|
We Remember
Richard Majka
August 8, 2020
|
|
Priority Allocation Registration Period Ends Monday, August 17, noon!
Registration for our initial allocation period ends tomorrow, Monday, August 17, noon (please note that this is a precise ending time). It is time to renew your $25 annual membership; we rely on this income and this show of support to sustain us in challenging times.
There are step-by-step registration instructions on pages 4 and 5 in the catalog. If you have unused credits from Spring 2020 or if you have faculty credits, you can use these to pay the College for Seniors Fall 2020 Term Fee. Click here for detailed instructions on how to pay with credits. Because our staff is working from home, we prefer that all questions be directed to olli@unca.edu. Please be patient as we work our way through unprecedented changes in our work environments. We will get to all of your questions, but it may take a little more time.
Although so much has changed, we have returned to our some of our standard registration processes. You may request up to six courses and be registered in up to three. The cost of an OLLI annual membership is $25 and the College for Seniors tuition fee is $115. We will hold an add/drop period.
Many of you have enjoyed using UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library, dining facilities, and Student Recreation Center. Given the need for social distancing and to give priority to undergraduate students in campus facilities, for now campus benefits have changed. Please click here to read about changes to campus benefits.We are pleased to announce, however, that in addition to OLLI's online programming of s pecial events like Fab Fridays, the Inclusion Committee's Virtual Series on Racial Disparity or our recent successful story telling event, we will be sharing links to many campus discussions and presentations throughout the fall term.
We have heard from many of you over the years that OLLI is the reason you chose to live in Asheville, that OLLI courses, lectures, and workshops have been life-changing, and that OLLI has been the source of friendships and purpose you might not have expected "in life's second half." We rely on you to join us in this new environment, to sustain us so that we can return as a stronger, more adaptive, and more varied program when we can again be face-to-face. Spread the word to friends and acquaintances about the work that continues here during a challenging time for all of us. OLLI right now is abundant with connections and learning opportunities, even while we are apart. We need everyone to continue to support us as we continue to grow and expand.
|
OLLI's Inclusion Committee Presents a Virtual Series on Racial Disparity
Second session
Dr. Ameena Batada
Je'wana Grier-McEachin
and Jill Fromewick
|
| Fromewick, Batada, Grier-McEachin
|
Including the Invisible: Race, Place, and Faith in Rural Western North Carolina
Tuesday, August 18, 1 p.m.
Register below for Zoom Webinar
(In the Webinar setting, your camera and video will be automatically off, but you can participate in a chat based Q&A)
OLLI's Inclusion Committee has designed a virtual webinar series focusing on four major areas reflecting racial disparity in our community. The presentation of the series is an effort to raise awareness and to inspire personal engagement and advocacy.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the historic and current inequities created by systemic racism have been illuminated. The disproportionate impact on communities of color are strikingly visible in the following areas: healthcare, criminal justice, education, and economics.
Each session in the series will include participation by local leaders, professionals and Asheville/Buncombe community members in their respective roles engaged in addressing these issues. The format will allow for a discussion and a question and answer follow up.
Tuesday, August 18, 1 p.m. Dr. Ameena Batada, Associate Professor of Health and Wellness at UNC Asheville, Je'wana Grier-McEachin, Executive Director of the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement (ABIPA) and Jill Fromewick, Social Epidemiologist and Research Scientist at MAHEC. These participants will discuss structural racism, introduce the details of their study of the influence of structural racism on healthcare in WNC. This panel will be available for follow up discussion and questions. Click Here to register.
Criminal Justice Disparity:
Thursday, August 27, 3 p.m. Session three will be moderated by OLLI member Curry First and include Asheville Buncombe County D.A.Todd Williams, City Manager Debra Campbell and Public Defender LeAnn Melton.
Education Disparity:
Wednesday, September 16, 4 p.m. will feature professional educators and education advocates including Jesse Pitts, Counselor at Asheville Middle School, Tsiana Tovar, ESL teacher for Buncombe County Schools and Buffy Fowler, Operations Coordinator at Francine Delaney New School.
Economic Disparity is the topic for the fifth and final session of the series. It is in the works and currently and will be followed up with more information and details.
