Festival & Conferences
Annual Successful Aging Festival
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Stockton University Campus Center
SCOSA's Annual Successful Aging Festival returns after three years of COVID-19 related cancellations. The Festival Theme coincides with the national Older Americans Month Theme: Aging Unbound, and will "explore diverse aging experiences and discuss how communities can combat stereotypes" and promote flexible thinking about aging – and how we all benefit when older adults remain engaged, independent, and included.
The daylong festival will include a keynote presentation titled "Vibrant Villages
Empowering Communities" by Barbara Hughes Sullivan, National Director of the Village to Village Network and panel, breakout sessions, a large exhibit hall and other engaging and informative sessions.
Sessions in the works:
Readings on Conference Theme by:
- - Players and Playwrights by the Jersey Shore
- - SCOSA Time to Tell Memoir Writing Groups
GetFit for Seniors
Smart Phones: Unbound Benefits (Dr. Wei)
Mindset Matters! Brain Activity in Grit & Growth Mindsets (Dr. Fleck)
Cooking Up Your Own Personal Recipe for Successful Aging (Dr. Burdick)
Boomwhackers- The Musical Instrument for Everyone
Tap Dancing Performance
Stockton University Retiree Association Breakfast
Musical Performances: Pan Gravy
'Aging Unbound' Contest Entries/Winners Exhibits
Click Here for Sponsorship, Exhibitor,
Advertiser, and Donor Prospectus
(Link opened on 3/8/2023)
Programming and other updates will be shared here and
in upcoming e-newsletters as the program committee's plans materialize.
2023 Sponsors, Exhibitors & Advertisers
Updated March 30th
Sponsors
Spring Home at Galloway
Partners in HomeCare Services LLC
Comfort Keepers
Bayada Home Health Care
Frances Leonilda Acerra Christopher Memorial Fund
Marea Teski Gerontology Fund
Southern New Jersey Council on Issues of Aging Endowment Fund
Stockton University Retiree Association
Exhibitors
Atlantic County Division of Public Health
Bratton Estate & Elder Care Attorneys
CarePatrol of South Jersey and Jersey Shore
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
NJ Health Hospice & Palliative Care
Royal Suites Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Visiting Angels Atlantic County
Support Also Provided By
Atlantic County Area Agency on Aging (Older Americans Act Funds)
Ocean County Area Agency on Aging (Older Americans Act Funds)
Past Festivals ...
2019 Annual Successful Aging Festival
Thursday May 16, 2019 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Stockton University Campus Center, Galloway, NJ
Quick Links:
Click Here for Story about Festival
Click Here for Photos from the Festival
Click Here for Additional Exhibit Hall Photos
Click Here for Photos from the MSOT Student Displays
Click Here for Full Program Booklet
- CLICK HERE for 2019 Save-the-Date Flyer
- CLICK HERE for 2019 Press Release
- Click Here for Pre-Festival Story in Press of AC story by Claire Lowe
Program Highlights
Noon Plenary Session:
Keynote Lecture
The Age Friendly University (AFU) Pathway
to Successful Aging
Beginning with the keynote lecture discussing how the 10 Principles of Age Friendly Universities help to nurture successful aging (through positive attitudes at all ages, by creating opportunities for many forms of engagement, and by encouraging health and well-being among older adults), the session will then turn to reactions from a distinguished panel that considering how the AFU relates to national, statewide, local and Stockton needs, priorities and initiatives. A question and answer session will follow. Would you like to make Stockton more "Age-Friendly"? This is your chance to learn more and join the movement.
Presented by

Carrie Andreoletti, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
and Director of Gerontology
Central Connecticut State University
Click for Speaker Biographies (under consruction)
Expert Discussion Panel:
Ambassador William J. Hughes
Ambassador to Panama, 1995-1998
Member, U.S. House of Representaives, 1975-1995

Lori A. Vermeulen, Ph.D.
Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Stockton University
John Froonjian, Ed.D.
