Exploring a new intervention to help older adults age optimally is the focus of the Sept. 14 lecture to kick off the second year of the , sponsored by the University of Louisville Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging and the UofL Alumni Association.
This lecture is part of the Institute鈥檚 observance.
Valerie Lander McCarthy, PhD, RN, associate professor at the UofL School of Nursing, will present a conversation titled 鈥淲hich PATH Will You Choose?鈥 The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University Club, 200 E. Brandeis Ave.
McCarthy will share a new intervention called the Psychoeducational Approach to Transcendence and Health — PATH — Program. Developed by McCarthy and her colleagues, the PATH program fosters self-transcendence to help older adults improve well-being, life satisfaction and health-related quality of life. The PATH program utilizes mindfulness experiences, group processes, creative activities and brief independent at-home practice.
McCarthy teaches community health nursing and evidence-based research in the undergraduate program of the School of Nursing. Her research is focused on successful aging and increasing well-being, life satisfaction and health-related quality of life in older adults through promoting the late-life developmental process of transcendence.
Admission is $30 per person and includes lunch. Reservations are required online. . For information, call 502-852-5629 or email OptimalAging@louisville.edu.
