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Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement
Advancing Our Advocacy
Best Practices in Healthy Aging
Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities
Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs
Data, Information Exchange and Interoperability
Elder Justice
Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations
Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care
Housing and Homelessness
Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations
Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People
Supporting Caregivers
Title VI Native American Aging Programs: Unique Challenges and Solutions
Workforce and Volunteerism
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All times are in Mountain Daylight Time (the local time in Salt Lake City, Utah). Times subject to change.
Saturday, July 15
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
USAging Board of Directors Meeting
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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
ACL CCH National Learning Community Meeting (by invitation only)
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Sunday, July 16
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
Welcome Reception in the Tradeshow
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Monday, July 17
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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2:15 PM - 3:00 PM |
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Dementia Friendly America Networking
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Tuesday, July 18
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
Meet the USAging Consultants
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Wednesday, July 19
7:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
USAging New Board of Directors Meeting
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Saturday, July 15
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PC01) Boot Camp for New DirectorsFocus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People New to the field or newly promoted? This must-attend boot camp will give you access to veteran and newer AAA directors knowledge and advice! Hear about which issues you cant afford to ignore, how to approach key relationships, where the Aging Network is headed and more. Several rookie directors will also share what they learned in the first year or two on the job. Bring your burning questions and be ready to find other new or wannabe directors to network with. Note: This session complements the more in-depth USAging Boot Camp for New Directors training series.
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Sunday, July 16
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PC02) Reaching Kinship/Grandfamilies: Planning Your Outreach StrategyFocus Area: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations In the U.S., grandparents, other relatives and family friends provide primary care to 2.5 million children whose parents are unable to do so for a variety of reasons. Kin/grandfamily caregivers are more likely to be low-income and have one or more disabilities. Almost half of grandparents raising grandchildren are age 60 or older. Using OAA funding under the National Family Caregiver Support Program and the Native American Caregiver Support Program, AAAs and Title VI programs have developed innovative ways to support these families, but many describe challenges in reaching families. Attendees will learn outreach strategies and hear from AAAs that have successfully leveraged partnerships to reach this population.
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PC03) Making Advance Care Planning Part of Your Service PortfolioFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care Supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and sponsored by USAgings Aging and Disability Business Institute and the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care, this interactive session will provide the background, best practices and brainstorming your AAA needs to develop or enhance your organizations services to those with serious illness, with a particular focus on Advance Care Planning (ACP) programs. Youll hear from your AAA colleagues and other experts about key components of successful ACP programs, innovations in the field and policy and program examples that support the ACP needs of older adults, individuals with disabilities and their caregivers. Attendees will leave with ideas and strategies to help build and strengthen your AAAs ACP services.
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PC04) Area Agencies on Aging: Leaders in Transportation Innovation and AdvocacyFocus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations This intensive will showcase the innovative work of three AAAs to address the mobility needs of older adults and people with disabilities, including a volunteer chaperone program; mobility management; on-demand rides; a transportation information website; and a comprehensive transportation resource. Speakers will discuss their innovations, including funding and the conditions that propelled development of specific transportation options. They will also discuss connections between transportation and the other AAA programs they administer, such as long-term services and supports, caregiver support and nutrition, as well as opportunities for partnership between AAA transportation programs and public health and housing.
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PC05) I&R Partnership to Support Older Adults and People with DisabilitiesFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Support provided by aging and disability community-based organizations to older adults and people with disabilities is full of potential for synergy, shared resources and collaboration
so why can it be so tricky to partner across disciplines? Join ACL, USAging, the National I&R Support Center and your colleagues in a discussion with a Center for Independent Living and AAA staff (both critical providers of Information and Referral) who have cracked the code, leveraging each others strengths in support of both target populations.
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USAging Aging Innovations & Achievement Awards Luncheon (by invitation only)
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W01) Beyond Surviving: Advancing Dementia-Friendly Communities in Rural AreasFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities Join this session to learn about innovative rural and culturally accessible, dementia-capable access to education, activities and supportive services to assist people with disabilities. Offering enhanced services that address complex care needs of dementia encourages early diagnosis and provides education and emergency support to promote safety and help to de-escalate behaviors. Presenters will discuss real-time and virtual collaboration for treatment plans, resources for social services, home care agencies, EMS, primary care, care partners and people with disabilities in diverse communities, as well as how to promote culturally appropriate communication with stakeholders, policy-makers and the community.
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W02) Getting Back Out: Transportation Strategies to Support Independence and EquityFocus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations A community with safe, affordable and accessible transportation for non-drivers helps ensure that older adults can stay connected to their communities, the services they need and the people they care about. Older adults often report that barriers to transportation include lack of knowledge of available transportation resources, fear of using the public transit system and cost. These challenges were heightened during COVID-19. As a result, older adults were especially vulnerable to social isolation and limited independence. In response, the County of San Diego is working closely with community partners on transportation strategies that spark community connections, prevent social isolation and remove barriers to access. This session looks at four feasible, impactful transportation strategies that inspire older adults to overcome barriers and reconnect with their communities.
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W04) Improving the Accessibility of Data-Driven Decision MakingFocus Area: Data, Information Exchange and Interoperability provide an overview and demonstration of several new tools AAAs can use to identify community needs, assist with planning and evaluate the effectiveness of OAA programs. The team will also share the design, implementation and evaluation process used to conduct a survey that measures impact and satisfaction. They will share the infographics created from this data, as well as demographic heat maps overlayed with senior center service delivery to identify trends and gaps. Finally, the team will bring it all together by highlighting how these innovative tools are used to help strengthen the array of services and supports in the community.
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W05) Paving the Way: Preparing Your Transportation Program for the Ever-Changing Road AheadFocus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations Find out how the Salt Lake Country AAA developed a robust fleet to meet mobility needs and how it use technology platforms and tools to operate its Rides for Wellness Program. Get an overview of the multiple types of vehicles used, specific mobility needs and learn about the supplemental partnerships used to support success. Join this session for a collaborative discussion to trade ideas, network and improve services for clients.
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W06) One Year Later: Three AAAs' Journey & DREIFocus Area: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations Following the growth of the Black Lives Matter movement, the imperative for the Aging Network to increase our focus on diversity, racial, equity and inclusion (DREI) has grown stronger. Demographic projections show that older adults will continue to become more diverse. Three AAAs representing Detroit, Minneapolis and suburban Chicago have approached the challenges and opportunities to address DREI in unique ways. All three are using the new spotlight on racial equity to leverage a renewed effort to meet the needs of a diverse aging population in an equitable manner. You will learn about each AAA's efforts, their recent workand how your agency can replicate these activities.
