AGENDA

8:00 to 8:30
Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:45 to 9:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Emily C. Richardson, Dean University College, Widener University

9:00 to 10:20
Purpose Prize Keynote and Panel
Thinking About Your Legacy? Get inspired by hearing about how Purpose Prize winner W. Wilson Goode Sr. combines his passion and experience to help the children of incarcerated parents succeed and thrive. The Purpose Prize, now in its fifth year, awards $100,000 to people over 60 making extraordinary contributions in their encore careers. At this event you will also get practical advice about how to put your creativity and experience to work for the greater good from 2009 Purpose Prize Fellow Barbara Chandler Allen, founder of Philadelphia's Fresh Artists and Ed Speedling, who left a 30-year career as a hospital executive and academic to work with the homeless on the streets of Philadelphia.

10:20 – 10:30
Morning Break

10:30 to 11:30
Choose one of these three presentations:

Room 4
Linda M. Anderson, J.D., LLM, CELA
Health Care Reform: Helping or Hurting Medicare?
Many seniors were deeply concerned about how health care reform was going to change their medical insurance coverage provided by Medicare. We’ll discuss the facts and fiction of what important changes are in store, including the elimination of the “donut hole” for Medicare part D, the addition of preventative services to traditional Medicare and other Medicare News! Learn how to make the most of your Medicare benefits.

Room 3
Judy Cohan, Medicare Specialist - Anderson Elder Law
Boomer Resource Guide to the Internet
(limited to 20 individuals – also offered in the next hour)
The internet has fast become the “go-to” place for information and resources for Boomers. But, in this information age, there can be information overload as well as resistance to jumping into the World Wide Web.. During our time together we’ll explore some of the best and comprehensive resources available on the internet for Boomers. All are welcome, especially those who are “computer resistant!”

Room 6
Michael Brady
Planning for your Health Needs after Your Career Ends
Did you know that the number one concern of the baby boomer generation is how to pay for the increasing cost of health care? As the baby boomer population you will live longer than your parents and your number two concern is how to avoid being a “burden” on your children. Join Michael S. Brady, a financial advisor with LPL Financial Services, will discuss the changing marketplace of financing Long Term Care. Mike will deliver actionable information from his ten years in the health & wealth planning industry and couple that with the new legislation on how to pay for the increasing cost of Long Term Health Care.

Room 4
Dr. Joyce Rasin
Normal “Senior Moment” or Dementia?
As we get older, persons may start to question if memory lapses are early signs of a dementia. In this session, the normal age related cognitive changes will be differentiated from the signs of dementia. Although several causes of dementia will be discussed, the focus will be on Alzheimer’s disease. Risk factors, strategies used for physician diagnosis and current treatments used to ease symptoms will be described. We will conclude with a description of what we can do to improve and maintain brain health.

Room 3
Judy Cohan, Medicare Specialist - Anderson Elder Law
Boomer Resource Guide to the Internet
(limited to 20 individuals – also offered in the next hour)
The internet has fast become the "go-to" place for information and resources for Boomers. But, in this information age, there can be information overload as well as resistance to jumping into the World Wide Web.. During our time together we'll explore some of the best and comprehensive resources available on the internet for Boomers. All are welcome, especially those who are "computer resistant!"


Room 6
Beryl Byles
How to Prepare for Life Beyond Work or What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
Does the “R” word (retirement) seem alien to you and your active lifestyle? Come consider the possibilities to make the next chapter of your life rewarding, if not even stimulating. Our goal will be to identify ways to contribute your best and to explore your potential choices.