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63rd AnnuAl Scientific MeetingThe Gerontological Society of America

November 19–23, 2010Hilton New Orleans Riverside | New Orleans, LA

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This Continuing educational activity is joint-sponsored by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Office of Continuing education and The Gerontological Society of America.

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World-renowned at what they do, top leaders in the gerontology community are making it their priority to be at gSA’s 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting. you should, too.

5 dynamic and engaging SpeakersAn impressive line-up of keynote speakers who will educate and inspire you in New Orleans.

6 Pre-conference WorkshopsLearn from world-renowned experts as they share their experiences, knowledge and insights in focused training.

15 educational SessionsQuality programming; select from over 500 scientific sessions to create the perfect schedule just for you.

16 Aging Means BusinessGain top-notch business acumen when it comes to the older consumer.

17 networkingMake connections. Build your know-how.

20 Awards New ideas. Breakthrough research. Top awards.

25 interest groupsCollaborate with others on a vital issue that you’re passionate about. Check out the many interest groups offered.

32 nolABe entertained in all that is New Orleans. Take a culinary journey. Experience the culture. Stay & Play.

letter from the PresidentDear Colleagues,

The Gerontological Society of America marks its 65th anniversary in 2010, and we invite you to celebrate with us at our Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans! As an attendee, you would be a valued participant in the observance of this milestone.

GSA prides itself on hosting the premiere venue for networking among gerontologists. Our meeting will attract approximately 3,500 professionals in the field of aging, and the program includes hundreds of symposia, papers, and posters—all featuring new scientific research presented for the first time.

This year’s theme is “Transitions of Care Across the Aging Continuum.” Many of the presentations will explore the significant health care, social, financial, and psychological transitions that older adults experience over their life course.

because we know this will be a memorable meeting, the schedule includes some memorable guests. Our Opening Session’s keynote speaker will be Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee from the U.S Administration on Aging, and a special anniversary-themed plenary session will include a performance by noted playwright, actor, and professor Anna Deavere Smith.

We look forward to seeing you in the crescent city!

Sincerely,

Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD GSA President

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friday, november 19

7:00am–7:00pm Conference Registration

8:00am–4:30pm Pre-conference Workshops

3:00pm–4:30pm Concurrent Scientific Session I

5:00pm–6:30pm Concurrent Scientific Session II

Saturday, november 20


7:00am–8:00am New Member Meet and Greet

7:00am–8:30am GSA Fellows Mentoring Program

8:00am–9:30am Concurrent Scientific Session III

8:00am–10:00am eSPO breakfast and Community Meeting

9:00am–4:00pm exhibit Hall Open

11:30am–12:30pm exhibit Hall break

12:30pm–2:00pm Concurrent Scientific Session IVSpecial Session: Theoretical Developments in Social Gerontology Award Presentation

2:30pm–4:00pm Concurrent Scientific Session VMentoring Consultancy, Session i

4:30pm–6:00pm Concurrent Scientific Session VISpecial Session: irving S. Wright Award of Distinction Lecture

5:00pm–6:30pm Task Force on Minority issues Award Presentation and Reception

6:30pm–8:00pm interest Group Meetings

6:30pm–8:00pm Fellows & international Reception

7:00pm–8:30pm eSPO Wine & Cheese/Fellows Meet the Students


8:00pm–9:30pm Humanities and the Arts Film

Sunday, november 21

6:00am–7:00am GSA Fun Walk & Run

7:00am–8:00am Memorial Service


8:00am–9:30am Concurrent Scientific Session VII


9:30am–10:00am exhibit break

1:30pm–3:00pm Concurrent Scientific Session VIII

3:00pm–3:30pm exhibit break

3:30pm–5:00pm Concurrent Scientific Session IXSpecial Session: Maxwell A. Pollack Award Lecture

5:15pm–6:45pm GSA business Meeting and Policy Forum

6:30pm–7:00pm Humanities and the Arts Committee Open Meeting



8:00pm–10:30pm Music & Food: What it Means to Love New Orleans

Please visit GSA’s web site for the latest schedule at www.geron.org/2010.

Joining us in New Orleans? Plan to arrive on Friday, November 19th in time for sessions that begin at 3:00 pm. If you’re attending a Pre-Conference Workshop, arriving on Thursday is best. Sessions occur through mid-day on Tuesday, November 23rd so plan to leave after 1:00 pm. Or better yet, stay after the meeting and take advantage of a special “Stay & Play” package!

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10:00am–11:30am Special Session: Kent and Kleemeier Award Lectures and Presentations

12:00pm–1:00pm Section Luncheons (Additional Fee for Lunch) (bS, bSS, HS, and SRPP) Special Session: Shock Award Presentation (bS Section)

Information subject to change.

6:30pm–8:00pm President’s Welcome Reception and exhibit Hall Opening

10:00am–11:30am President’s Opening Plenary Session Featuring Kathy Greenlee, JD

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Monday, november 22

7:00am–8:00am Campus Ambassadors Meeting


7:30am–9:00am Concurrent Scientific Session XMentoring Consultancy, Session ii


9:30am–11:00am Concurrent Scientific Session XISpecial Session: Margret M. baltes Award Lecture

11:00am–12:00pm exhibit Hall break

12:00pm–1:30pm Concurrent Scientific Session XIISpecial Session: Joseph T. Freeman Award Lecture

2:00pm–3:30pm Concurrent Scientific Session XIII

4:00pm–5:30pm Concurrent Scientific Session XIVSpecial Session: M. Powell Lawton Award Lecture

7:30pm–10:30pm Affiliate Group Receptions

tuesday, november 23

7:00am–10:00am Conference Registration

7:30am–9:00am Concurrent Scientific Session XV

7:30am–4:30pm Gerontologists Giving back Service event

9:15am–10:45am Concurrent Scientific Session XVI

11:00am–12:30pm Concurrent Scientific Session XVII

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6:00pm–8:00pm 65th Anniversary Celebration: An evening with Anna Deavere Smith

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Stay & PlayFirst-hand demonstration at the New Orleans School of Cooking. All-encompassing city tour. Southern elegance at two plantations. eco-journey aboard a pontoon.

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8:30am–4:30pm Aging Means business

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PresidentPeggye dilworth-Anderson, PhdUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Program Co-Chairtoni Miles, Md, PhdUniversity of Louisville

Program Co-Chair Mary Palmer, Phd, rnc, fAAnUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

behavioral and Social Sciences Program Chair david ekerdt, Phd University of Kansas

biological Sciences Program Chair gordon lithgow, Phd Buck Institute for Age Research

Health Sciences Program Chair cathy Alessi, MdVA Medical Center—University of California, Los Angeles

Social Research, Policy, and Practice Program Chairletha chadiha, Phd University of Michigan

emerging Scholar and Professional Organization Program Chair natalie leland, PhdBrown University

Association for Gerontology in Higher education Chaire. Ayn Welleford, PhdVirginia Commonwealth University

Humanities and the Arts “Ad Hoc” ChairAnne Basting, PhdUniversity of Wisconsin

Local Arrangements Chair S. Michal Jazwinski, Phd Tulane University Health Sciences Center

Continuing education Chair lorraine Pickrell Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC)

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President’s opening Plenary Session Saturday, November 20 | 10:00am–11:30am

GSA welcomes U.S. Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee, JD, as the keynote speaker for the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting’s Opening Session. Appointed by President Barack Obama last year as the fourth assistant secretary for aging at the Administration on Aging (AoA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); she

has over 11 years of experience advancing the health and independence of older persons and their families.

Greenlee oversees the Administration on Aging (AoA), the federal agency responsible for advancing the concerns and interests of older people and their caregivers. The AoA works with and through the Aging Services Network to promote the development of a comprehensive and coordinated system of home and community-based long-term care that is responsive to the needs and preferences of older people and their family caregivers.

For fiscal year 2010, the AoA budget was increased by $22 million to a total of $1.5 billion and includes additional money earmarked for spending on nutrition, home and community-based services, long-term care, and Native American programs. The agency plays an important role in addressing the health, prevention, long-term care, and civil rights needs of elderly individuals. Attend this stimulating session to hear more about the work of Greenlee and the AoA.

Sponsored by sanofi-aventis.

65th Anniversary celebration: An evening with Anna deavere SmithMonday, November 22 | 6:00pm–8:00pm

GSA will welcome playwright, actor, and professor Anna Deavere Smith for a special event commemorating the Society’s 65th anniversary. Preceded by a networking reception, Smith’s presentation will incorporate her original style of stage performance. It was described

as “a blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie” in a statement from the MacArthur Foundation, which awarded Smith one of its prestigious “genius grant” fellowships in 1996.

Looking at controversial events from multiple points of view, Smith combines the journalistic technique of interviewing her subjects with the art of interpreting their words through her work. Her most recent play, “Let Me Down Easy,” focused on health care and the resilience and vulnerability of the human body. During its development, Smith traveled to Rwanda to interview survivors of the genocide and to Uganda and South Africa to research the effects of the AIDS pandemic. She also interviewed victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Her latest book is “Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts.”

