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 Saturday, November 22
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
Paper    Caregiving and Mental Health  
Paper    Challenges of Delivering Home and Community-based Services  
Paper    End of life issues: Personal preferences and methods of control  
Paper    Health Promtion  
Paper    Retirement Transitions  
Paper    Technology: Monitoring, Care, and Privacy  
Poster    Assessent  
Poster    Dementia  
Poster    Education Programs  
Poster    Elder Abuse  
Poster    Health Promotion, Assessment, and Intervention  
Poster    Health Risks and Challenges  
Poster    Methods/Measures  
Poster    Personality  
Poster    Public Policy Changes  
Poster    Transportation Issues and Concerns of Older Adults  
Poster    Transportation/Driving  
3005    Evidenced-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults with Chronic Health Conditions Cummings 
Kropf 
Maramaldi 
Yoon 
DeCoster 
Emlet 
3008    Improving Resilience in Vulnerable Populations Kolanowski 
Beattie 
3056    A 360 Degree Approach to the Quality of Life among Prostate Cancer Survivors and Their Spouses Kim 
Rowland 
Chang 
Kim 
Blank 
3063    The 2008 Election Results: Implications for Aging Policy Moody 
3081    VA GRECC Symposium: The Older Driver with Dementia: Research, Clinical and Policy Perspectives Rottunda 
Rottunda 
Adler 
Marotolli 
3108    “You’ve Got to Get Cracking With Life”: An Exploration of the Paths To Achieving Resilience Among Older Men Bennett 
Richardson 
3109    Surviving and Thriving! Potential Adaptive Mechanisms of Resiience: Biological, Psychosocial and Policy Implications Brown-Borg 
Crowther 
3132    Perspectives on Nursing Home Quality Shugarman 
Beeuwkes Buntin 
3148    Clinical Internships in Geropsychology: From Applying to Matching and Beyond Yarry 
McCallum 
3155    Issues Surrounding Hospice Use in Long Term Care Dobbs 
Miller 
3166    Community Activity Participation Among Older/Oldest Adults Gaines 
Parrish 
3194    Baltimore VA GRECC: Clinical Demonstrations to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk and Disability Shaughnessy 
Goldberg 
Resnick 
3220    Lessons Learned: Analysis of Caregivers’ Attempts to Normalize Conversation When One Family Member Has Alzheimer’s Katzman 
3252    Maximizing Resilience for Homeless, Marginally Housed, and At-Risk Older Adults by Linking Shelter and Services Mills-Dick 
Mills-Dick 
Cicero 
3257    Older Driver Mobility and Retirement: Decision Points Along the Way Meuser 
3263    Resilience Over the Rainbow: Aging in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans (LGBT) Communities Grossman 
Hollibaugh 
3264    Aging and Disability Resource Centers: Improved Access Enhances Independent Living Opportunities in Long-Term Care Alecxih 
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
Paper    Aging Friendly Communities  
Paper    Civic and Social Engagement: Determinants and Consequences  
Paper    Economics of Aging  
Paper    Medicare Part D  
Paper    Nursing home Quality of Care  
Poster    Aging-Attitudes, Images, and Contexts  
Poster    Disparities of Diversity-Environments, Inclusion, Needs & Services  
Poster    Diversity & Care-Resilience, Recovery, Learning & Well Being  
3030    Dyadic Interdependencies in Cognition and Health in Old Age Hoppmann 
Gerstorf 
Willis 
3062    Aging and Emotion Recognition: New Methods for Increasing Ecological Validity Isaacowitz 
Stanley 
Knight 
3066    Who Gives a (Blank)...: New Findings from the Family Exchanges Study Fingerman 
Blieszner 
3107    Update on NIMH Programs in Mental Health and Aging Research Niederehe 
Niederehe 
Chavez 
Evans 
Niederehe 
3118    From Case Study to Intervention: Improving Quality in Nursing Homes Anderson 
Colon-Emeric 
Corazzini 
Bailey 
Toles 
Ammarell 
Resnick 
3133    Resilience in Minority Populations: Strategies that Enlist Community, Family, and Society Gregory 
Dilworth-Anderson 
Goins 
Willilams 
Faurot 
Dilworth-Anderson 
Frost 
Felix 
Marable 
Miles 
3137    New Generations of Older People: Social Integration and Health Van Tilburg 
Broese van Groenou 
3176    Forms of Resilience: Significance of Compensation and Psychological Resource Use in Late-life Functional Loss Wahl 
Gitlin 
Diehl 
Hoenig 
3195    Psychotropic Drug Use in the Elderly: Research Results and Policy Issues Lucas 
Crystal 
3206    Risk, Resilience and Recovery: The Notre Dame Study of Health and Well-being (NDHWB) Bergeman 
Ong 
3214    Work-Related Programs and Policies that Support Resilience Among Older Adults Sarmiento 
Oka 
O'Shaughnessy 
Bass 
3216    Risk and Resiliency in Social and Cultural Contexts Brown 
Sherman 
Aldwin 
3221    Identifying Disparities and Unmet Care Needs of Specific Populations of Older Adults D'Avolio 
Shawler 
Capezuti 
3238    Social Security: The Legacy of Robert Ball and The Next Steps Rosenblatt 
3244    Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: Translating Research into Practice Curyto 
Camp 
Ogland-Hand 
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM 
3016    Changing the Philosophy of Care in Nursing Homes: Findings From The Res-Care Intervention Study Resnick 
Zimmerman 
Gruber-Baldini 
Hicks 
Mangione 
3123    Focus on Mobility: Threats and Supports across the Lifespan Simonsick 
Ferrucci 
10:00 AM - 11:30 PM 
Paper    Community Based Care  
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 
Paper    Assisted Living Quality of Care  
Paper    Caregiving, Physical Health, and Community Interventions  
Paper    Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Settings  
Paper    Health Risk Behaviors: Substance Abuse, Gambling, and Health Behaviors  
Paper    Health Status & Disparities  
Paper    New Research on Cognition  
Paper    Older Workers  
Poster    Biopsychosocial Aspects of Successful Aging  
Poster    Chronic Illness  
Poster    Dementia: Risk and Influences on Elders and Caregivers  
Poster    Developing and Nurturing Dyadic Relationships  
Poster    Mental Health-Strengths & Vulnerabilities  
3018    The Important Role of Qualitative Methods in Conducting Mixed Methods Research Donorfio 
Longino, Jr. 
