Aging Well Conference & Film Festival

New location for Aging Well Conference: 2323 McDaniel Avenue!

15th Annual Aging Well Conference and Film Festival

The Aging Well Conference and Film Festival for older adults, their families, professionals and other caregivers will include a wide range of topics. 

Admission to both events is free. All costs are underwritten by the collaborating organizations and sponsors. Space is limited; conference attendance is limited to 175. Register by Friday, April 26 to receive confirmation by mail.

Transportation is available through the City of Evanston’s Levy Senior Center and North Shore Village. If you have a disability or need additional assistance, please call 847/864-7274. Continuing Education Units (CEU) are offered by Methodist Senior Home Care; details are listed on the registration form.

Aging Well Conference 

Strategies for healthy aging for older adults, their families, caregivers and professionals
Date: Friday, May 10, 2013
Time: 8 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Location: Three Crowns Park, 2323 McDaniel Avenue, Evanston

Welcome to attendees: Evanston Mayor Elizabeth B. Tisdahl

Keynote Speaker: Julie Hamos, Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services

Aging Well Conference Schedule of Events

  • 8-8:30 a.m. Registration; Continental Breakfast
  • 8:30-8:40 a.m. Welcome by Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl
  • 8:40-9:15 a.m. Keynote Speaker Julie Hamos, Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
  • 9:30-10:30 a.m. Workshop Session 1
  • 10:45-11:45 a.m. Workshop Session 2
  • 11:50-12:00 p.m. Aging Well Award presented to former Evanston Chief of Police William Logan

Closing session at 12:00 noon
Past and Future Reflections on Aging Well
Robyn Golden, ACSW, LCSW, MA, director of older adult programs at Rush University Medical Center

Aging Well welcomes back Robyn Golden, who served on the planning committee for our first conference in 1999, and co-chaired the conference in 2000. Drawing on her 25-year career of fostering innovation in aging services, Ms. Golden will describe the transition from a top-down model of aging services delivery to one that meets the social, medical and basic needs of older adults as they perceive them. Ms. Golden is Director of Health and Aging at Rush University Medical Center, and is a past chair of the American Society on Aging.

Collaborating Sponsors: 
AgeOptions, City of Evanston Senior Services Division, Evanston Public Library, CJE SeniorLife, North Shore Senior Center, Expri Printing, Elder Care Sources, LLC, Mather Lifeways, Open Communities, Metropolitan Family Services, North Shore Retirement Hotel, North Shore Village, PEER Services, Inc., Percolator Film's Reeltime Series, Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care, Visiting Angels of Evanston, Home Care Assistance, Methodist Senior Home Care, National Award Services, Inc., Services for Adults Staying in Their Homes (SASI) and Three Crowns Park.

Aging Well Film Festival

Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013  Time: 7:00 p.m. 
Location: Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston
Free admission, so no registration is necessary, but seating space is limited.
Presented by Aging Well and REELTIME, a program of Percolator Films

Age of Champions is the award-winning documentary following five competitors who sprint, leap, and swim for gold at the National Senior Olympics. You’ll see a 100 year-old tennis champion, 86 year-old pole vaulter, and rough-and-tumble basketball grandmothers as they discover the power of the human spirit and triumph over the limitations of age. After the film, there will be panel discussion from senior community members who remain physically active and even participated in National Senior Olympics.  Age of Champions was produced by the Documentary Foundation,a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Northern California.  

For further information, please call Services for Adults Staying in Their Homes (SASI) at 847-864-7274 or visit www.sasiathome.org.