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The Katz Policy Institute

Director: Linda S. Noelker, PhD

Phone: 216.791.8000

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2008 Katz Policy Lecture

Friday, September 26

W. Andrew Achenbaum, University of Houston

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The Katz Policy Institute of Benjamin Rose was officially launched on Friday, September 28, at Kethley House. Robert B. Hudson, PhD, professor and chair of social policy at Boston University , presented the policy institute's inaugural lecture, titled “ The Older Americans Act: Still Kickin' After All These Years .”

Family, friends and colleagues were on hand to honor the policy institute's namesake, Sidney Katz, MD. Dr. Katz is Distinguished Scholar at the Benjamin Rose Institute (BRI) and has a long, storied career in geriatrics and gerontology. The Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), for which Dr. Katz was principal author, continues to be the benchmark for assessing physical function in older adults 50 years after its development.

The Katz Policy Institute was created to expand BRI's involvement in educational outreach and public policy development. Ultimately, the KPI will promote collaborative work among BRI's programs and with partner organizations; inform the development of BRI's public policy positions; and contribute to public discourse and education on policy issues related to quality of life for older adults.

Sidney Katz, MD, Distinguished Scholar of the Benjamin Rose Institute
Lori Gerhard from the U.S. Administration on Aging presents Dr. Sidney Katz with an award recognizing his many contributions to the field of aging
 

Aligning the Aging Network

In July 2007, the Benjamin Rose Institute entered into a three-year agreement with the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA). The objective was to help area agencies on aging and others in the Aging Services Network to implement changes mandated by the 2006 reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. For more information, click here

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Creative Aging

The Katz Policy Institute of Benjamin Rose has teamed up with other aging and arts organizations throughout the area to establish the Northeast Ohio Center for Creative Aging NEOCCA. The new center springs from research showing that creative expression has positive effects on health and quality of life.

NEOCCA is one of 14 centers for creative aging around the U.S. , the only one in Ohio , and an affiliate of the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) in Washington , D.C.

To learn more, vist the web site at http://www.neocca.org