Did you miss the session with Dr. Sharon West? You can watch it here, or on the OLLI YouTube Channel anytime:
|
| | Cultural Humility - Mitigating Race-Based Inequities, Dr. Sharon West |
Watch newsletters for links to register for the following Zoom Webinar sessions.
|
 |
| | CFS Instructor and NC Center for Creative Retirement Founding Director Ron Manheimer, May 2019 |
Be an Online Classroom Assistant
for the Fall Term
When the College for Seniors Fall term begins on September 21, we will place a Zoom Assistant (ZA) in each online course. A Zoom Assistant will help the instructor with a few basic, low-tech online classroom management tasks: checking the attendance, helping to manage discussion and Q & A, perhaps muting noisy participants who have forgotten to do so.
|
The Meditation SIG will have meetings
all Mondays in August, August 10- 24
 Bill Walz, clinical psychologist, evolutionary anthropologist, and consciousness teacher, will present meditation as a necessary capacity for, as Buddhism calls to us, the discovery of our True Self, as mentally and spiritually healthy human beings capable of meeting the evolutionary challenges confronting us in the coming century.
Monday, August 17: In the third week we will address discovering the non-dual underpinning to our human existence that opens into true spiritual experience.
Monday, August 24: In the fourth week we will address the necessity of the spiritual and ethical underpinning through awakened consciousness that is necessary for human society to meet the challenges of the 21st century and be capable of taking us into the 22nd century and beyond.
|
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 755 4739 2717
Password: 531629
|
All OLLI members are welcome to join
our Zoom Meditations.
Meditation SIG Contact: Sally Ekaireb
|
|
OSC Steering Council Chair Julie Snyder
|
Looking Forward At OLLI
Julie Snyder, OLLI Steering Council Chair
Our OLLI Steering Council (OSC) is the volunteer advisory group to Executive Director Catherine Frank. During the OSC's annual leadership transition meeting on July 1, Erik Vedeler stepped down as OSC chair and "virtually" passed me the chair's baton. Erik now fills the role of "past chair," and Sam Harben is the new "chair-elect." Together with the chairs of the OSC's standing committees, we are collaborating closely to meet the many ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic and to create new opportunities for OLLI.
|
|
The Forum SIG - Virtual Edition!
Friday, August 21, 1 p.m.
Online
Topic for August 21: "The controversy over monuments, historical and cultural." (i.e. Confederate, Washington, Columbus, Churchill, etc.)
The weekly Forum encourages a free-flowing dialogue designed to enrich and expand participants' thinking on a wide variety of topics; the group frequently focuses on current events. All OLLI members are welcome to attend. Contact Beth Johnson, the Forum SIG coordinator, to get a link for the meeting: johnson1ea@earthlink.net
|
The State of the City and County
LAF's Virtual Critical Issues Forum
Wednesday, August 26, 1 p.m.
Online
Determined not to let COVID-19 disrupt its mission, Leadership Asheville Forum is adapting to the new reality by planning a season of virtual Critical Issues forums, starting this month. Members are invited to join us for the first of these programs on Wednesday, August 26, when we have invited Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and County Board Chairman Brownie Newman to discuss "The State of the City and County."
Asheville and Buncombe County have rarely faced times as challenging as those brought by the year 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing economic and social impact, the Black Lives Matter protests, calls to defund the police, renewed controversy over the Vance Monument, reparations... the list seems endless.
|
| | | Esther Manheimer | |
|
| | Brownie Newman |
We expect to hear about these and other issues from Mayor Manheimer and County Board Chair Newman. This forum is free and will be available to LAF members and prospective members via Zoom. The program will begin at 12:00 noon and end at approximately 1:00 pm.
To gain access to the webinar, you will need to register in advance. Click on the link below and follow the instructions. You will receive a confirmation email and a followup reminder.
|
Death Café
Friday, August 28, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Death Café is an engaging gathering with storytelling and conversation about a topic that too often alienates people in our death phobic culture. At Death Café participants break into small groups of five or six people and discuss personal stories related to the death of loved ones, loss of jobs, relationships or marriages or loss or death of parts of ourselves. These programs are facilitated by Greg Lathrop, Said Osio, and Karen Sanders from Third Messenger.
The agenda for the second online Death Café will look like this:
- 5 - 5:20 p.m.: Welcome. What is Death Café? Overview of Death Café in the U.S. and Asheville. Ground Rules for Death Café including allowing silence, confidentiality, no judgement, break-out groups, and use of Chat. This meeting will not be recorded.
- 5:20-6:15 p.m.: Break Out Rooms for Death Cafe, and telling stories of loss and death to each other.
- 6:15 - 6:30 p.m. Debriefing with Chat, Announcements, Next Death Café
Click Here to Register in advance for this Zoom Death Café meetingAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. For questions, please feel free to contact Karen Sanders at:
|
Astronomy Club of Asheville
Thursday,
September 3,
7-8:30 p.m.
