Master of Science in Aging & Health at Georgetown University

The first thing to know about 80-year-olds who shun retirement is that they are probably busier and cooler than you!

Why High-Powered People Are Working in Their 80s They joke that retirement is boring, but some acknowledge a deeper fear of becoming irrelevant if they quit.

Join our program director, Dr. Pamela Saunders, this Thursday, June 30th at 1pm ET for a virtual Clubhouse event "Age-Friendly Product Alliance - Advancing Brain Health". Dr. Saunders will talk about , , and approaches to language and communication with persons with . Join here: https://www.clubhouse.com/event/MdgZLQQK. The link is also in our bio.

Join our program director, Dr. Pamela Saunders, this Thursday, June 30th at 1pm ET for a virtual Clubhouse event "Age-Friendly Product Alliance - Advancing Brain Health". Dr. Saunders will talk about , , and approaches to language and communication with persons with . Join here:

🌎 Age-Friendly Product Alliance – Advancing Brain Health - Rethinking Aging Thursday, June 30 at 12:00pm CDT with Debbie Howard, Linda Sherman, Cindy Weinstein, Ilyse Veron, Michael Phillips, Pamela Saunders, Petra Niles, Steve Ewell, rick robinson. Follow our steps to better brain health (1-2pm ET) with educator advocates this awareness month. Michael Phillips and Ilyse Ve...

Professor Andrew Carle talks about how the Mirabella at ASU (Arizona State University) is a successful university-based retirement community (UBRC). See what he says in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the components of a successful UBRC:

At Arizona State, a Town-Gown Squabble With a Twist Some residents and undergraduates are annoyed by demands of “lifelong learners.”

In case you missed it - our Spring AGHL Seminar with Dr. Yogesh Shah is now available on our YouTube channel tinyurl.com/GUAGHL.

Dr. Shah discussed “Addressing Healthcare Disparities in Dementia Diagnosis through Innovative Collaborations between Faith-Based Communities and Health Care Communities”.

Dr. Shah is the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs for Broadlawns Medical Center .

This May we also welcomed the Class of 2020 back to the hilltop for their Commencement ceremony! Here is our program director Dr. Pamela Saunders with Richard Curley (AGHL ‘20) post-ceremony.

We also celebrate the following 2020 grads:
Michael Simms ‘20
Ann Oldenburg ‘20
Abigail Bailey ‘20
Pamela Ng ‘20

Great article!

Don't Joke About Old Age (It's Bad for Your Health) A new study suggests that negative attitudes about aging could increase risks of disease

Professor Andrew Carle spoke to McKnights Senior Living about the memory care design options at The Virginian and turning them into a national model of care. Professor Carle recently served as Executive Director of The Virginian.

Memory care design options could serve as national model: Andrew Carle After 25 years of designing memory care communities, Andrew Carle saw a chance to challenge old ways and take his design options to a new level he hopes will become a national model of care.

Professor Andrew Carle recently spoke on the Growing Older podcast about our senior living administration curriculum, university based retirement communities, technologies to address labor shortages and future strategies/new models of senior living. Tune in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-9-10-andrew-carle-on-senior-living-education/id1526891134?i=1000562071086&fbclid=IwAR18wqPfJrDXakwV4f1zaJNw7bvagAZWAF8DTkz5tru24qMbv0UJ-tJfL3U

Congratulations to the AGHL Class of 2022! On May 20th we had the pleasure of celebrating our newest class of graduates in-person:
Nephelie Andonyadis '21
Scott Foster '21
Ana Johnson '22
Lelia Reed '22
Katy Roberts '22
Amelia Smith '22
Zoe Byington '22

In AGHL 602 Senior Living Sales & Marketing, guest lecturers shared insights from the industry’s leading providers and partners. AGHL 602 is the only university course dedicated to advancing the marketing and sales skill set required of senior living executives and sales staff.

Huge congratulations to Georgetown M.S. in Aging & Health Professor Tara McMullen for publishing a special edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society! She was the first author on an assessment of the IMPACT Act of 2014, and also contributed to seven other papers in the journal.