Interviewing subjects from all walks of life, Smith recreates their words in performance, transforming herself into an astonishing number of characters. Open to all meeting registrants. Additional tickets are available for purchase.

Supported by Gold Circle Partner: Sanofi Pasteur Inc.Silver Stars: Purdue Pharma L.P.

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The Gerontological Society of America’s new Give65 Campaign is a landmark fundraising initiative launched to commemorate the organization’s 65th anniversary. The Give65 Campaign is a first step toward building GSA for the next 65 years. All contributions will support the new GSA innovation Fund, which will be used to invest in the development of new programs, products, and services for members.

Learn more at www.geron.org/give65.

President’s Welcome receptionJoin us on Friday, November 19th at the President’s Welcome Reception and Exhibit Hall Opening. This first-rate event is a wonderful networking opportunity and a great way to meet others at the start of the meeting. See page 17 for more information!

Sponsored by McNeil Consumer Healthcare.


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Making your research count: Strategies for informing Minority Aging Policy: An niA translational conference to Promote the national research council’s recommendations for Minority Aging research 8:00am–4:30pm

In partnership with the Social Research, Policy, and Practice Section (SRPP) and the Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology

Supported by the NIH National Institute on Aging Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)

Reducing health disparities is a national goal and progress depends on the availability and continued expansion of a solid knowledge base that describes health disparities and analyzes the causal mechanisms that create and maintain the differences between groups in health outcomes. The purpose of this year’s RCMAR pre-conference workshop is to provide a forum for junior and senior faculty researchers to address nationally identified research recommendations in racial and ethnic differences in aging and late life.

In this workshop, RCMAR investigators will share examples of successful research on important policy relevant programs. Potential programs include: 1) linguistic access to services for limited English proficient older adults (LEP), 2) Alzheimer’s caregiver health, 3) pain and palliative care in older diverse populations, and 4) Native American elder health. The focus of this program will address National Research Council Recommendations for Minority Aging Research.

chair: Carmen R. Green, University of Michigan Medical School

faculty: Richard M. Allman, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Robert B. Blancato, Matz, Blancato & Associates, Inc; Barbara Cire, National Institute on Aging; Sara J. Czaja, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Lynda Flowers, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP); Janet C. Frank, RCMAR National Coordinating Center at UCLA; James S. Jackson, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; Jerry C. Johnson, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Paul Kleyman, New America Media; Peter A. Lichtenberg, Wayne State University; Spero M. Manson, University of Colorado, Denver; Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, UCLA School of Public Health; Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine; Pauline Sieverding, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Sidney M. Stahl, National Institute on Aging; Steven P. Wallace, PhD, RCMAR National Coordinating Center at UCLA; Robert Weech-Maldonado, The University of Alabama at Birmingham; John Wren, U.S. Administration on Aging; Cynthia Zubritsky, University of Pennsylvania

friday, november 19Pre-registration for all workshops is strongly suggested. On-site registration for these sessions will be on a first-come, first-served basis. All workshop fees are nonrefundable.

full-dAy WorkShoPGSA Member $155 GSA Student Member $110 Non-Member $190


Aging and disability resource centers as key facilitators in care transitions8:00am–12:00pm

ADRCs serve as single points of entry into the long-term care system for older adults and people with disabilities and are positioned to lead care transitions program efforts. This session will be a strategies-based conversation for how ADRCs can serve as key facilitators in care coordination and maximize opportunities for people to live in the community after hospital or facility discharge. It also introduces different models in care coordination and hospital discharge planning as well as their applications in several states. Texas will discuss how academic health centers can partner with ADRCs to improve transitional care for adults, reducing readmission rates and creating healthcare savings. Massachusetts will discuss their experiences in putting a care transitions model into practice and tracking its effectiveness. North Carolina will speak about how partnerships among organizations, programs and consumers at both the state and community levels can support an infrastructure of services designed to successfully integrate individuals back into their communities following hospital discharges.

Attendees will learn about ADRC functions and their work with care transitions coordination; outline and brainstorm new opportunities and partnerships for ADRCs in care transitions; discuss relationship strategies between ADRCs and other care transitions entities such as institutional providers and payers; evaluate models and practices of care transitions programs; learn about preliminary findings; and analyze how ADRC care transition programs can potentially conduct robust evaluations.

chair: Joseph Lugo, Administration on Aging

faculty: Lisa Alecxih, The Lewin Group; Heather Altman, Carol Woods Retirement Community; Deborah Ellis, Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services; Heather Johnson, Independent Consultant to Massachusetts and Vermont ADRCs; Alan B. Stevens, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

developing and implementing research on lgBt older Adult Populations8:00am–12:00pm

In partnership with the Rainbow Research Interest Group

Research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults has been scattered, although interest in this population is growing. This half-day training will offer an opportunity to identify key data sets that can provide crucial information, as well as an overview of some important recent data (e.g., Outing Age, the Movement Advancement Project Research on LGBT Older Adults, the Williams Institute LGBT Poverty Report). An overview of the recently funded National Technical Assistance Resource Center for LGBT Aging and Long Term Care, and the existing LGBT aging services network will also be discussed.

chairs: Serena Worthington, Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE); Samjen Frazier, Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)

Mixed Methods for evaluating educational interventions in Support of evidence Based Practices 8:00am–12:00pm

In partnership with the Research, Education, and Practice Committee

Supported by Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS-HRSA-BHPr)

Understanding the relationships between educational interventions, knowledge or competency gain, and subsequent Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) is important to geriatric education evaluation planning. Representatives from the National Training and Coordination Collaborative (NTACC) and Geriatric Education Center (GEC) network will be discussing examples of educational interventions and their assessments, specific to diabetes care and preventing falls among older adults. An interdisciplinary diabetes management program and evaluation from the Eastern Pennsylvania-Delaware Geriatric Education Center will be highlighted.

While examining the empirical and field evidence for educational interventions in clinical settings is important, it is also necessary to understand how these studies can inform local evaluation planning. In discussion groups, attendees will examine components and place them into program and evaluation cycles. The role of project partners and sustaining their commitment for EBP projects will be discussed. The role of contextual factors in evaluation planning will also be explored.

chair: Julianne Manchester, Case Western Reserve University at Metro Health

faculty: Christine Arenson, Thomas Jefferson University; Karen F. Bowman, Case Western Reserve University; Elyse A. Perweiler, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging; Julia H. Rose, Case Western Reserve University; Joan Weiss, DHHS-HRSA-BHPr

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the evolving nature of long-term care research: A field in transition8:00am–12:00pm

In partnership with the Assisted Living and Research in Quality of Care Interest Groups

While the nature of nursing home, assisted living, and other long-term care research has been changing, many researchers have not been able to remain well-informed about these changes and how to orient their work accordingly. This pre-conference workshop will address four areas that have undergone transition in recent years and have important research implications: 1) the changing nature of long-term care and research priorities for the future, 2) the increasing role of funders in determining the research agenda, including the use of contract research, 3) the evolution of descriptive through comparative effectiveness research, and the challenges of conducting the latter in long-term care settings, and 4) the increasing focus on community engagement and community-based research and how it relates to research priorities.

chairs: Sheryl Zimmerman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Nicholas Castle, University of Pittsburgh

faculty: Paula Carder, Portland State University; Debra Dobbs, University of South Florida; Cristina Flores, University of California, San Francisco

using film and digital Media in Aging research8:00am–12:00pm

In partnership with the Humanities and the Arts Committee

Film and digital media offer great potential to research in aging, from filmed observations to interviews that can be translated into educational materials. Now is your chance to learn the basics of how to use film and digital media in aging research; innovative models for translating and sharing your research; and unique ethical challenges of working in film/media. This is an interactive workshop that will carry over into the Humanities and the Arts (H&A) Committee offerings throughout GSA, including intergenerational interviews; the annual H&A film screening; and recommended local New Orleans events. This pre-con will be led by a blend of four filmmakers and researchers.

chair: Anne Basting, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Center on Age and Community

faculty: Brad Lichtenstein, 371 Productions; Ifeoma Nwankwo, Vanderbilt University; Jonathan Rattner, Film Studies at Vanderbilt University

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An introduction to Project talent data: understanding the impacts of early life experiences on later life outcomes12:30pm–4:30pm

In partnership with the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section

Supported by National Institute on Aging/Behavioral and Social Research

This half-day workshop will introduce Project TALENT (PT) to the GSA membership. The study is a large-scale longitudinal study of 440,000 people who were in high school in 1960. Now in their mid-sixties, American Institutes for Research is planning a 50-year follow-up that will allow researchers to examine the effects of early life influences on these individuals as they age. The base year survey collected information on hundreds of items measuring aptitude and ability, spatial visualization, personality and interest inventories, and a 394-item background questionnaire. Plans for data expansion include linkages to the National Death Index, Social Security Administration employment and disability records, and Veteran Administration military records. This workshop will consist of presentations designed to provide a general overview of PT, including information about the survey design, content, and supplemental studies. After attending this workshop, each participant will gain knowledge to construct an analytic file and begin to conduct analyses.

