International Rural Aging Project

Provider Workshops

Care Beyond the Family and Home
Convener: Daniel Farley, Princeton, WV, USA
President/Chief Executive Officer of Glenwood Park, Inc.

Date Thursday, June 8
Time 1:30 – 6 p.m.
Location Room 205, Civic Center

Content

Substance for the workshop will focus on the various determinants of human behavior – physiological, social, and spiritual. Intent will be for each of the speakers who have established particular competence in one or more of the four areas to address the topics. One of the presenters with an in-depth background in cultural aspects of human behavior will lead the audience in understanding the impact of culture on how care is received and given, associated with various global societies. In defining objectives and in thinking about care beyond the family and home, they are as follows,

• Explore the physiological aspects of aging pertaining to human life. 

• Explore the psychological aspects of aging pertaining to human life. 

• Explore the sociological aspects of aging pertaining to human life. 

• Explore the spiritual aspects of aging pertaining to human life. 

• Connect the various determinants of human behavior associated with persons living in situations beyond the family and home through an analysis of the culture in which they live. 

Presenters:

Daniel W. Farley, Princeton, West Virginia
President/Chief Executive Officer of Glenwood Park, Inc. Retirement Village.

David B. Oliver, Columbia, Missouri
"Distinguished Practitioner" , Clinical Professor, Department of Health Management & Informatics, School of Medicine, University Health System of the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Paula Kay Beville, Marietta, Georgia
President, Geriatric Specialists.

Bishop Calvin D. McConnell, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Faculty Member, Northwest House of Theological Studies, an extension theological seminary of the Methodist Theological School of Ohio and the Claremont School of Theology.

Ruth Gregory Garrett, Hendersonville, Tennesse
Professor of Gerontology, Department of Health Science, Armstrong Atlantic State University.