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W07) AZDoesCare: Arizona's Direct Care Workforce Recruitment EffortsFocus Area: Workforce and Volunteerism The direct care workforce shortage has plagued AAAs for the past decade. Join this session for a walk through Arizonas AAAs efforts to recruit and retain direct care workers. Learn how robust legislative efforts can lead to increased funding to support AAAs additional programming and recruitment efforts. Attendees will learn about a new recruitment campaign aimed at encouraging millennials and Generation Z to get excited and engaged in becoming direct care workers. Attendees will also learn about award-winning advocacy techniques and how to recruit a younger workforce into the aging sector, specifically targeting rural and indigenous communities. Together we will show AZDoesCare!
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W08) Dementia and Brain Health: Resources and ToolsFocus Area: Title VI Native American Aging Programs: Unique Challenges and Solutions Join us to discuss brain health and dementia in Indian Country as well as new resources that can be used by Title VI programs. We'll share work from the American Indian and Alaska Native Resource Center for Brain Health and other IA2 initiatives. Bring your community's successes and challenges and leave with new resources.
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W09) Aligning Health and Social Care Through Community Care Hubs and NetworksFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care Take a deep dive into the world of contracting networks and community care hubs (CCHs)! AAAs and CBOs are coming together to form networks to efficiently and effectively contract with health care entities and promote an equitable health and social care ecosystem. This interactive workshop will present findings from the latest qualitative research on networks and hubs, and share highlights resulting from the inaugural CCH National Learning Community launched by ACL and CDC. Learn how networks are formed, how relationships are built and maintained, how data is shared, how finances are managed, and how quality is assured. Attendees will learn about best practices and lessons learned from existing CCHs. This session will also highlight resources and tools for CCHs and network members.
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W11) Strategic Recruitment of Diverse Volunteers to Elevate Voices and TrustFocus Area: Workforce and Volunteerism Has your AAA lost volunteers during the pandemic? Is your AAA struggling to recruit volunteers that represent the voices of your community? Trellis is the AAA for the Twin Cities area and has set in place an aggressive plan to increase its reach in marginalized communities, specifically communities of color and poverty-impacted neighborhoods. Trellis will share its roadmap for engaging the community in authentic ways through its intentional work recruiting volunteers who speak languages other than English, hiring staff that looked like the community, developing new volunteer roles and using diverse media channels to better tell its story. Presenters will share our best practices for increasing the agencys volunteer pool during the pandemic, which was a time when other agencies lost volunteers.
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W12) Innovative Health Care Models Making Positive ChangeFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care Recipients of The John A. Hartford Foundation 2022 Business Innovation Award, Direction Home Aging & Disabilities, and runners-up, the Maryland Living Well Center of Excellence and Mid-America Regional Council, will discuss how they created and implemented their innovative programs with health care entities to positively impact historically marginalized, underserved and underinsured older adults and people with disabilities. These award winners will share the strategic planning, partnership building and evaluation processes they used to successfully improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations served by AAAs. Presenters will provide examples, outcomes and case studies with time allotted for audience questions and discussion.
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W13) Addressing Social Isolation in Illinois: What We LearnedFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement AAAs in Illinois offer a range of social isolation programs. However, the pandemic era required a shift from in-person to remote modes. Join this session to learn how these AAAs piloted surveys online and via text message to evaluate loneliness among older adults who received AAA programming during COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees will also learn how the state's AAAs analyzed loneliness data already collected by AAAs to examine any changes in older adult loneliness over time during the pandemic, as well how presenters addressed the challenges they faced in doing this research and what they ultimately learned!
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W14) Innovating Through IT Interoperability: Building on What You Have!Focus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People Using IT integration strategies and human-centered design principles, Region IV AAA will share its innovative approach to health informatics by extracting value from existing Office 365 applications across operations for data-informed service delivery, resource allocation, quality, process and performance improvement. Attendees will learn about the strategies the team used to leverage Office 365 applications across all-agency positions, which allows staff to do more with fewer clicks, fewer touches, improved quality, compliance, team satisfaction and engagement and, most importantly, exceptional individual and community outcomes. No external consultant needed. Learn to find value without increasing cost through integration of Office 365 applications with existing electronic health record platforms to create custom, actionable dashboards and lean, high-quality and person-centered workflows and processes. Leave with real-world, implementable strategies to tackle your teams challenges and achieve their goals.
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W15) Advancing Accessible Transportation Through the National Transportation Accessibility Center (NTAC)Focus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations This session will provide information about the ACL-funded National Transportation Accessibility Center (NTAC). Following an overview of the Centers activities, presenters will focus on one of NTACs primary components, the National Accessible Transportation Accelerator Network, and discuss ways to get involved in this broad network of transportation providers, stakeholders and advocates to identify workable strategies for making transportation services, apps, websites and program enrollment centers more accessible for all. NATAN will serve as a catalyst to facilitate adoption of accessible solutions to better meet the travel needs of older adults and people with disabilities across the county. Hear from a AAA and a CIL that participate in NATAN, as well.
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W16) Planning to Implementation: Three Examples of AAAs Driving Housing SolutionsFocus Area: Housing and Homelessness Attendees will learn about three very different housing projects completed by AAAs in Indiana and a range of possible roles AAAs can play in developing and implementing local housing solutions. If you think AAAs don't have something to offer in the housing arena, you'll know differently after attending this session. From regional planning to incentivizing builders, to innovative planning and design to increase resident quality of life while reducing the cost of housing, to using the social determinants of health model to create a healthy living community, the presenters will show a variety of ways AAAs can be partners in creating local housing solutions.
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W17) What’s in a Name? Rebranding your Area Agency on AgingFocus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People For more than 45 years, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley was a respected, trusted and innovative community resource serving older adults in Massachusetts. ESMV provided traditional AAA home and community-based services and contracted with managed care, accountable care and other health care entities to address the social determinants of health across the lifespan. As its services expanded, and its geographic footprint grew when it took over another AAA's PSA, staff began an internal conversation about how this new agency should market itself not only to its new service area but to its current clients as well as those the agency hoped to serve in the future. Thus began the challenging yet fruitful process of organizational rebranding, which led to AgeSpan, a more welcoming and accessible agency for consumers, community partners and other stakeholders.
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W18) Capitalizing on Partnerships to Extend Reach of Kinship Navigator ProgramsFocus Area: Supporting Caregivers Join this session for a closer look at how the Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, Inc. capitalized on community partnerships to extend the reach of the Kinship Navigator Program. These additional partnerships provide opportunities it would not otherwise be able to offer. Partnerships include government agencies, nonprofits, for-profits and are contractual and in-kind. There are no age or income requirements associated with enrollment in the Kinship Navigator Program and all services are provided free of charge. Attendees will learn how to establish meaningful partnerships that benefit kinship families and can help meet their critical needs, how to establish and cultivate contractual and in-kind partnerships, how to develop outreach tools to increase awareness about kinship care and how to increase community engagement.
