A multidisciplinary group of professionals within the aging field, At Home with Growing Older (AHWGO) hosts monthly talks, presentations or discussions that focus on some aspect of aging. A team of us are planning a June event that focuses on an age-friendly planning and the built environment – more information will be shared as the date draws nearer.
To find out more about At Home with Growing Older or to see upcoming events, please check out their website HERE.
Hosted by UCLA’s Ziman Center for Real Estate in partnership with Mercy Housing, the event was focused on housing challenges, needs, and opportunities as they pertain to the growing aging population.The speakers included:
Ben Phillips, regional VP of healthcare and housing innovations at Mercy Housing California
Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, professor of social welfare and public policy at UCLA and director of the Center for Policy Research in Aging
Cindy Kauffman, COO at the Institute on Aging in San Francisco
David Farell, a consultant and licensed nursing home administrator
In graduate school, I realized that most of my classmates had no awareness of the impact, needs, and employment opportunities that a rapidly growing and aging population would have on public affairs careers (more specifically, urban planning, public policy, and social welfare). Wanting to offer an event that attempted to share the impact as well as the need for incorporating an aging perspective within all public affairs careers, my colleague Zoe Koehler and I hosted a half-day panel. As a member of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Gerontology Group, our goal was to bring in professionals and researchers that would highlight the impact of an aging population.
Moderated by the esteemed Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, our speakers included:
Rachel Caraviello, Masters in Gerontology – VP of Programs and Services with Affordable Living for the Aging, Los Angeles
Stephen Gratwick – Director of Senior Center Services with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
Dr. Martin Wachs – professor emeritus of urban and regional planning at both UC Los Angeles and UC Berkeley, as well former Director of the Transportation, Space, and Technology Program at the RAND Corporation
