A discussion on “Positive Aging” will be led by Luise Warren and Joan Jackson, members of the Geriatric Care Management team, Sanders & Warren, at 10 a.m. Monday, May 20, at the Oak Park Arms retirement community, 408 S. Oak Park Ave.

Aging has undergone a facelift in the past few years. In a new paradigm called “Positive Aging,” people are learning they can build on a lifetime of experiences for a meaningful and wonderful life as they age. Aging has become a time of great ability, expression and deeper meanings.

Attributes of positive aging include the ability for:
•    productive, active participation in all aspects of economic, social and community life
•    self-reliance/self-determination
•    recognition as an actively contributing member of society
•    a positive outlook about self and future
•    good physical and mental health and ability to function
•    mutually supportive social relationships and contacts

Sanders & Warren has been offering care management in the Chicago suburbs for more than 25 years. Warren and Jackson will present some of the latest research on well being and how older people are particularly adapted to challenges and not as influenced by criticism.

Warren has 26 years of experience caring for seniors in a variety of settings including private homes, retirement community, assisted living, partial hospital and gerio-psychiatric inpatient units. She specializes in care management, complex problem solving, grief-loss counseling, and earning the trust of anxious and distrustful individuals.

Jackson has built an in-depth knowledge of care management through her previous social services experience in diverse settings such as hospitals, nursing homes and community agencies.

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay – a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to reserve a seat, call Jill Wagner at 708-386-4040.