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   8th Annual Rocky Mountain Geriatrics Conference:

  "Active Aging: Bringing the Science of Exercise to the Community"

   September 15-17, 2010

   Park City Marriott Park City, Utah

Translating active aging and exercise science into the clinical care of older adults and the development of community-based programs.
Topics include: age-related changes in musculoskeletal health, the relationship between exercise and chronic disease, such as cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, exercise in a rehabilitation environment, motivational issues in exercise and the impact of exercise on cognitive and neurological dysfunctions.  The focus of topics will range from physiology to clinical medicine and program development.

Please see attached brochure, or go directly to the conference site.

Presented by:
Division of Geriatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine
Center on Aging, University of Utah
Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC VISN 19)
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
Utah Geriatrics Society

For more information, call (801)582-1565 x2435 or email: Jack.Christensen@va.gov

   WHO?

The Wyoming Hospice Organization (WHO)  for their 2010 Annual Statewide Conference will be offering the Education in Palliative and End of Life training (EPEC).  The training will be held on September 23rd  and 24th in Cody, WY.   

Early Bird Registration is available until August 1st.

Click for registration form and additional information

You can also contact:
 Linda Gault
307-721-8885
director@wyominghospice.org

   AAHPM

Annual Assembly of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association in boston, MA. Go to the website for more information.

   Geriatric Healthcare Lectures Now Available!

The University of Washingtons Northwest Geriatric Center (UW NWGEC) is pleased to announce that a series of forty-two ninety-minute geriatric healthcare lectures and supporting materials are now available on-line and at no cost at the Centers newly redesigned website.

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