The Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter invites you to the Inaugural Charles Evans Annual Lecture on the Art and Science of Caregiving

Hope, Ethics and the Deeply Forgetful:
The Caregiving Perspective

The Charles Evans Annual Lecture on the Art and Science of Caregiving, established in 2013, is designed to recognize caregiving as an important social, political, policy, and spiritual issue that merits thoughtful discussion and discourse.

Recorded video from the event.

Moderated by Jed A. Levine, NYC Chapter Executive Vice President and Director of Programs & Services

Distinguished Panel

Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle’s writing and teaching are inspired by more than thirty-five years of practice in psychology, Buddhist meditation, and the wisdom traditions. She pioneered the integration of meditation, yoga and cognitive therapy with traditional Western medicine, and trained health professionals at Harvard Medical School. She is the author of Ten Thousand Joys and Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple’s Journey through Alzheimer’s.

Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. is a Professor of Preventive Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, as well as an elected member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of Alzheimer’s Disease International. He is the author of The Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease: Ethical Issues from Diagnosis to Dying.