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Seniors Saddled with Student Debt 1
Disrupting Caregiving in Florida 1
Board of Trustees 2
How to Replace Vital Records 2
President’s Column 3
COPD: Helping Our Elders Breathe Easier
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The college education from decades ago still haunts some middle-aged and older adults. The New York Federal Reserve recently released an analysis that shows older adults held significantly more debt in 2015 than in 2003. The report shows that in the last 12 years there has been a 60% increase in debt held by borrowers ages 50 - 80 years old. The statistics clearly show that young adults are not the only ones struggling with student debt. The Federal Reserve used data on consumer credit for this latest report, and found that total debt has increased significantly for seniors in the last 12 years. Student debt has increased while mortgage debt, home equity credit lines, auto debt and credit card debt have stayed flat. Some of this increase can be attributed to the larger number of older adults in the United States, but the Fed also found that even after accounting for the aging population there was a major increase in debt for older adults. Student debt is driving this trend.
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FCOA keeps us well informed on the status of senior services provided by the state of Florida. A waiting list of 59,000 and growing is a disaster. The proposed budget falls significantly short on closing all the gaps in the market today. It is time to disrupt aging, according to Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP. Take it one step further, we want to disrupt caregiving with our new model for closing gaps in care. Continued on Page 5
Disrupt ing Careg iv ing in Flor ida
New Members/Member News 7
Senior Day 8
Resources & Reports 9
Florida Telecommunications Relay 10
Grant Opportunities 11
Calendar 13
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Susan Ponder-Stansel, President CEO, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Inc., Jacksonville (904) 268-5200 Charlie Robinson, President-Elect Attorney, Law Offices of Charlie Robinson Clearwater (727) 441-4516 Christine Cauffield, Secretary Executive Director, LSF Health Systems Jacksonville (904) 900-1075 Darrell Drummond, Treasurer CEO, Council on Aging of St. Lucie County Port St. Lucie (772) 336-8608 LuMarie Polivka-West, Immediate Past President Claude Pepper Center, Tallahassee (850) 224-3907 District Representatives
Anna Dyess, FCOA District I Community Health Services Coordinator, West Florida AHEC Crestview (850) 682-2552 Ken Brummel-Smith, FCOA District II Professor, Department of Geriatrics FSU College of Medicine Tallahassee (850) 644-2291 Ann Thompson, District III Member Services, Advent Christian Village Dowling Park (386)658-5400
Terri Barton, District IV CEO, Aging True Jacksonville (904) 807-1200
Bill Aycrigg, District V President/CEO, CARES of Pasco, Inc. Hudson (727) 862-9291
Kathy Hyer, District VI Professor, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida and Director, Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging Tampa (813) 974-3232
Vacant, District VII
Erin McLeod, District VIII Senior Vice President, Friendship Centers Sarasota, FL (941) 955-2122
Jaime Estremera-Fitzgerald, District IX CEO, Area Agency on Aging Palm Beach/Treasure Coast West Palm Beach (561) 684-5885 Andrea Busada, District X Director, Broward County’s Elderly and Veterans Service Division Ft. Lauderdale (954) 357-6622 Josefina Carbonell, District XI Senior Vice President of Long-term Care and Nutrition, Independent Living Systems Miami (305) 262-1292
Trustees At Large
Luisa Charbonneau, Jacksonville VP, Government Markets, Florida Blue (904) 905-5872 Karen Deigl, Vero Beach CEO, Senior Resource Association (772) 569-0760
Rodney Guttmann, Pensacola Professor/Director, Center on Aging, University of West Florida (850) 474-3449 Jeff Johnson, St. Petersburg State Director, AARP Florida (727) 592-8035
Dave Lynn, New Smyrna Beach Consumer Services Manager, Florida Power & Light (386) 254-2484
Rosalyn Roker, Tampa Doctoral Student, School of Aging Studies University of South Florida (813) 334-2887 Tracy Schmidt, Tampa VP Field Marketing, WellCare (813) 206-3446
Jane Tuten, St. Augustine Senior VP, Client Relations East Coast Gorman Health Group (904) 613-0819
H o w t o R e p l a c e C o m m o n V i t a l R e c o r d s
Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates - Contact that state office where the life event occurred.
Passport - Report lost or stolen passports to the State Department by calling 1-877-487-2778.
Military Service Records - The National Archives keeps copies of all veterans’ services records, and you can apply online to receive a copy of yours or an immediate family member’s if they are de-ceased. You can also find out how to replace lost military medals and awards.
