2025 20th Annual Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium
The Colloquium was held on: Thursday October 23, 2025
Hear from workforce, labor, and aging experts about later life work as a factor in wellness
Theme: Work and Wellness for Older Adults
Employment is a social determinant of health for all of us as we age. Hear from workforce,
labor and aging experts about later life work as a factor in wellness.
What is the relationship between work and wellness?
What are the challenges for older workers, employers and health professionals?
What are the program and policy approaches to encourage work for those who want it?
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Session Videos
Introduction, Welcoming Remarks, and Greetings – 8:30-8:35 AM
Sandra De Urioste-Stone, MS, PhD, Asst. Vice President for Research, Professor of Nature-based Tourism, University of Maine; David Harder, PhD, University Research Professor and Director, Institute of Medicine, University of Maine
Workforce Aging: Employer Practices and Worker Well-being – 8:45-9:30 AM
Peter Berg, PhD, Professor of Employment Relations at the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University
Resilient, Skilled, Essential: Older Workers at Work – 9:30-10:15 AM
Commissioner Laura Fortman, Commissioner Maine Department of Labor
Healthy Workforce at Every Age: Supporting and Retaining Older Workers – 10:30-11:15 AM
Janine Vanderburg (Facilitates), CEO of Encore Roadmap and American Society on Aging’s 2024 Awardee for Success in Diminishing Ageism
Panelists: Daisy Wilson, Piper Shores; Jodi Waterhouse, University of CO; Kristin Okerholm, LLBean
Working in Later Life: Older Workers Perspectives – 11:15-12:00 PM
Elizabeth Gattine (Facilitates), JD, Senior Policy Analyst & Cabinet on Aging Coordinator
Panelists: William King, York County Sheriff; Suzie Nutbrown; Ginny Joles
Breakout Session 1: The Health Joys and Challenges of Unretirement – 1:00-1:45 PM
Richard Eisenberg, former Managing Editor of Next Avenue and former Executive Editor of Money Magazine
No One Left Behind: Designing Employment Programs that Work for Every Older Person – 1:50-2:30 PM
Philip Taylor, PhD, Professor at the Institute of Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK
Reimaging Older Adult Workforce Programming: Program and Participant Perspectives – 2:40-3:35 PM
Jennifer Crittenden (Facilitates), PhD, MSW, Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine and the Associate Director for Research at the University of Maine Center on Aging
Panelists: Eva Haubruch, Assistant Director of Community Health Workforce Development at the HAP Foundation; Marilyn Donaldson, AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development Coordinator, Porter-Leath; Lisa Dublin, Associate Director, Research Training and Pathway Programs, University of Chicago; Catherine Stanford, Program Participant, HAP Foundation; Jacqueline Milles, Member, University of Chicago, Comprehensive Care, Community and Culture Program (C4P)
Closing Remarks – 3:35-3:45 PM
Noël Bonam, Maine State Director of AARP