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W19) Innovative Strategies to Address Agency Staffing ShortagesFocus Area: Workforce and Volunteerism In 2021, Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) provided community-based services to 26,000+ individuals, added new lines of service and expanded services to meet community needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic including facilitating vaccinations and delivery of 7,000 personal supply boxes. In this session participants will learn how COA utilized a multi-pronged approach to meet the needs of clients, recruit/retain staff and expand services, all while managing costs and maintaining quality. COA will provide a roadmap for designing models of case management which increase the talent pool for agency staffing and share lessons learned. COA will outline advocacy approaches used with managed care plans and at the state level to change policies and allow AAAs to meet staffing challenges.
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GS01) Designing the Long Life and Work You Love
Sponsored by: ![]() What does it mean to craft the lifeand workyou want as you grow older? Enjoying a longer life is a relatively recent phenomenon and like many parts of life it should be thoughtfully designed. In this session, industrial designer, innovator and author Ayse Birsel will share how foundational principlessuch as optimism, empathy, collaboration, open-mindedness and holistic thinkingimpact the course of life and work. Birsel will describe how her research with older people shaped her perspective on how to design and add meaning to life.
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Welcome Reception in the Tradeshow |
Monday, July 17
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GS02) Milestones in the Aging Network: A Federal Perspective and a Look Ahead
Sponsored by: ![]() As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of Area Agencies on Aging in the 1973 Older Americans Act reauthorization and the 45th anniversary of the Title VI Native American Aging Programs, were also looking ahead to the future and how the AAA and Title VI networks will continue to meet their missions through innovation, service expansion, enhanced outreach and more all in service to older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. On behalf of our federal partners at the Administration for Community Living, Alison Barkoff, Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging, will share her thoughts on where the Aging Network is now, how we need to position this critical work for the future and the Biden Administrations vision for community living. Sponsored By: Centene
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W21) Integrated Care Boot Camp, Part 1: How Health Plans Get PaidFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care
Sponsored by: ![]() Have you ever wondered how health plans get paid under Medicaid and Medicare or how they decide what they will pay for? Come to this session to learn how those decisions get made, and the key ingredients that impact plan financialsand contracting opportunities for your AAA.
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W23) Strategies and Resources to Enhance Volunteer Engagement OpportunitiesFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement Volunteers are critical to the work of the Aging Network. Volunteering benefits communities, volunteers themselves and program participants. For volunteers, their work can offer an opportunity for social connection and community engagement that can lead to better physical, mental and emotional health. During this workshop, you will learn about volunteer engagement resources and best practices from the USAging-administered engAGED: The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults and Community Care Corps. You will also hear from two AAAs on innovative volunteer models they have developed to support their agencys programs, improve the lives of the consumers they serve and help their older adult volunteers remain socially engaged in their communities.
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W24) Planning to Serve a Diversifying Older Population in Your Service AreaFocus Area: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations The Older Adults Equity Collaborate (OAEC) and ACL invite you to hear about practical tools for incorporating the OAA equity recommendations into your AAAs strategic plan. Hear from an ACL representative about the opportunity of demonstration grants and the importance of planning for equity/serving diverse older adults in proposals. Presenters will review the current landscape of our increasingly diverse older adult population and attendees will hear tips for incorporating meaningful objectives and measures into their AAA plans that focus on meeting the needs of diverse older adult populations and those who have the greatest social need. Attendees will receive the OAEC-developed Planning for Equity Checklist to assist in evaluating inclusion efforts and identifying areas for improvement for future planning.
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W25) A New Evidence-Based Program: The Home Hazard Removal ProgramFocus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging Are you thinking about expanding your AAA's evidence-based program offerings? This workshop will provide an overview of the Home Hazard Removal Program (HARP), a newly approved program for the Older Americans Act Title III D evidence-based program. HARP is a behavioral intervention delivered by occupational therapists in partnership with AAAs. The program targets fall-risk behaviors and home hazards for older adults at high risk of falling through minor home repair, adaptive equipment, task modification, and education and self-management strategies. Join this workshop to learn more about HARP, including its core components, costs, benefits to older adults, training and implementation best practices.
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W26) Access to Services for People with Dementia Aging at HomeFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities As dementia becomes a silent epidemic, defining and implementing measures that will help older adults with dementia-related conditions to age at home must be a priority for communities. However, providing the care and support needed by people living with dementia at home can be challenging. In this session, learn how a community-based aging services organization is using Dementia Friendly America's principles to scale efforts to spearhead the widespread adoption of such measures in its community. Presenters will share how specialized services meet the specific needs of their communities and describe the successes, challenges and surprises they encountered. Participants will brainstorm challenges their communities are facing in accommodating aging in place with dementia and envision possible solutions that ensure services for all.
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W27) Commit to Connect to Increase Social ConnectionsFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement At this session, the Commit to Connect Initiative, the Administration for Community Living and USAging will highlight the need for evidence-informed and evidence-based programming around social isolation and loneliness. Attendees will also hear about ways to further collaborate and the advance programs and strategies to increase social engagement and connection. Commit to Connect offers a new and unique connection tool for AAAs, Centers for Independent Living and community-based organizations: the Nationwide Network of Champions. This Network is an online community and hub that allows for the exchange of information, resources, events, ideas and engagement among Champions. The session will highlight the platforms successes, learnings and future partnership opportunities promoting social connectedness.
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W28) Financial Security for Caregivers: Practical Steps and Policy IssuesFocus Area: Supporting Caregivers In millions of households, an adult is providing full or part-time care to a family member or friend. Caregiving responsibilities are challenging and can also have serious financial consequences. This workshop will educate Aging Network professionals and advocates about ways to assist caregivers with key work decisions that may have a financial impact. Learn about Caregiver resources available for use in community settings from WISERs Financial Caregiving Hub. Policies that may help protect women spending significant time as caregivers will be discussed, including possible changes in Social Security calculations plus current policies such as the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
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W29) Bridging Aging and Disability: A National Community of PracticeFocus Area: Workforce and Volunteerism The number of people who are aging with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) is increasing rapidly. Through the Bridging Aging and Disability National Community of Practice, ten states are working to build capacity across and within their aging and disability networks to provide culturally competent services to people with I/DD (and their families) to support them in planning to address their individual needs, goals and preferences throughout their lifespan, including older age. Youll hear about innovative approaches that can be replicated in your state and lessons learned, as well as how one state is bringing aging and disability programs together to address the direct care workforce crisis.
