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LET THERE BE LAW:

Empowering Aging Families

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

2:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

The Heller School

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

MGA Massachusetts Gerontology Association

Annual Meeting & Spring Conference

Robert Morris Joanne Bluestone

Elsie Frank Jim Callahan

Scott Harshbarger Sr Eileen Driscoll

Paul Raia Lillian Glickman

Anna Bissonnette Ed Flynn

Sandy Albright Alan Rosenfeld

Ellen Bruce Alan Balsam

Phyllis Mutschler Ann Hartstein

Nina M. Silverstein Chet Jakubiak

Joan Hatem-Roy Andrea Cohen

Richard Rowland

Frank Caro Barry Berman

Lowy Award Winners

Massachusetts Gerontology Association

Annual Meeting

LET THERE BE LAW


MGA extends appreciation to the Heller

School for hosting the annual meeting

and providing supporting services

Massachusetts Gerontology Association

Post Office Box 540513

Waltham, MA 02454—0513

www.massgeron.org

The mission of the Massachusetts Gerontology Association is to convene

researchers, practitioners, and public policymakers in Massachusetts to

create dialogue on critical issues related to aging, and to facilitate the

transfer of knowledge from academic research to day-to-day practice.

Program

2:30 p.m. Registration & Student Posters

Refreshments

3:00 p.m. Welcome & Introductions

Louis Lowy Award Presentation

Remarks by Secretary of Elder Affairs

Ann L. Hartstein

Words of Remembrance for James J. Callahan

3:10 p.m. Keynote Address *

Marshall B. Kapp, J.D., M.P.H.

LET THERE BE LAW:


* Appreciation is extended to Stuart Altman, Sol

C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy at

Brandeis University, for his generous support of

this year’s keynote to honor Jim Callahan

4:00 p.m. Panel Response

Mary Catherine Bateson

Ellen A. Bruce

Donald N. Freedman

4:30 p.m.

4:55 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Audience Discussion

Student Awards Presentation

Business Meeting and Reception

Speaker Biography

Marshall B. Kapp was educated at Johns Hopkins University (B.A.), George Washington University Law School (J.D. with Honors), and Harvard University School of Public Health (M.P.H.). He is the Direc-tor of the Florida State University Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and of the American College of Legal Medicine.

Mary Catherine Bateson is a cultural anthropologist and author. Bateson attended Radcliffe (B.A.) and Harvard University (Ph.D.). She has taught at Harvard, Northeastern, and Amherst College, as well as overseas in the Philip-pines and Iran. Her books include: With a Daughter’s Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson.

Ellen A. Bruce attended Wellesley College (B.A.) and Northeastern University School of Law (J.D.) and is Director of the Gerontology Institute of the McCor-mack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massa-chusetts Boston. Ellen is also an Associate Professor in the Gerontology Depart-ment, teaching law and public policy courses in the Gerontology Graduate Program at UMass—Boston.

Donald N. Freedman is a graduate of Brandeis University and Boston College Law School (J.D.). He is a principal of the firm of Rosenberg, Freedman & Goldstein LLP, of Newton, where he leads a team that concentrates on meeting the legal needs of elders. He is a past board chair of the Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Respondents

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2011 Louis Lowy Award Recipients

Named after the founder and first President of the Massachusetts

Gerontology Association, the Louis Lowy Award is given to individuals for

distinguished contributions to the field of aging in Massachusetts.

This year MGA is honored to present the Louise Lowy Award to

Barry Berman and Frank Caro

Barry Berman has devoted his career to building the long-term care commu-

nity in Chelsea and surrounding areas by developing innovative models of

care. He has been the CEO of the Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home/Chelsea

Jewish Foundation for 34 years, since completing his master degree rehabili-

tation administration.

Mr. Berman began his tenure in Chelsea by expanding and rebuilding the

Chelsea Jewish Nursing Home in 1983. In collaboration with his colleagues,

he then built the Cohen-Florence-Levine Estates, Massachusetts’ first mixed-

income assisted living which opened in 1996. The team then developed the

Florence and Chafetz Home for Specialized Care (2002), a more enhanced as-

sisted living targeted to those with dementia and other compromising condi-

tions. The organization also operates three community programs: the Manuel

R. Grell Home Care Agency, the Gilda and Bob Richman Personal Care Agen-

cy, and the Dr. Matthew S. Shwartz Hospice and Palliative Care Agency. The

Leonard Florence Center for Living, a Green House® model nursing home

and the first urban one in the nation, opened in February 2010. The Leonard

Florence Center provides skilled nursing care in a home environment to the

elderly and those with medical and physical disabilities. Two of the Green

House homes at the Leonard Florence Center serve those with ALS (Lou Geh-

rig’s disease) and multiple sclerosis, the first such residences in the nation.