"Blue Stragglers: How one group of peculiar stars defies standard stellar evolution theory"
Astronomers of today have a thorough understanding of how stars evolve from the time they are born, until the time that they die. In other words, our current model of standard stellar evolution is solid. Our stellar models are capable of explaining and accurately predicting the behavior of stars over the course of their lifetimes-that is, as long as the stars are "normal." The story, however, is more complicated for stars that are "peculiar".
There are various groups of peculiar stars, but in this talk, Dr. Courtney McGahee will focus on one group in particular - stars known as Blue Stragglers. Many astronomers believe Blue Stragglers are "vampire" stars that have "fed" from a companion. Dr. McGahee will discuss how current stellar evolution theory fails to explain the behavior of these stars, and she will highlight how chemical markers are used to investigate the potential vampire-nature of these objects. Click here to learn more about Dr. McGahee.
|
WENOCA
Sierra Club Webinar
Environmental Injustice:
Race, Class and Climate Change
William Barber is the Strategic Partnerships Manager at the Climate Reality Project and co-chair for the N.C. Poor People's Campaign Committee on Ecological Devastation. He earned his law degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and is a member of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Justice and Equity Advisory Board. He is the son of Rev. William Barber of the national Poor People's Campaign. Barber will talk about environmental racism and the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on the poor and people of color.
|
| Although the Smith-McDowell House is not open for tours at this time,the programmng of the Western North Carolina Historical Association Continues |
Western North Carolina
Historical Association (WNCHA)
We want to share information about a number of upcoming programs that we think will be of particular interest to OLLI members.
|
|
Staying Together Apart
We would all like things to be "back to normal" as soon as possible, to be back in our "home away from home." We also realize that the best way to stay safe is to stay home except for essential travel as long as the number of cases and hospitalizations in our community continues to rise. We here at OLLI are trying to make the most of this challenging time by finding ways to use technology like Zoom and social media platforms to stay connected and to understand "creative retirement" in new ways. We encourage you to try all of these new ways to capture a feeling for our OLLI community even while we have to stay apart.
We all look forward to being back together at the Reuter Center, but until then, we want you to feel connected and to continue to look to OLLI for great opportunities to learn "together apart."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gray Matters: Creating Connections
OLLI instructor Jim Lenburg, in today's Gray Matters: Creating Connections video, describes what might have been a frightening adventure on Bus 10 in Budapest, and those generous local people who helped this traveler find his way, without a word of English.
|
| | Jim Lenburg: #10 Bus in Budapest |
Please take a moment to like the video (click on this  button to "like" ) and subscribe (click on this button  to "subscribe" ) to the OLLI at UNC Asheville YouTube channel. You'll find the buttons just below the video on your screen. More likes and more subscriptions mean more people will see the videos from your friends at OLLI!
OLLI at UNC Asheville members come to us from all corners of the globe. Over so many lifetimes, they've lived stories that are compelling and unique. They've witnessed history; they've made it, too.
An aim of our program, Gray Matters: Creating Connections, is finding the threads in those stories that engage our members with each other. Sharing these stories on OLLI's YouTube channel allows us to connect with each other virtually now at a time when our in-person connections are so severely limited. Our OLLI organization welcomes and celebrates diversity of all sorts, and our members reflect that through their stories and poetry. Some of these pieces may warm your heart; some may be thought-provoking; still others may challenge your belief systems. Through these shared experiences, we continue the rich tradition of lifelong learning so valuable to us all.
Won't you share your own story and connect with fellow OLLI members? Please contact Kathleen Mainardi ( kkmainardi@gmail.com) or Judy LaMée ( judylamee@gmail.com) Communications Committee Co-chair.
|
|
Welcome to the Zoom Cafe
Wednesdays in August, 3 p.m.
Join us for the Zoom Cafe! This is an opportunity for you to casually try out Zoom. Whether you are a first-time participant or a seasoned user, this no-pressure Zoom meeting is your opportunity to get comfortable with the virtual meeting platform.
Before you join class, please make sure your internet connection is stable, your camera and microphone are working, and that you are in a video-friendly setting.
- You can test your connection/video/sound before any meeting at: zoom.us/test and click JOIN.
|
Ready to join?
Click the link below to join the meeting:
Meeting ID: 966 3900 0382
Passcode: 632759
|
|
|
| | SuShen Huang at the Reuter Center in 2019 |
Ready to give OLLI Online a try?