Interim Executive Director
William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy
Stockton University
Additional Sessions:
Nourishing Body and Soul: Historical Stories
of the People Who Feed South Jersey
Jeff Quattrone
Veterans' Aging
Lisa Cox and Ashley Jones
Fact and Fiction: A Writer’s Perspective
Mary Ann Trail
Internet Security: Connecting Online Safely
Ben Brotsker
Korean Lotus Flower Art Workshop
Saskia Schmidt
Memories in the Making:
An Art Program for those Living with Dementia
Maria Garcia
sponsored by Angelic Health
Chair Yoga
Luanne Anton, CYT
sponsored by Seashore Gardens Living Center
Additional Pre-Festival Happenings:
Stockton University Retiree Association Breakfast
8:30am-9:50am - Open Only to Stockton Retirees
Professional CE Sessions
Use of Medical Marijuana in Older Adults 8:30am
The use of medical marijuana among older adults is on the rise. This course will provide an overview of the numerous health benefits of medical marijuana in older adults and the legal and ethical issues associated with the use. 1 CE for SW, CM, CALA, LNHA
Veterans Aging 10:00am
Most of the more than 20 million living American veterans are men at the median age of 64 years (National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, 2015). Multiple variables associated with wartime experience affect the aging process. Therefore, a life-span perspective is important to understanding a veterans experience as they age. This session will highlight intergenerational views of “Veterans Aging.” Knowledge gained from student veterans connected with Stockton University, and other sources will be shared, in an effort to appreciate the array of questions civilians need to consider and ask about one’s military experience and life course.
1 CE for SW w/ Cultural comp, LPC, & LMFT
The Age Friendly University Pathway to Successful Aging 12:00pm
Beginning with the keynote lecture discussing how the 10 Principles of Age Friendly Universities provide the means through which to nurture positive attitudes at all ages, create opportunities for many forms of engagement, and encourage health and well-being among older adults, the session will then turn to reactions from a distinguished panel that will consider how the AFU relates to national, statewide, local and Stockton needs, priorities and initiatives. A question and answer session will follow.
1 CE for SW w/ Cultural comp, LPC, & LMFT
2019 Sponsors, Exhibitors & Advertizers
Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Vineland
William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy
South Jersey Gas Company - Energy Efficiency Department
Session Sponsors
Angelic Health
Seashore Gardens Living Center
Stockton University Foundation
Additional Sponsors
Stockton University Retirees Association (SURA)
Frances Leonilda Acerra Christopher Memorial Fund
South Jersey Senior Marketing Group
Southern New Jersey Council on Issues of Aging Endowment Fund
Exhibitors
AARP-NJ
Angelic Health
Atlantic County Surrogate' Office
Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation
Bayada Home Health Care
Bratton Estate and Elder Care Attorneys
CarePatrol of South Jersey and Jersey Shore
CARING Adult Healthcare Services
Center for Vein Restoration
Complete Care
Contact Cape-Atlantic
Eastern Pines Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Vineland
Friends of Encore Learning
Genesis
Gilda's Club of South Jersey
Griswold Homecare
Hafetz and Associates
Health Center at Galloway
Heartland Hospice
Holy Redeemer Home Care and Hospice
Journey Hospice - Lutheran Social Ministries
Jeffries and Keates
Milton & Betty Katz JCC
Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing
Parkinson Life Center
Parners in HomeCare Services
The Pines at Whiting
Royal Suites Healthcare and Rehabilitation
Santoro Chiropractic and Wellness Center
Seacrest Village
Senior Medicare Patrol of New Jersey
Serenity Hospice
Sunbridge Memory Care at Spring Oak
Touching Hearts at Home
United Methodist Communities at the Shore
Village by the Shore, JFS of Atlantic & Cape May Counties
Visiting Angels, Egg Harbor Township
Advertisers
Bayada Home Health Care (1/8 Page)
The County Woman (Full Page)
Boomers Plus Magazine (Full Page)
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Vineland (Full Page)
Friends of Encore Learning of Stockton
Holtzin Family Medicine, LLC (1/4 Page)
Jeffries and Keates (1/4 Page)
Journey Hospice - Lutheran Social Ministries (Full Page)
Mystic Meadows Rehab and Nursing (1/2 Page)
Seacrest Village(Full Page)
Serenity Hospice (Full Page)
South Jersey Geriatric Care, PC
Sunbridge Memory Care at Spring Oak (1/8 Page)
Donors
2018 Program ...
2018 Annual Successful Aging Festival
May 17, 2018
Campus Center, Galloway, NJ
View 2018 Program Book Online Here
View 2018 Program Book PDF Here
View a 2018 Festival Story from Stockton News Here