Conference Program

1:30–2:30 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
Presenters: Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, President, The John A.
Hartford Foundation; Jennifer Severance, PhD, Assistant Professor
and Program Director, Institute of Healthy Aging, Center for Geriatrics,
University of North Texas Health Science Center; Donald Smith,
MA, Vice President, Community Development Division and Director,
Area Agency on Aging, United Way of Tarrant County; Nora Super,
MPA, Chief, Programs and Services, National Association of Area
Agencies on Aging (n4a).
TU205 Interdisciplinary Teams, Training, Team
Regard and Turnover Intention in Social Work
1:30 PM | Gold Coast (West Tower, Bronze Level)
This session will strengthen understanding of social work within
interdisciplinary palliative care and hospice teams. Training
strategies and results from the interprofessional Coleman
Palliative Medicine Training program will be provided. Results
from a 2016 study of social workers from Illinois Medicare-certified
hospice programs will address job satisfaction, spiritual
well-being and team regard.
Presenters: Holly Nelson-Becker, PhD, Professor; Kimberly
Sangster, MSW, MDiv, PhD(c), Graduate Student, School of Social
Work; both of Loyola University Chicago.
Lifelong Learning,
Wellness & Engagement
TU207 Bringing Astrophysics to Older Adults:
Making Science Meaningful
1:30 PM | Columbus IJ (East Tower, Gold Level)
Part of a full-day program presented by ASA’s
Lifetime Education and Renewal Network (LEARN).
Older adults are craving meaningful lifelong learning opportunities.
Academics and researchers have a plethora of knowledge
that doesn’t always translate well into content that is appropriate
for older adults. This session features a collaboration
between The University of Chicago Department of Astronomy
and Astrophysics; KAVLI Institute, Forward Chicago, Chicago’s
AAA, and a gerontologist who trained the academics on how to
best present to older adults.
Presenters: Joyce Gallagher, MA, Executive Director, Senior
Services, Area Agency on Aging, Chicago Department of Family and
Support Services; Daniel Grin, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of
Physics and Astronomy, Haverford College; Karen Kolb Flude, MS,
RFG, Principal, Age with Ease.
TU209 Inspiring Good Health Through Health
Partnerships in a Public Housing Authority
1:30 PM | Roosevelt 3 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) supports senior residents’
efforts to lead healthy lives and age in place. This
workshop will describe a health partnership initiative that
includes an application review process and opportunities to
provide health education and screening services to seniors.
Criteria for approval and examples of health partnership
programming will be provided.
Presenters: Evelyn Almeida, Senior Service Coordinator; Venis
Frazier, Senior Service Supervisor, Resident Services; Andrew
Teitelman, LCSW, Director, Senior Services & Health Initiatives;
all of Chicago Housing Authority.
TU211 Protecting Against Common Types of Fraud
1:30 PM | Soldier Field (West Tower, Bronze Level)
Older Americans are frequent targets of fraud. This workshop
will introduce participants to a free, reliable resource from the
National Endowment for Financial Education: Financial Workshop
Kits. This fraud workshop is designed to help people learn
to recognize various types of fraud, respond to fraud and take
steps to prevent targeted types of fraud.
Presenter: Mary Jeannette Schultz, MA, Manager of Financial
Workshop Kits, National Endowment for Financial Education.
Policy, Advocacy & Ethics
TU213 Ahead of the Curve or Behind the Times?
Reverse Mortgage Myth Busting
1:30 PM | Michigan 3 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
Reverse Mortgage myth busters! Reverse mortgages have
changed significantly in recent years. It can be challenging,
even for experts, to keep up with the facts. As the Home Equity
Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program continues to evolve,
many outdated assumptions persist about these unique home
equity loans. This workshop assembles a diverse group of
policy experts to clarify what’s new and true about HECM
reverse mortgages.
Presenters: Amy Ford, MBA, Senior Director, Home Equity Initiatives
and Social Accountability, National Council on Aging; James
Miner, MA Public Policy, Policy Analyst, Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau; Lori Trawinski, PhD, CFP, Director, Banking and
Finance, Economic and Consumer Security Team, AARP Public
Policy Institute.
ASA Chair’s Lecture
TU215 Let’s Talk Senior Poverty:
What Are We Doing About It?
1:30 PM | Columbus GH (East Tower, Gold Level)
New measures of economic security reveal that poverty rates
among older adults are high and growing. This is especially true
among seniors of color, women and LGBT seniors. So what, as
an aging advocacy community, are we doing about it?
Presenters: Paul Nathanson, JD, Special Counsel; Kevin Prindiville,
JD, Executive Director; both of Justice in Aging.
TU217 Mental Health and Aging Policy
in the New Administration
1:30 PM | Columbus AB (East Tower, Gold Level)
Part of a full-day program presented by ASA’s
Mental Health and Aging Network (MHAN) and
National Council on Mental Health and Aging (NCMHA).
A new federal administration offers new opportunities for
addressing the unmet behavioral health needs of older
Americans. This session will be an interactive panel discussion
with senior executive leadership from federal agencies sharing
their current and planned initiatives to address older adult
behavioral health issues.
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