May 31, 2022: The Role of Physical Therapy in Older Adult Health & Wellness

Dianne Stone has more than 20 years of experience with senior centers and aging issues, primarily as the Director of the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in Newington, Connecticut. Stone has also worked, volunteered, and held leadership positions with a variety of organizations in Connecticut, including Connecticut AgeWell Collaborative, the ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Medicaid Oversight Council, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. She joined NCOA in January 2022, as a member of the Center for Healthy Aging, where she is primarily focused on supporting senior centers throughout the country through the ACL-funded Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC. 

Tiffany E. Shubert, PT, PhD, Senior Product Manager, Relias and Clinical Architect,  Shubert Consulting, North Carolina. Dr. Shubert has been a leader in the dissemination of the Otago Exercise Program in the United States. She was funded by the CDC to develop the OEP online training and study OEP implementation in the United States. She has developed and tested virtual versions and community-based delivery modes of the OEP. She has a BA in communication from UC San Diego, a Master’s in Physical Therapy from UC San Francisco, and a PhD in Movement Science from UNC Chapel Hill.

Rebecca M. Elmitt, PT,GCS, staff physical therapist at Immanuel Pathways PACE program in central Iowa.Rebecca graduated with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University ofIowa in 2013 and became a Board Certified Geriatric Certified Specialist in2020. She is passionate about serving older adults in her practice andmaintains certifications and memberships in APTA Geriatrics, A Matter ofBalance, and LSVT BIG.