3037    Oral Health and Overall Health: It's a Two-Way Street Friedman 
Hendler 
Goldblatt 
Yellowitz 
3083    Emergency Preparedness and Older People Goodwin 
Lake 
Rocan 
Drew 
3093    Spirituality, Religion and Resilience in Later Life: Is There a “Dark” Side? The Religion, Spirituality and Aging Formal Interest Group Symposium Brennan 
Glicksman 
Sapp 
3100    Testing the Dual Process Model of Bereavement: The Benefits of Restoration-Oriented Coping for Older Bereaved Persons Richardson 
Carr 
3111    What is wellbeing in old-old age? Evolving theories and measurements Walter-Ginzburg 
Poon 
3117    Personality, Health, and Aging King 
Mroczek 
Smith 
3141    Exercising Control in Assisted Living: A Key to Quality? Morgan 
Dannefer 
3168    Weight and Health at Older Ages: Insights from Studies of Weight History and Weight Change Alley 
Harris 
3191    Applied Interventions for Caregiving Dyads: Current Barriers and Future Directions Judge 
Bass 
3196    Race and Ethnic Differences in Intergenerational Relations Suitor 
Sabir 
3202    Measurement of older driver safety: The pros and cons of different approaches Bedard 
Eby 
3209    Positive Emotions and the “Resilience Cascade” Ong 
Bergeman 
3211    Learning about Programs that Work: How do we Replicate Success in Long-Term Care? Douglas 
McGilton 
Harris-Kojetin 
3230    Aging in Place: Ideals and Realities Burris 
3239    Innovative Perspectives and Methods to Improve Research on Elder Mistreatment Wilber 
Acierno 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 
Paper    Care Provder Education Interventions  
Paper    Care Provider Education Interventions  
Paper    Civic Engagement  
Paper    Depression: Environmental influences on manifestation and management  
Paper    Elder Abuse  
Paper    Health Care Education Interventios  
Paper    Life Course Transitions  
Paper    LTC Worker Turnover  
Paper    Mental Health Services  
Paper    Mental Health: Stress, Psychosocial Resources, and Resiliency  
Paper    Perspectives on Family Relationships  
Poster    Assisted Living  
Poster    Benefits of Caregiving  
Poster    Caregiver Experiences: Antecedents and Outcomes  
Poster    Cognition and Technology  
Poster    Depression in Differing Faces and Places  
Poster    Housing  
Poster    Other Supports  
Poster    Programs/Waivers  
Poster    Technology: Interventions and Information Access  
3019    Applying Stages and Transitions as a Conceptual Framework for Caregiving Research Donorfio 
Gallogly 
Hunt 
Donorfio 
Adams 
Gaugler 
3055    International Perspectives on Work and Retirement of Older Adults Chou 
Fairhurst 
Sarmiento 
3079    Wisdom and Spirituality: Similarities and Differences Ardelt 
3082    NURSE STAFFING, LEADERSHIP AND GERIATRIC SPECIALIST COMPETENCIES IN NURSING HOMES Mezey 
Burger 
Rantz 
Hyer 
Kim 
Flesner 
Frank 
Mitty 
3102    Self and Social Regulation across Adulthood Fung 
Fingerman 
3113    Reaching the Hard to Reach: Insights from Diverse Community-based Health Interventions Schoenberg 
Altpeter 
Seymour 
3152    Resilience in an Aging Society Meets the Resilience of Flawed Policy Ideas Stone 
Kane 
Doty 
Feinberg 
3160    Resilience in Health and Illness: Personal Resources and Social Connections Roberto 
George 
3172    Pathways to Mobility Disability: Lessons from the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Pilot study Kritchevsky 
Fielding 
3182    Lighting: Partner in Quality Care Environments Cutler 
Brawley 
Noell-Waggoner 
Sloane 
Calkins 
3183    Cultural Differences in Relational Patterns in Later Life Conway 
Stricker 
3189    Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence Nursing Home Collaborative Beck 
Burger 
Fleshner 
3240    Approaches to Physiologic and Behavior Monitoring of Seniors in the Home Environment Lipsitz 
Hajjar 
Kang 
Hoenig 
3246    Standardized Measures for Community-Based Long-Term Care Populations: Recent Federal Efforts Potter 
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 
Paper    Changing Perceptions and Meanings of Gender in Adult Life  
Paper    Financial Supports  
Paper    Obesity & Morbidity  
Paper    Palliative Care  
Paper    Transitional Care  
Poster    Cognitive Efforts and Strategies  
Poster    Community Living and Retirement: Needs, Perceptions, and Challenges  
Poster    Minorities & Women  
Poster    Successful Aging: Helpful and Hurtful Practices  
3010    Creative Resilience & Aging: Duke Ellington's Artistry in his Final Decades Lyness 
3011    The Phenomenon of Aging in Place in a Rural Context Butler 
Maiden 
3013    Anti-Aging Medicine: Perspectives on Providers and Users Binstock 
Binstock 
Settersten, Jr. 
