International Rural Aging Project

Provider Workshops

Demographic Transitions and Alternative Medicine: Their Implications for Successful Aging
Convener R. Turner Goins, Morgantown, West Virginia, US
Co-Convener Gregory Juckett, Morgantown, West Virginia, US

Date Friday, June 9
Time 1:30 – 6 p.m.
Location Parlor A, Civic Center

Objectives

The major focus of the workshop will be a discussion of a variety of alternative medicine treatments relative to the aging body by a panel of three speakers. Attention will be paid to how these treatments can enhance the quality of life among older persons. Each speaker will have an approximately 45 minute presentation on his or her area of expertise. The areas of alternative medicine that will be specifically addressed include: herbs, yoga, pain management, acupuncture, and prevention/reversal of memory loss.

Introduction

R. Turner Goins, Morgantown, West Virginia
Assistant Professor, West Virginia University Center on Aging, Morgantown, WV.

Presenters:

Gregory Juckett, Morgantown, West Virginia
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV.

Will Endres, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Herbalist & wildcrafter; taught at Duke Medical Center, Duke Gardens, UNC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation, Community Holistic Health Center, UNC Graduate School of Nursing.

Krishna Raman, Madras, India
Physician of Internal Medicine, private practice in western medicine & therapeutic yoga, Madras, India.

Dharma Singh Khalsa, Tucson, Arizona
President & Medical Director, Alzheimer’s Prevention Foundation of Arizona.

Continuing Education Credits

WV Social Work 4 hrs
WV Psych 4 hrs
3.5 AMA Category 1 CME