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The Your Health Lecture Series is a collaborative community event sponsored by Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and its community partners throughout the state. 

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Questions? Contact Mark Brieve at 616-234-2667 or by email. 



Forever Young? Maximizing Our Options as We Age

Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 pm
Novi Public Library (West Meeting Room)
45255 West 10 Mile Rd., Novi

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We all do our best to prepare for the “golden years,” often planning much in advance. There are many factors that contribute to the overall quality of life as we age, such as physical, environmental, cognitive, psychological, social and financial matters. Join Dr. Joan Ilardo at this Your Health Lecture to learn more about the importance of advance planning and its effects on quality of life, Thursday, May 18 at 6:30 pm, at Novi Public Library’s West Meeting Room.

The Your Health Lecture Series is a collaborative community event sponsored by Providence-Providence Park, Novi and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

About the speaker

Joan Ilardo, PhD, LMSW, is the director of Research Initiatives at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and the principal investigator/executive director of the Partners in Aging Strategies and Training. The newly formed collaborative is developing and implementing strategies to promote patient-provider partnership that incorporate community-based, nationally recognized evidence-based patient and caregiver education. Dr. Ilardo also serves as an active member of several statewide coalitions addressing patient self-management of chronic diseases and as commissioner on the Michigan Commission on Services to the Aging.