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International Council on Active Aging Conference 2010
December 2-4, 2010
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
Preconference day
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration
Session #1: 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Splash! Mix and match formats for a buffet of moves
Fee: $79 per person
Delve into the art and science of designing cool moves that meet hot health objectives. By mixing and matching evidence-based progressions into different class formats, this session will explore how to blend, mix, match and vary exercises into spicy fresh classes. Find out how to design classes that keep your participants healthy and asking for more.
You’ll learn how to:
Explore a variety of class formats (including intervals, circuits, fusion, express training, etc.), and apply evidence-based progressions for training to class format designs that target specific training objectives such as cardio, muscular conditioning, flexibility, relaxation, bone and brain health, balance, and agility.
Identify and practice individualized progressions that target lifestyle themes related to participant goals (i.e., sports training and specific functional Activities of Daily Living skills development), as well as agility and coordination skills that help participants perform safer movement on land.
Apply a simple assessment tool (wheel) that helps personal trainers design water classes targeting energy balance for a participant’s healthy body composition.
Faculty: Mary Sanders, PhD, FACSM, RCEP, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno; Mary Curry, Adjunct Faculty Member, College of St. Catherine, St Paul.
CEUs awarded
(Note: This session will take place at Vi at La Jolla Village. Transportation will be available, leaving the convention center at 7:45 a.m. and returning at 5:15 p.m. Participants should come ready to get in the pool, and bring water shoes and two bathing suits for the day.)
Sponsored by Vi (formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt)
Session #2: 10:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m
An added dimension: the environment and wellness
Fee: $79 per person (includes all three seminars in the “An added dimension” preconference event)
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Does where you live affect how you age?
What is the effect of environmental factors on aging? This presentation relates research to living-situation factors that affect our risks. The emphasis is on social connection and the opportunity for meaningful activity and how that relates to physical, intellectual, social and spiritual development. Recommendations to seek out enriching environments are also included.
You’ll learn how to:
Have a clear understanding of what lifestyle characteristics will result in successful aging.
Know the environment that facilitates a lifestyle resulting in lowered risks.
Make environmental and lifestyle adjustments to enhance your personal aging experience and that of those you work with.
Faculty: Roger Landry, MD, MPH, President, Masterpiece Living, LLC.
CEUs awarded
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Aging optimally through environmental volunteerism
Citizen engagement in environmental protection efforts and environmental volunteerism are important components of solving environmental problems. Parallel to increased concern about the deteriorating environment is the need to create opportunities for older adults to become involved in meaningful roles and relationships. Discover Retirees in Service to the Environment (RISE), an innovative model for older-adult civic engagement in environmental activities.
You’ll learn how to:
Learn that environmental volunteering may have added value for older individuals beyond the types of volunteer activity conventionally performed in later life.
Learn how an environmental volunteer program can bring together people of different ages in meaningful activity.
Learn about the RISE program and how you can develop a similar program for environmental volunteerism in your community.
Faculty: Kevin W. O’Neil, MD, FACP, CMD, national Medical Director for Brookdale Senior Living; Karl Pillemer, PhD, Director, Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging.
CEUs awarded
2:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m.
How to use the outdoor environment to enhance wellness
As humans, we are hard wired to nature and affected by it daily, whether we realize it or not. Organizations can help older adults stay connected to nature, regardless of the setting, by embracing the Senior Environment Assessment and Design philosophy. The more we develop outdoor environments that allow older adults to take greater advantage of the natural world, the more their lives will be positively affected.
You’ll learn how to:
Understand how interaction with the natural environment can benefit an older adult physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.
Learn ways in which organizations can develop activities in their settings to encourage greater participation in outdoor programs.
Benefit from learning about cutting-edge therapeutic outdoor programs currently in place in various senior communities.
Faculty: Jack Carman, FASLA, RLA, CAPS, President, Design for Generations, LLC.
CEUs awarded
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