Free OHA PGS Webinar Recording
Loneliness and Isolation in Older adults: Enhancing Social Connection in Later Life
Description
Social connections are an important component of health. Although some aspects of health decline with age, our capacity to grow socioemotional health is maintained across the lifespan. In this presentation, we will discuss the important relationship between social connection and health and explore strategies to enhance social connection for older adults. By the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to describe a cognitive-behavioral model of social connection, identify at least three evidence-informed strategies to enhance social connections for older adults, and explain how to create a “Connections Plan.”
Time Frame
The webinar recording will remain online indefinitely for participants to review and for everyone else to access and learn from. Continuing Education (CE) hours are not available for this recording.
CE Hours
This webinar recording is not accredited for Continuing Education (CE) hours.
Target Audience
Families, mental health clinicians, addiction professionals, social workers, family therapists, professional counselors, psychologists, prevention specialists, mental health treatment supervisors, agency administrators, other helping professionals.
Curious about the relationship between social connections and health?
Presenter
Instructor Emily Bower
Emily Bower, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the PhD Clinical Psychology Program at Pacific University. Her research and clinical interests are in geriatric mental health, with a focus on promoting social connection and well-being throughout later adulthood. Her current research examines how people adjust to changes in social, cognitive, and physical functioning as they age with the goal of leveraging that information to develop behavioral interventions that promote mental health and social connection for older adults. Dr. Bower earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the VA Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Veteran Mental Health and Suicide at the VA Center of Excellence for Suicide.
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