● Spiritual Beliefs across the Lifespan and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Carol Rogers, Colleen Keller, Linda Larkey
● Lifestyle Changes that Impact Health Status of Vietnamese American Elders in the 21st Century, Nancy Chu
1145 01:00 PM—02:30 PM Commonwealth (Sheraton Boston)
Symposium: Families Highly Clustered for Exceptional Longevity: The Long Life Family Study
Chair: Thomas T. Perls Discussant: Winifred Rossi
Presentations: ● Health-span in Participants of the LLFS, Thomas Perls, Paola Sebastiani, Nadia Solovieff
● Early Life Predictors of Survival to Extreme Old Age in the Long Life Family Study, Irma Elo, Laryssa Mykyta
● Telomere Shortening in a Bigenerational Cohort, Lawrence Honig, Min-Suk Kang, The LLFS Study Group
● Cancer and Longevity—Is There a Trade-off? Cancer Occurrence in Long Lived Families in Denmark, Kaare Christensen
● Heritability of a Healthy Aging Index in the Long Life Family Study, Anne Newman, Jason Sanders, Robert Boudreau, Michael Barmada
1150 01:00 PM—02:30 PM Independence Ballroom East (Sheraton Boston)
Symposium: New Dynamics of Nutrition Chair: Alan Walker
Presentations: ● Migration, Nutrition and Ageing across the Lifecourse in
Bangladeshi Families: Project MINA, Janice Thompson, Joy Merrell, Barry Bogin, Michael Heinrich, Petra Meier, Vanja Garaj
● Mappmal: Multidisciplinary Approach to Develop a Prototype for the Prevention of Malnutrition in Older People, Paula Moynihan
● NANA: Novel Assessment of Nutrition and Ageing, Arlene Astell, Tim Adlam, Faustina Hwang, Elizabeth Willaims
1155 01:00 PM—02:30 PM Gardner (Sheraton Boston)
Symposium: Optimizing Physical Activity in Institutional Settings
Chair: Elizabeth Galik Discussant: Cynthia Brown
Presentations: ● Successfully Increasing Physical Activity and Maintaining
Function in Assisted Living Settings Using a Function Focused Care Philosophy, Barbara Resnick
● Innovative Approaches to Increasing Physical Activity among Older Adults with Moderate to Severe Cognitive
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Impairment in Nursing Homes, Elizabeth Galik, Barbara Resnick
● Function-focused Care in Acute Care Settings: Is it Viable for Older Adults?, Marie Boltz
1160 01:00 PM—02:30 PM Hynes 106 (Convention Center)
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Symposium: The Association of Racial Experiences and Perceptions with the Sense of Control, Health Outcomes, and Neighborhood Characteristics in the African American Health (AAH) Study
Chair: Fredric Wolinsky Discussant: Keith E. Whitfield
Presentations: ● School Segregation and the Sense of Control in the
African American Health Cohort: An Unintended Consequence of Desegregation, Fredric Wolinsky, Douglas Miller, Theodore Malmstrom, Phil Miller, Elena Andresen, Mario Schootman
● Associations of Perceived Discrimination with Blood Pressure, Peak Flow, Chair Stands, Gait Speed, Grip Strength, and Balance in the African American Health Cohort, Douglas Miller, Theodore Malmstrom, Mario Schootman, Elena Andresen, Phil Miller, Fredric Wolinsky
● Neighborhood Characteristics, Perceived Discrimination, and Resilience in the African American Health Cohort, Theodore Malmstrom, Mario Schootman, Elena Andresen, Phil Miller, Douglas Miller, Fredric Wolinsky
1165 01:00 PM—02:30 PM Fairfax (Sheraton Boston)
Chair: J. M. Gaziano
Presentations: ● Cerebrovascular Risk, Decision Making, and the Brain: A Critical Connection to the Maintenance of Health in Older Adults, William Milberg, Regina McGlinchey, Elizabeth Leritz, David Salat, David Zade, James Rudolph
● Cognitive Then Functional Impairment or Visa Versa: the Clock in the Box Experience, James Rudolph, Laura Grande, Regina McGlinchey, Jennifer Chester, William Milberg
● Does Exercise Enhance Pharmacotherapy in Transgenic Mouse Models of Age-Related Neurodegeneration?, Neil Kowall, Alpaslan Dedeoglu
● Cognitive Activity and Reduced Risk for Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease: Truth or Myth?, Alireza Atri, Meghan Mitchell
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Symposium: VA GRECC: Lifestyle Modification and Successful Cognitive Aging
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20
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