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Family Re-Union 9: Families and Seniors Across Generations |
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Conference Program
FAMILY RE-UNION 9: FAMILIES and SENIORS
Across the Generations
November 20, 2000
Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee
updated 11/15/00
12:08 CST
All times are subject to change.
OPENING SESSION
8:30-8:40
Welcome and Introductions
Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville
Gordon Gee, J.D., Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
Judge Andy Shookhoff, J.D., Co-Sponsor and Associate Director, The Child and Family Policy Center at Vanderbilt University
Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D., Co-sponsor and Director, The Children, Youth & Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota
8:40-9:00
Opening remarks by Vice President Al Gore
9:00-9:10
Will You Read It to Me Again?
A film collage produced by Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D., UCLA Center
for Communication Policy
TOWN HALL FORUM
9:10-10:30
"What’s New About Getting Old?"
Compelling stories of programs and activities involving families, children and elders.
Lillian Carson, D.S.W., Psychotherapist and Author of, "The Essential Grandparent", Mentecito, CA
Evelyn Davis, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harlem Hospital Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYC, NY
Brenda Krause Eheart, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director,
Generations of Hope, Rantoule, IL
Charles Gray, Founder, Richmond Heights Retirees, Miami, FL
Janet Hartey, Executive Director, Coastal Caregivers, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Bill Hoyt, Citizens Volunteer Patrol, Redlands, CA
Robert Mayer, Ph.D., President, Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation, Chicago, IL
Jack McConnell, M.D., Founder, Volunteers in Medicine Clinic and Institute, Hilton Head, SC
Sally Newman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Generations Together, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Kayt Norris, High School student, Co-Founder and President, "Helping Hands" Quincy, IL
Odacir Oliviera, Ph.D., M.Div., Psychologist and Clinical Director of Covenant Senior Health Program, Knoxville, TN
Ralph Smith, J.D., Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
10:35-11:35
PANEL DISCUSSION
"Caring for Each Other: What Are the Critical Issues?"
Marc Freedman, President, Civic Ventures, San Francisco, CA
Nancy Henkin, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director, Center for Intergenerational Learning, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Carol Levine: Director of Families and Health Care Projects, United Hospital Fund, author of "Always on Call", New York City, NY
Bill Moyers, Journalist, Founder of Public Affairs Television, Inc. NYC, NY
Bob Ross: M.D., Director, The California Endowment, Woodland Hills, CA
11:35-11:55
FILM
"Elders Through the Eyes of Children"
Documentary film interviewing children on their relationships with older family members is shown
11:55-12:10
CHARGE TO THE WORKING GROUPS
12:40-3:00
WORKING GROUP SESSIONS and LUNCH
Lunch is served at the break-out sessions followed by small group discussions of model programs and brainstorming of recommended goals and action steps for the future.
See Program for topics and panel participants.
3:30-4:45
FINAL SESSION
"Into the Future Across the Generations: What Does the Future Hold?"
Elliott Moore, Conference Chair and James Hefner, Ph.D., President, Tennessee State University reconvene the conference.
Leaders in government, philanthropy and national organizations join with families to outline future steps to support and expand intergenerational activity.
WORKING GROUPS FOR FAMILY RE-UNION 9:
FAMILIES AND SENIORS
ACROSS THE GENERATIONS
Each of these topics will be explored from the point of view of its impact on the whole family, helping families find creative solutions, and involving all generations.
- Maintaining health across the life span
- Supporting mental health for seniors and caregivers
- Families caring for seniors
- Seniors caring for others
Jeanette Takamura, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Aging, Administration on Aging, DHHS, Moderator
Lisa Berkman, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Chair Center for Society and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Christine Cassel, M.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Geriatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY
Neal Halfon, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Public health and Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Ross, M.D., Director, The California Endowment, Woodland Hills, CA
Martha Farrell Erickson, Ph.D., Director, Children, Youth & Family Consortium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Moderator
Michael Benjamin, Executive Director, National Council on Family Relations
Robert Butler, M.D., Director, International Longevity Center, New York City, NY
Nancy Emerson Lombardo, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Richard Margolin, M.D., Chief, Laboratory of Geriatric Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
John Rowe, M.D., President and CEO, Aetna US Healthcare , Moderator
Val Halamandaris, J.D., President, National Association of Homecare, Washington, DC
Richard Jacobsen, Director, Department of Social Services, Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Jill Kagan, Chair, National Respite Coalition, Washington, DC
Carol Levine, Director, Families and Health Care Project, United Hospital Fund, New York City, NY
Miriam Charnow, Director, Family Friends Program, National Council on Aging, Moderator
Susan Brooks, J.D., Professor of Law, Director of Juvenile Practice, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Evelyn Davis, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harlem Hospital, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY
Lillian Johnson, Former Director, Kinship Support Network, Edgewood Center for Children and Families, San Francisco, CA
5. The power of intergenerational programs
Donna Butts, Executive Director, Generations United, Washington, DC, Moderator
Angela Groh, High School Student and Volunteer, Thornton, Iowa
Nancy Henkin, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director, Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning, Philadelphia, PA
Lorna M. Lathram, Executive Director, Omidyar Foundation, Alameda, CA
Sally Newman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Generations Together, University of Pittsburgh, PA
- Active aging and civic engagement for all generations
- Opportunities for life long learning, teaching and meaningful work
- Families and elders in different cultures
- Designs for living: giving families and communities the choices they need
- Flexible work arrangements and financial security for multi-generation families
Tom Endres, Field Director for Community Services, AARP, Moderator
Robert Dittus, M.D., Director, Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Marc Freedman, President, Civic Ventures, San Francisco, CA
Charles Gray, Founder and President, Richmond Heights Retirees, Miami FL
Jan Hively, Coordinator, University of Minnesota, Vital Aging Initiative, Minneapolis, MN
Jeanne Hoyt, Volunteer, Citizen Volunteer Patrol, Redlands Police Department, Redlands, CA
Jenny Keyser, Ph.D., Associate Director, The Children, Youth & Family Consortium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Moderator)
Cathie Dodd, Director, Woodbine Community Center
Jack McConnell, M.D., Founder, Chairman, CEO, Volunteers in Medicine Institute, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Jory Peterson, Executive Director of University for Seniors, an Institute for Learning in Retirement, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jimmy Neil Smith, President, Storytelling Foundation International, Jonesborough, TN
Andy Shookhoff, J.D., Associate Director, Child and Family Policy Center, Vanderbilt University, Moderator
Rafael Lantigua, M.D., Director of the Columbia Center for the Active Life of Minority Elders, New York City, NY
Spero Manson, Ph.D., Head of the Division of American Indian and Alaskan Native Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Cynthia Telles, Ph.D., Director of the Spanish Speaking Psychosocial Clinic, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
Rob Mayer, Ph.D., President, Rothschild Foundation, Chicago, IL, Moderator
Elizabeth Brawley, President, Design Concepts Unlimited, Sausalito, CA
Brenda Krause Eheart, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director, Generations of Hope and Research Specialist, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Robin Mockenhaupt, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
Janet Van Zandt, Replication Officer, Grandfamilies Housing, Boston Aging Concerns, Boston, MA
Gail Gibson Hunt, Director of National Alliance for Caregivers, Bethesda, MD, Moderator
Odacir Oliviera, Ph.D., Psychologist, Knoxville, TN
Skip Schlenk, Director, Work and Family Program, AT&T, Morristown, NJ
James Vandiver, Clayton and Associates, Nashville TN
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