FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Martha Hanson , (802) 828-2226
July 19,2006
Will Outline Proposed UVM Center for Aging.
WHEN: 1:30 – 3:00 pm, Thursday, July 20, 2006
WHERE: Room 11, Vermont State House
Governor James Douglas will receive reports from the Governor’s Commission on Healthy Aging. Lt. Governor Brian Dubie chairs the Commission, which Douglas created by executive order in March 2005. Highlights of the briefing will include:
~~~ Healthy Aging Plan by Commission member & Vermont AARP President Nancy Lang
~~~ Healthy Aging Toolkit by Commission member Mary Daly, R.N.
~~~ Healthy Aging Awards by Commission member Marion Milne
~~~ Center for Aging at UVM by Commission member Barbara Hanson (Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging), Dr. Bill Pendlebury (Dir., FAHC Elder Care Services; UVM College of Medicine) and Dr. Cliff Singer (FAHC Dept. of Psychiatry, UVM Dept. of Psychiatry)