Achenbaum 
Moody 
3020    Resilience and Resourcefulness Among Grandmothers as Caregivers Musil 
Goodman 
3034    Resident-to-Resident Aggression and Violence in Nursing Homes: A Prevalent but Understudied Problem Pillemer 
Lachs 
Burgio 
3053    ESPO 101: Overview of the Past, Present, and Future Directions of the Organization Dassel 
3060    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Need and Service Utilization among Older Adults Han 
Schonfeld 
3080    Stress, Health, Well-Being and Cognition Across the Adult Lifespan: Psychological and Biological Perspectives Stawski 
Rosnick 
Almeida 
3084    Palliative Care Needs of Frail Elders: Patient Preferences and Caregiver Perspectives Hodgson 
Karlawish 
Reifsnyder 
Winter 
Parks 
Galbraith 
Kriebel 
Reifsnyder 
Richardson 
Reville 
Reifsnyder 
Parks 
Toner 
Hodgson 
Gitlin 
Winter 
Dennis 
3086    Increasing the Resilience of Direct Care Workers through the Aging and Communications Training (ACT) Project Alt 
Morgan 
Stewart 
3096    Information and Communication Technologies in Geriatric Medicine Steinhagen-Thiessen 
Fozard 
Gövercin 
Willmann 
Basta 
Glascock 
Willems 
Röfer 
Krieg-Brückner 
Spehr 
3159    Early Results on Physical Measures and Biomarkers from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) Ofstedal 
Crimmins 
Guralnik 
3171    The antecedents and consequences of misperceptions about care preferences for family caregivers and their relatives with dementia Whitlatch 
Bass 
3180    Music-Based Interventions and the Resilience of Persons with Dementia: Practical Applications, Outcomes, and Future Directions Mills 
Maier 
Mills 
Salerno 
3223    Shared Histories: Enhancing Reminiscence through Multimedia Technologies Purves 
Phinney 
3234    Implementing Evidence-Based Dementia Care: US UK Perspectives Downs 
Bowers 
MaloneBeach 
Clare 
3251    Dynamics of Systemic Dysregulation and Frailty: A State-of-the-Art Look Bandeen-Roche 
Harris 
 
 Sunday, November 23
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
Paper    Affordable Housing  
Paper    Assisted Living Leadership effects on Culture & Staff  
Paper    Falls & Prevention  
Paper    Health Care Systems and Experiences of Older Adults in European Nations  
Paper    Social Worker Education  
Poster    Emotions: Past, Present, and Future Influences  
Poster    Exercise in Late Life: New Beginnings and Changes Over Time  
Poster    Gerontology and Geriatrics Education and Training  
Poster    Health Communications  
Poster    International Aging  
Poster    Race/Ethnicity  
Poster    Rural Aging  
3028    Risk factors for falls and fear of falling in old age Peeters 
Resnick 
Bleijlevens 
Kempen 
Talley 
3033    Assisted Living in the Context of Alternate Housing Options Sheehan 
Golant 
Sheehan 
Zimmerman 
3039    The Liability Environment for Physicians Providing Nursing Home Medical Care Kapp 
Koren 
3041    Two Sides of the Same Coin: How Social Relationships Both Benefit and Compromise Health Cichy 
Stawski 
Berg 
3057    Intergenerational Exchange of Support in the U.S. and Europe: Multidisciplinary Approaches Using HRS and SHARE Gans 
O'Rand 
3121    Spiritual Resilience in Old Age Fahr 
Holmes 
3130    Teaching Aging Policy Using 21st Century Tools Bradley 
Binstock 
3134    The Interaction of Aging, Affect, and Cognition Hess 
Blanchard-Fields 
Kensinger 
3201    Retirement and Its Correlates: New Findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Hauser 
3203    Working longer in an age of employment flexibility: Imagining the resilient older worker Taylor 
Chen 
Chen 
3213    Defining sarcopenia--An Evidence-based Approach Harris 
Chen 
Visser 
Koster 
Marshall 
3248    Depression Non-Invariance in Aging Diverse Populations. The Measurement Statistics & Research Design Informal Interest Group Yang 
Jones 
Teresi 
3249    On the Horizon – the Permanent Age Shift – Are we prepared? Knatterud 
Browdie 
Caro 
3254    Bringing Resident Voice into National Testing of MDS 3.0 Saliba 
Maslow 
8:00 AM - 9:30 PM 
Paper    Coming to terms with the inevitable: The bereavement process  
Paper    Integrating Educational Programs Across Professions  
Paper    Social Support, Social Relations, and Resilience  
3015    Aging-associated Impairment in the Activation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase in the Ischemic Heart Li 
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 
Paper    Adult Protective Services  
Paper    Chronic Disease Management  
Paper    Disability & Care Quality Measurement  
Paper    Diversity Among Family Caregivers  
Paper    Home Care & Coordination  
Paper    Transitioning Out of the Workforce: Are You Ready, Willing, and Able?  
