Ithaca College Gerontology Institute

Happy 25th Birthday to the Ithaca College/Longview Partnership!!!

Ithaca College and Longview partnership celebrates 25 years Ithaca College and Longview Senior Living Community celebrated the 25th anniversary of partnership through educational opportunities for both students of the college and residents of the community.

Huge congratulations to Lucy Walker, IC Aging Studies minor/OT major, for earning the 2024 Undergraduate Student Paper Award at the NY State Society on Aging annual scientific meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY. Lucy presented her research on wisdom conducted under the mentorship of Dr. Mary Ann Erickson.

Speaker highlights bias against larger-bodied individuals in long-term care The Ithacan Ithaca College School of Health Sciences and Human Performance

Speaker highlights bias against larger-bodied individuals in long-term care Jennifer Muniak, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Aging at the University of Rochester, gave a talk titled “One Size Fits None” on Sept. 5. The talk focused on widespread bias toward larger-bodied individuals in long-term care.

From our friends at Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc....

What a conference last week! We are excited to offer free access to the conference sessions on our YouTube channel. We have put together a playlist with all of the speakers from "Let's Talk About Health: Caring for Older Adults in Rural NY"
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3y0TJH3S4SoxW5emKZL5ELC62-Cwsnv0&si=l1l93vG217vO6nnR

Let us know what your favorite session was!


Co-Sponsored by:
Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc.
Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc.
Alzheimer's Association: Rochester, NY
FInger Lakes Geriatric Education Center
Ithaca College Gerontology Institute

Rural Health Conference May 2024 Virtual Conference sessions from "Let's Talk About Health: Caring for Older Adults in Rural NY" hosted on May 17, 2024. The event is co-sponsored and mad ava...

Session Highlight

We are excited to attend Friday's session on Depression in Older Adults with Carol Podgorski, PhD, MPH, LMFT from the University of Rochester.

She will present at the Rural Health Conference on this Friday at 9:40 AM. The best part of a virtual conference is the freedom to attend all day or select the sessions you need. Visit the FLGEC's website for more information.
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/medicine/geriatrics/flgec/rural-health-conference.aspx



Co-Sponsored by Alzheimer's Association: Rochester, NY, Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center, Ithaca College Gerontology Institute, Lifespan of Greater Rochester Inc., and Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc.

Of Course Challenge
If you are attending "Let's Talk About Health: Caring for Older Adults in Rural NY" on May 17th, join the challenge.

Dr. Bergman did, will you?

#RuralhealthNY Gerontologist Attending Conference -- are you? Let's Talk About Health: Caring for Older Adults 2024Registration & Information Available athttps://cvent.me/rL7bOQ

I am so lucky to work with two amazing students at IC ! Mullen and Lily are two young people I have no doubt will make a meaningful difference in the world.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/zhC2SmtZLQU?si=5ZdTLA6Q65xRPv5Z

Ithaca College Gerontology Institute

Jessica Valdez Taves is one of our amazing practicing Occupational Therapy faculty members.

Of Course I Know... Therapist at IC knows.....Attend the Let's Talk About Health: Caring for Older Adults in Rural NY

Check out one of our favorite gerontologists, Elizabeth Johnson Bergman. It's hard to catch her these days during her sabbatical but she is attending -- are you??

https://youtu.be/lW0VfSHAqiE

EB attending the conference