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W30) Live from DC: A Federal Policy UpdateFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy Advocacy is a critical part of our shared mission to support older adults and caregivers. To support Aging Network advocates, USAging's policy staff will provide an in-depth, real-time update about aging and health care policy issues that will affect your agency and the consumers you serve. Get the latest updates, key advocacy messages and what you can do NOW to advance better federal aging policy! This session is appropriate for people with all levels of policy knowledge.
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HT01) Older Adult Nutrition Policy and Projects: What's New, What's Next?Focus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs
Sponsored by: ![]() Last years White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health brought the issue of nutrition and its tie to health into the forefront of national policy. Aging advocates worked hard to get issues of older adult nutrition into the National Strategy released at the conference. This session will describe those policy initiatives as well as providing an overview of ongoing national nutrition projects in partnership with the Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, such as a report on congregate meal site reopening practices and their future and a malnutrition learning collaborative. Educational resources and information on how USAging members can be involved in national nutrition policy and programs will be provided.
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RT01) Promoting Social Engagement with Rural PopulationsFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement Join us for an engaging discussion centered on rural health and social engagement. Attendees will discuss social, financialand demographic factors that impact older adults living in rural areas. Share and learn about creative approaches to enhance social engagement! Facilitators will highlight innovative local and national programming that has helped reach those in rural communities. This roundtable discussion will cover challenges, impacts and strategies that attendees can take back to their home agencies.
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W31) Integrated Care Boot Camp, Part 2: The Impact of Plan Rates on AAA Services and PricingFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care
Sponsored by: ![]() After learning how plans get paid in Boot Camp, Part 1, join this session for a hands-on workshop on how AAAs can construct value-based solutions that meet health plans' pain points, speak their language and meet their budgets.
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W33) Behavioral Health and Wellness in 2023: A Roadmap for Success!Focus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging This exciting workshop focuses on introducing clinical and paraprofessional staff to an inclusive and systematic, person-centered approach to performing comprehensive case conceptualizations which address behavioral health, resiliency and wellness. Attendees will be taken on a transformative journey to learn the value of collaborative team efforts, and will leave the workshop with tangible practices that they can easily embed into existing initiates to enhance and strengthen service outcomes for older adults. The workshop is facilitated by members of the San Bernardino County Department of Aging and Adult ServicesPublic Guardian Age Wise Program, a three-time national award-winning behavioral health program for the aging community. The diverse Age Wise interdisciplinary team provides outpatient wraparound services to treat the full scope of mental health diagnoses.
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W34) Age Well San Diego: Sharing Implementation, Outcomes and Lessons LearnedFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities As the population of older adults grows rapidly, agencies and organizations must address how they will plan communities and services to address this shifting demographic. In 2018, the County of San Diego embarked on a journey to become an age and dementia-friendly community through a regional action plan, Age Well San Diego. More than five years later, the action plan has been completed and the next phase of age-friendly efforts is underway. This session will address outcomes of Age Well San Diego, highlight lessons learned, and describe the development of the Aging Roadmap, a regional vision and framework for supporting healthy aging into the future. Participants will explore strategies to move age-friendly efforts forward and how to engage community partners for greater impact.
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W35) Independence is Happiness: Innovations in Assistive Technology SolutionsFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Whether low-tech or high-tech, assistive technology (AT) devices and services help make it possible for older adults and people with disabilities to live with dignity in their homes and communities. Come learn about the latest AT solutions and universal design strategies from AT Act programs! Youll learn about the AT ACCESS Tool, as well as strategies and tips for developing AT toolkits, implementing effective training and creating AT labs within AAAs, ADRCs and Centers for Independent Living. Youll also hear about partnerships that benefit consumers seeking services and supports, and how you can help improve access to AT through the core services of state AT Act programs.
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W36) Tackling Recurring Abuse and Neglect Through Technical and Systems InnovationFocus Area: Elder Justice The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services recently engaged Missouris AAAs to be part of an Adult Protective Services/AAA Direct Services initiative. This innovative and collaborative effort was designed to address recurring abuse and exploitation of older adults, the need for a collaborative data system to effectively share referrals and care plans, and to track data on the services and interventions ultimately utilized. The project is also included as a demonstration pilot of the Missouri Aging Services Data Collaborative, a final winner of the ACL Social Care Referrals Challenge. The three-phase competition identified IT solutions to support health care systems and community-based organizations to facilitate social care referrals and information sharing between disparate systems.
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W37) Race: Let’s Talk About ItFocus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People Why talk about race? The Seattle-King County AAA participates in Seattles Race and Social Justice Initiative, which is based on the belief that we must lead with race due to disparities faced by people of color. By leading with race, we also reduce institutionalized sexism, heterosexism, ableism and other modes of oppression. Attendees will also examine ways in which the status quo is reinforced, discuss the concept of relational culture, demonstrate strategies to build interconnection, trust and collaboration, and learn how to use data to address racial equity. Learn steps AAAs can take to build internal cultural competence that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and better understanding of healthy aging throughout the lifespan.
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W38) Social Engagement for Seniors: Options for People to Address LonelinessFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement Options for People to Address Loneliness (OPAL) is a free, evidence-informed program designed for older adults and adults with disabilities to address social isolation and loneliness during six in-home, virtual or telephonic sessions. OPAL helps embed participants into their local community to expand their safety net and reduce isolation. Using behavior activation, action planning and connection to resources, OPAL counselors provide support and encouragement for strategies to reduce clients stress, anxiety, depression, and feelings of loneliness and isolation. COVID-19 greatly impacted older adults access to increasingly limited resources, and the OPAL program is a unique way to assist older adults to reengage with desired resources, family, community and self. Since its 2020 launch, OPAL has been adapted for both urban and rural settings.
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W39) Catalyzing State-Level Older Adult Housing Policy and Local SupportsFocus Area: Housing and Homelessness Learn how the Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging (IAAAA) leveraged Indiana's transition to MLTSS into a $50,000 seed grant and conditional $150,000 implementation grant from a managed care entity to catalyze statewide older adult housing policy discussion and enhanced local supports. As part of the effort, IAAAA established a formal partnership with the Corporation for Supportive Housing that has enhanced AAA access to their supports. This session will provide a blueprint for other AAAs including likely funders for this type of work and the scope of work inclusive of a model "Housing Specialist" position description, staff training curriculum, statewide needs assessment and stakeholder convening on state housing policy for older adults.