chair: James W. McNally, University of Michigan

faculty: Susan J. Lapham, American Institutes for Research; Alan Karr, National Institute for Statistical Sciences; David Lubinski, Vanderbilt University; Judith B. Bradford, Fenway Health

introduction to Medicare Part d data for research 12:30pm–4:30pm

In partnership with the Health Sciences Section

Supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Coverage of prescription drugs under Medicare Part D began in 2006. Approximately 25 million Medicare beneficiaries, slightly more than half of those eligible, have enrolled annually since then. Information about these beneficiaries, as well as transactional data regarding filled prescriptions are submitted by pharmacies to the Part D health plans for enrolled beneficiaries. The latter transmitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and administrative data files called Prescription Drug Event (PDE) data files are created. These “research identifiable files”, as well as supplemental files to explain characteristics of the drugs, prescribing events, benefit, pharmacies and prescribers, are available. Medicare Part D data files can be instructive for a wide variety of clinical and health services projects, including comparative effectiveness studies. Part D data may also be combined with the institutional (Medicare Part A) and Non-institutional data (Medicare Part B) available through the Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW).

chair: Alexander Marshall McBean, Research Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota

faculty: Barbara Frank, Research Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota; Deborah Dean, Buccaneer Computer Systems & Service, Inc.; Christopher A. Powers, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Kathy Schneider, Buccaneer Computer Systems & Service, Inc.


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Behavioral and Social Sciences Presidential Symposiumthe great transition: how Mortality organizes Behavior in later lifeSaturday, November 20 | 2:30pm–4:00pm

This symposium will explore how people live and behave in light of the finitude of lifetime. We will step back from immediate issues about patient care and decisions at the end of life to consider how human mortality shapes people’s outlooks, affairs, and daily life for years, even decades, in advance. Modernization has brought a progressive removal of death from childhood and middle age; in later life, medicine offers a promise to fight and postpone it. Even if the hour of death is uncertain, people remain strongly aware of its eventuality, and progressively so as life proceeds. This symposium will explain elders’ growing awareness that life’s time is short; how that awareness shapes practical affairs, relationships, and the imagination of the future; and how reminders of death are a persistent feature of culture. Even in an era that is said to deny death, mortality very much dwells among the living.

chair: David Ekerdt, University of Kansas

discussant: Susan McFadden, University of Wisconsin

faculty: Deborah Carr; Laura Carstensen; Carole Haber; Marshall Kapp

Biological Sciences Presidential SymposiumWhat is the Measure of a good old Age? transitions and trends Across the gerontological continuumMonday, November 22 | 4:00pm–5:30pm

This symposium will take a critical, interdisciplinary look at how a “good” old age has been conceptualized and measured over the past 65 years, to examine how increasing reliance on measurable results has shaped our understanding of aging, and to consider possibilities for the decades ahead. Areas of discussion include the emergence of new diagnostic criteria for cognitive function and how a focus on measurable performance affects the stigma of memory changes with old age; the importance of objective outcome measures as predictors of illness and disability that may be contrary individuals’ perspectives of a good old age; challenges to the concept of aging well in light of advances such as the “longevity dividend”; and what a good old age means within the context of the life course, in terms of how notions of a “good old age” are similar to or distinct from parallel constructs in middle or early adulthood and how a good old age is conditioned by the past.

chair: Kathryn de Medeiros, The Copper Ridge Institute

discussant: Tom Cole, The University of Texas Health Science Center

faculty: Jon Hendricks; Stephen Katz; Carlos F. Mendes de Leon; S. Jay Olshansky; Richard Settersten

health Sciences Presidential Symposiumchanges in latitudes, changes in Attitudes: transitions of care in times of disaster and PovertyMonday, November 22 | 9:30am–11:00am

Older people are particularly vulnerable to adverse consequences in times of disaster and poverty. The relationship between disaster and poverty is strong, and most disaster-related deaths around the world occur in developing countries, likely due to poverty and related problems of poor infrastructure and disease. In addition, health problems (such as cardiovascular and respiratory disease) and psychological problems (such as stress and depression) are common in older people after disasters. Transitions of care may be particularly problematic. Forced relocation; loss of livelihood; and limited access to medications, health care, and personal care are all key problems for older adults in these settings. With compelling descriptions of first-hand experiences, these speakers will provide insights into key issues of disaster and poverty as they relate to older adults, calling on us all to accept the challenge to help address the needs of this most vulnerable population.

chair: Cathy Alessi, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

faculty: Steve Barczi; Barbara Bates-Jensen; L. L. Hamm

Social research, Policy, and Practice Presidential Symposiumlong-term care in diverse Populations: trends, Myths and realitiesSunday, November 21 | 8:00am–9:30am

The U.S. aged population is witnessing unprecedented diversity across population subgroups. For instance, aged persons in some U.S. ethnic/racial minority groups (e.g., persons of Hispanic, Black or African American, Asian American origins) are projected to exceed the number of aged persons in the Caucasian group, thus raising questions about trends and patterns in transitions of aged minor-ity persons from informal to formal long-term care settings. This symposium focuses on the transitions of diverse aged population subgroups from informal care to formal care settings. Critical ques-tions include: What are some observed trends and/or patterns in transitions from informal to formal long-term care settings among di-verse aged populations? What do these trends and/or patterns reveal about myths and realities of transitions from informal to formal long-term care among these populations? What are the implications of the observed trends/patterns, myths, and realities in transitions from informal to formal long-term care for aged diverse populations?

chairs: Letha Chadiha, University of Michigan; David Biegel, Case Western University

discussant: Rosalie Kane, University of Minnesota

faculty: Mary Ball; Paula Carder; Mauro Hernandez; Vincent Mor; Mary Naylor; Molly Perkins


emerging Scholar and Professional organization Presidential Symposiumthe Struggle Between Personal & Professional identity: transitioning from Student to emerging Scholar and ProfessionalSaturday, November 20 | 12:30pm–2:00pm

The interplay between personal and professional identity is a common concern among Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization (ESPO) members. Last year, ESPO and GSA jointly conducted a survey to identify issues and concerns related to career and family planning among ESPO members. One of the top three concerns identified by survey respondents was their ability to maintain a balance between personal life and career. This struggle for balance between the personal and professional identity incorporates the push and pull of an individual’s self-definition, values, roles, routines, and personal and professional expectations. The objective of this symposium is to facilitate a discussion about the struggle for this personal-professional balance, highlighting issues such as: starting a family, parenting, chronic illness/ disability, career development, mentorship, and seeking international job opportunities.

chair: Natalie Leland, Brown University

faculty: Candace Brown; Kelly Fitzgerald; G. Channing Harris; Kimberly J. Johnson; Walter E. Palmer

Presidential Symposiumtransitions of care Across the Aging continuum: intersection of driving cessation and caregivingSunday, November 21 | 3:30pm–5:00pm

The purpose of this symposium is to present empirical work by members of the Transportation and Aging Special Interest Group that addresses the intersection of the driving cessation and caregiving transitions. Results of three studies will be presented. The first is based on in-depth qualitative interviews of father/daughter dyads who recount their challenges in communicating about and planning for age-related transitions. In contrast to communication and planning, the second study reports reasons why family members elected the drastic measure of reporting older family members as unfit drivers to state authorities, resulting in the loss of their license. In the final study, data from a survey of older former drivers is used to assess the impact of relying on family members to provide transportation on quality of life and depression. Taken together, these three studies provide insight into how research on driving reduction and cessation fits in the broader literature on transitions to caregiving and family dynamics and roles in the face of age-related changes.

chairs: Cathleen Connell, University of Michigan; Marla Berg-Weger, St. Louis University

discussant: Gail Hunt, National Alliance for Caregiving

faculty: Michel Bedard; Thomas M. Meuser

Association for gerontology in higher education Presidential Symposiumenvironmental transitions and the Meaning of home in old Age: educational PerspectivesSunday, November 21 | 1:30pm–3:00pm

A growing body of literature confirms the relationship between “being at home” and well-being. Relocation resulting from transitions in the level of needed care typically disrupts this experiential person/place relationship with negative consequences for both physical and psychological well-being. In this symposium we discuss education-related interventions that can facilitate maintaining a sense of home in the context of relocation. Within this rubric, the contributors utilize theoretical and empirical research conducted in several Western countries to critically explore five interwoven themes: 1) dimensions of the meaning of home in old age, 2) changes in the meaning of home resulting from relocation in response to transitions in care needs, 3) innovative education-based interventions to ease the process of relocation that focus on maintaining, transferring, creating or recreating a meaningful sense of home, 4) the need to train human service and care professionals to greater sensitivity to the meaning of home and its implications for the manner in which older people accommodate to relocation, and 5) the potential for using a focus on the meaning of home for older people as an educational portal for gerontology students to gain insight into and appreciation for the role of place in the lives of older people.

