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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.
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.
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:
- define and describe Post Acute Sequelae of Sars-CoV-2 (PASC).
- describe PASC management strategies.
- list and describe PASC-related self-advocacy strategies
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