Georgia Department of Human
Services Division of Aging Services
Presents
Exploring Creative Approaches To Healthy Living
14th Annual
Healthy CommunitiesSummit
Take charge of
your health
June 6-8, 2012
The Georgia Center, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Exploring Creative Approaches to Healthy Living
14th Annual Healthy Community Summit
June 6-8, 2012
Sessions subject to change. Full program to be released in April
Wednesday June 6th
- 9:30-12:00 Opportunity for Group and Association Meetings
- 2:30-4:30 Pre-Conference Intensives
- Food Safety
- Assessments
- 3:00-5:00 Conference Registration
- 6:00-8:00 Opening Reception and Speaker (Dr. Toni Miles, Director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Institute)
Thursday June 7th
- 7:30-8:30 Conference Registration/Exhibits and Breakfast
- 8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks and Welcome
- 9:00-10:15 General Session (Dr. Noonan, CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
- 10:15-10:45 Exhibits and Networking Break
- 10:45-Noon General Session
- Noon-1:45 Awards Luncheon
- 1:50-2:50 Concurrent Workshops: (Food Security I, Tai Chi, Nutrition and Diabetes, Business Planning for the Aging Network I)
- 2:50-3:20 Exhibits and Networking Break
- 3:20-4:20 Concurrent Workshops (Food Security II, Transportation Voucher and Local Planning, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease, Business Planning for the Aging Network II)
- 4:35-5:35 Nia Class
Friday June 8th
- 7:30-8:30 Conference Registration, Breakfast and Hotel Check-out
- 8:30-9:45 General Session (Colin Milner, CEO, International Council on Active Aging)
- 10-11 am Concurrent Workshops (Drumming for Health, Volunteer Development for Your Community, Medications Management, The Village Concept in Georgia)
- 11-11:10 Networking Break
- 11:10-12:10 Concurrent Workshops (T-Care, Regulations Discussion, Partnerships with Local Government, Evidence Based Programming in Your Center)
- 12:20-2:30 Lunch Program and Speaker
- 2:30-2:45 Closing Remarks and Conference Evaluation
14th Annual Healthy Aging Summit
June 6-8, 2012
The Georgia Center, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Program Credits
Application has been made for continuing professional education (CPE) for dietitians from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) and Social Workers from and Certified Heath Educators from NCHEC. Certificate of Attendance will be provided for all conference attendees.
About the Program
This conference is designed to provide workshops and general sessions on a variety of topics that will focus on healthy aging and healthy living. We have also expanded our focus to the healthy community and technologies that support healthy aging.
Target Audience
Senior center managers,Area Agency on Aging staff, dietitians, nurses, care coordinators, nutrition service providers, health educators, Parks & Recreation personnel, care givers and others involved in planning and providing care for adults and older adults.
Hotel Information
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education , 1197 South Lumpkin Street |Athens, Georgia 30602 - 3603
Conferees may make reservations. Call The Georgia Center's reservation department toll free at 1-800-884-1381 or reserve your room online. Special room rates for the conference are; $89 per day classic rooms or $99 for CSB rooms and $119 for select rooms plus applicable taxes. Please mention that you are attending the DHS Healthy Community Summit with your stay. To get the specialgroup rate, you must make room reservations by May 9, 2012
Hotel Directions
Columbus, GA (178 miles) - Take Interstate I-85 North to GA -316 East (exit 106). Take the US-78 E/GA-10 Loop S ramp to US-29 S/Lexington/Hartwell/University of Georgia. Merge onto GA-10 Loop E/US-29 N/US-78 . Take exit 6 for Milledge Ave toward GA-15 Alt N. Turn left onto S Milledge Ave. Slight right onto S Lumpkin St
Destination will be on the right.
Atlanta, GA (71 miles) - Take Interstate I-85 North to GA -316 East (exit 106). Take the US-78 E/GA-10 Loop S ramp to US-29 S/Lexington/Hartwell/University of Georgia. Merge onto GA-10 Loop E/US-29 N/US-78 . Take exit 6 for Milledge Ave toward GA-15 Alt N. Turn left onto S Milledge Ave. Slight right onto S Lumpkin St
Destination will be on the right.
Gainesville, GA(40 miles) - Take Jesse Jewell Pkwy SE US-129 (36.7 mi). Turn right onto S Milledge Ave. Turn left onto Baxer St. Slight right onto S Lumpkin St
Destination will be on the right
Building Healthy People in Healthy Communities
14th Annual Healthy Aging Summit
June 6-8, 2012
The Georgia Center, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Registration Information
Pre-registration is required
- $ 21.00 for Pre-conference Intensive ______Title of Session Attending
- $187 Full Conference Registration**
- $197 Conference Registration for Dietitians, Social Workers , & Certified Health Educators including CEU’s** **
After May 15, 2012, a $20 late registration fee will be added No registrations will be accepted after May 22, 2012
The space for the conference is limited to the first 300 registrants. The full conference registration fee includes instruction, materials, networking reception, and lunch (both days). Checks for registration should be made payable to the “Healthy Aging Trust Fund” (nutrition conference) and mailed to:
Division of Aging Services
2 Peachtree Street, Suite 33-
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3142
Attn: Angela Johnson
You may fax the registration form to 404-657-5285, but the check for the registration must follow by mail prior to the conference. Registration checks mailed after May15th should include a late fee of $20. The final cut off for registration with late fee is May 22, 2011. For more information, contact Gwenyth Johnson at 404-657-5316 or AngelaJohnson at 404-657-5323.
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Registration Fee: Early registration (mailed before May 15, 2012); Dietitians, or Social workers & CHES for CEU’s - $197; Late Fee: Add $20 (mailed by May 22, 2012)
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