chair: Graham D. Rowles, University of Kentucky

faculty: Habib Chaudhury; Malcolm Cutchin; Frank Oswald; Robert Rubinstein; Thomas Scharf; Hans-Werner Wahl


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Academic Models of intergenerational learning and research Saturday, November 20 | 8:00am–9:30am

Intergenerational learning and research projects are occurring in a diverse array of academic and community settings. Service-learning is a popular method of delivery for intergenerational experiences in academic settings. Other strategies are emerging for academic and civic engagement across generational lines, including co-learning classrooms to bring older and younger students together formally or informally and community-based research projects to empower members of each generation to influence research design and dissemination. This symposium will describe multiple projects and the methods used to evaluate their impact on students, elders, and communities. Presenters will review challenges and rewards of interacting with community-based organizations in bringing academic research, service-learning, and co-learning experiences to multi-generational target groups in communities.

chair: Roma Hanks, University of South Alabama

discussant: Harvey Sterns, University of Akron

faculty: Laura Donorfio; Karen Kopera-Frye; Sally Newman

thinking critically About interdisciplinary teamwork in geriatrics: Past, Present, and future Saturday, November 20 | 2:30pm–4:00pm

Recent reports from the Institute of Medicine, as well as professional association recommendations, have highlighted the increasing importance of training current and future health care professionals in interdisciplinary geriatric teamwork. The first paper discusses the history of interdisciplinary teamwork, examines the contributions made by team initiatives, and reviews lessons learned from a variety of programs in the public and private sectors. The second paper develops a typology of potential barriers to designing effective programs in higher educational settings and integrates these into a conceptual framework suggesting potential ways of addressing them. The third paper develops an analytical framework based on teamwork structures and processes to analyze different types of geriatric teams in differing settings. The final paper summarizes lessons from a recent initiative in Canada to build capacity in frailty-focused care within primary care teams. These include the use of network theory and analysis to inform team development, and the application of team constructs to diverse types of health care organizations. Implications and recommendations for developing, implementing, and sustaining interdisciplinary geriatric teamwork education and practice to meet future health care needs will be developed.

chair: Phillip Clark, University of Rhode Island

discussant: Christopher Langston, The John A. Hartford Foundation

faculty: Kathryn Hyer; David Ryan; Ruth Ann Tsukuda

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Age discrimination and employment issues of older Workers in good times and BadFriday, November 19 | 5:00pm–6:30pm

This symposium will review the current interpretation of the ADA and ADEA legislation and how that is being implemented by organizations. Panelists will discuss the growing number of EEOC filings for age discrimination, look at the impact of dis-ability on employment, and provide recommendations for utiliz-ing the ADA and ADEA legislation to support return to work after disability.

chair: Anthony A. Sterns, Creative Action LLC

Speak-out! Social Security & WomenSunday, November 21 | 5:30pm–7:00pm

Supported in part by a grant from The Retirement Research Foundation

In partnership with the Task Force on Women and the Public Policy Committee

Social Security reform will be front and center once the President’s Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issues its report to Congress in December. Join us for this interactive speak-out to express your opinions about social security, its importance to women, and reform.

chair: Carroll L. Estes, University of California, San Francisco

transforming and rebalancing long-term care Services: lessons learned and challenges AheadMonday, November 22 | 2:00pm–3:30pm

This symposium addresses issues and challenges related to rebalancing and transforming long-term care (LTC) by expanding home- and community-based services (HCBS). Three teams of re-searchers and policy analysts will examine changes taking place at the national and state levels in the delivery, structure and funding for HCBS. As states move towards increased provision of HCBS, challenges related to the demand, supply, training and retention of the LTC workforce, particularly family caregivers and direct care workers, will need to be addressed.

chair: Farida Ejaz, Benjamin Rose Institute

The following symposia highlight key policy issues generated by the aging of American society.

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niA Symposium: care transitions – Bench to Bedside Advances & training opportunities in AgingSaturday, November 20 | 11:30am–1:00pm

Participants in this interactive symposium will provide an overview of recent research advances, across

the continuum of care, from bench to bedside, addressing aging research as an answer to challenging questions about aging biology, Alzheimer’s disease, geriatric conditions, and health and retirement issues of older adults. An overview of NIA appropriations and recent advances in aging research will be highlighted in the first podium presentation. Training and career development of scientists focusing on aging research and the development of research resources will be the focus of the second podium presentation, followed by interactive roundtable discussions.

chair: R.J. Hodes, National Institute on Aging, NIH

co-chair: M.A. Bernard, National Institute on Aging, NIH

canada’s roadmap for research on Aging: A decade review and forward Agenda for the institute of Aging of the canadian institutes of health research Sunday, November 21 | 3:30pm–5:00pm

The Institute of Aging is one of 13 national Institutes of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, funding biomedical, clinical, health services and population health research.

Established in 2000, the Institute of Aging’s fundamental goal is the advancement of knowledge in the field of aging to improve the quality of life and the health of older Canadians. As CIHR and the Institute of Aging now embark on a decade review, and a strategic alignment of the Institute’s priorities with CIHR’s Roadmap, this symposium will present the research outcomes of several Institute strategic initiatives over the past ten years, by examining: a) the findings and research gaps in its priority funding areas of cognitive impairment in aging, mobility in aging, and the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging, b) the research and stakeholder issues central to a developing strategic research focus on health services and systems for an aging population, and c) the ways in which CIHR’s requirements for knowledge translation and citizen engagement, and Canada’s need for research capacity development, have influenced and been shaped by these initiatives. While these issues are discussed primarily in the context of Canada’s research achievements and forward agenda for research on aging, they are also framed in the context of the Institute’s international collaborations with the UK, France, Japan, and China, and with the EU’s ERA-AGE initiative.

chair: Anne Martin-Matthews, Canadian Institutes of Health

faculty: Susan Crawford; Linda Mealing; Michelle Peel


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Behavioral and Social SciencesAge Transitions in Social Relations: An International Perspective

Aging and Work: Issues and Implications in a Changing Landscape

Aging in Developing Countries

Critical Gerontology, Aging and the Economic Crisis: Re-assessing Theoretical Perspectives

Elder Abuse and Mistreatment in Long-Term Care Settings

Financial Gerontology: From Risk Tolerance to Capacity and Victimization

Geropsychology Internships, Fellowships and Jobs: How to Find Your Match

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging: Relationships, Representations, and Resiliency

My Glass is Half Full: Positive Grandparent Caregiving

Qualitative Data: Uncovering Meanings and Subjective Experiences in Aging Research

Biological Sciences2010 Ipsen Foundation Longevity Prize Lecture on Cellular Senescence and Cancer

Aging and the Battle of the Bulge

Aging as a Target for Therapeutics

DNA Damage in Aging and Cancer

Endocrine Functions in Lifespan Determination and Disease

Evolution, Education, and Health

Exercise As a Potent Aging Intervention

Healthy Human Aging; What Genes Help?

Stress, Inflammation, and Aging

Targeting Signaling Pathways in Cancer, Neurodegeneration and Longevity

health Sciences200 Million and Counting: Eldercare Issues in China

Biomarkers of Preserved Neurological Function

Body Composition Changes and Muscle Function: Targets for Preserving Health and Function

Evaluating Geriatrics Training of Direct Care Workers in Long Term Care: Transitions in Outcomes

Genomic Approaches to Discovery in Aging Research

Measuring and Understanding Reserve and Resilience

Research Designs for Clinical Aging Research

Serious Games for Healthy Aging: Beyond the Brain Game Revolution

The Role of Arts and Humanities in Medical, Nursing, and Social Work Education

Unconventional Targets for the Study of Aging Processes from the NIA Intramural Research Program

Social research, Policy, and PracticeActivity Engagement in Later Life: Conceptual and Measurement Advances

Civic Engagement in Later Life: Translating Promising Ideas into Reality within Diverse Communities

Demise of the Traditional Nursing Home: What Will the Boomers Do?

Direct-Care Worker Training System Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Economic Aspects of Transitions for Older Adults

New Approaches to Addressing Nursing Home Industry Challenges: Insights From Business, Management, and Organizational Sciences

Preparing Nurses to Care For Older Adults

The Boomers’ Challenge: Leaving a Legacy

The Fiscal Crisis of the State and the Politics of Aging

Translating Proven Caregiver Programs into Practice: Challenges, Opportunities and Next Steps

GSA continually strives to provide the gerontological community with the most advanced research and education. This year, we have over 500 multidisciplinary sessions from the leading experts. See a snapshot from each section, here:

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Aging Means Business Monday, November 22 | 8:30am–4:30pmFee: $79 for attendees of the Annual Scientific Meeting

$149 Aging Means Business attendee only

The U.S. population is aging, and each cohort of older adults is healthier and wealthier than the one prior. In fact, people over age 50 control 70 percent of wealth in the U.S., which highlights the enormous opportunity for businesses to cater to this market segment.