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HT02) Increasing Food Security and SNAP Enrollment: Research and StrategiesFocus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging
Sponsored by: ![]() With the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September 2022, a new national strategy was unveiled to address hunger and diet-related diseases. AARP and AARP Foundation are committed to supporting this strategy by researching the under enrollment of older adults in SNAP, with a focus on the more than three million adults older than age 50 who are not enrolled but eligible for more than $200 per month in SNAP benefits. Join this interactive discussion to explore the latest research on SNAP enrollment and effective strategies to increase food security by increasing participation in the program.
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RT02) R and R: A USAging Listening Session on Older Americans Act Reauthorization and RegulationsFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy With OAA up for reauthorization in 2024 and ACL working on updated regulations, theres a lot to talk about! Join USAgings policy team for an interactive conversation about how the OAA is working for you and your clients nowand where it needs to go next. Your input will inform USAgings regulation and reauthorization priorities and advocacy, so bring your ideas and concerns!
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W41) Older Americans Act Updates from ACLFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the OAA has supported the essential, life-saving work of the Aging Network. This session will feature updates on critical sources of ACL supplemental funding and technical support, including trends and themes emerging from ongoing implementation of more than $3 billion in supplemental funding for supportive, nutrition, caregiver and other OAA services. Ample time will be provided for questions and answers with ACL leadership.
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FT02) Successful Statewide Collaboratives for AAA Evidence-Based Program DeliveryFocus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging When COVID-19 hit, many AAAs had to pivot in how they delivered their evidence-based chronic disease prevention programs. Switching to a virtual format presented an opportunity to partner and collaborate in new, more efficient ways. This workshop will review the history of a collaborative start-up in Michigan, including learning from what other states are doing, the evolution that led to partnering with the Michigan Bureau of Aging, Community Living, and Supports, and the advantages of continuing this method of operation, including co-branding, marketing, new streamlined data collection, and greater success filling and sustaining evidence-based chronic disease prevention and health promotion programs.
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FT03) Memory Mornings at Morean Art Center: Art & Alzheimer'sFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities Adults living with dementia and their caregivers need creative outlets to express themselves. Research has shown that older adults living with dementia often enjoy and benefit from creative activities that give them the opportunity for non-verbal expression. The Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas in Florida partnered with the Morean Arts Center to provide caregivers and older adults with dementia the opportunity to visit the museum, participate in art projects and enjoy the collection with a guide specifically trained to work with older adults who are living with dementia. This session will present this non-traditional partnership, what the program does and how your AAA can provide a welcome respite for both caregivers and seniors while enjoying beautiful art all around them.
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FT04) On the Go in Rural Iowa: Transit Solutions that WorkFocus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations In many rural areas, most older adults want to age in place and continue living in the community they know and love. Transportation can be a deciding factor in staying or moving. As older adults lose their ability to safely drive, they will need public transit options that allow them remain an active part of their communities. From volunteer drivers, to on-demand same-day service, to a service targeted at those with limited English proficiency, one transit agency is transforming transit in rural central Iowa. Those who don't work in transit still need to be part of solutionjoin this session to learn how!
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FT05) Contracting with Primary Care to Reimburse Older Adult Non-Clinical ServicesFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care The Maryland Living Well Center of Excellence contracts with Primary Care Providers and Care Transitions Organizations to link high-risk, low-income, underserved and rural older adults to a wide array of programs and services utilizing HEART funds (Health Equity Advancement Resource and Transformation Payment). The Area Deprivation Index tool is used across the U.S. to identify rural and underserved populations that may need a wide array of non-clinical services and programs. Join this session to learn how a statewide effort led by a AAA is able to connect with primary care providers who utilize the HEART funds to refer and reimburse for non-clinical services.
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FT06) Building Cross-Sector Partnerships to Increase Services for Homeless EldersFocus Area: Housing and Homelessness The national affordable housing crisis is forcing an increasing number of older adults with age-related social determinants of health issues into homelessness. Increases in older adult homelessness are driven mostly by the growth in the number of adults age 65+. This trend compels AAAs to join missions and leverage efforts and resources with health care and homeless services providers to develop the cross-sector relationships needed to produce innovative solutions, supports and service linkage for this unique population. This session will inform participants of the emerging crisis of late-life homelessness, characteristics unique to this population, and the creation, maintenance, and challenges of partnerships across the traditionally siloed sectors of aging, health care and homeless services.
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FT07) Ensuring Equity and Inclusion in SHIP, SMP and MIPPA ProgramsFocus Area: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations ACL has a multi-year project to conduct program and equity assessments on the SHIP, SMP and MIPPA programs. The evaluations will focus on identifying barriers or challenges that people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized and/or adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality may experience in accessing program services or Medicare benefits. The findings will be used to develop action plans to optimize program performance overall and ensure grantees are able to reach those in greatest need. Presenters will share an overview of the evaluations, including an overview of the work completed, insight into any findings identified to date and corresponding planned actions, how the lessons learned from this project could be used by other programs and agencies.
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CF01) Collaborative Data Collection: Better Outcomes and New Sustainable RevenueFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs
Sponsored by: ![]() To successfully secure and keep healthcare contracts agencies must drive data and outcomes. You know it, now show it! Whether an innovative CCH, AAA contracting partner, or new agency-were able to help meet those needs with the CCS Health platform. Learn how to achieve better outcomes with greater control using evidence-based processes within a single, integratable care management platform. The CCS Health solution supports leveraging collaborative data collection to create sustainable revenue and better health outcomes. This session will showcase solutions to own your data to tell your impact story and show your value. See visual dashboards. Watch revenue dollars generated by and for community organizations. And learn how this tool supports the workforce to assist consumers toward meaningful outcomes while meeting all partner requirements.
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FT08) Healthy IDEAS: Supporting Older Adults with Depression and Social IsolationFocus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging Join this workshop for a discussion on depression, social isolation and loneliness among older adults. This presentation will also discuss the evidence-based program Healthy IDEAS, a 1:1 depression management program that can be conducted remotely with older adults to identify symptoms of depression and works with older adults to combat these symptoms and social isolation through behavioral activation.
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FT09) Dementia Friendly America: Responding to New Trends with Enhanced ResourcesFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities Dementia Friendly America (DFA), administered by USAging and launched in 2015 with six pilot communities, has grown to more than 350 communities across 41 states and territories. Join DFA staff and community leads to learn more about these trends and how DFA is responding with its new and enhanced resources and technical assistance. Collaboration abounds both within and beyond the DFA network as participants support efforts in public health related to dementia caregiving, early detection and diagnosis, brain health and risk reduction. Multi-sectoral action teams across the nation are committed to this important work and continue to join the DFA network. Attend this session to learn how DFA resources and technical assistance can support you in leading or engaging your community in dementia-friendly efforts.