Social Security Card - If you can’t find your Social Security card, you may not actually need to re-place it. As long as you know your Social Security number, you will still be able to collect Social Se-curity benefits, get a job and apply for many government benefits and services.
Green Card - If you have a U.S. Permanent Resident (Green) Card, you may need to replace it if it was lost, stolen or damaged or if your name or other biographical information has legally changed since it was issued.
Medicare ID Cards - The SSA can also help you replace a lost or stolen Medicare card.
Medicaid ID Cards - To replace a lost or stolen Medicaid card, please contact your state Medicaid office.
State-issued Identification - If your driver's license or state-issued identification (ID) card was recent-ly lost or stolen, contact your state motor vehicle agency.
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We’ve come a long way, baby...
On January 1, 2016, something pretty amazing happened: the Center for Medicare Services (CMS) notified physicians that it would now con-sider advanced care planning discussions (ACP) part of an annual wellness visit, if the pa-tient requested the conversation. For Medicare beneficiaries, this meant that deductibles and co-payments normally required for Part B would be waived. Translation? A seismic shift in poli-cy. This change takes us far away those shout-ing warnings about Death Panels and their mes-sages that advanced care planning would result in medical providers deciding who should live or die, in large part based on cost and the relative value of the life of the person. This effectively scared lots of older adults who could have ben-efited from support with advanced care plan-ning. The campaign also made it politically im-possible for Congress or Medicare officials to support the idea of paying physicians for their time in having care planning discussions with their patients.
Thankfully, that is now all history. The news that physicians could bill for advance care planning was widely heralded when it was announced by CMS in late 2015. The additional announce-ment that it would now be considered part of
wellness did not garner the same amount of at-tention, but to me, it is equally momentous. By payment policy, Medicare normalized discus-sions of care wishes as a part of good basic health care AND made sure there would be wide-spread access to it, since there would be reimbursement for physicians’ time and coun-sel. What an amazing amount of ground to cov-er in less than a decade! Those who work in the hospice industry and advocacy organizations like FCOA kept quietly, but persistently, advo-cating the value and importance of allowing pa-tients to make their own decisions in advance of need. Finally, it appears the time for widespread adoption of this idea has come.
So many aging Baby Boomers have seen what happened to their parents as they faced serious illness in an era where patient preferences for care amounted to, at best, a Do Not Resuscitate Order. The messages about the importance of engaging both medical providers and family members to discuss not only what you don’t want- but what you DO want- has finally gotten through. This will surely help all of us have a better quality of life as we age, since we will get to say what matters to us. For the 10,000 Americans turning 65 each day, and knowing they will inevitably encounter our medical sys-tem during a serious illness, this news should be greeted with relief!
To further debunk the Death Panel arguments, several recent research studies have shown that patients with advanced directives actually get more and better palliative care than those with either a DNR alone or no directives at all! It appears that an affirmative statement of wishes by the patient is important in guiding both the type and amount of care provided. Older adults want to have the dignity of making decisions about what happens to them, especially when it comes to medical care. Thankfully, it appears we are finally entering an era where we can at last have the hope of meaningful, caring discus-sions, that will result in a clear expression of what matters most to us when we cannot speak for ourselves. That is a hard-won victory for all of us to celebrate. Now, go have those care planning conversations!
President’s Column
Susan Ponder-Stansel
FCOA President 2015-2016
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When it’s hard to breathe, it’s difficult to think of anything else. Floridians who live with Chronic Ob-structive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, may know that all too well, especially this time of year.
As temperatures across our state take a momentary wintery dip, COPD’s signature symptoms—shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing induced by emphysema or chronic bronchitis—will flare up for some in proportion to the chill. Likewise, our steamy, humid summers also can prove danger-ous for those who live with this incurable disease. These symptom manifestations will be unique to each person.
How many Floridians ride this climatological roller coaster? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavior Risk Surveillance Survey pegs Florida’s COPD prevalence rate at 7.1 percent1. That’s nearly 1.4 million Floridians whose daily activities, re-lationships and emotions are impacted by this chronic condition, America’s third leading cause of death, with symptoms that can endure for years or decades.
When do these individuals catch a break, or in this context, a breath? As a hospice physician, it is my goal to affect the best life possible for the patients and families I serve. While there are people living with COPD whose symptoms will qualify them for a hospice ad-mission, quality of life can be a challenge well before then, too, starting at initial diagnosis. You may encounter these individuals regularly, as patients, clients or even caregivers to others. How can we help them live better? Customized medication regimens and action plans coordinated by a medical professional are the first steps to reducing exacerbations and restoring clear breathing. Bronchodilators, anti-inflammatories, combination medications, antibiotics and vaccines may lessen symptoms and help avoid infections such as the flu or pneumonia. Because of the complexity of these custom regimens, elders’ caregivers should be well versed in medication management. Some COPD patients also may benefit from supplemental oxygen, an adjunct therapy that can help people experience a wider range of recreational activities by improving their mobility. Available through a physician’s prescription, today’s oxygen delivery technology makes getting around a much easier proposition, through the use of lightweight, portable concentrators.
