Social isolation and loneliness, significant issues on the rise, may represent a greater threat to public health than obesity and smoking. As AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson notes, loneliness and isolation are risk factors that “need to be discussed more openly and for which solutions must continue to be developed.”
Please join us as we convene key national and local community leaders, thought leaders, and change agents who will discuss the loneliness epidemic and innovative approaches to increasing social connectivity. Sharing key insights and best practices — together we will find ways to effectively collaborate and create meaningful change.
March 7th, 2019
8:30am – 1:30pm
Keynote Speaker:
Lisa Marsh Ryerson
President, AARP Foundation
Special Presentations by:
Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
Founder and President, The Foundation for Art and Healing
Donna Benton, PhD
Director, Caregiver Support Center, USC School of Gerontology
Fireside Chat with Los Angeles Public Health & Aging Leaders:
Laura Trejo, MSG, MPA
General Manager, Department of Aging
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Director, Department of Public Health
Debbie Innes-Gomberg, PhD
Deputy Director, Department of Mental Health
Louis B. Mayer Theater
MPTF Wasserman Campus
23388 Mulholland Drive
Woodland Hills, 91364
Enter facility at Gate 2
(Click link above for directions).
Due to limited space, event is by invitation only.
RSVP by February 22nd to:
Maureen Feldman
Director, Social Isolation Impact Project
818-876-1190 | maureen.feldman@mptf.com
