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Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone: (626) 293-2600
Email: owh@ph.lacounty.gov
CONFERENCE  ::  April 18, 2017

Bridging Generations for Healthier CommunitiesPresentations from "Bridging Generations for Healthier Communities"

On April 18, 2017, the Office of Women's Health and the Los Angeles Alliance for Community Health and Aging cohosted "Bridging Generations for Healthier Communities," at The California Endowment.

There were two Plenary Sessions: the first focused on "Intergenerational Models" and the second focused on "Intergenerationality Through a Cultural Lens."

Welcome and Introduction
Ellen Eidem, MS, Director, Office of Women's Health
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Going Gray in LA
Roberto "Bear" Guerra
, Photographer and Creative Director

PLENARY PANEL 1: INTERGENERATIONAL MODELS
A look at innovative and sustainable models that unite generations

Moderator: Margaret Lynn Yonekura, MD, FACOG, Director, Community Benefit Foundation, Dignity Health, California Hospital Medical Center

TABLETOP ACTIVITY: Drawing inspiration from the models presented, work together at your table to develop a unique program idea that utilizes intergenerational strategies     Ideas from Attendees

Led by Haydeh Fakhrabadi, PsyD – Clinical Psychologist, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Older Adult System of Care Bureau

PHYSICAL FITNESS ACTIVITY
Led by Antonia M. Routt, Physical Fitness Facilitator

PLENARY PANEL 2: INTERGENERATIONALITY THROUGH A CULTURAL LENS
A cultural exploration through aging and generations

Moderator: Carlotta Childs-Seagle, MSW, LCSW, Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Older Adult System of Care Bureau and Service Areas 1, 2 & 5

PURPOSEFUL AGING IN LOS ANGELES
Purposeful Aging Los Angeles - An Age-Friendly Initiative

Anna Avdalyan
, MBA - Program Manager, Aging and Adult Services Branch, Los Angeles County Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services
Laura Trejo
, MSG, MPA - General Manager, City of Los Angeles, Department of Aging

Concluding Remarks and Thank You
Ellen Eidem, MS, Director, Office of Women's Health
LA County Department of Public Health

After the General Program, the Steering Committee of the Los Angeles Alliance for Community Health and Aging held a Luncheon Program that featured JONATHAN E. FIELDING, MD, MPH, MBA, discussing "Aging: Looking Back and Looking Forward."

This event was sponsored by the Archstone Foundation and Care1st Health Plan

 
 
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