Events in September 2022
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Apex Senior Health Fair
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Apex 55+ Health & Wellness Fair
Discover all of the health and wellness resources Apex and surrounding communities have to offer! Many different agencies and companies will be in attendance to provide you with information on nutrition, staying active, medical providers, home health care and much more. Caregivers are encouraged to attend. Raffle prizes and giveaways included. Pre-registration for some screenings and immunizations will be required. More information about screenings and immunizations will be released in the weekly Senior Recreation Station Newsletter in August. Make sure you are signed up for emails here. While the event is free, participants are asked to register here.
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BOLD NC Brain Health Conference
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The conference will identify how North Carolina health care professionals, public health organizations and aging services can promote brain health and healthy behaviors in their work. Come to learn what you need to know about dementia risk reduction and the state of the science addressing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias.
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Veterans Resource Fair & Stand Down
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The Veterans Resource Fair and Stand Down in Durham
will provide an informative, respectful, free and fitting event to all in Durham County who served our nation through any military service at any time in any location and has need of services, support or assistance.(1 event)
11th Mama Afrika Festival
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We’re extending this invitation to the community, all vendors, artists, to come out and be a part of this eccentric community experience... As we celebrate Mama Afrika festival 11th years Anniversary.
Come Experience & Celebrate the beauty of African Culture w/ an African style festival
Activities: Drumming, Entertainment, Poetry, Guest Speakers, Face Paintings, Bouncy House, Vendors and more…..
We have few vendors space available. Please reply back to this email mamaafrikafestivalnc@gmail.com or call 919-625-7684 for our website is under construction.
Place: YMCA Field Southeast Raleigh
Date: Sun, Sept 18 , 2022
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Address: 1436 Rock Quarry Rd, Raleigh, NC 27610
INFO: 919-625-7684(2 events)
Karen L. Wrenn Lectureship
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Join Duke-UNC ADRC on September 21, 2022 for Dr. Randall J. Bateman's talk on "From Diagnostic Tests to Prevention Trials: Advances in Alzheimer's Disease".
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UNDERStanding Dementia: Vascular Dementia
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Presented by Andrea Bozoki, MD FAAN | Professor and Division Chief, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, University of North Carolina & Outreach and Engagement Core Leader, Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research CenterWho gets vascular dementia and why? How is it different from Alzheimer’s disease? Most importantly, what can you do to prevent or slow it down if you have it? The answers to these questions and some you didn’t even think to ask, will be presented at this informative and engaging talk. We will discuss the symptoms most commonly seen in these conditions, the underlying causes, how these differ from Alzheimer’s disease, and how these conditions can be best treated and supported.
The September program is made possible by the Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, NC Registry for Brain Health and our series partners, The Age Coach and Senior Care Authority.
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ADRC IDEAS Forum
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Topic: TBD
Via Zoom
External Advisory Board Dinner
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Details to be announced.
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Duke-UNC ADRC Annual Meeting & External Advisory Board Meeting
All day
Save the date for the Duke-UNC ADRC annual full-day retreat for all core leaders and staff; the ADRC developmental project awardees; the Internal Advisory Committee, the External Advisory Board, and the National Institute of Aging Program Staff.
Details to come.