This one-day forum will bring together top-ranked academic experts on economics, gerontology, and consumer behavior to engage in dialogue with business leaders interested in understanding, attracting, and capitalizing on the growing senior market. The day will be moderated by Harry R. Moody (Director of Academic Affairs, AARP) and Sandra Timmermann (Executive Director, MetLife Mature Market Institute), and will include a focus on aging-in-place technology, home modification, and housing.

Join us as we announce the winner of the First Annual Aging Means Business Student Ad Contest. Experts in 50+ consumer marketing will judge student-designed ads based on their ability to capture the 50+ audience according to principles of advertising and consumer research.

Registration includes breakfast and lunch. To learn more or to register, visit www.geron.org/agingmeansbusiness.

Sponsored by AARP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AgeLab, and MetLife Mature Market Institute.

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President’s Welcome reception and exhibit hall openingFriday, November 19 | 6:30pm–8:00pm

Help kick off GSA’s 65th Anniversary with sweet treats! Join us at the Exhibit Hall Opening and Welcome Reception networking event. Be one of the first to stroll through the exhibit hall and view over 100 exhibits. Refreshments will be provided.

Sponsored by McNeil Consumer Healthcare.

new Member Meet and greetSaturday, November 20 | 7:00am–8:00am

New GSA members are invited to an informational breakfast with GSA officers and staff. GSA leadership will be on hand to discuss navigating your first GSA meeting, various networking opportunities, and how to become involved in the Society.

task force on Minority issues Award Presentation and receptionSaturday, November 20 | 5:00pm–6:30pm

The Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology (TFMIG) Outstanding Mentorship Award recognizes individuals who have exemplified outstanding commitment and dedication to mentoring minority researchers in the field of aging. Join us at a reception to honor the 2010 winner.

gSA fellows & international receptionSaturday, November 20 | 6:30pm–8:00pm

This reception is held annually to honor current and new GSA Fellows, as well as international members of the Society. Fellows and international attendees only.

Sponsored by AARP Office of Academic Affairs.

Section luncheons (BS, BSS, hS, and SrPP)Sunday, November 21 | 12:00pm–1:00pmFee: $10

Join your colleagues at the Section Luncheon and participate in the celebration of awards and learn about the activities your section is working on. This is also a great opportunity to hear about the many opportunities one can get involved in GSA’s leadership.

There is limited general seating for those who only wish to listen and not purchase a meal. Section highlights include:

■■ The BSS Section Luncheon will include presentations of awards (Student Travel; Distinguished Mentorship; Distinguished Career) and an update on BSS business.

■■ The BS Section Luncheon will include an update on what is happening in the section. In addition, the “Nathan Shock New Investigator Award” recipient will present a talk and we will introduce the new section chair.

■■ The SRPP Section Luncheon will include an update on committee efforts and accomplishments, the recognition of student awards and new GSA fellows, and the transfer of section leadership.

■■ The HS Section Luncheon will include an update on the many activities the section is involved in, recognition of those members receiving special awards, introduction of section officers, and networking time with colleagues in a relaxed and convenient location.

gSA Business Meeting and Policy forumSunday, November 21 | 5:30pm–7:00pm

This session will begin with the GSA Transfer of Office and a brief annual business meeting of the Society. It will be followed by an interactive Speak-Out on social security. See page 13 for full description.

gerontologists giving Back Service eventTuesday, November 23 | 7:30am–4:30pmFee: $15

Join GSA colleagues for the Gerontologists Giving Back Service Event. This year, we will be working with the St. Bernard Project (SBP), a community-based nonprofit organization headquartered in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana; a uniquely tight-knit, working-class community that suffered catastrophic damage in hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Located approximately 8 miles from the conference headquarters, teams of volunteers will literally help rebuild family homes in St. Bernard. Volunteers with all skill levels are encouraged to participate. If you have significant experience in areas of framing, electric, plumbing and/or cabinetry, your skills are of particular value. Work clothes and gloves are recommended, particularly wearing layers beneath a long sleeve shirt and long pants. Registration is limited to 25 volunteers, so sign up early! Please contact Sarah Canham at [email protected].


humanities and the Arts committee open Meeting and receptionSunday, November 21 | 6:30pm–7:30pm

The Humanities and the Arts (H&A) Committee is pleased to sponsor its annual open meeting and reception for all interested meeting attendees to mix and mingle with committee members and others who share an interest in the humanities, arts, and aging. The Gene D. Cohen Research Award for Creativity and Aging will be presented to the 2010 winner at this event. Special guest speaker: Nick Spitzer, producer and host of “American Routes”, a folklorist and professor of anthropology and American studies at Tulane University. The reception will feature light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

fun Walk & runSunday, November 21 | 6:00am–7:00am Fee: $25

In partnership with the Health Sciences Section to benefit The Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award

Runners, joggers, and walkers of all skill levels are invited to participate in a fun-filled morning along the beautiful New Orleans Riverwalk for the GSA Fun Walk & Run. This event will start and finish at the headquarter hotel, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, and will follow a 2.7 mile scenic route by the World Trade Center, Aquarium of the Americas, French Quarter, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, and along the Mississippi River through a park with statues, monuments, and river boats. The first 100 participants to arrive will receive a water bottle!

Music & food: What it Means to love new orleansSunday, November 21 | 8:00pm–10:30pmFee: $40

Clarinetist and author Tom Sancton leads a multigenerational jazz band ranging in age from 33 to 99. In between the musical interludes, Sancton will talk about his experiences as a teenager growing up in New Orleans in the 1960s and learning to play traditional jazz with the elderly African-American musicians at Preservation Hall. The story of this unlikely apprenticeship between a young, white, middle-class boy and his much older black mentors, lovingly chronicled in Sancton’s memoir “Song For My Fathers,” describes a remarkable reaching-out and coming-together over generational barriers. Sancton’s book, like the live performance of his band, illustrates some key themes related to aging: the dignity of old age, what the elderly can teach the young, the possibility of leading active lives into the nineties. What better embodiment of these themes than the presence onstage of trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, 99; bassist Gerald Adams, 83; and special guest, jazz legend, pianist Ellis Marsalis, 75.

The concert will be immediately followed by a reception and a dinner, featuring New Orleans favorites. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artists. Tickets also include transportation from hotel. Space is limited.

humanities and Arts committee Presents: A festival of Short filmsSaturday, November 20 | 8:00pm–9:30pmFee: $10

This year, short films will be featured by the filmmakers gathered for H&A’s Pre-Conference Workshop “Film and Social Media in Aging Research and its Translation.” Filmmakers will be present for the post-show discussion. 100 FREE copies of the film to the first 100 people through the door!

Featured Film: A king in Milwaukee, by 371 Productions

Artist David Greenberger transformed over 60 interviews with Milwaukee elders into 38-songs, a CD, and a rock concert with the Paul Cebar Stage Ensemble. Learn Greenberger’s unique approach to the art of conversation with older adults, particularly those experiencing memory loss. 30 min, documentary.

Sponsored by the UWM Center on Age & Community.

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Mentoring consultancies for emerging ScholarsSession i Saturday, November 20 | 2:30pm–4:00pm

Session ii Monday, November 22 | 7:30am–9:00am

In partnership with the Mentoring Task Force; Behavioral and Social Sciences and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Sections; the Publications Committee; and the Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization

The Mentoring Consultancies bring students and junior faculty members together with senior faculty, experienced researchers, and GSA editorial board members to focus on publications or research methodological challenges, share experiences, and develop problem solving strategies.

The consultancy is a highly structured process that provides each participant with an opportunity to both give and receive feedback on a particular issue related to publishing or research methodologies. Groups are formed using information submitted before the conference so an appropriate facilitator can be assigned to each group providing expert advice to supplement and enrich the conversation. Each individual has a chance to speak and to listen, and this unique and successful format reinforces the idea that, when a challenge is faced together, “the answer is already in the room.”

No fee to participate but pre-registration required. Space is limited.

gSA fellows Mentor ProgramSaturday, November 20 | 7:00am–8:30am

In partnership with the Fellowship Committee and Emerging Scholars and Professional Organization

If you like the concept of “Speed Dating” then join us for “Speed Mentoring” by GSA fellows! The program was developed to provide an opportunity for GSA’s junior members to connect with established members (fellows) in a setting that is conducive to mentoring. Twenty mentees will be matched based on their section membership and interests with selected mentors. The goal is to establish a connection between the mentor and mentee; the hope is that this connection will spur further discussions at the conference and via email throughout the year. The mentees are also invited to the GSA Fellows & International Reception so that they will have further exposure to fellows in the organization. If you would like to be one of the mentors, please contact J Taylor Harden at [email protected] and she will provide additional details.

