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NZSDRT Conference Opening and Closing Keynotes – Colleen Knudson NAAP International Relations Director
The Opening Keynote Speaker, Dr. Gary Cheung, is well known in New Zealand as an old age psychiatrist and is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, Medical and Health Sciences Department. Dr. Cheung broke his presentation up into five major pieces; the issue of late life suicide […]
Krista’s Horror Flick Picks for Senior Populations – By: Krista Fischer, ADC, Creator of My Activity Resources/NAAP Contributor
October is my favorite time of the year. Fall Festivals begin and everyone anticipates Halloween. A while back I had wrote a blog on the appropriateness of R-rated films and how there is a stigma with infantizing films shown to seniors. My theory has always been that as adults, seniors should be able to watch […]
Driving Alone – Donna Stuart, NAAP Contributor
In a previous blog, I reviewed the book, Don’t Retire/Rewire, by Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners. Their descriptions of “drivers” aka personal motivators still resonates with me. They identify eighty-five drivers (Appendix C) and then narrow it down to 30 main ones on p. 61. Drivers are tied to the concept of what makes an […]
Dealing with Emotions – Dr. Kristine Theurer
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NZSDRT Conference Opening: A Maori Experience
Korowai The evening before the conference, the conference committee invited my husband and myself to join the NZSDRT board and the other international guests for finger food and an informal catch up. When we arrived, we discovered that there was a surprise in store for all. NZSDRT President, Orquidea Tamayo Mortera, was under the impression […]
