Events
Current Events
The Virtual Matter of Balance falls prevention program is an evidence-based cognitive restructuring program that meets for 2 hours a week for 9 weeks. We focus on how we view falling, our fears of falling, and strategies for preventing a fall and invite participation in gentle exercises.
Enrollment in the Virtual Matter of Balance program requires a 9-week commitment and participation with your device camera on.
The Matter of Balance program will run from Monday, February 20 to Monday, April 24, from 3 pm to 5 pm.
There is no class Monday, March 13.
Join us for National Senior Health and Fitness Day! We will have vision and hearing screenings; fall risk assessments; fitness class demonstrations. We will also have Q&As with dietitians, pharmacists and insurance counselors and so much more! This event is Free and open to all. Sponsors include Arlington Neighborhood Village, Virginia Hospital Center and Arlington 55+ Programs.
Previous Events
The largest multidisciplinary research organization in the aging arena, the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), is currently accepting research abstracts for its 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting that will be held in Tampa, Florida from November 8 – 12 (https://www.gsa2023.org). You are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity for sharing your new scholarship with the meeting’s nearly 4,000 attendees. The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 9th, and you don’t need to be a GSA member to submit an abstract.
Mentoring and Career Development Technical Assistance Workshop
Where: Join Zoom Meeting; https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Come learn about the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Student Chapter.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2 – 3 pm.
Ballston 2nd floor
RSVP here
Free Pizza and drinks!
Dr. Eric Bubar & Dr. Cathy Elrod will be joining us to share their experience on:
- How virtual reality can be used in exercise for older adults.
- How falls prevention enhances optimal aging.
Learning Objectives:
- define and describe Post Acute Sequelae of Sars-CoV-2 (PASC).
- describe PASC management strategies.
- list and describe PASC-related self-advocacy strategies
Aging Research and Geriatric Rehabilitation. Time to retreat or to advance?
Presenter: Manuel Montero-Odasso, MD, PhD , FRCPC
Professor and Faculty Scholar
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Moderator: Patricia C. Heyn, Ph.D., FGSA, FACRM
Founding Director Center for Optimal Aging
Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Learning Objectives:
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- Upon completion, participants will be able to list and describe several different types of biomarkers that have been and can be used in combination for increased precision of measurement in ABI and TBI research.
- Upon completion participants will be able to discuss and describe several domains of brain injury research with enhanced findings when using multimodal biomarkers.
- Upon completion, participants will be able to discuss key preliminary findings of a scoping review of multimodal biomarkers in use with TBI and ABI research.
- Upon completion, participants will be able to describe information and potential research foci from a case series looking at symptoms and outcomes of Long-COVID patients with ADHD/concussion/TBI/substance misuse history
The MU speaker series was an evening of conversations exploring ageism, caretaking, economics, harsh realities, and boundless joy through the lens of Duty-Free. The inspiring documentary presented the bucket list adventure of a lifetime. When Rebecca lost her job at 75, Sian-Pierre asked her to think about everything she could never do while she was working. Their quest to fulfill that list brought all of us into the larger conversation about the very real hopes, fears, and challenges of aging optimally when your resources have all but disappeared.
Sian-Pierre Regis, son, director, and activist; Rebecca Danigelis, mother, adventurer, and activist; Marta Hill Gray, Director of Culpepper Gardens; Rita Wong, Marymount University Associate Vice-President of Research; and Ramsey Alwin, CEO of National Council on Aging, discussed the film, the important facts about aging and caregiving, and the impact it can make in this community.
Learning Objectives:
- identify at least 1 strategy to support racial/ethnic minority graduate students and early career researchers in academia
- identify methods to enhance the mentorship experience with rehabilitation researchers who identify as members of racial/ethnic minority groups
- describe strategies to support mentees who speak English as a second language.
- list strategies to identify a research topic/research mentor that aligns with your career progression
- identify which type of mentors are most helpful for attendees’ growth and development considering their career and personal values at a particular stage.
