Panel Discussion: “An App A Day Keeps the Doctor Away”

Panel Discussion: “An App A Day Keeps the Doctor Away”

When: Wednesday, October 8
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: MassHousing
One Beacon Street, Boston 02108

Panel description:
Technology has long been assumed to be the province of the young. Our panelists will discuss how visually impaired seniors are increasingly using high tech strategies to compensate for vision loss and promote healthy aging.

Panel speakers:

Jennifer Kaldenberg, MSA, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA, Clinical Director at the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at BU College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College.

David Morrison, Co-leader of a MABVI low vision support group and expert user of low vision adaptive technology.

Paul Rumul, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Davenport Companies, operator of The Cove at Thirwood Place, an assisted living facility in South Yarmouth with apartments tailored to the needs of visually impaired residents.

Moderated by Paul Saner, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Joshua Warren by Friday, October 3 if you would like to attend.