Poster    Contemporary Issues in Family Caregiving  
Poster    Family Caregivers  
Poster    Grandparents  
Poster    LTC Workers  
Poster    Memory: Influences and Performance  
Poster    Neuroscience of Aging  
Poster    Older Workers  
Poster    Physical Health and Oral Health  
Poster    Resilience and Decline of Cognitive Processes  
3006    Interventions for Hospice Caregivers: Results of the ACT Pilot Studies Parker Oliver 
Demiris 
Parker Oliver 
Wittenberg-Lyles 
Parker Oliver 
Demiris 
Wittenberg-Lyles 
Porock 
Washington 
Parker Oliver 
Haley 
3007    Sources of Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging in African Americans: Examples From The Baltimore Study of Black Aging Whitfield 
Allaire 
3026    Expanding the Pool of Psychology Faculty Engaged in Aging Research Mehrotra 
Barr 
3051    Current Aging Policy and Practice in Relation to Traditional Family Values & Expectations of the Elderly in India Ejaz 
Diwan 
3052    Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Resilience and Aging: An ESPO Sponsored Symposium Sloane 
Rowles 
3059    In Sickness and In Health: New Perspectives on Marriage and Late-Life Health Carr 
Berg 
Moorman 
Marks 
Song 
Grzywacz 
Springer 
Idler 
Boulifard 
Contrada 
Parris Stephens 
Iida 
Rook 
Franks 
Salem 
Carr 
3072    What is Personality Change the Change of? Whitbourne 
Mathews 
3085    Novel Non-pharmacological Interventions to Manage Behaviors and Enhance Life Quality in Persons with Dementia at Home Gitlin 
Burgio 
3116    Quality Employment for Older Workers: Lesson on Resilience from the Age & Generation Study Smyer 
Pitt-Catsouphes 
Taylor 
3177    Language, Aging & and Resilience: Communication Styles and Narratives of People with Dementia in Various Research Settings de Medeiros 
Saunders 
Sabat 
3198    Feminist Theory and Research: Exploring Bodies and Sexuality in Later Life Calasanti 
3235    Medicare Policy Challenges for a New Administration: Prescription Drugs, Privatization, Costs and Medicare’s Future Crystal 
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM 
3042    Meaningful Change in Physical Performance: What do we know? What else do we need to know? Studenski 
Studenski 
Perera 
Kwon 
Guralnik 
Thibonnier 
3233    Issues in Research Recruiting of Older Adults: Roads Less Traveled Souder 
Buckwalter 
3265    Fielding Evidence-Based Interventions in Real-World Settings: Practical Considerations for Design and Implementation Samus 
Rabins 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 
Paper    Nusing Home Quality Improvements  
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Paper    Surveys with Minority Populations  
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM 
Paper    Changing Approaches to LTC  
Paper    Coping with Disease  
Paper    Social Integration  
Paper    Spirituality and Resilience  
Poster    Caregiving Interventions  
Poster    Elder Abuse: Cultural and Contextual Influences  
Poster    Mental Health-What We Know, Where We Stand  
Poster    Parent Child Relationships in Late Life  
3022    Culture Change and the Physical Environment: Design as an agent of change Diaz Moore 
Chapin 
Geboy 
Kaup 
Calkins 
Diaz Moore 
3023    Nursing and Social Work Support for Family Caregiving: Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice Reinhard 
Kelly 
Brooks-Danso 
3045    Transportation and Aging: Stakeholders Perspective on Advancing Safe Mobility Classen 
Molnar 
Dobbs 
Bedard 
Dickerson 
Eby 
McCarthy 
3061    Preventive Medicine and Life Style Modification in Older Adults Hall 
3090    Using Naturalistic Driving to Monitor Fitness to Drive in Early Stage Dementia: Charting New Territory Silverstein 
Splaine 
Eby 
Adler 
Molnar 
LeBlanc 
Bogard 
Gilbert 
3092    Aging and the Lifespan: Revisiting the Role of “Age” from Biological, Functional, Psychological, and Social Perspectives Ram 
Gerstorf 
Suzman 
Austad 
Gatz 
Wilson 
McArdle 
3105    Community Access and Availability for Physical Activity and Healthy Food: Environment Support for Successful Aging Sharkey 
Frost 
Hunter 
Goins 
Sharkey 
Satariano 
3119    Translation of Dementia Caregiver Research: Examples from REACH Nichols 
Burns 
Stahl 
Sieverding 
3128    Individual Differences, Emotional Complexity, and Subsequent Outcomes in Adulthood Boron 
Ersner-Hershfield 
Carstensen 
3142    "How We May Be Better Served" - Resilient Resident, Family, and Staff Voices Frankowski 
Schumacher 
Kahana 
3208    Resilience in Late Life: The Role of Social Relations Birditt 
Ajrouch 