BSS fellows/emerging Scholars Mentoring WorkshopSunday, November 21 | 8:00am–10:00am

The goal of this mentoring workshop is to provide an informal, yet structured social setting that affords emerging scholars an opportunity to meet BSS Fellows, and establish professional contacts within the section. During the workshop, emerging scholars and BSS Fellows will have an opportunity to discuss strategies in preparing for successful scholarly and professional careers. Through a sharing of their career experiences, the participating BSS Fellows will begin to identify ways they may assist emerging scholars with: 1) networking, 2) developing awareness of general policies and practices relevant to the academic or research environment, 3) preparing for the job market, and 4) navigating the publish or perish landscape, earning tenure and promotion.

Very helpful to get feedback from multiple people with different experiences and areas of expertise.


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donald P. kent & robert W. kleemeier Award lecturesSunday, November 21 | 10:00am–11:30am

The Donald P. Kent Award Lecture will feature an address by the 2009 Kent Award recipient, Barbara Berkman, DSW/PhD, and the presentation of the 2010 Kent Award. The Kent Award is given annually to a member of The Gerontological Society of America who best exemplifies the highest standards of professional leadership in gerontology through teaching, service, and interpretation of gerontology to the larger society. The 2010 Kent Award recipient is Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN, The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University.

The Robert W. Kleemeier Award Lecture will feature an address by the 2009 Kleemeier Award recipient, Gerald McClearn, PhD, and the presentation of the 2010 Kleemeier Award. The Kleemeier Award is given annually to a member of The Gerontological Society of America in recognition for outstanding research in the field of gerontology. The 2010 Kleemeier Award recipient is Yung-Ping Chen, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston.

Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging lectureSunday, November 21 | 3:30pm–5:00pm

The Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging Award Lecture will feature an address by the 2009 Pollack Award recipient, Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, and the presentation of the 2010 Pollack Award. The Pollack Award recognizes instances of practice informed by research and analysis, research that directly improved policy or practice, and distinction in bridging the worlds of research and practice. The 2010 Pollack Award recipient is Mary E. Tinetti, MD, of Yale University.

Margret M. & Paul B. Baltes foundation Award in Behavioral and Social gerontology lecture Monday, November 22 | 9:30am–11:00am

Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology Lecture will feature an address by the 2009 Baltes Award recipient, Derek M. Isaacowitz, PhD, and the presentation of the 2010 Baltes Award. The Baltes Award recognizes outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology. The award is generously funded by the Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation. The 2010 Baltes Award recipient is Helene Fung, PhD, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

irving S. Wright Award of distinction lectureSaturday, November 20 | 4:30pm–6:00pm

Nir Barzilai, MD, will present the 2010 lecture titled, “Healthy and exceptional longevity in our lifetime?”

This award is given by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).


Joseph t. freeman Award lectureMonday, November 22 | 12:00pm–1:30pm

The Joseph T. Freeman Award Lecture will feature an address by the 2009 Freeman Award recipient, Stephanie Studenski, MD, and the presentation of the 2010 Freeman Award. The Joseph T. Freeman Award is a lectureship in geriatrics and is awarded to a prominent physician in the field of aging, both in research and practice. The award was established in 1977 through a bequest from a patient’s estate as a tribute to Dr. Joseph T. Freeman. The 2010 Freeman Award recipient is Lewis A. Lipsitz, MD, Hebrew SeniorLife, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School.

M. Powell lawton Award lectureMonday, November 22 | 4:00pm–5:30pm

The M. Powell Lawton Award Lecture will feature an address by the 2009 Lawton Award recipient, Hans-Werner Wahl, PhD, and the presentation of the 2010 Lawton Award. The Lawton Award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions from applied research that has benefited older people and their care. The Lawton Award is generously funded by the Polisher Research Institute of the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life. The 2010 Lawton Award recipient is Karl Pillemer, PhD, of Cornell University.

task force on Minority issues outstanding Mentorship Award2010 recipient: Ada C. Mui, PhD, ACSW, LMSW

Presented at the Task Force on Minority Issues Award Presentation and Reception

Saturday, November 20 | 5:00pm–6:30pm

the doris Schwartz gerontological nursing research Award2010 recipient: Kathleen C. Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Iowa

Presented at the Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group Meeting

Saturday, November 20 | 6:30pm–8:00pm

distinguished career contribution to gerontology Award2010 recipient: Linda K. George, PhD, Duke University

Presented at the BSS Section Luncheon (See page 17)

Sunday, November 21 | 12:00pm–1:00pm

distinguished Mentorship in gerontology Award2010 recipient: Keith E. Whitfield, PhD, Duke University



nathan Shock new investigator Award2010 recipient: Pankaj Kapahi, PhD, Buck Institute for Age Research

Presented at the BS Section Luncheon (See page 17)


richard kalish innovative Publication Award2010 recipient: Neal M. Krause, PhD, University of Michigan



All 2010 Awardees will be announced in the August issue of Gerontology News. Student awardees, however, will be announced at the Annual Meeting. To request further information about each award session, please contact Carrie R. Johnson, GSA Awards & Fellowship Coordinator, at [email protected] or visit our website at www.geron.org.

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eSPo/Behavioral and Social Sciencescorrelates of functional disability in older Adults: implications for Minority PopulationsMonday, November 22 | 9:30am–11:00am

While functional disability and underlying physical, cognitive, and sensory limitations are not a normal part of aging, disability is a major health concern among adults aged 65 years and older and places a burden on the health care system, as well as individuals and their families. Further, prevalent health disparities put minorities and individuals of lower socioeconomic status at higher risk, relative to majority groups, of functional disability in late life. This symposium discusses salient factors regarding functional disability among minority older adults. Specifically, symposium participants will examine psychosocial, health, and community influences on selected physical and medical conditions in African American, Caucasian, and Latino samples. While numerous health conditions and diseases may lead to varied changes in functional abilities, this symposium will focus on 1) predictors of mobility limitations, 2) individual and community predictors of frailty, 3) physical and psychological function in cancer patients, and 4) a caregiving approach to managing diabetes. To conclude the session, the discussant will integrate concepts presented and stimulate deeper discussion on the impact of health disparities on disability outcomes in minority elders.

chair: Adrienne Aiken Morgan, Rush University Medical Center

discussant: Ronica Rooks, University of Colorado Denver

faculty: Maria Aranda; Tamara Baker; Olivio Clay; Carolyn Mendez-Luck; Roland Thorpe

eSPo/Biological Scienceshuman Biogerontological research: results from eSPo researchersMonday, November 22 | 12:00pm–1:30pm

This symposium will highlight the research of young and emerging scientists in the field of biogerontology. The biology of aging is multi-faceted and well-informed by invertebrate and rodent models. These models provide a unique approach to investigating molecular mechanisms of the aging process. Additionally, biogerontological research in humans is challenging, highly valuable, and can yield great insight for complex etiologies like age-related disease. This symposium will provide the forum for young investigators to present work on diverse topics such as human caloric restriction models, human diseases relevant to aging, nutrition, metabolism, and exercise. Diverse research methods will be applied including genetic, physiological, biostatistical, and molecular techniques. All work will attempt to convey the importance of multi-disciplinary biogerontological research to the understanding of the human aging process.

chairs: Michelle Matzko, Penn State University; Donato Rivas, Tufts University


eSPo/health Sciencesemerging Scholars in health and Aging researchSunday, November 21 | 8:00am–9:30am

Fostering the development of the next generation of researchers in gerontology is one of the missions of GSA. The Health Science (HS) section is proud to support this mission and to provide avenues for emerging clinical researchers and health professionals to gain experience in presenting their work to the scientific community. To that end, the HS section and the Emerging Scholars and Professionals Organization (ESPO) have sponsored this symposium, in which a multidisciplinary group of emerging HS scholars will have the opportunity to present their research and receive feedback from a panel of experienced HS board members. This impressive group of students in gerontology, nursing, and clinical psychology will present on a diverse array of topics at the forefront of research in health and aging: 1) risk factors for progression of knee osteoarthritis, 2) health and disability among cancer survivors in the Health and Retirement Study, 3) socioeconomic status and grip strength, 4) testing a function focused care intervention in nurses, and 5) neighborhood socioeconomic position and cognitive function.

chairs: Bryan James, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center; Barbara Resnick, University of Maryland School of Nursing

discussant: Cathy Alessi, UCLA School of Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles GRECC

faculty: Shieva Davarian; Krista Garcia; Margaret Hammersla; Shannon O’Connor; Shannon Sisco

eSPo/Social research, Policy, and PracticeProgrammatic Approaches to healthy Aging and community livingSunday, November 21 | 1:30pm–3:00pm

Community-based health and social services can provide unique and valuable services to the growing number of older adults who seek to maximize their well being and quality of life while maintaining community living. These unique community-based interventions and programs are especially important in light of the aging population, which will create a high demand for cost effective, programmatic approaches to health promotion for older adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health interventions and programs are important not only to prevent rising health care cost, but they also aid in allowing seniors to remain independent for longer, improve their quality of life, and delay nursing home use.

