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2011 California Senior Games Championships

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

The 2011 Bay Area Senior Games/California State Championships will be held from March 26 – April 3 at venues at Stanford University, in the City of Palo Alto, and other locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Games are open to all athletes over the age of 50. There is still time to register, visit www.bayareaseniorgames.org.

Admission to watch all sports is free and open to the public.

International Symposium on Healthy Aging: Monday, September 13, 1pm-5pm

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Co-Sponsored by: UCB School of Public Health; the UCB Retirement Center; the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley; UCB Resource Center on Aging; UCB Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; Kazamashobo Publishing, Co. Ltd.

The Symposium on Healthy Aging will address three issues. The first is to clarify predictors of longevity among older adults in the United States, Sweden, and Japan. The second is to examine healthy aging among immigrants in the United States, Sweden, and Japan. Lastly, we will propose recommendations for health care policies for diverse older adults, making use of the perspectives from these three countries.

Please note: seating is limited, so please respond as soon as possible. RSVP with your name and email address to Kazumi Hoshino, Ph.D., planning committee member, at hoshino@berkeley.edu by September 9, 2010.

See the program

2011 Bay Area Senior Games

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Make a note: 2011 Bay Area/CA State Senior Games!

The games will be March 26-30, 2011, held mostly at Stanford University

Here’s a representative video from the 2010 Games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAk7Q3nNvPI&feature=channel