Lowenstein 
3225    Aging Boomers: The Shape of Things to Come Sasser 
Sasser 
3229    Recovering the Vital Center: A New Politics of Aging Achenbaum 
3237    The future of retirement security Polivka 
3250    Measurement Issues and Novel Approaches in Aging Research. The Measurement Statistics & Research Design Informal Interest Group Yang 
Jones 
Newsom 
3256    Characterizing Physiologic and Biological Markers of Health in At-risk Older Adults In the Experience Corps Trial Carlson 
Cacioppo 
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 
Paper    New Tools for New Data  
 
 Monday, November 24
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 
Paper    Driving/Biology  
Paper    End of Life Care  
Paper    Exercise and Functional Performance  
Paper    Fostering Resilience  
Paper    LTC Capacity Building  
Paper    What Do Folks Think? Public Attitudes on Age, Health, and Aging Issues  
Poster    Community Engagement and Service Use  
Poster    Disability and Rehabilitation  
Poster    Exercise  
Poster    Falls & Prevention  
Poster    Health Promotion/Empowerment  
Poster    Home Health  
Poster    Living and Working in Nursing Homes  
Poster    Nursing Homes  
Poster    Other Health Care  
Poster    Research Methodologies for the Study of Aging  
Poster    Transitional Care  
3003    Lessons from the Commonwealth Fund Long-Term Care Opinion Leader Survey Miller 
Wiener 
Koren 
3047    Frailty: concept, identification and interventions Gobbens 
Daniëls 
Schols 
Morley 
3049    Converting Treatment Preferences into Orders at the End-of-Life: A Multi-State Study Hickman 
Lunney 
Hickman 
Nelson 
3070    Trajectories of Change into Late Life: The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) All Stars Newman 
Harris 
3077    Care Networks: Promoting Resilience in Aging Families Blieszner 
Roberto 
Pruchno 
3078    Listening to the Voices of Older African Americans: New Directions for Understanding and Supporting Mental Health Gitlin 
Harris 
Dilworth-Anderson 
Rubinstein 
3103    Mobility and Participation in Old Age Iwarsson 
Rantanen 
Simonsick 
3124    The Art, Social Construction, and Science of Aging: Promoting Health through Gerontology/Geriatrics Education and Training Gugliucci 
3131    Contextualizing leisure time physical activity in later life Son 
Janke 
3136    Social Work Services Contribute to Psychosocial Resilience in LTC Bern-Klug 
Simons 
Zlotnik 
3153    Ethics in Research with Minority Older Adults: Challenges Encountered, Solutions Enacted, and Implications for Future Work Gelman 
Chadiha 
3158    Gerontology in the Era of the Third Age: Theory, Research, and Critique Carr 
Hendricks 
Settersten 
Komp 
3163    Aging in a Social Context: Implications for Everyday Cognitive Performance McFall 
Strough 
Elias 
3169    Choices for Independence: National Policy and Research on Long-term Care in the Aging Network Kunkel 
3227    The Central Control of Mobility in Older Adults Rosano 
Verghese 
Guralnik 
3260    Cash and Counseling: Moving Beyond the Demonstration and Replication Simon-Rusinowitz 
Mahoney 
Doty 
8:00 AM - 9:30 PM 
Paper    Improving Long-Term Care  
Paper    Social Support and Physical or Mental Health  
Paper    The Changing Face of an Aging Workforce  
Poster    Economics of Aging  
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 
Paper    Dementia Care & Changing Needs  
Paper    Driving Status and Safety  
Paper    End of Life Issues: Supporting the Patient, Family, and Staff  
Paper    Energy Metabolism Alterations with Age  
Paper    Exercise Programs and Behaviors: Correlates and Outcomes  
Paper    Falls and Mobility  
Paper    Impact of Diverse Life Course Contexts on Health, Stress, and Survival into Old Age  
Paper    Targeted interventions and gene allele association with longevity  
Poster    Epidemiology, Environment & Health  
Poster    Health Concerns in Late Life: Arthritis, Cancer and Heart Disease  
Poster    Managing Chronic Disease and Disability in Late Life  
Poster    Tools for Assessing Mental and Functional Capacities of Older Adults  
3001    Building Resilience in MCI and Early-stage Dementia: Innovative Approaches to Intervention and Outcome Evaluation Clare 
Zarit 
3025    Relationship-Centred Care: New Directions and Challenges for Gerontological Research and Practice Keady 
Davies 
Harris 
3031    The Meaning of Food for Nursing Home Residents Moss 
Kane 
3069    Narratives of Resilience in Aging 1: Resilience in a Life-Cycle Context Wyatt-Brown 
Shenk 
Haber 