The purpose of this symposium is to present innovative interventions and programs that further the healthy aging agenda by promoting community living and healthy aging. Four areas critical to the health and well being of community dwelling older adults will be discussed: 1) nursing home diversion, 2) caregiver support, 3) health promotion, and 4) a health aging coalition. Each presenter will highlight how their program has been successful in promoting community living and preventing adverse health events among older populations. The symposium will conclude with the discussant providing a general overview of the benefit of these programs and offer some final suggestions for continuing to promote healthy aging and how a programmatic approach to community-based programs can impact the health of older adults and impact public policy.

chair: Karon L. Phillips, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

discussant: Thomas Prohaska, University of Illinois

faculty: Jessica Gill; Karl Pillemer; Alan Stevens


emerging scholar & professional organizaTion (espo) acTiviTies & evenTs

eSPo loungeSaturday, November 20 – Monday, November 22 8:00am–5:00pm daily

The excitement is building for the ESPO lounge, coming again this year to New Orleans. The lounge provides a place for GSA’s junior members to rest from the hectic conference pace, a place to meet with colleagues, and learn more about ESPO. Please stop by!

eSPo Breakfast and community MeetingSaturday, November 20 | 8:00am–10:00am

All ESPO members are welcome to join in this informational breakfast meeting that provides the opportunity to broaden your understanding of the organization and how it fits within GSA, learn about opportunities to become more involved, meet the executive committee members, and network with your fellow colleagues who share a common interest in aging.

Sponsored by Senior Service America, Inc.

eSPo Wine & cheese/gSA fellows Meet the StudentsSaturday, November 20 | 7:00pm–8:30pm

This is not an event to be missed! The ESPO Wine and Cheese is organized in conjunction with the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE). This event provides an informal setting to network with other ESPO members as well as GSA fellows. The winners of the Interdisciplinary Paper Award and Poster Awards will be presented at this event. ESPO members and GSA fellows only.

campus Ambassadors MeetingMonday, November 22 | 7:00am–8:00am

Current and prospective GSA Campus Ambassadors and faculty advisors are invited to attend this meeting to discuss the purpose and potential of this program to connect gerontology students and to promote gerontology on the campus and in the community.


i n T e r e s T g r o u p s

Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly People

Aging in Asia

Aging, Alcohol, and Addictions

Alzheimer’s Disease Research

Assisted Living

Business and Aging

Chinese Gerontology Studies

Developmental Disabilities

Economics of Aging

Emotion and Aging

Environment and Aging

Epidemiology of Aging

Gerontology PhD

Grandparents as Caregivers

Health Behavior Change

HIV, AIDS, and Older Adults

Hospice, Palliative, and End-of-Life Care

Hospital Elder Life Program

International Aging and Migration

Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design

Men’s Issues

Mental Health Practice and Aging

Nursing Care of Older Adults

Nutrition

Older Workers

Oral Health

Physical Environments and Aging

Qualitative Research

Rainbow Research Group

Religion, Spirituality, and Aging

Reminiscence and Aging

Research in Quality of Care

Research on Cancer and Aging

Researchers Based in Long-Term Care

Rural Aging

Societal Implications of Delaying Aging

Systems Research in Long-Term Care

Technology and Aging

Transportation and Aging

Trauma, Aging, and the Life Course

Urban and Neighborhood Aging

The Society’s formal, informal, and proposed Interest Groups are an integral part of the Annual Scientific Meeting Program. They are formed around topics or issues that cut across disciplines and Society sections and provide meeting attendees with excellent opportunities to meet others with similar interests. Individuals are not required to be a member of the Society or a particular Interest Group in order to participate. All are welcome!

Interest Group meetings will take place during one of the four time slots listed below. Meeting times, locations, and discussion topics will be printed in the program schedule.

Saturday, november 20

6:30pm–8:00pm

8:00pm–9:30pm

Sunday, november 21

6:30pm–8:00pm

8:00pm–9:30pm

interest groups

Volunteer Program

Volunteers are needed for GSA’s 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting! Volunteers will receive complimentary meeting registration in exchange for eight hours of work assisting at the registration desk, answering attendees’ questions, and supporting GSA Staff and the Local Arrangements Committee.

if you are interested in volunteering, please contact Jamie Millard at [email protected].


This Continuing Education activity is jointly sponsored by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, and The Gerontological Society of America

overall conference goalThe 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America is organized to foster interdisciplinary interactions among clinical, administrative, and research professionals in the field of gerontological health care. In addition to the core scientific sessions, there will be pre-conference workshops and poster sessions presented that will encourage and stimulate diverse viewpoints in geriatric health, research, and economics. There is a recognized need to disseminate this educational information to geriatric health care professionals so that the care of the elderly patient is optimized.

Upon completion of sessions, participants will be able to apply new knowledge and skills in the areas of clinical physiology, organ-specific systemic disorders, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, geriatric syndromes, community services, acute and long-term care issues, health care professional education and research, as well as ethics and economics.

target Audience Professionals attending the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America include gerontological researchers and practitioners from the biological, clinical (including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and dentists), behavioral and social sciences (including anthropologists, psychologists, social workers, and sociologists), as well as applied researchers, policy professionals, health care administrators, and economists. Others working in the area of geriatrics will also find the sessions of value and are encouraged to attend.

Participants must attend the entire session and complete the CFMC request for credit form and an online evaluation form to receive continuing education hours. Request for credit forms and directions on how to complete the on-line evaluation will be provided to you in your syllabus handouts. Certificates of attendance will be provided via e-mail following the conference by CFMC. Continuing Education materials will be accepted up to 60 days after the program takes place. A record of attendance will be kept on file by the Colorado Foundation of Medical Care (CFMC), 303.695.3300, ext. 3139

Policy on faculty disclosure It is the policy of The Gerontological Society of America and the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) that the faculty disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/ unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Detailed disclosure will be made in the course handout materials.

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

Application for nursing contact hours is pending with CFMC.

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e x h i B i T s

The Exhibits Program is an exciting component of GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting. It affords participants opportunities for hands-on examination of new products, technologies, and publications; assessment of applied research; previews of multi-media programs; easy access to graphic displays and literature about programs and centers; and one-on-one consultation with the experts.

For more detailed and updated information on exhibitors, please visit www.geron.org/2010.

For the exhibitor, the GSA Exhibit Hall provides an excellent opportunity to reach more than 3,500 professionals, all specialists in aging. The GSA Exhibit Hall is a stimulating center for the intellectually curious and a rallying point for reunions with once-a-year friends and acquaintances. If you would like to participate, please contact GSA headquarters at [email protected] for more information.

Adler School of Professional Psychology

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Allegro Reviews

Alzheimer’s Association

American Geriatrics Society

Association Book Exhibit

Attainment Company Inc.

Calmoseptine, Inc.

Case Western Reserve University/University Center of Aging & Health

Center for Research on Aging at UMB

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Aging Program

CIHR Institute of Aging

Dementia Care Foundation

Elsevier (Saunders/Mosby) Publishers

George Mason University College of Health and Human Services

Hartford Geriatric Nursing & Social Work Initiatives

Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program

Health Professions Press

Health and Retirement Study

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research

Michigan Retirement Research Center (MRRC)

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging-NACDA

National Death Index

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly

National Institute on Aging

National Longitudinal Surveys

Oxford University Press

Panel Study on Income Dynamics

Portland State University Institute on Aging

Psychology Press

RAND Labor and Population Program

Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University

SLACK Incorporated

Springer Science & Business Media

Syracuse University Gerontology Center

Tulane Center for Aging

UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology

UMASS Boston Gerontology Department & Gerontology Institute

University of Michigan Geriatrics Center

University of Oklahoma—Donald W. Reynolds Dept. of Geriatric Medicine

University of Wisconsin Institute on Aging

US EPA Aging Initiative

USC Davis School of Gerontology

USF Collaborative on Aging

Virginia Commonwealth University-Department of Gerontology

VQ OrthoCare

Wayne State University-Institute of Gerontology

Westat

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study-UW Madison

*As of July 1, 2010

list of exhibitors*

exhibit hall opening and Welcome receptionFriday, November 19 6:30pm–8:00pm

exhibit hours Saturday, November 20–Monday, November 22 9:00am–4:00pm


What to do in new orleans? The answer is simple yet resounding. Do as the New Orleanians do: indulge, savor, and celebrate.

