Upcoming Conferences
Previous Conferences
| 4/23/2008 | Nutrition and Exercise for Older Adults This is a one day conference held in Batesville, Arkansas in conjunction with the Center of Aging North East. |
| 4/16/2008 | Best Practices: Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease Management This is a one day conference that will address timely issues and advances in the management of Alzheimer’s disease. Progress on the management and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease will be addressed by experts in the field. Since Alzheimer’s disease is becoming more common as the population ages, this topic is timely and the speakers are expected to address the most up to date information that will be useful for all clinicians who care for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease. |
| 3/20/2008 | Nutrition and Exercise for Older Adults This is a one day conference held in Texarkana, Arkansas in conjuction with the Texarkana Center of Aging. |
| 2/1/2008 | Geriatric Medicine Update: Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly This is a one and half day conference that will address key issues in pulmonary and respiratory conditions in older adults. Topics will include a review of the aging lung, newest advances in the treatment of pneumonia, COPD, tuberculosis, asthma, lung cancer, allergic respiratory disease, and sleep apnea, conditions that are commonly seen in older adults. |
| 2/1/2008 | Geriatric Medicine Update: Pulmonary Disease in Older Adults February 1-2, 2008 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Little Rock |
| 9/11/2007 | Nutrition & Aging XXII: Frailty in Older Adults This is a two-day conference that will address the many relationships, and possible etiologies, that occur in the development and management of frailty in older adults. Speakers will address the associated health problems and conditions commonly seen in elderly patients and discuss new areas that are being explored in defining, identifying, understanding and managing frailty. |
| 5/9/2007 | Best Practices in the Continuum of Care: Management of Diabetes This is a one day conference that will address timely issues in management of diabetes in older adults. New approaches to the management of common issues faced by elderly individuals will be addressed by experts in the field. Since diabetes is one of the common causes of co-morbidities in elderly people, this topic is timely and the speakers are expected to address the most up to date information that will be useful for all clinicians who care for older adults. |
| 3/16/2007 | Geriatric Medicine Update: Falls and Gait Disorders This is a one and a half day conference that will address key issues in the prevention of falls in older adults. Topics will include the epidemiology of falls and the burdens on the health care system, identification of fall risks including sarcopenia and nutrition, balance and gait disorders commonly seen in older adults, and the development of programs and tools that help identify and subsequently reduce the risks associated with falls. |
| 9/20/2006 | Nutrition & Aging XXI Peabody Hotel, Little Rock |
| 9/20/2006 | Nutrition & Aging XXI: Advances in Nutrition, Exercise and Aging This is a two-day conference that will address the many relationships that exist among nutrition, exercise, chronic disease and health maintenance in older adults. Speakers will address the conditions commonly seen in elderly patients and advances made in recent years in the role of nutrition and exercise for management or maintenance of health. |
| 4/26/2006 | Best Practices in the Continuum of Care: Management of Infectious Disease This is a one day conference that will address timely issues in management of infection in older adults whether they are free-living or are in health care institutions. DoubleTree Hotel, Little Rock |
| 2/4/2006 | Geriatric Medicine Update: Genitourinary Conditions in the Elderly This is a one and a half day conference that will address advances and timely issues in the diagnosis and management of genitourinary tract disorders and diseases in older adults. Topics will include common conditions of the urinary tract including incontinence, infection, cancer, and others. |
| 2/3/2006 | Geriatric Medicine Update: Genitourinary Conditions in the Elderly This is a one and a half day conference that will address advances and timely issues in the diagnosis and management of genitourinary tract disorders and diseases in older adults. Topics will include common conditions of the urinary tract including incontinence, infection, cancer, and others. |
| 9/21/2005 | Nutrition and Aging XX: Nutrition, Disease, and Inflamation Peabody Hotel, Little Rock |
| 5/11/2005 | Exercise and Nutrition for Older Adults El Dorado, AR, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| 4/27/2005 | Best Practices in the Continuum of Care: Hip Fracture Double Tree Hotel, Little Rock |