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Event Cancellation Procedure Check the Stockton Homepage for campus wide closures. Check this space for SCOSA off-campus event cancellations and rescheduling. Cancellations:      May 23 - Senior Home Safety & Fall Prevention, Egg Harbor City Senior Center Corrections:  Hammonton Canoe Club Phone Number:  856-322-7082

 

SCOSA Vision and Mission The Stockton Center on Successful Aging promotes education, research, and services to respond to local, regional, and statewide needs related to population aging. The Center’s core mission is to encourage older residents to “age successfully” through vital involvements and engagement in their community.

David C. Burdick, Ph.D. SCOSA Director

Current and Upcoming Programs  

 SCOSA 2013 AGING SUCCESSFULLY FESTIVAL, MAY 23, 9-4  

Stockton College Campus Center

 

 Ample parking steps away from building (click here for campus map)
On NJ transit’s 508 bus line serving AC & Hamilton Mall

 

Free Admission & Lunch to first 300 who register
Contact Helen Crilley at HCrilley@arthritis.org or (856) 673-1360 to register

(Click here for details)

Aging With Dignity Discussion Circle
SCOSA Service Initiative is developing an Aging With Dignity discussion group lead by Donna Hickman, CSW, that will promote “Plan Well to Age Well”. The group will meet for informational sessions and social networking. Let us know if you are interested in gathering with others to learn about techniques and community resources for “aging well” by completing our online registration form or calling 609-626-3591 (leave contact information). You will be contacted with information about the group as it develops. 

Professional Lectures/Seminars

1st Wednesday Lecture: EADLs: Enabling Access to Environments and Activities across the Lifespan
June 5, 2013 7:30 am - 9:00 am . Health Center at Galloway, 66 W Jim Leeds Rd, Galloway
Kimberly A. Furphy, DHSc, OTR, ATP, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, 2012 SCOSA Research Fellow
This session focuses on provision of EADL (Environmental Control Unit) devices for individuals across the lifespan. Participants will have the opportunities to learn about various devices available to offer individuals access to multiple environments in which they need to function, as well as to identify the barriers to provision of these devices and where to find these devices/resources.  One CE for Social Workers, NJ Licensed Professional Counselors, AOTA, and Marriage and Family Therapists.  Register  Flyer
 

Professional Seminar - New Guidelines in Defining Cognitive Changes in Late Adulthood
June 6, 2013  4:30 pm - 7:00 pm  Brandywine Senior Living at Brandall Estates, 432 Central Avenue, Linwood, NJ 08221   Register online by 5pm 5/29/13.
Presented by Christine Gayda, PhD, New Jersey Licensed Psychologist
Purpose of the program is to address the gaps in knowledge about the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) guidelines for patients with Neurocognitive disorders and the implications for diagnosis, research, and working with patients and their families.
Objectives:
• Discuss what is known about cognition in late adulthood from medical, genetic, and neurocognitive research
• Describe the new DSM-5 criteria for diagnosing both Minor and Major Neurocognitive disorders
• Summarize the terminology proposed by National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer’s Association
• Explain how to apply the newly developed diagnostic criteria in helping patients and families
 Flyer
The seminar, designed for professionals, para-professionals, and other caregivers who work with older adults is free of charge and includes a complimentary dinner. Upon completion, participants will receive 2 CEs for social workers, marriage & family therapists, and licensed professional counselors.  In addition: 2 Nursing Contact Hours to be awarded.
The Richard Stockton College of NJ is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. P#P288-1/13/16
 

Older Adult Education Programs

 

Important information for understanding the legal issues of advance care planning and tips on how you can take charge of your health care decisions.

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Click here to view as a pdf.

 

  

 

 

Health Fair - Thursday, June 27 - Galloway Community Services Senior Center, 621 W. White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor, NJ 08215  609-568-5073  Sponsored by the Health Center at Galloway.

Bay-Atlantic Symphony Classical Borgata Summer Concerts

Do you love food? Do you love learning?
Combine your two loves this spring with Stockton College Foodie Tuesdays, our continuing series of interesting culinary education, discussion and light dining in the heart of the downtown Hammonton Arts District. You'll leave each evening with new appreciation for the food we eat and great new ideas for cooking tasty, healthy food!. Click for schedule & registration.

Stockton presents a wealth of events free and open to the public that may be of interest to our mailing list. For additional information go to www.stockton.edu. 

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Announcements

Stockton Channel 9 will air Aging Insights on Tuesdays and Thrusdays at 7:30pm starting in April.  

SCOSA 2012 Aging Successfully Festival was a grand success.  View details:
Festival Program Book event schedule, campus map, full descriptions of events, presenter profiles, list of exhibitors & vendors, partners, sponsors and advertisers.  If you are having trouble viewing the above link -  click here for pdf version.  View "Nurturing Body, Mind and Spirit panel with host Dr. Dan Gottlieb.

SCOSA wins People's Choice Award for Best Government & Education Resources Web Sites 2012