Indulge your senses, savor New Orleans’ rich cultural experience and celebrate everything that–even after 203 years of the greatest achievements and the steepest challenges–still makes New Orleans America’s most unique, authentic and enthralling destination.

explore new orleans and all its offerings at www.geron.org/2010.

legend

1 Hilton New Orleans Riverside—2 Poydras Street

2 Embassy Suites Hotel—315 Julia Street

3 Doubletree Hotel—300 Canal Street

4 Harrah’s Casino—512 S. Peters Street

5 Riverwalk Marketplace—1 Poydras Street

6 St. Charles Streetcar Pick-Up Point—Corner of St. Charles and Canal Street

7 Acme Oyster House—724 Iberville Street

8 Antoine’s Restaurant—713 St. Louis Street

9 Arnaud’s Restaurant—813 Bienville Street

10 Bourbon House—144 Bourbon Street

11 Crescent City Brewhouse—527 Decatur Street

12 Deanie’s Seafood Restaurant—841 Iberville Street

13 Galatoire’s Restaurant—209 Bourbon Street

14 Emeril’s Restaurant—800 Tchoupitoulas Street

15 Tommy’s Cuisine—746 Tchoupitoulas Street

Fun Walk & Run

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The Hilton New Orleans Riverside will host GSA’s 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Presiding over the mighty Mississippi, the Hilton is a short walk from nearly everything you came to New Orleans to see. Fall in love with the French Quarter, share the excitement of the Warehouse/Arts District, or try your luck at Harrah’s Casino across the street. Connected to the hotel you’ll find the Riverwalk Marketplace, featuring more than 140 shops and restaurants. You can also visit the IMAX Theater, The National World War II Museum, Superdome and the Riverfront Streetcar—all just a short stroll away.

Make sure to secure your home away from home at one of the three official GSA hotels. They are only a 5–10 minute walk from one another, and a 25–30 minute drive from The Louis Armstrong International Airport.

Make your reservations online at www.geron.org/2010 to get the special gSA attendee rate! reservation deadline: october 29.

Support gSAGSA recognizes that you have a variety of choices when arranging accommodations for the Annual Scientific Meeting. The Society has made a major commitment to the conference hotels—Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Embassy Suites Hotel New Orleans, and Doubletree Hotel New Orleans—in order to secure the meeting space necessary to hold the scientific sessions. Please select from one of GSA’s official hotels when planning your accommodations.

hilton new orleans riverside

2 Poydras Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70140

Single/Double: $199

embassy Suites hotel new orleans

315 Julia Street New Orleans, LA 70130

Single/Double: $195

doubletree hotel new orleans

300 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70130

Single/Double: $189

take advantage of the special “Stay & Play” rate of $79 at any of the conference hotels on tuesday, Wednesday, or thursday. See page 32 for details.

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recommended Arrival and departure datesGSA attendees receive discounted travel! Simply follow the instructions below to take advantage of special pricing. Before you book—don’t forget—in order to maximize your experience, suggested arrival is mid-day friday, november 19 and suggested departure is afternoon on tuesday, november 23. Come early if attending a pre-conference workshop and stay late to have fun at the Stay & Play!

Book at www.continental.com by October 31. Special Code: ZJ2W543014 Good for travel between 11/16–11/23.

Call 1.866.683.8368 by October 31. Special Code: MSY111810 GSA and mention name of the event Good for travel between 11/16 –11/26.

flight & car offer: Airtran Airways and hertz

Only available by phone. Please call the AirTran Airways number above to book your flight, and then ask the operator to transfer you to Hertz to obtain discounted car rentals in NOLA!

Offers discounted rates for attendees who stay at one of GSA’s official hotels. Reservations must be made online; visit www.geron.org/2010 to reserve your seat.

new orleans is one of the world’s busiest ports and the cultural capital of the South, yet the city is remarkably compact and easy to navigate. Visitors are always pleasantly surprised to learn that many of the city’s attractions, accommodations and event venues are within walking distance of each other.

new orleans has a very accessible and reasonably priced public transportation system. it only costs $1.25 to take an rtA bus or one of the city’s famed streetcars, which travel the riverfront and canal Street.


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now you’re cookin’Tuesday, November 23 | 1:45pm–4:45pm

Experience a first-hand demonstration of what makes New Orleans cooking special (as well as delicious!). Mini motor coaches will transport you from the hotel through the French Quarter to the New Orleans School of Cooking, located in a quaint renovated molasses warehouse built in the early 1800s. During the demonstration, you’ll learn the basics of Louisiana cooking. The personable chef will teach such New Orleans specialties as Gumbo, Jambalaya and Pralines, and season them with history, trivia and tall tales. Following the class, everyone will enjoy some delectables drawn from the menu items that have just been prepared before your eyes! Take home New Orleans recipes you’ve learned to prepare them for family and friends!

new orleans city tourTuesday, November 23 | 2:00pm–5:00pm

This tour will take you through several famous New Orleans neighborhoods—in style and in comfort. First, the coach will pass by the charming French Quarter, then we’ll head along Esplanade Avenue to city Park, the 5th largest urban park in the country. The coach will cruise by the Lakefront of Lake Pontchartrain, then journey Uptown and along the Carrollton section of the city. Your licensed professional tour guide will narrate along the way, pointing out historic spots, landmark homes, famous restaurants, and must-see attractions. Participants will also have an opportunity to wander through an above-ground cemetery, a must-see in NOLA!

laura Plantation & oak Alley PlantationWednesday, November 24 | 9:30am–3:30pm

Travel down River Road via motor coach, where you can admire the beautiful landscape along the levee. First, stop at Laura, a Creole plantation formerly owned by Laura Locoul. Participants will take part in a fascinating tour of this unique plantation home, which houses a vast collection of the Locoul family’s artifacts. The grounds feature twelve historic buildings, including two manor houses and slave quarters. The tales of Br’er Rabbit are also believed to have been started here. Next, head to Oak Alley, the site of many movies and artifacts as well as the country’s most famous avenue of 400-year old oaks. As you tour the house and grounds of Oak Alley, you will feel as though you were transported back to those bygone days of Southern elegance and charm.

Swamp rompThursday, November 25 | 9:00am –1:00pm

Visit a land of timeless beauty where exotic plants and animals thrive in unsurpassed splendor…the very definition of Cajun Country! Your professional tour guide will tell you a little bit about New Orlean’s swamplands as the motor coach transports you to a nearby fishing village. Here, board a pontoon boat captained by an experienced guide who will point out indigenous plants and animals of the bayous of Louisiana. The captain will also share the history of the Cajun people who inhabit this area. Alligators, turtles, and egrets are but a few of the possible animal sightings on this watery eco-journey.

For those attendees who like to stay a few extra days and explore the city, GSA has arranged a special Stay & Play package! We’ve organized the most exciting tours below, as well as a discounted hotel rate of $79 for Tuesday through Thursday. Learn more at www.geron.org/2010.


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how to register!

online:Register online at www.geron.org/2010.

Mail*: The Gerontological Society of America, c/o Annual Meeting Registration, 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 901 Washington, DC 20005

fax*:202.587.5860

* Download mail/fax form at www.geron.org/2010. Please note that there will be a $15 processing fee applied to all mailed and faxed registrations. To avoid this fee, please register online.

registration typeearly Bird Price

(Until September 1)

regular/ on-Site Price

(September 2 to November 8)*

GSA Member $305 $397

Non-Member $505 $657

GSA Student Member $90 $117

Student Non-Member $165 $215

GSA Transitional Member $115 $150

GSA Spouse Member $305 $397

GSA Emeritus Member $150 $195

*After November 8, registration will only be available on-site.

Payment of registration fees All presenters and participants must register for the Annual Scientific Meeting. Registrations cannot be processed without a check or complete credit card information. All payments must be made in U.S. currency. Make checks payable to The Gerontological Society of America. You may also charge your registration fee to your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express by using the appropriate section of the registration form.

optional events and Pre-conference WorkshopsAdvance registration for pre-conference workshops and optional events is recommended as on-site registration will be on a space-available basis. All payments for events and workshops are nonrefundable.

Badge PolicyA conference registration badge is required for all Annual Meeting events, including entrance to the exhibit/poster hall. No one will be admitted without a badge. Exhibit-only badges are ineligible for access to educational programs.

cancellation PolicyThe meeting registration fee will be non-refundable in the event of cancellation of the meeting due to circumstances beyond the control of GSA. Payments for continuing education credits, optional event tickets, and pre-conference workshops are non-refundable and non-transferable. Registrations are non-transferable. Refunds will not be granted after October 15, 2010. No exceptions will be made.

Requests for refunds must be sent to the GSA Meetings Department by e-mail to [email protected]. Refunds will be issued no sooner than 45 days following the Annual Scientific Meeting and will follow the schedule below.

for cancellation requests received:Before September 15, 2010: $50 processing fee

September 15 to october 15, 2010: 50% refund of paid meeting registration fee

After october 15, 2010: No refunds will be issued

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late Breaker Poster Sessiondeadline: September 15, 2010

display your newest, most pressing, and previously unreported research results at the gerontological Society

of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting.

Submit your abstract at www.geron.org/2010.63rd Annual Scientific Meetingnovember 19–23, 2010

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