NRTC Persons Aging with Hearing and Vision Loss
Conference Presentations > 2006 Conference Agenda
Creating Roads to Independence for Persons Aging with Hearing & Vision Loss
February 8-10, 2006
Atlanta, GA
Sponsored by:
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
at Mississippi State University, Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, San Diego State University
Conference Proceedings
Wednesday, February 8
- The Roadmap to Independence: Persons Aging with Hearing and Vision Loss
BJ LeJeune, NRTC - Prevalence of Persons Aging with Dual Sensory Loss
William Sansing, NRTC - Dual Sensory Loss and the Impact on Health Policy
John Crews, Center for Disease Control - Group A: Housing Supports for Persons who are Deaf and Visually Impaired
Judith Good, New England Homes for the Deaf - Group B: Age Related Vision Loss 101: Prevention, Treatment and Impact of 2 Sensory Losses
BJ LeJeune, NRTC - Group A: Roadblocks or Entrance Ramps to Integration
Jamie Pope, American Association of the Deaf-Blind - Group B: Pitfalls and Advantages of Moving in with Adult Children
Harry Anderson, American Association of the Deaf-Blind - Group C: Age-Related Hearing Loss 101: The Basics of Hearing Loss and Maintaining Quality of Life
Carren Stika, SDSU
Thursday, February 9
- Culturally Sensitive Psycho-Social Adjustment
Michael Brennan - Group A: Steps to Facilitating Psychosocial Adjustment
Mia Bock, HKNC - Group B: Keeping the Love and Laughs in Marriage
Harry & Elaine Anderson - Group C: Breaking out of the Isolation: The Great Supermarket of Life
Bernadette Wynn, HKNC - Group A: Support Service Providers: What Are They and How Can You Use Them?
Elizabeth Spiers, AADB - Group B: Denial is more than a River in Egypt
Michael Brennan - Group C: The Low Down on Low Vision Services: What's it all about?
Stacy Butler, NRTC - Group A: Travel Skills, Orientation & Mobility, and Transportation Options
Gene Bourquin, HKNC - Group B: Resources & Program Options for Seniors with Hearing & Vision Loss
Pagie Berry, HKNC
Friday, February 10
- My Home is My Castle: Technology is My Friend
Paige Berry, HKNC - Group A: The Basics of Audiology
Dr. Holly Kaplan, University of Georgia - Group B: So, what about those cell phones and pagers?
Doris Chadwell & Bob Green - Gifts for Living with Passion, Purpose, & Grace
Bernadette Wynn, HKNC