Anita Altman, M.P.S.
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is assistant executive director for resource
development at the United Jewish Appeal of New York. She has
been involved with the Naturally Occurring Retirement Community
Supportive Services Program, New York State Office for the Aging,
since 1995. |
Rosemary Bakker, M.S.
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author of Elderdesign: Designing and Furnishing
a Home for Your Later Years, speaks, conducts classes and workshops
on home modifications for independent living, and consults with
seniors in their own homes. Ms. Bakker is a consultant to nonprofit
organizations and has participated in diverse projects, including
a national home modification training program for AARP and a
brochure series (Home for a Lifetime) for the Hackensack University
Medical Center. She is a member of the National Home Modification
Action Coalition. |
Merlene Gingher, OTR, Ed.D.
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is chair of the occupational therapy department
at D’Youville College. A geriatric specialist, she was formerly
director of the Independent Living Project, a community occupational
therapy program in Buffalo. |
Gloria Harrington, M.S.
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is director of aging services for the Family
Services Association of Rochester. |
Ken Harris
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is the senior housing director of B’nai
B’rith Park View Apartments in Albany. |
John Krout, Ph.D.
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is professor of health services administration
and sociology at Ithaca College and director of the Ithaca College
Gerontology Institute. He is co–principal investigator of
the Pathways to Life Quality research project, a study of the
housing needs and preferences of older people in Tompkins County,
New York. |
Phyllis Moen, Ph.D.
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is director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course
Center at Cornell University. She is co–principal investigator
of the Pathways to Life Quality study. |
Patricia Pollak, Ph.D.
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is associate professor in the Department of Policy
Analysis and Management at Cornell University. She has published
extensively in the area of community-based housing options for
older people and is the author of the American Planning Association’s
Community-Based Housing for the Elderly and the forthcoming AARP
Livable Communities: An Evaluation Guide. |
Frank Rose, M.S.W.
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is a certified social worker in New York State
and is accredited by the National Association of Social Workers.
He is director of the Bureau of Program Coordination and Development
within the Office of Continuing Care of the New York State Department
of Health. |
George Russell
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is the housing specialist at Philadelphia Corporation
for Aging, overseeing the planning, development, and operation
of four home repair and modification programs, which each year
provide over 1,000 repairs and modifications for elderly and
disabled Philadelphia residents. Mr. Russell received his bachelor’s
degree in business administration and has worked in social service
administration for nine years. |
Susan Sherman, Ph.D.
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is professor of social welfare and public health,
State University of New York at Albany, and faculty research
associate at the university’s Ringel Institute of Gerontology.
She has published research in the areas of intergenerational
relationships, social and psychological aspects of housing options,
adult foster care, identity, and gender. |
William J. Spellecy, M.A.
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is program director of the Naturally Occurring
Retirement Community Supportive Services Program in the New York
State Office for the Aging. |
Liz Walker
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is director and cofounder of EcoVillage at Ithaca,
an internationally recognized project that demonstrates sustainable
living techniques through its cohousing neighborhoods, work with
students, and organic farm. She has worked as a consultant and
staff member for various environmental groups for the last 22
years. |