Mr. Berman is on the Board of Directors of the ALS Association Massachu-

setts Chapter and the Chelsea Soldier’s Home. In the past he has served on

the Massachusetts Governor’s Council of Assisted Living, the Board of Direc-

tors for the Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Association, and the

Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Aging Services Association.

Louis Lowy Award

Frank Caro (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) has been a leader in aging

policy and education in Massachusetts since coming here in 1970. In that year

he was Associate Director of the Levinson Gerontological Policy Institute at

Brandeis University, and subsequently became Associate Professor of Social

Research at the Heller School.

Dr. Caro did a decade long stint as Director of Research for the Community

Service Society of New York, returning to Boston as Professor of Gerontology

and Director of the Research Division of the Gerontology Institute at Universi-

ty of Massachusetts Boston (UMB). He then served as the Director of the Ger-

ontology Institute and Gerontology Programs at UMB.

His leadership contributed to the Institute becoming a center for state policy

development, issuing paper after paper on gerontology issues as they emerged

in public policy debates in the state legislature and in public agencies. He

helped develop advocacy and support programs for older citizens of the Com-

monwealth and for those interested in aging policy in the state. He did this

working collaboratively with his colleagues at UMB and other diverse groups

and individuals. At the same time Dr. Caro was working locally on research

and policy issues, he become a national leader in gerontology and long term

care research. Like many senior academic figures Dr. Caro’s resume features

a very long publications list. However his list includes a level of innovation

and originality which is unusual even within this rarefied group. He has de-

veloped innovative research approaches, and his work with colleagues in

Productive Aging and in home care services is particularly notable.

Dr. Caro has taught thousands of students from the certificate student to post

doctoral fellows, who now pepper the aging community in Massachusetts. He

brings freshness and energy to teaching that is regrettably rare – time and

again attempting to find new ways to present routine material. Though

Emeritus, he continues to maintain an active research agenda and teach at

UMB. And, his work as a leader and supporter of MGA has made a lasting and

vital contribution to the organization.

MGA 2011 Student Posters

The Effect of Control Beliefs on Memory for Gist-Related

Information. Margeaux V. Auslander, Brandeis University

The Policies of Retirement: Fiscal Responsibility vs. Human

Capability. Kathryn Casey, Boston College

Self-Relevant Strategy Use Differentially Affects Memory for

Impressions in Older Adults. Brittany S. Cassidy, Brandeis University

Understanding the Discharge Process: Decision Making, Risk

Scenarios and Funding Issues involved in Home and Community-

Based Care. Yvonne Decelis, Nichols, Deborah Wheeler Ramos, Emily

Patridge, Fabiola Alvarez, Patience Sanusi, Wanda Scott, Nadine Lender,

University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Effects of Self-Construal Priming on Associative Memory with Age.

Hyeon Nyeon Lee, Brandeis University

Supplemental Transportation Programs for Seniors: Safe and

Helpful Options. Maryann Nguyen, Ellen Bernardi, Cynthia Duryee,

Matt Gauvain, Grace MacKinnon, Paul Rinaldi, William Perry, Lorraine

Weaver, Joyce Williams-Mitchell, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Social Capital and Health among Older Adults in China:

The Urban-Rural Dimension. Julie A. Norstrand, Boston College

The Effects of Religiosity on the Onset and Recovery from

Depression in Older Adults. Corina R. Oala, University of

Massachusetts, Boston

Policy Brief: Financial Exploitation among Older Adults.

Christa Smith, Boston College

Sexual Education for Older Adults. Cristina Sousa, Boston College

False Memory in Aging as a Result of Self-Referencing.