Pulmonary rehabilitation, clinical trials and surgical interventions also can be viable options for pa-tients who qualify for them.
Another intervention that can help is palliative care. This medical specialty helps relieve the symp-toms, pain and stress of a serious, chronic illness. It also gives patients and caregivers the oppor-tunity to better understand their condition, complete advance care plans, and develop a road map for future care decisions. While hospice is a specific type of palliative care reserved for people who have a time-limited life expectancy, as some COPD patients surely will, palliative care is appropriate at
any stage following diagnosis. Hospitals and hospice pro-viders frequently offer these services, for which Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance may cover some costs.
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COPD: Helping Our Elders Breathe Easier
By Ana Sanchez, MD, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida
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Continued from Page 1—Disrupting Caregiving in Florida The website for our program is http://www.caregiveraccelerator.com/ . This is a pilot program fund-ed by AARP Caregiving and the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay that combines a path to build new caregiving companies to serve our local community and to encourage entrepreneurship in this space to close gaps in care that exist today. When we say caregivers, we mean all caregivers - those caring for a sick child, a spouse or family member, a senior adult, a veteran, disabled or retired. We know that all caregivers face similar struggles, we've made our tent large and welcoming. And we know that many of our emerging busi-ness owners are past or present caregivers with the passion to create better solutions for our frag-mented caregiving system today. Right now new companies are building business models, meeting mentors and business development specialist to launch innovative new companies to disrupt care-giving. On May 18, 2016 we are hosting the Caregiver Conference to be held at the St. Petersburg Bayfront Hilton. We are striving for 250 Florida attendees. The program begins as 8:00 with registration and respite service drop off. The formal program will begin at 9:00. Our lunch keynote speaker is retired General Tony Taguba. AARP national has confirmed that VA national officials and AARP national officials will be joining in that day. We have three tracks for the caregiver participants: legal, financial and caring for the caregiver. Un-der each of these tracks we will have three sessions: a guided focus group to listen to caregiver con-cerns, a panel discussion with local providers and a featured speaker for that tract. The guided fo-cus group session is to elicit real time data on caregiver needs into large colorful artistic representa-tions. These storyboards will be created in a guided mapping to create a community vision of what caregivers need from us. We will present these boards at the concluding caregiver conference ses-sion. FCOA member Emma Hemness, Board Certified Elder Attorney, is the featured legal presentation with “18 or 80, You need a Plan B.” Ms. Hemness holds many distinctions including Elder Law At-torney of the Year. Award winning American author Carolyn Brent, MBA is the featured Caring for the Caregiver presentation. Ms. Brent will speak directly to the emotional, physical and spiritual needs of our caregivers. We invite all FCOA members to mark your calendars For May 18, 2016 in St. Petersburg Florida to Disrupt Caregiving.
Monica Stynchula, MSW, MPH AARP Florida Executive Council Member Caregiver Accelerator Program Director
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Continued from page 1—Seniors Saddled with Student Debt
Financially vulnerable older adults can find themselves in a difficult position when it comes to own-ing student loan debt. Unlike other debt, bankruptcy will not make this debt go away. Additionally, the Department of Education can garnish Social Security payments to recover the debt. There is a limit at the lesser of 15% of someone’s monthly benefit or the amount by which the benefit exceeds $750. In Florida, it is estimated that 1 in 3 retirees rely primarily on Social Security for their income and the average monthly check is $1,335. Default on loans held by adults 65—74 years old was 27%; 75 years and older was 50% while adults 25-29 years old the rate was 12%.
The increasing number of seniors carrying student loan debt can be an overwhelming burden and leave many older adults without enough resources to cover their cost of living expenses.
The report shows that 73% of the student loan debt older adults was for their own educa-tion while approximately 27% were loans to help finance their children’s education. Carrying student loan debt can make adults vulnerable, in part, be-cause they have a higher debt load they may not have been able to save a lot for their retire-ment during their working years.
Over time Florida is going to see more older adults manag-ing student loan debt with a fixed income—leaving many older adults to face poverty dur-ing their retirement years.