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FT10) Tools to Support Inclusive AI/AN People with DisabilitiesFocus Area: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations Join us for this workshop to learn about the National Indian Council on Agings multi-pronged approach to Native health regarding people with disabilities in this interactive workshop. Participants will discover culturally relevant health curricula, multimedia programming and wellness initiatives to support the dissemination of positive development programs and behavioral health prevention skills through the toolkit, Understanding Disabilities in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities. They will discuss social media trends and share strategies to engage people with disabilities in their own health and well-being using multimedia communication channels and skill-building tools. Participants will also learn about resources for parents and caring adults, community advocates and identify tools for Native people with disabilities to use in local communities to fill school and community health education gaps.
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FT11) LGBTQ+ Aging 101 for the Aging NetworkFocus Area: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Aging Populations Join LGBTQ+ aging advocates from SAGE and AAAs to learn how the Aging Network can leverage new OAA language to better serve LGBTQ+ older adults. This session will include a deep-dive presentation on the needs of LGBTQ+ older adults and how to meet those needs by sharing of best practices from St. Louis Area Agency on Aging, which has been engaging with the LGBTQ+ community for many years. The second half of the workshop will focus on training and practice during an interactive activity that will jumpstart their attendees' outreach and build new engagement and outreach skills. No familiarity with the topic is requiredwe want to help you take the first steps!
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FT12) Legislative Aide Advocacy 101Focus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy While we all know that meeting with legislators is a critical component of advocacy, this workshop will help give you the skills to connect with the other most important but often overlooked person in the rooms the staffer. Well discuss the importance of building relationships with legislative staffers or aides and how to become an essential go-to resource for these key legislative players. You have knowledge, resources and access to constituentsall things that staffers find irresistible. How do you build this mutually beneficial relationship? Start with a legislative strategy that positions you as a subject-matter expert and critical resource. We'll teach you how! Learn to harness valuable relationships with staffers to advance your advocacy efforts and make an impact for older adults.
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FT13) Partnerships to Address Homelessness Among Older AdultsFocus Area: Housing and Homelessness Because homelessness and housing issues are leading reasons for calls to its 24-hour Senior HELP LINE, the Area Agency on Aging, Region One has creatively and increasingly partnered with homeless service providers to address the varied needs of older homeless adults. The AAA partners with the nonprofit, Justa Center, which serves homeless adults age 55 and older. Clients receive a noontime meal and snacks, showers and laundry service, and access to computers. Justa Center provides life-sustaining resources, services and support to assist homeless older adults on their path back to housing and continues with supportive services to help prevent a return to homelessness. Session participants will learn about programs, services, community partnerships and funding.
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CF02) The Big Umbrella™: 8 Powerful Principles for Stress-Less Dementia DiscussionsFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities
Sponsored by: ![]() Using eight dynamic strategies, strengthen your ability to navigate important conversations that positively impact the care and support that can help people living with dementia and care partners feel that they are valued members of their communities.
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FT14) That's a Falls Risk? Full Circle Fall Prevention ProgrammingFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Fall prevention and awareness programming should be year-round and not just one week or day out of the year. AgeGuide has made fall prevention and awareness the lens under which OAA health and wellness programs were enhanced and adapted to incorporate year-round fall prevention programming, without labeling or broadcasting it. Three specific OAA services of health screenings and evaluations, education and recreation create full circle programming by identifying and addressing fall risks, providing evidence-based interventions and educational events, and providing additional physical and social activities to strengthen mind and body. Each service by itself provides benefits to older adults and benefits are maximized when the services feed into and reinforce each other.
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FT15) Engaging Your Advisory Council: Enhancing Agency Programs and DREI InitiativesFocus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People AgeOptions, the AAA for suburban Cook County, IL, has embarked on a multi-year initiative to infuse a culture in its operation, policies, programs and processes, as well as those of its grantee agencies, allowing programs and services to be delivered through a lens of social justice, sensitivity, awareness and inclusion, with a goal of no racial, ethnic or unconscious bias. In doing so, all staff, Board, Advisory Council, program and program participants, regardless of the service, feel welcome, comfortable and empowered to grow. Critical to this process is the engagement of our Advisory Council. Workshop will explore AgeOptions efforts to utilize our Advisory Council effectively and their participation in our diversity, racial equity and inclusion (DREI) initiative. Hear from staff and Council members who worked on this culture-change initiative.
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FT16) Alternative Legal Service Models That Meet the Needs of Older AdultsFocus Area: Elder Justice This session will illustrate the effectiveness of two distinct service models: a remote Elder Abuse Restraining Order Clinic that allows staff and volunteers to connect with elders throughout various Los Angeles County courthouses and a virtual Self Help Conservatorship Clinic that allows for individuals caring for an older loved one facing issues such as dementia to make their way through a complex legal process.
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FT17) Conflict of Interest: What Your AAA Needs to KnowFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care Conflicts of interest (COI), whether real or perceived, are a topic of concern for organizations that simultaneously receive OAA funding or operate State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) and are seeking health care contracts. A solid COI plan, including concrete policies and procedures, can help to mitigate risks and preserve the integrity of other AAA programs and funding. Come to this session to learn about a COI plans purpose and essential components, how to design an effective plan, and hear from a AAA engaged in health care contracting about how it avoids COI.
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FT18) Reframing Aging: A New Tool to Advance Your CommunicationsFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy Many advocates have found themselves working to increase stakeholder engagement on the topic of aging. Based on research from the Frameworks Institute, this barrier to engagement stems from messaging that elicits a different response from audiences than intended. This barrier is also known as implicit bias, which we can begin to address in our messaging with Reframing Aging principles. The National Center to Reframe Aging (NCRA) is the preeminent organization for strategies to effectively frame aging and promote a greater understanding of aging and implicit bias, ultimately guiding our nations approach to ensuring supportive policies and programs for all of us as we age. Join the NCRA in this session to learn more about Reframing Aging principles and practice applying these skills to your messaging.
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FT19) Improving Quality of Life through Innovative Transportation ProgrammingFocus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations Access to transportation continues to be a challenge facing Ohio's older adults and people with disabilities. Learn how the Area Agency on Aging 3 Find A Ride program utilizes funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation's Office of Transit, federal Title III B funding and local match dollars to provide both medical and non-medical transportation. The AAA provides transportation to older adults and individuals with disabilities living in rural communities, at no cost to the individual when they have no other transportation options.
