PHI Conferences
Past Conferences
PHI's international conferences are periodic.
Living with Polio in the 21st Century was the title of Post-Polio Health International's 10th International Conference at Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (RWSIR) in Warm Springs, Georgia, April 23-25, 2009.
"The Spirit of Warm Springs" was evident as the staff at RWSIR welcomed 436 registrants. In attendance were survivors, family members and health professionals from 11 countries (46 individuals) and 39 US states and the District of Columbia.
Photos by Martin Harmon, RWSIR
CD of Program Booklets Available
Daily program booklets (Thursday–60 pgs; Friday–98 pgs; Saturday–70 pgs) from PHI’s 10th International Conference: Living with Polio in the 21st Century are available. In PDF format on a single CD, the files contain abstracts and handouts.
Here is a sample of what is on the CD:.
From Thursday: Polio – The Legacy of Warm Springs, Outline of Post-Polio Assessment
From Friday: Benefits and Techniques of Aquatic Therapy, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
From Saturday: Bladder Inconveniences, Polypharmacy: Making It All Work
Order form & domestic pricing information. Print and mail.
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Other information available from the PHI's 10th International Conference:
Effective Family Communications: Do We? How Can We Improve It?
Annie Barber, RN, and Linda Bieniek, CEAP
Family Communications Worksheet
Annie Barber, RN, and Linda Bieniek, CEAP
Anesthesia Update: Separating Fact from Fear
Selma Harrison Calmes, MD
2005
Post-Polio Health International's Ninth International Conference on Post-Polio Health and Ventilator-Assisted Living: STRATEGIES FOR LIVING WELL was held June 2-4, 2005 in Saint Louis, Missouri.
95 speakers – health professionals and polio survivors and ventilator users - represented 26 states and 7 countries. Attendees included 340 people from 13 countries and 34 states.
2000
Eighth International Post-Polio & Independent Living Conference, held in Saint Louis, Missouri, featured 89 speakers who have expertise and experience with post-polio and independent living issues.
Three hundred individuals - polio survivors, ventilator users, health professionals, and exhibitors from 14 countries and 39 states - participated in the three-day event.
1997
Coordinates Seventh International Post-Polio and Independent Living Conference,
Saint Louis, Missouri.
Joan Headley addressing the crowd.
Dr. Stanley Yarnell speaking
.
1994
Coordinates Sixth International Post-Polio and Independent Living Conference,
Saint Louis, Missouri.
Gertrud Weiss of Rosenheim, Germany, on right.
Attendees at the 1994 conference.
1989
Coordinates Fifth International Polio and Independent Living Conference,
Saint Louis, Missouri.
Jack Quigley addressing the crowd as local tv anchorperson, Karen Foss,
looks on from far left.
Joan Headley is on far right.
Joan Headley conferring with Gini Laurie.
Joan Headley at the podium.
Read Gini and G.I.N.I. Conferences: Pioneering Independent Living in the Fall 1993 issue ...
1988
Sponsors Support Group Leaders' Workshop.
Joan Headley and Gini Laurie.
1987
Coordinates Fourth International Polio and Independent Living Conference,
Saint Louis, Missouri.
Ed Roberts (left) presenting in 1987.
1986
Sponsors Polio Support Group Leaders' Workshop.
1985
Coordinates Third International Polio and Independent Living Conference,
Saint Louis, Missouri.
Attendees listening during a session at the Third International Polio and Independent Living Conference.
1983
Coordinates Second International Post-Polio Conference and Symposium on Living Independently with Severe Disability, Saint Louis, Missouri.
1981
Coordinates first conference, Chicago, Illinois –
"Whatever Happened to the Polio Patient?"
