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Rosemary Bakker, M.S., ASID
Winner of 2005 Presidential Poster Award in Education from the American Geriatrics Society
Project: "Medical Students Navigate Teaching Hospital in Wheelchairs: Sensitization to Environmental Barriers Experienced by Patients with Disabilities".Recipient of a 3-Year 2005 Investigator-Initiated Research Grant from the Alzheimer's Association
Project: The Alzheimer's Friendly Virtual Home: A Caregiver Home Safety Tool.This multimedia web-based project, with animations and visually rich illustrations, will portray virtual persons utilizing evidence-based interventions to increase care recipient safety and function. Pertinent behavior management and communication techniques will be illustrated for early, middle, and late-stages of the disease.
Keynote Speaker, 2005
Sponsored by the Department of Health, Injury Prevention and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii.Presentation title: Reducing Falls by Design
Keynote Speaker, 2005
Sponsored by the Mental Health Association of San FranciscoPresentation title: Community Partnerships: Lessons from the New York City Hoarding Task Force for Older Adults