Some OLLI members are reluctant to try online courses, and are unsure how the experience will be different from classes in the Reuter Center.
Here's your chance to Sneak-a-Peek. Enroll in a pair of mini-courses from two of the College for Seniors instructors ... and invite a friend. Come sample two 45-minute online courses, then register for the Fall term during Add-Drop which starts on Monday, August 31. Everyone is welcome and it is free. Whether you have already registered for courses or you are considering registering for or adding courses during the Fall term during Add-Drop which starts on Monday, August 31, everyone is welcome, and there is no charge. The courses are separate (no hitherto unknown connection between Baez and Harper) and you may enter or exit at any time.
Joan Baez and Harper Lee: Two CFS Mini Courses
with CFS Instructors Margaret Davis and Catherine Frank
Tuesday, August 25, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
|
|
Sharing the Talents of OLLI Members
On Memorial Day, OLLI member Dottie Davis shared an example of her chalk art, and now she is sharing a timely reminder of the importance of maintaining social distance. Many thanks, Dottie, for sharing with your neighbors and with us!
 A Poem by Ari Landau
Ari Landau shares recordings of classical music and art works in our Wednesday edition of the OLLI at UNC Asheville Observer. This week he shares a poem titled "First Lesson." He writes, " Last year we were blessed with the birth of our granddaughter Hazel. Recently, she took her first steps with eyes filled with wonder. I think that OLLI readers might enjoy my poem written several years ago when I saw a kitten in a tree." Click here to read Ari's poem "First Lesson."
Poems from OLLI's Ongoing Writing Groups
|
| Roger Munch, in his poem "You" offers a series of "memorable photo-like stills," includes a memory of "Ray, at Patrone's Meat Market, sliced liver thin, just like
mother liked it." It brought to mind one of the places I miss most from living in Chapel Hill, Cliff's Meat Market, a tiny market in Carrboro, NC. A few years ago the Southern Foodways Alliance created a film "Un buen carnicero" about Tolo and the other Spanish speaking butchers who worked with owner Cliff Collins. The film is 14 minutes long, and I think you will enjoy it even if you have never been to Chapel Hill (and perhaps even if you don't eat meat).
|
Many thanks to OLLI members Jay Jacoby and Nelson Sartoris who compile this weekly showcase of the work of our talented OLLI poets. We have asked each of the poets to give us a short biography and to tell us why they have chosen to share their specific poems. I also want to thank our poets whose words and images help us to think differently about the times we are living through and in some sense experiencing collectively and also in isolation.
We would love to hear from any of you about the ways you are spending your time as we continue to shelter at home. Just respond to this newsletter!
|
Council on Aging of Buncombe County Webinar:
Introduction to Medicare - Understanding the Puzzle
Thursday, August 27, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. , Via Zoom
The Council on Aging of Buncombe County in conjunction with the N.C. Department of Insurance's Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) offer classes and instructors who will explain how Medicare works, the enrollment process, how to avoid penalties, and ways to save money.
The classes are held via Zoom, and are free and open to everyone.
Residents who are new to Medicare, caregivers, and others who help senior citizens with their Medicare insurance should consider attending this informative class. The information presented is unbiased and accurate. No products are sold, recommended, or endorsed.
|
Leadership Asheville Seniors
Beginning September 7, 2020
Online this year!
Leadership Asheville Seniors (LAS) is the first program offered at the
|
| | OLLI Volunteers at MANNA FoodBank, pre-2020 |
NC Center for Creative Retirement, beginning back in 1987. Our civic engagement and life transitions program manager Hannah Furgiuele has been working with a team of volunteer leaders to re-imagine LAS and to inspire learning and connection while remaining safe. This year's LAS program will be offered through the Zoom remote learning platform, but the planners remain committed to the mission of learning and civic engagement within Asheville and Buncombe County. The 2020 program will reflect on the theme: "Asheville's Resilience: Adapting to a Changing World."
Traditionally LAS is offered one full day a week over nine weeks, but because this year's program will be offered online, we will be dividing each week into three shorter sessions. Each week will be unified by a topic and related to the overarching theme of resilience. Topic areas include history, economic development, food, healthcare, social justice, the environment, education, government, and arts and culture. Sessions will begin with an orientation on Monday, September 7 and continue on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9 to 10:30 a.m. each day and Wednesdays 4-5 p.m. through November 5, with a "graduation" on November 10.
