This summer Mass Senior Care Foundation kicked off a pilot program
to promote resident centered care and reduce the inappropriate use of
antipsychotic medications with a full day training session with Dr. Susan Wehry,
Commissioner of the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living in Vermont.
This August, the Foundation partnered with UMass Lowell to launch the
Faculty Institute for Gerontological Nursing, where nine faculty members participated
in an intensive collaboration to expand knowledge of long term care.
Foundation President Marva Serotkin and Executive Director Carolyn Blanks
teamed up to great guests at the 2010 Foundation Gala.
Senator Pat Jehlen speaks on the importance of falls prevention in Massachusetts
during a state house event for the 4th Annual Falls Prevention Awareness Day
on September 22, 2010.
Dan Kleiman from Brookline Tai Chi does a demonstration of the balance
improving exercise as part of Falls Prevention Awareness Day.