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CF03) Caring for Communities with the Brain Bus: How to Build Partnerships and Improve Statewide Outreach for Persons with Dementia and Their CaregiversFocus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging
Sponsored by: ![]() In 2019, Florida became the only state to have Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (ADRD) its own separate priority on the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP). This includes strengthening the capacity to address Alzheimer's in Florida and be a comprehensive resource guide with federal, state and local resources. In this session, Cyrena Baugh from Humana Healthy Horizons in Florida will provide a data snapshot of the benefits of the Brain Bus, a mobile unit that addresses the benefits of early detection, early diagnosis, brain health, and risk reduction. She will approach the conversation from the perspective of a community partner and showcase how Humana Healthy Horizons utilizes resources in Florida communities to find innovative solutions for members. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the Brain Bus and learn how to replicate similar practices to address Alzheimers in their own communities.
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GS03) Scaling for Change: The Future of Health Care Contracting for AAAs and AAA Networks
Sponsored by: ![]() AAAs have made tremendous strides in health care contracting, with nearly half of AAAs reporting having such contracts in place, and 44 percent doing so as part of a network. As demand for social care services grows, how do we leverage our strengths and anticipate coming challenges as we scale for change and transform our network to secure these new opportunities? Join us for a provocative discussion of how we reach the tipping point for health and social care integration with AAAs at the heart of that movement. Sponsored By: Aetna
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W43) Recognizing the Value of a Strong State AssociationFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy Having a seat at the table is crucial for effective advocacy by AAAs but can be difficult if your state network is not organized. State associations with paid staff have been an effective force for advocacy on behalf of state aging networks and AAAs in particular. Learn more about the value a strong state association can bring to the AAA network in your state.
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W45) The Life-Changing Impact of Community Health WorkersFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Have you contemplated the role that a Community Health Worker (CHW) could play in your service delivery system? Are you curious about the value a CHW could bring to your agency and those you serve? If so, join us for an engaging conversation surrounding how CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions, the AAA for central Indiana, has successfully implemented the role of certified CHW to support its population. CHWs are providing ground-breaking work within the health care space and CICOA intends for that to include the AAA network now and in the future. With the support of experts from Purdue Universitys Center for Health Equity and Innovation as well as University of Pennsylvanias Penn Center for Innovation, CICOA is bringing this dream to life!
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W46) Implementing the National Family Caregiving Strategy: The Aging Network’s RoleFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy Caregiving policy is of paramount importance to the Aging Network given the critical role caregivers play in the lives of older adults and the AAAs support of those caregivers themselves, and now theres momentum in DC and around the country to advance better policies In 2022, the first-ever RAISE National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers was released to the public. This spring, President Biden issued a set of executive orders to address some of the challenges family caregivers face. The National Strategy identifies actions that can be taken to provide relief to family caregivers. However, the National Strategy will not inherently provide the authority needed to establish new programs or funding mechanisms for implementation. The National Alliance for Caregiving launched a national campaign (Act on RAISE) to drive federal policymakers, program administrators and influencers on the national level to support and resource implementation actions outlined in the RAISE National Strategy. This session will cover action-oriented strategies and opportunities to drive implementation of the national strategy among Aging Network stakeholders.
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W47) Partnering with Centers for Independent Living to Support Community LivingFocus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People In 2021, CILs served more people age 60 and older than any other age group. Many CILs offer blind/low-vision programs, home-modification programs, loans of durable medical equipment, assistance moving out of nursing institutions, help with assistive technology, assistance accessing personal care assistance and transportation, peer-to-peer programs, and many more services that are critical to individual empowerment and community living. In this session, youll hear from AAAs and CILs that are working together to help older adults maintain their independence and self-determination. The session is also an opportunity to share with ACL barriers that can prevent these collaborations and how ACL can help to overcome them.
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W48) Double Dipping: Using QI and Analytics to Drive HCBS ChangeFocus Area: Running Your Agency: Strategies to Strengthen Systems and People How do you define and measure your organizational success? This session will take attendees on a deep dive into the use of data analytics to drive organizational change using the DMAIC approach to the LEAN Six Sigma methodology. Obtain insights on how to create a cornerstone quality committee in your organization that thrives on staff involvement and data-driven change. Leverage business intelligence and quality improvement techniques to stop flying blindly and start making data-informed decisions to create positive change and compounding growth. Join us and start your quality transformation today!
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W49) Piloting Innovative Health Programs in Partnership with Senior CentersFocus Area: Best Practices in Healthy Aging Attend this session to learn about recent pilot efforts to engage AAAs and senior centers to deliver health-related innovations for older adults, including tools and resources for effective behavior change. Presenters will cover steps for a pain management intervention, peer-to-peer learning, personal goal setting, and community advocacy for quality care. Session leaders will share evaluation results and outcomes from the pilots will be shared, as well as a toolkit designed with an equity lens for leaders to help older adults make their voices heard on important and sometimes difficult health topics. Replicable elements such as pharmacy tours and community town halls will be discussed, as well as leader insights regarding program facilitation and long-term sustainability.
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W50) Preparing AAAs for Contracting Operational ReadinessFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care Congratulations! Youve negotiated a contract with a health care payer. Now what?! Come to this session to learn key operational readiness requirements most health care and managed care organizations (MCOs) will expect to be in place prior to sharing data with your AAA and before the project launch date. Presenters will share their experience working for AAAs, MCOs and other CBOs across the country. This session will help AAAs anticipate and prepare for key questions from and operational readiness expectations of MCOs.
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W51) Addressing the Mobility Needs of Historically Marginalized and Underserved CommunitiesFocus Area: Enhancing Independent Living Through Transportation Innovations Understanding the transportation challenges that older adults and people with disabilities from historically marginalized and underserved communities face can help shed light on transportation gaps experienced by many, if not all, older adults and people with disabilities. By focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, aging and disability programs have opportunities to reevaluate equitable service delivery and better support these communities. This session will provide an opportunity to explore the conversation around diversity, equity and inclusion and transportation, highlighting the importance of programs making efforts to provide equitable transportation in these communitiesfrom doing the internal equity work at the agency level to active and meaningful inclusion and engagement of older adults and people with disabilities, communities of color and disadvantaged populations.
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W52) American Indian and Alaska Native Elder Justice Issues and OpportunitiesFocus Area: Elder Justice Join this session to learn about whats going on in elder justice and how advocates can ensure American Indian and Alaska Native communities are not left behind. The presenter will share highlights of current advocacy opportunities and advancements, including the Native American Elder Justice Initiative. Bring your questions, challenges and goals to this engaging session.
