family to the U.S. as well. Mr. Tong, now in his 90s, was present for the screening along with one of his sons.
Celia Berdes, MSPH, PhD spoke at Streeterville Community Meeting, Jan 31, 2006, 5:30pm
Buehler Center faculty member Celia Berdes, MSPH, PhD, along with Joyce Gallagher, Commissioner, Chicago Department on Aging, and Donna Pezzuto, Director of Innovative Programs, Council for Jewish Elderly spoke at the Winter 2006 Meeting of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents (SOAR) Condominium/Co-op Affairs Council on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. As part of the general theme, "The Quality of Living: What Should Buildings Do For Older Residents?", Dr. Berdes spoke specifically on Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs, living situations in which > 45-50% of residents are > 60 years old) and its relevance for the Streeterville community.
News
Whitney Witt, PhD, MPH to Present at 2006 World Parkinson's Congress and American Geriatrics Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr. Witt received a 2006 World Parkinson Congress Junior Scholar Award to present two works at the Congress' meeting in Washington, D.C., February 22-26: "Stress and Coping among Family Caregivers of Parkinson's Disease Patients" (with Lance Rintamaki, Frances Weaver, Seema Khan, et al.) and "The Experience of Stigma among People Living with Parkinson's Disease" (with Lance Rintamaki, Frances Weaver, et al.). Recently, Dr. Witt's abstract was accepted for presentation at the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting in May 3-7: "Exploring the Sources of Stress and Adjustment Strategies among Family Caregivers of Parkinson's Disease Patients."
Celia Berdes, PhD, MSPH, to Present at American Geriatrics Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting
Dr. Berdes had two abstracts accepted for presentation at the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting taking place in Chicago, May 3-7: "Comparing Nursing Home Residents' and Nurse's Aides' Perceptions of Person-Centered Care." (with Mary Ann Anichini, Monte J. Levinson, and Charles Lupo) and "Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Neurobehavioral Team Model for Long-Term Care." (with Monte J. Levinson (first author), John H. Halderman, Lydia R. Torrese, et al.).
Chih-Hung Chang, PhD to Present at 2006 ASCO Prostate Cancer Symposium, 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Urology Association and the VA HSR&D 2006 National Meeting
Dr. Chang presented a paper entitled "Prostate Cancer in Hispanics: An Emerging Focus in Patient Concern" (with Sheila Perry, Jessica Zagory, and Charles Bennett) at the 2006 VA's Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D) National Meeting, February 15-17, Arlington, VA. An expanded version has also been presented at a poster session at the 2006 ASCO Prostate Cancer Symposium, February 24-26, San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Chang is to present two papers: "Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence and Its Impact on Quality of Life in Medicare Beneficiaries" (with Christopher Gonzalez, Denys Lau, and Herbert Sier) and "Race/Ethnicity and Health Literacy Associated Variations in Quality of Life (QOL) Following Treatment for Veterans with Newly Diagnosed Localized Prostate Cancer (PCa )" (with Jessica Zagory (first author), Kenneth Carson, and Charles Bennett) at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Urology Association, May 20-25, Atlanta City, GA.
Alpha Care Award
The Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society and Horizon Hospice are pleased to announce the first Annual Alpha Care Award. The Award was given to Montgomery Place in recognition of innovations in end-of-life care. The Award was presented at the Buehler Center's Smart Aging Matters Spring Conference in May 2006. Montgomery Place received an award for display, and will be recognized in the Buehler Center's newsletter and other media.
To apply for recognition at our 2007 Conference, please submit an application describing the facility's innovative end-of-life care. If you have any questions, please contact Veronica Roman at v-roman@northwestern.edu or at 312-503-4351.
EPEC-O Partners with the Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care -Oncology (EPEC-O) Project and the Lance Armstrong Foundation have formed a national partnership to improve communication between health care professionals and cancer survivors. They will educate survivors and caregivers about cancer survivorship issues from the point of diagnosis through long-term treatment effects and end-of-life care and develop educational materials. For more information, please view the press release and the article in the Northwestern Observer.
EPEC-Long Term Care
Celia Berdes, PhD, MSPH, received a grant from the Retirement Research Foundation for a project called “Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care for Long-Term Care (EPEC-LTC)." View the press release and see Social and Behavioral Sciences for more information.
Linda Emanuel, MD PhD Receives Pellegrino Award
We are pleased to announce that Linda Emanuel, MD PhD was recently awarded the prestigious Edmund D. Pellegrino Award "for contributions to healthcare ethics in the selfless spirit of Edmund D. Pellegrino". In 1998 Dr. Pellegrino became the recipient of first lifetime achievement award granted by the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities where he was called "The Father of the American Bioethics Movement".