Orientation Date: September 7, TBA
Week One: History, September 8-10
Week Two: Economic Development, September 15-17
Week Three: Food, September 22-24
Week Four: Healthcare, September 29-October 1
Week Five: Social Justice, October 6-8
Week Sixth: Environment, October 13-15
Week Seven: Education, October 20-22
Week Eight: Government, October 27-29
Week Nine: Arts and Culture, November 3-5
Graduation Date: November 10, TBA
|
2020 Exploring CCRCs Online Course
Interest Form
|
| | OLLI members visit Highland Farms in 2015. We will not be able to visit communities in 2020, but Tina Reinke has created a program that will allow participants to make good choices in challenging times. |
OLLI at UNC Asheville is offering a new format for the Exploring Continuing Care Retirement Communities course during Fall/Winter 2020. While we are presently not able to provide in-person classes and tours of local CCRCs, we will explore and discuss the many aspects to consider in deciding if living in a CCRC is a good fit for you, and if so, which type of CCRC might best fulfill your needs.
This class involves approximately 10-12 hours of class time with Tina Reinke, our local OLLI expert on CCRCs. The over-all goal of the course is to help you understand both the advantages and challenges of life in a CCRC.
Class topics will include
- Cost of living at a CCRC
- Choices of living units
- Long-term care insurance
- Contract types
- Tax implications
- Meal plans
- Wellness facilities
- Services and amenities offered, etc.
In addition, a guest speaker will provide additional information on financial planning for a move to a CCRC. There are many considerations one needs to take into account while exploring all the options for living the last one-third of your life. We want to help you make an informed decision about whether your choice will include a move to a Continuing Care Retirement Community.
|
This Day in Sports History
by College for Seniors Instructor Larry Griswold
|
| |
Baseball Superstar Babe Ruth made his final appearance at Yankee Stadium, known as "The House That Ruth Built" on
June 13, 1948
|
One of the greatest sports heroes of American culture, also thought to be the greatest baseball player of all time, Babe Ruth, died from esophageal cancer at age 53. Ruth revolutionized the game by leading it out of the dead ball era, and his 714 lifetime home runs was the Major League record for nearly 40 years. In 1936, one year after retiring, he was among the first five players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
|
| | | The debut issue of the new weekly magazine Sports Illustrated had a Giants - Braves Major League Baseball game at Milwaukee County Stadium on the cover. | |
August 16, 1954: Time, Inc, the very successful publisher of Time, Fortune, and Life magazines, launched a national sports weekly, Sports Illustrated. After struggling for nearly a decade with weak editorial leadership, by the 1980's it was called "the best-written, best-edited magazine in America" by the Chicago Tribune, and one year after winning the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 1989 it became the first title to win the award twice.
|
Creating Advocates of Change: Racial Justice and Equity
Part 1: August 20, noon - 1 p.m.
AARP Mountain Region NC aims to "walk the talk" on issues of racial justice; we will start through deep and active listening. Our CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins said it clearly in her statement on racial injustice and disparities "The incidents of racial violence and COVID-19's disproportionate impact on people of color are not random, but instead are the result of inequality due to a lack of social, economic, and political opportunities. Discrimination of any kind corrodes our communities and our society from the inside out."
With the help of our friends at ABIPA (Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement), we will listen to our community leaders to become more informed and educated on issues of systemic racism in Western North Carolina. We will become advocates of change in our neighborhoods and circles of influence to reduce inequity and injustice that have negatively impacted our brothers and sisters of color. Join us to listen to our community's leadership to realize your role in the movement for equity.
|
Reading through Retirement:
A Book Discussion Group about Life's Second Half
C.S. Lewis said, "We read to know that we are not alone." At a time when we are all looking for connection, community, and shared experiences, Reading Through Retirement, offers you an opportunity to dive deep into issues of aging and life's second half with the guidance and collective wisdom of a group and four devoted facilitators.
With support from facilitators and the shared experience with other participants, you will have the opportunity to explore varied topics related to aging, isolation, connection, joy, meaning, and more in life's second half.
Each of the four books will offer a different topic to consider, and the program will promote connection, community and conversation. Below is a link to a synopsis of the texts to be read, the dates for discussion of each book, and name of the facilitator for each session.
Book 1: September 1 & 15
By Atul Gawande
Facilitated by David Mouw
Book 2: October 6 & 20 By Susan Pinker Facilitated by Meridith Miller
Book 3: November 3 & 17 By Desmond Tutu and the 14th Dalai Lama Facilitated by Gail Wiley
Book 4: December 1 & 8 By Ashton Applewhite Facilitated by Catherine Frank
|
AARP Programming Presents:
Virtual Flower Arranging Class with Beth Honensee, AFID
Thursday, August 27th, 10:30 - 11:30 A.M.