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Sharon Bock, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach
C. Constance Buchanan, North Florida Guardian, Lake City
Susan Cosker, Indialantic
June Leland, New Port Richie
Arlene Littleton, Cheer, Inc., Laurel, DE
Eric Martin, CCHOAA Award, Spotsylva-nia, VA
Anthony Palmeiri, Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach
Lucille Rhim, Gainesville
Barry Sonustun, Glen Oaks, NY
Welcome New Members
December & January
Member News
Muthusami Kumaran, Ph.D. from the Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences at the University of Florida is on a research fellowship this spring in the School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward recognized Andrea Busada, FCOA Trustee, with the Project Personali-ty Award. Robert Beck, FCOA Advocacy Initiative Lobbyist, was awarded with the Legislative Advocate award. Congratula-tions! Erin McLeod, President/CEO of Friend-ship Centers and FCOA Trustee, was fea-tured on the cover of February’s West Coast Woman magazine. Bob Carter recently retired from Friend-ship Centers in Sarasota and has accept-ed a consultant position with The Patter-son Foundation. Congratulations to Chris Powers from CARES of Pasco on her retirement. Congratulations to Pamela Wiener who celebrated her 13th year with West Palm Beach Housing Authority.
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Senior Day 2016
Senior Day Reception (L to R) - Ted Granger, United Way of Florida; Larry Polivka, Claude Pepper Center; Ken Thomas, AARP; and Secretary Sam Verghese, Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Top—Senior Day on the Capi-tol Plaza.
Left and above—Senior Day Town Hall Meeting
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Resources & Reports Updated Fact Sheet: HIV Among Older Ameri-cans—A growing number of people aged 50 and old-er are living with HIV infection. People aged 55 and older accounted for almost 20% of the estimated 1.1 million people living with HIV in the United States in 2010. Facebook for Non-Profits— Website guides users through the process of establishing a presence on Facebook, attracting users’ attention, and soliciting support. It also showcases examples of how nonprof-its have used Facebook to accomplish their goals. The Aging Network in Transition: Hanging in the Balance, by Anne Montgomery and Elizabeth Blair (January 2016, .33p.). Mortality Among Centenarians in the United States, 2000–2014, by Jiaquan Xu (Data Brief No. 233, January 2016, 8p.). Fewer Americans Ages 50–64 Have Difficulty Paying Family Medical Bills after Early ACA Mar-ketplace Implementation, by by Laura Skopec, Tim-othy A. Waidmann, Jane Sung, and Olivia Dean (January 2016, 9p.). National Background Check Program for Long Term Care Employees: Interim Report, (OEI-07-10-00420, January 2016, 23p.). Rich, Poor, Singles, and Couples. Who Receives Medicaid in Old Age and Why? by Margherita Bo-rella, Mariacristina De Nardi, and Eric French (w21873, January 2016, 49p.). Top 10 Ways to Begin Creating LGBT Safety & Inclusivity for Aging Services The Florida State Health Gaps report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute examines factors that influence health.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the Elder Abuse Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Core Da-ta Elements. This document establishes consistent definitions and data elements making it easier to un-derstand, and more effectively combat, elder abuse. The Road Map - The CDC Healthy Aging Program and the Alzheimer's Association partnered to develop an updated Road Map to address cognitive health, Alzheimer's disease, and the needs of caregivers through 35 actions. Emergency Preparedness Needs of Individuals Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Care Partners – ensuring the unique needs of adults with dementia are addressed in state and local disaster planning. Financial Exploitation Among People Living with Cognitive Impairment and Their Care Partners – ensuring people with cognitive difficulties do not be-come victims of financial abuse and exploitation. 2015 White House Conference on Aging Final Re-port (December 2015, 83p.). The Transportation and Health Tool (THT) was developed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide easy access to data that practitioners can use to examine the health impacts of transportation systems. Toolkit for Making Written Material Clear and Ef-fective from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) is an 11-part toolkit that provides detailed and a comprehensive set of tools to help make written materials in printed formats easier for people to read, understand and use.
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CMS & The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care recently approved “Introduction to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) for Profession-al Caregivers” as a national resource through Advancing Excellence in Nursing Homes Campaign. This course is an introduction for direct care staff. This course helps care providers better understand Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD) and develop skills essential for communicating with people living with ADRD and their families (60 minutes).
