Event Description:  The 2023 Geriatric Conference Planning Committee invites you to join us in healthy aging for the older adult. It is important for health professionals to meet the needs of our aging society. The annual educational event provides up-to-date, patient-centered and evidence-based practices to help meet the needs of geriatrics professionals from many disciplines.

Agenda:
8:30-8:55 Registration
8:55-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:30 Narrative Gerontologist
John Countryman, MA, MS, PhD
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 It Boils Down to Trust: Vaccine Hesitancy and Older African Americans Facing COVID-19
Antonius D. Skipper, Ph.D.
11:45-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2:15 Facing Death without Fear
Reverend MariaTeresa Jones, MDiv., BCC, SD
2:15-3:15 Mental Health in the Elderly Population
Tamatha Arms, DNP, PMHNP-BC, NP-C
3:15-3:30 Closing Remarks & Adjourn