Nicole M. Rosa, Brandeis University

Guiding the Next Generation of Social Workers: The Lowy-GEM Pro-

gram on Aging. Mariejose Dorvilier, Karin Lauff Wannamaker,

Megan Stolze, William Tan, Boston University

Planning for End-of-Life Care: Considerations when Presenting

to Older Adults. Kathryn Casey, Boston College

Why Medicare Should Pay for Dental Coverage. Marie Betsy Connolly,

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Community-Based Older Adults and Fear of Falling. Janet Popp,

University of Massachusetts, Boston

MGA 2011 Student Papers

Massachusetts

Gerontology

Association

Dear Colleague,

Thank you for your support of the Massachusetts Gerontology Association (MGA) and the

important work it has done to promote dialogue in the community on critical issues in aging.

As a member, you receive all of MGA’s services including the MGA website, the MGA Direc-

tory, reduced registration fees for MGA conferences, seminars and workshops, and continuing

education credits offered for our programs.

There are opportunities to meet and network with colleagues with similar interests from

across the state, and participation in a statewide resource exchange of education, research

efforts and community services. Please contribute to these efforts by participating in these

services.

In 2011 - 2012, we will continue developing our website resources, planning our programs,

and interacting with other members. We are also looking to expand our Board to include the

diversity of stakeholders in the elder community, and solicit your assistance with these is-

sues.

This year’s annual meeting topic is an especially timely and important one regarding the

issues around both ensuring protection as well as respecting the autonomy of elders. It fea-

tures Marshall Kapp, Mary Catherine. Bateson, Ellen A. Bruce, and Donald N. Freedman.

Membership in MGA, networking with old friends and meeting new ones at our events and

working with others in the community of elder work is enjoyable and invigorating. Please

take a moment to renew your membership.

Your support of the organization will help MGA continue to be the aging policy forum for

Massachusetts that it has been for 40 years.

I look forward to working with you in the coming year.

Please contact me with any questions.

Sarita Malik Bhalotra, MD, PhD

President . Massachusetts Gerontology Association

[email protected]

A Statewide Organization Advancing the Field of Aging

MASSACHUSETTS GERONTOLOGY ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Officers

Sarita Bhalotra (Brandeis University), President

Joann M. Montepare (Lasell College), Vice President

Lisa Gurgone (MA Council for Home Care Aide Services), Treasurer

Carol McCarron (Westwood COA), Secretary

Members

Mary DeRoo, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley

Joan Hyde, Ivy Hall Senior Living

K.R. Kaffenberger, Rehabilitation Associates / UMass Boston

Emily Meyer, Mass-ALFA

Charlene Neu, Tufts University

Mary Surin, Brandeis University

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If you would like to work with the executive committee,

please contact us at [email protected].

The RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging

and Intergenerational Studies, is dedicated to enhanc-

ing the quality of life for older adults through research,

community partnerships, and teaching focused on aging,

lifelong learning, and intergenerational programs.

For more information contact, Joann M. Montepare, Director

Lasell College

1844 Commonwealth Avenue

Newton, MA 02466

Phone: 617-663-7006 / [email protected]

Discovering What’s Next® engages mid-life and older adults in the creative exploration of their next life stage. We provide infor-mation, inspiration and involvement for people seeking new ways to work, connect and live in the second half of life.

Visit DWN at the Newton Cultural Center

225 Nevada Street Newton, MA 02460 617-467-5438

www.discoveringwhatsnext.com

Feasibility, Consulting, Research

and Ongoing Management

for

Innovative Senior Housing,

Technology & Service Delivery

Contact Joan Hyde, PhD – [email protected]

20 Park Plaza, Suite 400 | Boston, MA 02116 | 617.247.2132

MGA Thanks its 2010-2011

Organizational Members

AARP Massachusetts

BayPath Elder Services

Boston Elder Info

Boston Senior Home Care

Brandeis University

Brookhaven at Lexington

Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley

Hale House

HESSCO Elder Services

Houseworks, LLC

Jewish Geriatric Services, Inc.

Kit Clark Senior Services

MCOA

Mystic Valley Elder Services, Inc.

RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging

and Intergenerational Studies, Lasell College

Long Term Support Studies

Old Colony Elderly Services

Senior Whole Health

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services

South Shore Elder Services, Inc.

The Cambridge Homes, Inc.

UMASS Boston

Weston Council on Aging

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