Conference Program

National Forum on Family Caregiving
Sponsored by GreatCall.
Monday, March 20 | 12:30–3:30 PM
Regency AB (West Tower, Gold Level)
CEU Credits: 3
Fee: $15 (includes beverages and copy of Generations journal).
Pre-registration is required.
Who is responsible for the care of older adults in the community? From this
question, others naturally arise: Is this care the responsibility of family, society, or a
partnership of both? If society has a role, how far should support extend? Will it
target only those with financial need, or will it extend to middle-income families to
ensure their long-term financial health? Will society fund services sufficiently to
provide affordable substitute care on a sliding fee scale that will enable family
members to continue to work? Or will we continue to see significant numbers of
caregivers leave the workforce annually to support the health needs of a family
member? These and other fundamental policy and values questions loom large in
the future of evolving policy, integration of services, and emerging technologies.
This program will cover the significant acceleration of change in the evolution of
family caregiving over the past 10 years. Join us for a review of these significant
changes with expert authors, researchers and advocates who are tireless in their
commitments to improve family caregiving systems and support.
Presenters: Lynn Friss Feinberg, MSW, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public
Policy Institute; Gail Hunt, President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving; David
Inns, MBA, President & CEO, GreatCall, Inc.; Kathleen Kelly, MPA, Executive Director,
Family Caregiver Alliance; Scott Peifer, MSW, MPPA, Vice President, Alliance Development,
Aging2.0; Jennifer Wolff, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University.
Lynn Friss Feinberg
Kathleen Kelly
Jennifer Wolff
Gail Hunt
Scott Peifer
David Inns
National Summit on Oral Health:
Integrating Dental Care, Health and Wellness to Improve Seniors’ Health
Funded by Gary and Mary West Foundation.
Tuesday, March 21 | 9:00–10:30 AM
Regency C (West Tower, Gold Level)
CEU Credits: 1.5
Fee: $0. Pre-registration is required.
(includes beverages and a copy of Generations journal).
Shelley Lyford
Zia Agha
Paul Downey
Poor oral healthcare is a significant health crisis for seniors. In response to this need, the Gary and Mary West Senior
Dental Center opened in San Diego in 2016 to provide low-income seniors with oral healthcare, while addressing overall
health for a holistic, comprehensive care model which includes health, nutritional, and community support services.
Panelists will discuss this integrated model and initial research findings that explore the model’s scalability and replicability
nationally.
Presenters: Zia Agha, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Clinical Research, West Health Institute;
Karen Becerra, DDS, MPH, President and CEO, Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center; Paul Downey, President and CEO,
Serving Seniors; Shelley Lyford, MA, President and Chief Executive, Gary and Mary West Foundation; Angela Stewart, JD,
Senior Director, Government Affairs, West Health Policy Center.
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