Title: Join Us in Philly!!

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Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health

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Come join us in Philadelphia, in the City of Brotherly Love, Dec. 11-Dec. 14 at the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association.

Here are just a few titles of exciting sessions that you will not want to miss:

• "Is there Room for Long Term Care in Medicare Reform?"
• “Impacts of the New Freedom Initiative on Access to Community-Based Care”
• “Nursing Rehabilitation in Long Term Care--Raising the Bar”
• “Expanding Access to Mammograms for Older Rural Women”
• “Medicare Modernizations Act: Implementing and Improving the 2006 Drug Benefit”
• ‘Environmental Influences on Aging Well: Access to Affordable, Healthful, Food and Active-Friendly Communities”

You won’t want to miss the poster sessions on Monday, Dec. 12, and the oral presentations by this year’s award winners including Archstone, Aetna, Aging and Rural Health, Betty Cleckley Minority Issues, Branch Doctoral Student Award and many others.

The Gerontological Health Section Awards Reception and Raffle will be held Monday, Dec. 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. We can count on Gerry Eggert to make this an entertaining event. Be sure to leave room in your suitcase for some treasures.

Don’t miss the Gerontological Health Business meetings that will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. and on Tuesday, Dec. 13, from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you in December.

Program Co-Chair
Kathy Sykes
Sykes.kathy@epa.gov

Program Co-Chair
Lene Levy Storms
llstorms@ucla.edu