SHU to Host ‘Health Care & the Aging: A Symposium for the 21st Century’

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Sacred Heart University will host Health Care & the Aging: A Symposium for the 21st Century on March 15, 2011, at 7:00pm in the Schine Auditorium on campus at 5151 Park Avenue in Fairfield, CT.  This event is being presented to the SHU community, local geriatric professionals and to anyone who has an interest in the welfare of the elderly population. The intention of this event is to foster education and communication as well as engage the community in the issues presented by our aging population.

The symposium will begin with light refreshments at 6:30pm and a screening of the film Young @ Heart, a documentary about a senior citizen chorus from Massachusetts who perform songs by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay and Sonic Youth.  Following the film, Dr. Salome Brooks of SHU’s College of Education and Health Professions and director for the Geriatric Health and Wellness Program will lead a panel discussion including Dr. Raymond M. Gabriele, gerontologist and adjunct professor in the Geriatric Health and Wellness Program, Kathy Abrahamsen, director of admissions at the Carolton Chronic & Convalescent Hospital in Fairfield, CT, and Suzanne Bastos, a physical therapist and geriatric clinical specialist at the Springs at Watermark in Bridgeport, CT. The panel discussion will be followed by questions from the audience.

This event is sponsored by the Geriatric Health and Wellness Program and University College.  It is free and open to the public. Media coverage is welcomed.  Please contact Funda Alp at 203-396-8241 or alpf@sacredheart.edu for further information.

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Sacred Heart University, the second-largest Catholic university in New England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. Approximately 6,000 students attend the University’s four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its “Best 371 Colleges: 2010” and “Best 301 Business Schools: 2010” and U.S. News & World Report ranks SHU among the best master’s universities in the North in its annual “America’s Best Colleges” publication. As one of just 23 institutions nationally, SHU is a member of the Association of American Colleges & Universities’ (AAC&U) Core Commitments Leadership Consortium, in recognition of its core, “The Human Journey.” SHU fields 31 division I athletic teams, and has an award-winning program of community service. www.sacredheart.edu

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