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Panel 1 – The Promise of Recent Research: Applications to Aging in Homes and Communities
- An Update on National and State Efforts to Reduce Falls among Older Adults
Kathleen Cameron, MPH
National Falls Prevention Resource Center, National Council on Aging, Arlington, VA
Areas of focus: fall prevention, healthy aging, chronic disease self-management.
- Towards Inclusive Housing for an Aging America
Jordana Maisel, PhD
Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, University at Buffalo, NY
Areas of focus: universal design, policy and planning related to inclusive housing design strategies and streetscape design.
- Refocusing Service Delivery Through the Lens of Person-Centered Care
Gretchen Alkema, PhD, LCSW
The SCAN Foundation, Long Beach, CA
Areas of focus: aging, health, mental health, and long-term care policy.
Panel 2 – Innovations from Public and Private Sector Programs: Lessons from the Field
- Pixels or Pictures: Viewing Fall Prevention through a Community Lens
Gretchen Swanson, DPT, MPH
Heart of Ida, Long Beach, CA
Areas of focus: evidence-based fall prevention programs, fall prevention coalitions and screening training, partnering with hospitals to address falls.
- The Role of Home Modifications in Supporting Aging in Place: National, State, and Local Innovations and Challenges
Jon Pynoos, PhD
University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA
Areas of focus: home assessment and modification, fall prevention, aging in place in the home and community, senior housing, planning, and policy.
- The Village Model: A Consumer Directed Approach to Promote Aging in Community
Carrie Graham, PhD
School of Public Health and Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Areas of focus: health services research, models that promote community living, the Village Model, California’s dual eligibles integrated care demonstration.
Panel 3 – What’s Next? Looking to the Future
- The Importance of Air Pollution for the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults
Jennifer Ailshire, PhD
University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA
Areas of focus: the connections between neighborhoods, health and aging.
- The Role of the Cilician in Older Adult Fall Prevention — CDC Perspective
Grant Baldwin, PhD, MPH
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Areas of focus: unintentional injury prevention, including older adult fall prevention and older adult mobility issues.
- The Prospects and Promises of New Technologies and Inovations to Support Aging in the Community
Lisa D’Ambrosio, PhD
MIT AgeLab, Cambridge, MA
Areas of focus: technology and its application for older adults, social aspects of aging.
- The Future Landscape of Aging Policy: Bicoastal Elites, Diversity and Disparities
Fernando Torres-Gil, PhD
Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Areas of focus: health and long-term care, disability, entitlement reform, and the politics of aging.
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Morton Kesten Summit History
This periodic event is endowed by a family member in memory of the late Morton Kesten, an executive of Colonial Penn Insurance Company at the time it was servicing AARP. The Morton Kesten Summit has historically been convened to address the needs of California’s increasing number of individuals aging in place.
To learn more about the last Summit, which was held at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology in 2014, click here.
To learn more about the annual Morton Kesten Universal Design Competition, click here.
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