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W53) Creating A Workplace Culture of CaringFocus Area: Supporting Caregivers With estimates showing that as many as 45 percent of the workforce is providing care for a family member or friend, it is clear that our workplaces are filled with caregivers. This growing population is experiencing the burden of balancing jobs with caregiving. While traditional caregiver support programming has focused on in-home support, transforming workplace attitudes and culture are critical steps in meeting caregivers where they are. Working caregivers are more likely to experience stress and health issues, are at increased risk of quitting, and cost an estimated $33+ billion in lost productivity annually. Offering onsite caregiver support programming adds an enticing employee benefit that can help motivate employees to be engaged and innovative in their workand can help improve employee retention and job satisfaction. Building trust and creating a caring culture requires support of employees responsibilities outside of workplace walls.
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HT03) Medicare Advantage Plans, AAAs and Supplemental Benefits: Updates, Opportunities and ChallengesFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy
Sponsored by: ![]() Come to this session to learn about and discuss the growth of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, the opportunities they present for AAAs and CBOs, and how the federal policy changes that impact value-based care, partnerships at the local level and how beneficiaries social needs are met. The session aims to increase plan, service provider, policymaker, and AAA knowledge on of these community-based LTSS-like benefits that will likely continue to grow in the MA space.
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RT03) Forming and Engaging Networks for Health Care ContractingFocus Area: Health Care Contracting and Integrated Care Join us for an interactive and engaging roundtable session focused on developing and advancing AAA-led networks of social service providers for health care contracting. With a growing need to address social drivers of health and access home and community-based services, health care payers and providers want to work with centralized contracting entities that have the business acumen skills to facilitate connections and referrals to local community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide such supports within a particular geographic catchment area. As such, AAAs across the country are building Community Care Hubs (CCHs) to serve as network conveners and health care contract holders. Come engage with peers from other areas of the country to unpack challenges, leverage ideas and gain insight about developing and connecting with AAA-led networks.
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HT04) Socialcare and Healthcare Integration: Assessments, Workflows and Data Exchange! Oh my!Focus Area: Data, Information Exchange and Interoperability Providing the best care for our clients includes sharing the care for them with health and post-acute clinicians. Appropriate assessments and referrals, proper workflows, and data exchange is critical to ensuring each clinician can provide the best care possible for their patient or client. What information do you need to exchange with health clinicians and how should that data be exchanged? This session will explain the emerging models around sharing care to drive the best outcomes for your clients.
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W56) The Wisconsin Story to End Social Isolation and LonelinessFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement The Wisconsin Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness uses a collective impact approach to bring together public and private entities, service providers and individuals to identify and deploy meaningful responses to the negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness among older adults and adults with disabilities. The coalition's four work groups address public awareness, research, access and detection, and advocacy. Learn about the easily replicable pilot project incorporating the 3-Item UCLA Loneliness Scale into existing intake processes in the Aging Network across the state. In addition, attendees will learn about the process to connect participants into existing local, state and national resources.
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W57) Speed Networking with Nutrition Innovation Grantees: Connect, Learn & Go!Focus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Curious about how to bring fresh new ideas to your nutrition program? Meet and connect with senior nutrition program leaders who are current ACL Innovation in Nutrition grantees! Featured innovations may include: starting a culturally competent and medically tailored meal program; working with local restaurants to modernize congregate nutrition programs; preparing the Aging Network to respond to catastrophic emergencies; utilizing technology to increase access to nutrition education and counseling; and empowering older adults to manage their mental and physical health. Join us for an interactive session where you can have candid conversations, gain insights via peer-to-peer learning and get your questions answered. Walk away with valuable replication tools and contacts. Your opportunities for innovation are endless!
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W58) Off the Couch! Reimagining Volunteerism via Civic MatchmakingFocus Area: Workforce and Volunteerism Retirees seek continued relevance and possess a wealth of experience, skills and connections that can valuably impact community challenges. Facing continued worker shortages, nonprofits need skilled volunteers who can do more than answer phones. Discover a volunteer model with a proven and powerful ability to meaningfully engage retirees with opportunities that match their skills and feed their passions. With an army of skilled baby boomers already retired, and another wave of boomers retiring over the next few decades, communities that implement effective volunteer matchmaking will be the ones that thrive and offer the best quality of life. The future health of our communities depends on it.
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W59) Empowering Older Adults in Your Community to Become Effective AdvocatesFocus Area: Advancing Our Advocacy A civic academy for older adults can propel change in both urban and rural communities. Bostons Age Strong Commission developed the Senior Civic Academy in 2018, which received a USAging Aging Innovations Award in 2020. The Aroostook Agency on Aging which serves Maines largest rural county replicated the Boston program in 2022. Learn how both programs developed based on their unique community needs and assets, as well as how participants used their learning to advocate for change in their communities and at different levels of government. Join this conversation to explore how you can bring the civic academy model to your community and how participants can create change through ongoing advocacy.
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W60) Access to Veterans Benefits, Services and Supports: Leveraging Critical PartnershipsFocus Area: Cutting-Edge OAA and Aging Programs Is your AAA prepared to help veterans access benefits they have earned through their service to our country? Join your AAA counterparts who have leveraged partnerships with the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Centers for Independent Living and others to support veterans in sometimes life-changing ways. Veteran Directed Care (VDC) is a program that offers a unique opportunity for nursing home eligible veterans to remain independent as they age. Hear how Bay Aging, a AAA in Virginia, has successfully brought VDC to life throughout several regions of its state. And find out how Utahs COVER to COVER Program and Five County AAA have developed partnerships with the VA to help veterans access their benefits while filling service gaps, saving money and diverting veterans from public programs.
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W61) Combating Social Isolation Through Technology and Digital InclusionFocus Area: Addressing Social Isolation Through Engagement Taking steps to bridge the digital divide helps older adults access affordable internet, device options and skills they can use to reduce social isolation. This workshop will showcase innovative approaches two Area AAAs are implementing to address barriers to technology access and use. The County of San Diegos Aging & Independence Services will spotlight its Connections, Health, Aging & Technology program, which provides iPads, digital literacy training and technical support to vulnerable and underserved populations. The Howard County Office on Aging in Maryland and Independence will then highlight its efforts to reduce the digital divide and social isolation through education, increased access to affordable technology, development of key partnerships and creation of a Digital Inclusion Specialist.
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W62) Why Age-Friendly Communities MatterFocus Area: Building Livable and Dementia-Friendly Communities People of all ages benefit from the adoption of policies and programs that make neighborhoods walkable, feature transportation options, enable access to key services, provide opportunities to participate in community activities and support housing that is affordable and adaptable. Learn why age-friendly communities matter, how supporting age-friendly communities is within the mission of AAAs, and how Ohios AAAs have engaged with age-friendly communities.
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