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For more information visit: www.ftri.org/fcoa
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Grant Opportunities
Two Funding Opportunities Open for Application: Chronic Disease Self-Management and Falls Prevention—The Administration on Aging's Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion recently published two new Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) – one for Chronic Disease Self-Management Education programs and the other for Falls Prevention programs. The deadline to apply for each FOA is April 6, 2016. HUD Grants to Test New Approach to Helping Low-income Seniors Age in Place The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) it is making approximately $15 million available to test a promising housing and services model for low-income seniors to age in their own homes and delay or avoid the need for nursing home care. HUD’s Supportive Services Demonstration for Elderly Households in HUD-Assisted Multifamily Housing will offer three-year grants to eligible owners of HUD-assisted senior housing developments to cover the cost of a full-time Enhanced Service Coordinator and a part-time Wellness Nurse. The purpose of the Demon-stration is to test the effectiveness of this enhanced supportive services model for elderly house-holds and to evaluate the value of enhanced service coordination paired with affordable housing for seniors. Deadline to apply is April 18, 2016. The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the uni-verse, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1000 or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects. Deadline: Open
Retirement Research Foundation Accepting Applications for Projects to Improve Lives of Aging Americans - Grants will be awarded to projects that provide direct services, advocacy, edu-cation, and/or training programs for professionals working with elders, as well as for research that investigates causes and solutions to significant problems of older adults. Advocacy, training, and research projects of national relevance will be considered. The foundation considers proposals on February 1, May 1, and August 1. Should an applicant like to discuss a project before submitting a full proposal, a brief Letter of Inquiry should be sent to the foundation at least three weeks prior to a deadline.
DOEA’s Grant Opportunities Listserv managed by the Grant Development Team in the Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. The team conducts daily searches for grant opportunities that are in line with DOEA’s mission of promoting the well-being of Florida’s elders and enabling them to remain in
their homes and communities. The team identifies grants that fund statewide projects for DOEA as well as those that support our Aging Network activities and partners, including AAA/ADRCs, state and local government agencies, non-profits, uni-versities, and other elder services related programs. The grants for which Department programs are not eligible to apply
are shared via the ListServ for our partners to access and apply. You can access DOEA’s Grant Opportunities Listserv and subscribe to email alerts here: http://lists.elderaffairs.org/listmanager/listinfo/eagrant.
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Hospice care may be an option to relieve pain and restore comfort when the disease reaches end-stage status, at a life expectancy of 12 months or less. Some hospice providers have developed unique clinical protocols for COPD, with dedicated respiratory therapists and comfort kits containing key medications to reduce exacerbations and bring quick symptom relief.
Still other hospice providers, including several in Florida, are participating in a five-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center research effort that launched in January, the Medi-care Care Choices Model (MCCM). For Medicare beneficiaries who meet CMS criteria, including hospice eligibility, the MCCM offers hospice-like supportive care to patients concurrently with cura-tive therapies as coordinated by their primary care providers. COPD is one of four terminal diagno-ses accepted through the model.
As with most chronic illnesses, COPD can drastically affect the lives of those who live with it, and those of their caregivers. Support resources are plentiful, however, and should be tapped to prevent caregiver burnout and create a lifeline to people and institutions that can help. Groups such as the American Lung Association offer telephone help lines, in-person support groups like the Better Breathers Club in area hospitals, and online communities. The National Institutes of Health’s Breathe Better Network members offer COPD public outreach and education, and the Florida COPD Coalition is another resource for provider education events and patient support groups.
And let’s not forget about the root cause of this affliction for so many, cigarette smoking, which is a factor in up to eight out of every 10 COPD-related deaths2. Cessation programs are readily available through employers, houses of worship and online communities.
As health leaders and elder advocates, we all must play a role in helping those in our care live their best lives possible. With education and early intervention, we can make sure our neighbors with COPD breathe easier all year long.
Ana Sanchez, M.D. is chief medical director for hospice services at Community Hospice of North-east Florida in Jacksonville.
Community Hospice of Northeast Florida strives to improve the quality of life for patients and fami-lies, and to be the compassionate guide for end-of-life care in their community. Find out more at http://communityhospice.com.
References:
1. COPD Foundation. COPD Statistics Across America. Washington: COPD Foundation, 2013 [accessed 2016 Jan. 26].
2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014 [accessed 2016 Jan. 26].
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March 2016
March 3-7, 2016: Long Beach, CA. Association of Gerontology in Higher Education Conference. http://www.aghe.org/events/annual-meeting March 20-24, 2016: Washington, DC. American Society on Aging - Aging in America Conference. http://www.asaging.org/aia%C2%A0by
May 2016
May 19-20, 2016: Long Beach, CA. American Geriatrics Society An-nual Meeting. http://www.americangeriatrics.org/annual_meeting/2016_annual_meeting/
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