Brandon Miller remembers watching “Regarding Henry,” a movie he said showed the way people should care for the elderly, followed by a “20/20” expose on abuse in retirement homes.

“It was such a strong contrast that it really burned an image in my head,” he said. “It’s a strange interest, I guess, to have at that age, but so be it.”

Miller, an Education junior, is developing a Gerontological Society of America Campus Awareness Group at Northwestern to get students thinking about new methods of caring for the elderly and to learn about improving life after retirement.

The group emerged from GSA’s Campus Representative Program, a national organization that supports research on aging. Miller became a GSA campus representative at the end of Winter Quarter, and so far the campus group has about 20 members. Miller hopes to recruit more students and to promote the group’s recognition.

Miller said he is interested in finding ways to reintegrate the elderly into society instead of placing them in segregated housing. He said that as baby boomers begin to retire, they will push for changes.

“I think baby boomers are not going to be content or satisfied with the way we currently care for the elderly,” Miller said. “I think our country has kind of taken on an active approach to life, and I don’t think that’s going to fade away just because people in the past have retired in a certain fashion.”

One of Miller’s main objectives is to educate group members about specific geriatric topics through events. The group visited Mather Caf