The OGA has been spending much time in preparation for the 2012 Annual Conference. This year it will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton at Pearson Airport in Toronto and will run from Wednesday, April 25th – Thursday, April 26th. A large part of the organisation of this conference involves selecting our key speakers. The speakers we have lined up for this year are:
1. Dr Geoff Fernie, presenting Innovations to Help Make Ontario the Best Place to Grow Older
Geoff Fernie, Vice President, Research at Toronto Rehab, BSc, PhD, MIMechE, CEng, PEng, CCE
Dr. Geoff Fernie will address the Innovations element of the conference theme. As a renowned innovator he will focus on how innovations can help make Ontario the best place to grow older. He will also highlight innovations in the posters prior to the start of the Poster session.
2. Arlene S. Bierman presenting Fostering Active Aging in Ontario: Optimizing Quality of Care and Quality of Life
Dr. Arlene Bierman is a geriatrician, Associate Professor in the Lawrence F. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; and of Health Policy, Evaluation, and Management; and Medicine at the University of Toronto; and Senior Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital. Dr. Bierman is also a member of the Scientific Committee for the Ontario Health Study and Chair of the Aging Working Group. She is an inaugural holder of Echo's Ontario Women's Health Council Chair in Women's Health.
Drawing from findings from the Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence‐Based Report (POWER Study) an overview of the health and functional status as well of access, quality, and outcomes of health care will be presented. Differences on these measures associated with gender, socioeconomic status and ethnicity will be discussed along with implications for policy and practice. Innovative approaches to optimizing quality of life and fostering active aging will be outlined.
The final two speakers are:
3. Dr. Sinha
Dr. Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto, Assistant Professor of Medicine at U of T, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
4. Dr. Glouberman
Dr Glouberman is the President of the Patients’ Association of Canada, Philosopher in Residence at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, and an adjunct at the University of Toronto.
Together, Dr. Sinha and Dr. Gouberman will be leading the panel presentation entitled Making Ontario the Best Place to Grow Older Through Innovation. This presentation is intended as a wrap-up session which will incorporate many of the topics previously discussed throughout the conference.
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We look forward to seeing you there…
OGA speaker, Arlene Bierman, was recently featured on Longwoods.com. The article is entitled "Getting Serious About Reducing Inequities in Health and Healthcare" and can be viewed at:
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