<h2><em>Tools and Inspiration from National Innovators</em></h2>
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<p>The 2015 symposium, presented by JF&CS <a href="http://www.jfcsboston.org/Our-Services/Older-Adults/Alzheimers-Related-Disorders-Family-Support">Alzheimer's/Related Disorders Family Support</a>, explored community-wide adaptations that can improve livability and quality of life for the growing number of individuals and families affected by dementia.</p>
<p>Opening remarks by Massachusetts Secretary of Elder Affairs, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN.</p>
<p>Presenters include:</p>
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<li style="margin-left: 33.3125px;">Gary Glazner, poet, Founder of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, Director of the Memory Arts Café, Brooklyn, New York</li>
<li style="margin-left: 33.3125px;">Susan McFadden, PhD, and John McFadden, MDiv, leaders in the Wisconsin-based Fox Valley Memory Project, and authors of <em>Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, & Flourishing Communities</em></li>
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<div><strong>When:</strong> Thursday, November 12, 2015<br />
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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<strong>Where:</strong> JF&CS Headquarters
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1430 Main Street, Waltham<br />
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Cost:</strong> $35<br />
Lunch will be provided.<br />
CEUs offered for social workers, RNs, and LMHCs.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://youtu.be/WFLbNaUpO44?list=PLHJOmSrZ9zxQi6UQdMKwM7YiPsGLMzuBj" target="_blank">Watch the recording</a> of the symposium on the JF&CS YouTube channel.</strong></p>
<p>For more information, please contact Beth Soltzberg at <a href="mailto:bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org">bsoltzberg@jfcsboston.org</a> or 781-693-5628.</p>
<p><em>Co-sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association of Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter and made possible by a generous grant from the Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust.</em></p>
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