{"73538":{"#nid":"73538","#data":{"type":"event","title":"HPRG: Aging in a Healthy Community","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresenters:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Carolyn Rader is a Principal Program Specialist in Community Development for the Aging Services Division, Atlanta Regional Commission. She provides management and coordination oversight for the JARC (Job Access Reverse Commute) and New Freedom transportation grant projects, the Human Services Transportation Advisory Committee, five senior mobility initiatives and provides technical assistance to local governments and non-profits for the Lifelong Communities Initiative. She serves on the State\u0027s Older Driver Task Force. Carolyn\u0027s planning career has included consulting and project management for Lawrence Frank and Company; the Georgia Conservancy\u0027s \u0027Blueprints for Successful Communities\u0027; Planners for Environmental Quality (PEQ); and Sycamore Consulting.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Carolyn received her Master of City Planning degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. She recently completed a \u0027Certificate in Aging\u0027 from Boston University, Institute of Geriatric Social Work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPam Buckmaster earned an MPH, MS in Urban Studies, and Graduate Certificates in Gerontology (1982) and Disaster Policy (2011) from Georgia State University. After working in the Atlanta nonprofit social services sector for over 20 years, Pam decided to return to school in 2008 to pursue a career in public health. Pam works as a consultant with the CDC Healthy Aging Research Network on the Environmental and Policy Change Initiative. She served as a member of the development team for an online resource compendium on mobility and older adults. Pam also served as the lead author for an Action Brief, \u0022Building Mobility into Planning and Policy: Complex Challenges Call for New Thinking.\u0022 Currently working on a temporary basis with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities in the Provider Network Management Unit, Pam looks forward to new opportunities in her career as a public health professional.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETopic:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Pam\u0027s presentation will bring us a public health perspective to the challenge of creating environments and communities that enable older adults to age-in-place and in the community, maintaining their independence and mobility. She will discuss the importance of forming partnerships across disciplines and sectors and share examples of policies, practices, and resources that promote healthy aging and the development of age-friendly communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarolyn\u0027s topic will be the Atlanta Regional Commission\u0027s senior mobility transportation initiatives and Lifelong Communities work for Lifelong DeKalb and Lifelong Mableton. Her presentation will begin with an overview of demographic trends for the Atlanta region. She will discuss transportation for older adults as an issue of personal and community health, as it relates to transportation mode options, connectivity, impact on physical activity, and access to medical care. Carolyn will also address siting of personal care homes, senior housing, medical facilities and senior centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Tuesday, March 15, 2011 | 7:30 - 9:00 AM\u003Cbr \/\u003E Program starts promptly at 7:30.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Serving breakfast treats from Flying Biscuit Caf\u00c3\u00a9, juice, and coffee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E Room 2001, Claudia Nance Rollins Building\u003Cbr \/\u003E 1518 Clifton Road | Atlanta, GA 30322\u003Cbr \/\u003E Serviced by Cliff shuttles and MARTA Route 6. Bicycle parking is south of the building, car parking is at Michael Street Parking Deck.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHealthy Places Research Group presents... Aging in a Healthy Community: Policies and practices for a healthy, independent aging population.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Healthy Places Research Group"}],"uid":"27160","created_gmt":"2011-03-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:49","author":"Michelle Marcus","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-03-15T08:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-03-15T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-03-15T10:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-03-15 12:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-03-15 14:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-03-15 14:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1260","name":"CQGRD - Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1384","name":"freight"},{"id":"117","name":"healthy places"},{"id":"6604","name":"HPRG"},{"id":"35211","name":"hprgevent"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Marcus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECOA- CQGRD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mmarcus7\u0022\u003EContact Michelle Marcus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}