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

United Methodist Communities- The Shores

William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy

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

Angelic Health

Atlantic County Division of Public Health

Bratton Estate & Elder Care Attorneys

CarePatrol of South Jersey and Jersey Shore

Caring Inc.

 

Center for Vein Restoration

Compassus

Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties

Life Force Senior Care

NJ Health Hospice & Palliative Care

Royal Suites Healthcare and Rehabilitation

Touching Hearts at Home

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)

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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

Expert Discussion Panel:

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

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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

Advertisers

Donors

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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