3075    Small-scale living arrangements for people with dementia: results from the USA, the Netherlands and Belgium Verbeek 
van Rossum 
Schols 
3097    The Changing Face of Older Adult Addiction Colleran 
Krantz 
3098    Affective Self-Regulation Across Adulthood and Old Age: Investigating Intra-Individual Processes Over Time Brose 
Riediger 
Scheibe 
Carstensen 
Riediger 
Schmiedek 
Wagner 
Lindenberger 
Sliwinski 
Smyth 
Brose 
Schmiedek 
Lindenberger 
Scheibe 
Tsai 
Carstensen 
3110    Aging in the American Jewish Community: Continuity and Change Cohen-Mansfield 
Glicksman 
Ellor 
Walter-Ginzburg 
3129    Promoting Resilience in Aging through Interdisciplinary Education and Practice Frank 
Howe 
McCauley 
3154    Results of a National Campaign for Dementia Training in Long-Term Care, Focusing on Pain Zimmerman 
Beck 
3157    Perspectives of Geriatric Case Management Brunker 
Dorr 
Schraeder 
3175    Examining Differences in Health Care Needs among Nursing Home Residents: Highlights from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey Harris-Kojetin 
3212    The Transfer of Resources Across Generations in Contemporary Families in Changing Times Silverstein 
Angel 
Shapiro 
3219    Shaping and Changing Environments to Promote Health, Quality of Life, and Resilience in Older Adults Shawler 
D'Avolio 
Capezuti 
3268    Existential Issues and Outcomes of Patients Coping with Severe Cardiac Conditions Ai 
Aldwin 
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 
Paper    Community Service Interventions  
Paper    Cross-national comparison of quality of life and health among elderly adults  
Paper    Declining Health, Frailty and Biodemography  
Paper    Individual differences and resiliency among persons with dementia  
Paper    Innovative Interventions and Methods  
Paper    Intergenerational Support  
Paper    Neuroscience and Cognition  
Paper    Quantitative Research Methods: Examining Issues of Aging  
Paper    Satisfaction & Quality of Life Measurement  
Paper    Spirituality in the Context of Pain and Dementia  
Poster    Depression: Physiological Factors  
Poster    Frailty  
Poster    Grandparent Caregivers  
Poster    Grandparent Grandchild Relationships  
Poster    Social & Cultural Complexities  
3021    Increasing Resilience through Varied Methods of Life Review and Reminiscing Haight 
Pierce 
Haight 
Nomura 
Huh 
Yancura 
Duke 
3027    Developing Capacity for Policy and Practice Relevant Research Within and Outside Academic Institutions Wethington 
Wethington 
Meador 
Breckman 
Reid 
Pillemer 
Meador 
Wethington 
Reid 
Breckman 
Pillemer 
Reid 
Breckman 
Meador 
Wethington 
Pillemer 
Wethington 
Lachs 
Pillemer 
3046    Researcher Resilience: A Continuum of Responses to Research Frustrations and Failures McFadden 
Achenbaum 
3064    Psychosocial Frontiers of Resilience in Later Life Keyes 
Fry 
Ong 
Keyes 
Sawyer 
Allman 
Martin 
MacDonald 
Margrett 
Poon 
3065    Chronic Illness in the Context of Marriage Pruchno 
Martire 
Whitlatch 
Bookwala 
Pruchno 
Wilson-Genderson 
Cartwright 
3068    Narratives of Resilience in Aging II: The Effects of Art in Establishing Resilience Shenk 
Wyatt-Brown 
Moody 
3076    New Findings on Staff Retention in Long Term Care Hegeman 
Hollinger Smith 
Hoskinson 
Meador 
Ortigara 
3088    Challenges in Planning and Operationalizing Environmental Interventions in Geriatric Research Connell 
Sanford 
Calkins 
Wahl 
Stark 
Gitlin 
Connel 
3114    Research on Resilience in Exercise and Diet in Older Adults: Interdisciplinary and International Perspectives Clark 
Ory 
3139    Assessing the Quality of Care Provided to the Diverse Home Health Population Murtaugh 
Terkay 
Jung 
3140    Using Different Data Sources for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Studies Khatutsky 
Callahan 
Anderson 
3146    Impact Of Strategies Aimed At Improving A CNA’s Work Experience Wilson 
Caro 
3161    Interdisciplinary Mental Health Care of Older Adults Zanjani 
Hunt 
Zeiss 
3188    Public Policy and Workforce Issues Affecting Older Workers Barusch 
Falk 
Rix 
McIntosh 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 
Paper    Adult Protection and Elder Rights  
Paper    Dementia and Delirium  
Paper    Elder Abuse in Facilities  
Paper    Experiences of and Resiliency among Family Caregivers  
Paper    Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships  
Paper    Immune Function  
Paper    Nutrition and Weight  
Paper    Older Adults'' Use of Health Management and Coping Techniques  
Paper    Older Women and Widowhood  
