9:00

People Receiving Care and/or Managing Their Own Health

• Neil Charness, William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, Florida State University

9:50

Informal Caregivers: Family, Friends, Others

• Richard Schulz, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh (co-author: Connie A. Tompkins)

10:40

Break

10:50

Formal Caregivers: Professionals, Paraprofessionals, Direct-Care Workers

• Carolyn Humphrey, Independent Consultant and Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Pennsylvania State University

11:40

Session 1 Discussion

• Margaret Quinn, Professor, Department of Work Environment; Director, Sustainable Hospitals Program, University of Massachusetts–Lowell, discussant

1:30

Home Caregiving Tasks

• Colin Drury, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, State University of New York, Buffalo

2:20

Medical Devices and Equipment

• Molly Story, President, Human Spectrum Design

3:10

Break

3:20

Information Technology

• George Demiris, Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington