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    Aging and Disability Resource Center

    Date: January 9, 2025, 11:30am
    Location:
    GCCC Endowment Room
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging      

    Michelle Pantaleo, MA
    Executive Director
    SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging

    As she approaches her first year anniversary as Exeuctive Director of the SouthWest Kansas Area Agency on Aging, Michelle will be joining us to present information on aging, retirement and caregiving. She will also discuss programs and services available to assist people to age in place successfully. Michelle will then provide information on five risks to the well-being of the population entering retirement and older adulthood. Other topics - social attitudes towards aging including in the workplace, scams targeting older people, house modifications and more.

    Michelle is a gerontologist having earned a Master’s Degree in Human Development and Gerontology from the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Connecticut in 2002. She brings a broad spectrum of over 27 years of experience working with older adults to SWKAAA:

    • direct services such as case management, utility assistance, rental assistance, and more at a social services nonprofit organization
    • managed the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP)
    • established and led a municipal Senior Services Department including the operation of two active senior centers with meals, social activities, health and wellness programs, information sessions, and workshops and classes of all kinds
    • established a nonprofit organization with the sole mission to raise funds for programs at the two senior centers
    • taught at 4 colleges/universities Psychology of Aging, Adult Development, Lifespan Development, Women and Aging, Principles of Sociology and General Psychology
    • identified a need for senior services specific to older adults living with HIV and secured a $1,000,000 grant to open a dedicated senior center to offer programs and services aligned with the Healthy People 2030 five Social Determinants of Health

    Michelle comes to Kansas from Fort Worth, Texas and prior to that her home state of Connecticut. Michelle is married to her husband, Roger Clough, and they live in Offerle, KS. Michelle enjoys cooking and baking, selling vintage and antique items on eBay, exploring new areas, and travel.

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    Chapter Members: FREE
    Students: $15.00
    Non-Members: $35.00

    This month's meeting generously sponsored by 

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