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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
August 4, 1999 |
Contact: Dr. Max Vercruyssen, conference chair, 523-8461 Dr. Patricia Blanchette, conference secretariat, 523-8461 |
Saturday conference will examine "gerontechnology" using technology to enhance living for seniors An all-day conference Saturday, August 7, at Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, brings together international experts on gerontechnology-a new field that combines medical studies of aging with using technology to benefit the elderly and their caregivers. Registration ($50; $30 for students) begins at 7 a.m. The program begins at 8 a.m. It includes sessions on · aging as a success story by Marilyn Seely, director of Hawai'i's Executive Office on Aging. · current issues in geriatric medicine by Patricia Blanchette, professor of medicine and director of the Geriatric Medicine Program at the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine. · opportunities for the application of technology in treating older persons by Lon R. White, associate professor of medicine at JABSOM and senior neuroepidemiologist at the Pacific Health Research Institute and the Hawai'i Center for Health Research. · geriatric telemedicine in the Pacific by Richard Friedman, professor of medicine at JABSOM and head of the Telemedicine Project. · gerontechnology history and world perspective by James L. Fozard, director of geriatric research, Florida Geriatric Research Program, Morton Plant Mease Health Care, Clearwater, Florida. · ergonomics for older adults by Mitsuo Nagamachi, president of Kure National Institute of Technology, Japan. · testing apparatus in a welfare technohouse by Kazuo Yamaba, professor of social and information sciences at Nihon Fukushi University, Japan. · mobility and accessibility in later life by Max Vercruyssen, associate professor of medicine at JABSOM. · technology contributions to quality of life in the elderly by Hal W. Hendrick, principal of Hendrick and Associates, a human factors/ ergonomics consulting firm, in Englewood, Colorado.
Conference presenters and attendees are expected from Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, European Union and the U.S. mainland as well as Hawai'i. It is the first international meeting of professionals from the fields of geriatrics and ergonomics assembled to address aging issues of concern to all countries but especially to help the people of Hawai'i. |
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