January 26, 1995: Vol26n14: Experts to meet here for mini conference on aging

By LOIS BAKER
News Bureau Staff
Experts from across the nation will convene in Buffalo Feb. 3 for a
one-day White House Conference on Aging mini-conference, "Maximizing
Independence for Older Adults with Disabilities."
	The event, to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Hyatt
Regency Buffalo, is sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering
Research Center on Aging at UB and the Rancho Los Amigos Medical
Center in Downey, Calif.
	Recommendations from the mini-conference, which will be
included in the 1995 White House Conference on Aging final report,
will help guide national policy on aging in the 1990s 
	Pre-registration is necessary for this event, which is open to
anyone interested in aging and disability issues. The fee is $30.
	Co-chairs are William C. Mann, director of UB's Center for
Assistive Technology and chair of the Department of Occupational
Therapy, and Bryan J. Kemp, director of the Research Training Center
on Aging with a Disability at Ranchos Los Amigos.
	Discussion will revolve around two video case studies on the
topics, "Aging With a Disability" and "Aging Into Disabilities.
	Researchers making presentations at the mini-conference
represent the New York State Office for the Advocate, American Society
on Aging, Northwestern University Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Program and Prosthetics Research Laboratory, University at Buffalo,
University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Southern
California, Center for Accessible Housing at North Carolina State
University.
	Also, the American Occupational Therapy Association, American
Academy of Home Care Physicians, American Association of Retired
Persons, National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation
Research, University of Minnesota, University of Rochester and the
Center for Collaborative Research at Thomas Jefferson University in
Philadelphia.
	The mini-conference is funded by the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and the U.S. Departments of
Education and Health and Human Services.
	To pre-register, contact Susan Panell at the UB Center for
Assistive Technology, 829-3141.                          n