Paper    Residential Care and Assisted Living  
Paper    Volunteerism  
Poster    Death, Bereavement and Widowhood  
Poster    End of Life Care  
Poster    Falls & Mobility  
Poster    Families, Friends, and Social Networks  
Poster    HIV/AIDS  
Poster    Mental Health/Depression  
Poster    Spirituality and Religion in Late Life  
3024    Maintaining Resilience while Facing Health Decline: The Role of Self Perceptions Haley 
Hilgeman 
Payne 
Chandler 
Haley 
Broka 
Allen 
3032    A Standardized Approach to Identifying and Measuring Consumer Determined Quality Outcomes in Community Based Long Term Care Bowers 
Reinhard 
3073    Informing State Policy Through Needs Assessment: Part II Robison 
Gruman 
Shugrue 
Lipson 
3087    The Practice Implications of Type 2 Diabetes in an Aging Society Wray 
Franks 
Blaum 
3095    Get What We Pay For: Public Payment, Private Markets, and Elder Services Bishop 
Feng 
Grabowski 
Stevenson 
Crystal 
3115    The Role of Inflammation in the Year Following Hip Fracture. Implications for Resiliency from The Baltimore Hip Studies. Miller 
Orwig 
Ferrucci 
Cappola 
3135    Impact of California’s Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement Act on Access, Staffing, Quality, and Costs Harrington 
Hyer 
3145    The Affective Neuroscience of Aging Samanez-Larkin 
Nielsen 
3162    Creativity and the Arts: Enhancing the Vitality and Resilience of Later Life Sheets 
Ansello 
3164    The Elderly Client's Perception of Caring Behaviors Jasmine 
Stechschulte 
3178    Functions of Spaces and Places in Aging: Focus on Dementia Oswald 
Wahl 
Rowles 
Oswald 
Shoval 
Wahl 
Auslander 
Freytag 
Heinik 
Landau 
Chaudhury 
Wahl 
3200    Mixed Reports from the Field: Remote Monitoring a Decade On Kutzik 
Parker 
3215    Narratives of suffering in later life Rubinstein 
Solimeo 
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 
Paper    Aging with a Disability: Functional Limitations  
Paper    Depression: Personal Influences on Symptom Manifestation and Management  
Paper    End of life  
Paper    Financing LTC  
Paper    Life Course Perspectives on Intraindividual and Interindividual Change  
Paper    Osteoporosis  
Paper    Social Integration in Varied Settings  
Paper    Therapeutic Interventions for Persons with Dementia  
Poster    Education  
Poster    Education  
Poster    Life Course Learning & Narration  
Poster    Long-term Care and Chronic Conditions  
Poster    Research  
Poster    Research, Education and Theory  
3014    A Resilient Civil Society: How NGO’s navigate United Nation's pathways with strength and effective advocacy for older persons. Somers 
Brownell 
Daichman 
Hamlin 
3043    Stress Processes Adulthood and Old Age: Considerations among Healthy Adults, Injury Sufferers, and Caregivers Stawski 
Cichy 
Pearlin 
3101    Living Arrangement, Care and Attitude towards Chinese Older Adults Wu 
Chi 
Kiyak 
Chappell 
Chou 
Reid 
Li 
Chi 
Krochalk 
Xu 
Yuan 
Leung 
Chan 
Leung 
Fong 
Chi 
3120    Vascular Disease and Aging Patel 
Inzitari 
Newman 
3147    Risk and Resilience Behind Bars: Challenges and Implications in the Promotion of Physical and Mental Health Functioning of Older Offenders Bishop 
Loeb 
3151    Who will Provide Services and Care to Older Adults? Education, Jobs and Underserved Elders. Van Dussen 
Sterns 
3156    Measuring the Effectiveness of Japan's Elder Abuse Prevention Law of 2006: Getting Ready for a Third Year Official Review Tatara 
Brownell 
3165    Psychological Well-being and Its Correlates among Chinese Older Adults Chi 
Wu 
Prohaska 
3167    Lifecourse Epidemiology of Aging: Early Life Influences on Late Life Health Alley 
Kritchevsky 
3184    Social Relations: Risk and Resilience for Health and Functioning Sherman 
Cotter 
Antonucci 
3190    Epiphanies about the Bare Essentials Phillips 
3218    Aging in Turkey: Prespective on Migration Yaman 
Gutman 
Howe 
Schenk 
Naegele 
Tufan 
Yaman 
3245    Tailoring Interventions for Elders with Chronic Health Problems Tsai 
Beck 
McSweeney 
3253    Elder Abuse: The Need for theory Lowenstein 
Biggs 
3259    Deinstitutionalization: Shifting the Nursing Home Paradigm to Home Rabig 
Kane 
Cutler 
3261    Attitudes Towards Custodial Grandparents Tomczewski 
Patrick 
Dolbin-MacNab 
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
Paper    Assessment of Older Adults Skills and Abilities  
Paper    Demographic Trends in Later Life  
Paper    General Health  
Paper    Long Term Care II  
Paper    Medications Use & Sleep in Care Settings  