Registration closes August 15th. 25-person limit
 Calling all flower lovers and gardeners who want to bring the beauty of a Western North Carolina summer garden into your home for the Labor Day weekend. Via a ZOOM video conference call, Beth will lead you through a flower arranging class, creating her own arrangement right alongside. Registrants will receive a beautiful wood box container, wire frame, and instructions prior to the class. You'll supply the flowers from your garden, the local farmer's market or your favorite flower farm and a pair of scissors to cut the stems!
* AIFD stands for American Institute of Floral Designers, the oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and promoting the art of floral design as a professional career.
Art Party! Painting with Rainey
Thursday, August 27th, 4 - 6 P.M.
Registration closes August 15th. 25-person limit
Being creative and practicing art can benefit your brain health,reduce stress and increase an overall sense of well-being. This class will jump start your creative juices with lots of laughter, and artistic tips. Our instructor will lead you step-by-step and keep you entertained along the way. This class is for all levels. All materials will be sent to participants.
Raney Rogers has been living and painting professionally in the Blue Ridge Mountains for over twenty years. Well-known in North Carolina and gaining national acclaim, Rogers has won numerous awards and exhibited her work in galleries around the world. In addition to her formal art training, she has studied under Robert Bateman and Daniel Greene. She has taught art in public schools and to private students. "Being an artist was not a choice for me. I was drawn to the craft and only there find my true happiness. Art, for me, is the result of the constant struggle -or flow - of translating soul"
|
Alzheimer's Association Statewide Virtual Conference
"The Power of Many"
Wednesday, September 2, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Alzheimer's Association's annual Dementia Education Conference is going virtual this year, and will be free of charge to all North Carolina residents. The event - presented by Sharon Towers - is the largest educational conference about Alzheimer's disease in the state and will bring together those living with Alzheimer's or related dementia, caregivers and healthcare professionals.
Attendees are invited to join (via video or phone) for the entire virtual event or just the discussions that interest them most. Featuring a variety of discussions led by researchers and other leading experts, some of the session topics will include:
- The African American Experience with Alzheimer's and Dementia - Experiential insight into how families are managing the insurmountable challenges that are often associated with caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia, with an emphasis on the African American family unit.
- Living with Younger-onset Alzheimer's and Dementia - Discussing the unique challenges of a younger-onset diagnosis (under 65 years of age). Many individuals are still in the work-place, their spouses/ partners may also be working full-time, and they may still have "full-time" parenting responsibilities, whether children or grandchildren.
- The Diagnostic Journey and Physician Relationships - Addressing questions around determining a diagnosis, physician referrals, the diagnostic process, and the patient-caregiver-physician relationship.
 Keynote speaker, Heather M. Snyder, Ph.D., vice president, Medical & Scientific Relations at the Alzheimer's Association will share "Advancing the Science: The Latest in Alzheimer's and Dementia Research". Dr. Snyder leads the Association's International Research Grant Program, the vehicle through which the Association funds promising investigations that advance understanding of Alzheimer's and moves the field toward solutions for the global Alzheimer's crisis.
 Dave Sanderson, international speaker and author will share "Moments Matter" as his closing session keynote presentation. Living with dementia and caring for a loved one living with dementia requires resiliency and strength. When US Airways Flight 1549, known as the "Miracle on the Hudson", ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, Sanderson not only survived the crash but also started to realize that the moments that made up his life prepared him for what was about to happen. In his keynote Sanderson reveals the inner strength it took to make it through the day, and how you can grow from challenges.
There is no charge to participate in the Virtual Dementia Education Conference, but registration is required
To register by phone or for more information, call 800-272-3900.
Registrants will be sent conferencing details prior to the date of the virtual event. Participants will be given the option of joining via video/webinar or through a toll-free number.
|
Join OLLIChat, the replacement for OLLITalk.
It's free for all 2019-20 OLLI members and easy to use. It's also a great way to stay connected as we are all trying to find ways to manage unprecedented challenges.
OLLIChat is an online community where OLLI at UNC Asheville members may share information of common interest with each other. It is designed to look and function like the old OLLITalk.
Introducing OLLIChat Companion
Several times a week, the volunteers at OLLIChat send entertaining content to our subscribers - humor, old movie clips and games. The service is free. Please email OLLIChatAVL@gmail.com and a volunteer will reply and send you an invitation.
|
|
|
|
|
