Optimal Aging: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
Right Care - Understanding The Evidence for What Works in Medicine
May 17, 2017
Getting Clarity on What is Right for You [pdf]
May 15, 2017
The Medical-Industrial Complex [pdf]
May 15, 2017
Symptom Treatment versus Prevention [pdf]
May 8, 2017
Making Sure You Get the Right Care at the Right Time that is Right for You [pdf]
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March 20, 2017
Informed Consent, Goals, and Targets [pdf]
April 4, 2017
You Should Do This. No, Wait! You Shouldn't Do This. (Less is More) [pdf]
There's Only One Thing in Life You Can't Avoid-And It's Not Taxes
We are all born to die, yet our culture seems to do everything it can to avoid thinking about, talking about, or doing something about making death a meaningful experience. We have medicalized death and as a result we fear it and avoid it. This course will discuss all aspects of death and dying -- advance care planning, making value-driven decisions about care, talking with children, voluntary cessation of eating and drinking, and aging with dignity (physician-assisted suicide).
September 28, 2015
Understanding Dying in America [pdf]
October 5, 2015
Advance Care Planning [pdf]
October 12, 2015
Withholding & Withdrawing Life Sustaining Treatment: A Lifespan Approach [pdf]
October 19, 2015
Palliative Care & Hospice [pdf]
October 26, 2015
Physician Assisted Death and Voluntary Active Euthanasia [pdf]
November 1, 2015
Dementia [pdf]
Suggestions from Class [pdf]
October 1, 2014
Introduction: New Concepts in Medical Care [ppt]
October 8, 2014
Prevention [ppt]
Choosing Wisely [ppt]
October 15, 2014
Making Wise Choices [ppt]
Big Pharma and Evidence-Based Medicine: An Oxymoron? [ppt]
October 22, 2014
Complementary and Integrative Medicine [ppt]
Treatment of Common Conditions [ppt]
October 29, 2014
New Models of Care [ppt]
Stress [ppt]
November 5, 2014
Becoming an Activated Patient - Part 1 [ppt]
Becoming an Activated Patient - Part 2 [ppt]
This course will present the evidence of the ways we can age “optimally.” Optimal aging is defined as “the capacity to function across many domains—physical, functional, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual – to one’s satisfaction and in spite of one’s medical conditions.” The many changes of life itself, and the frequently accompanying vicissitudes of illness, functional loss, changes in the family, economic struggles, and other stressors, offer opportunities to adjust and adapt. Optimal aging accounts for the tremendous individual variability and capacities.
Session One: Introduction to Optimal Aging
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Session Two: Optimal Nutrition
Session Three: Optimal Physical Function
[pdf]
Session Four: Optimal Psychological and Social Health
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