Paper    Perceptions of and Reflections on Aging  
Paper    Retirement Age Influences  
Poster    Longterm Care  
3029    Charting the Future for New York State Workforce Training and Education in Aging: The Stakeholder Perspective Howe 
Horowitz 
Pferr 
Krout 
Heiser 
Brownell 
Horowitz 
Maiden 
Howe 
Rosenbaum 
3038    Religious and Spiritual Sources of Resilience for Diverse Populations of Older Adults Pickard 
Nelson-Becker 
3040    Exchange between grandparents and grandchildren: cross-fertilization of evolutionary and social scientific perspectives Thomese 
Silverstein 
Uhlenberg 
3048    Aging in the Urban Environment: Philadelphia as a Living Laboratory Nevison 
Gusmano 
Warner-Maron 
Hoffman 
Glicksman 
Norstrand 
Glicksman 
Kleban 
Glicksman 
Kleban 
Hoffman 
Norstrand 
3050    Health Issues in the Workplace: implications for public policy Wilkie 
Rix 
3054    Be positive! Theory, measurement, and epidemiologic studies of the physical health benefits of positive affect Fredman 
Satariano 
Ostir 
Park-Lee 
Cauley 
Ensrud 
Hochberg 
Fredman 
Irving 
3089    Resilience in the Community – Older Americans Act Services for People with Severe Disabilities Greenberg 
Cook 
Bauer 
3144    Institute of Medicine Report: The Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans Bernard 
Reuben 
Fulmer 
Harris 
Salerno 
3185    Caregivers of Aging Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Layton 
Qualls 
Janicki 
3192    Energy metabolism: associations with age, fatigue and activity Manini 
Ferrucci 
Harris 
3204    Challenges and Opportunities in Conducting Community-Based Long-term Care Research Naylor 
Kane 
3205    Safe Medicine Disposal: Successes, Challenges and Opportunities for Creating a Healthy Environment Kaye 
Sykes 
Achenbaum 
Moody 
3210    Multidisciplinary and community-based interventions to improve well-being in frail older adults Dunn 
Beel-Bates 
3226    Fulfilling Older Adults’ Wish to Remain at Home: The role of NF Pre-Admission Screening, Diversion, & Medicaid Waivers Chapin 
Macmillan, 
Baca 
Rachlin 
Gerhard 
3255    The Consequences and Costs of Older Driver Difficulties and the Impact of Cognitive Interventions Edwards 
Rebok 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
3122    Getting the Most Out of Mentorship Rich 
Inouye 
Gill 
Magaziner 
Zuckerman 
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM 
Paper    Adult Day Care  
Paper    Aging and Public Health Issues  
Paper    Epidemiology II  
Paper    Family Caregiving Issues  
Paper    Long-Term Care and Family Caregivers  
Paper    Nursing Services/health Care Envrionment  
Paper    Personality in Late Life  
Paper    The Intersection of Physical Functioning and Cognitive Performance  
Paper    Worker Satisfaction  
Poster    Clinical Problems & Health Behaviors  
Poster    LTC Services and Economics  
3035    Use of Internet-Based Vignette Methods to Study Elder Residential Choices Caro 
Czaja 
Ho 
Yee 
Gottlieb 
Martin 
Sherman 
Quinlan 
Winter 
McFadden 
3036    On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Healing: New Tools and New Partnerships Spector 
3106    Successful Aging: Resources and Self-Regulation of Health Goals as well as Health Behaviors Ziegelmann 
Reuter 
Smith 
3112    Roll Out of the AoA States Evidence-Based Prevention Initiative: Laying the Foundation for Understanding Program Impacts Ory 
Belza 
Ory 
Whitelaw 
Grantt 
3126    Nursing Care of Older Adults Interest Group Symp.: Resilience in Aging: Strengthening Individuals, Caregivers and Communities Young 
Harden 
Beel-Bates 
3170    Under-Nutrition in Homebound Older Adults: Prevalence, Correlates, & Outcomes Locher 
DiMaria-Ghalili 
3181    Life Stories and Aging Research: The Importance of Lived Events in Shaping Perceptions of Resilience in Later Life Saunders 
de Medeiros 
Luborsky 
3193    Mealtimes and Malnutrition: an examination of models, meaning, measurement, methods and decision-making in serious illness and at end-of-life Amella 
Watson 
3207    Preliminary Outcomes of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Guided Care Reider 
3232    Aging in a post-traditional society Moody 
3241    Matching Nursing Home Resident, Staff, And System Needs To Enhance Care Brown 
Hyer 
Bartels 
3247    Promoting Resilience in an Aging Society through Environmental Adaptation: A Collaborative Demonstration Parker 
Hammel 
Jones 
Babcock 
3258    Gerontologists, Public Health Practitioners, and the Aging of America Alt 
Sugar 
Klein 

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