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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22<br />
7:00–8:00 AM | Morning Exercise<br />
WE101 Chair Chi: Seated Tai Chi for<br />
Movement Impaired Populations<br />
7:00 AM | Plaza A (East Tower, Green Level)<br />
Chair Chi is a gentle exercise program developed by Pat Griffith to<br />
help people receive the benefits of traditional Tai Chi Chuan in the<br />
comfort and safety of their chair. This allows people who cannot<br />
stand or do not feel confident with their balance to participate.<br />
Presenter: Patrick Griffith, Founder, Chair Chi.<br />
WE103 YogaRate Stretch and Connect<br />
7:00 AM | Plaza B (East Tower, Green Level)<br />
YogaRate Stretch and Connect is a 60-minute morning exercise<br />
session with gentle, easy-to-follow yoga poses and postures<br />
blended with basic martial art techniques. YogaRate is geared<br />
toward balance, flexibility, and physical conditioning. Guided<br />
techniques encourage stress release, mental focus, improved<br />
flexibility, and increased energy and vitality to start the day. All<br />
levels and abilities.<br />
Presenter: Crystal McGaha, NSU Graduate Student of Gerontology.<br />
8:00–9:00 AM | Morning Exercise<br />
WE105 Group Drumming for Wellness<br />
8:00 AM | Riverside Exhibition Center<br />
(East Tower, Purple Level)<br />
Warm up your body and spirit by making MUSIC! We’ll use our<br />
bodies, drums, and various hand percussion instruments to<br />
groove together. You’ll also learn techniques and resources for<br />
bringing these group drumming experiences back to your<br />
community. No prior music experience required! You may bring<br />
your own drum; instruments will also be provided.<br />
Presenter: Rachelle Norman, MA, MT-BC, Founder, Soundscaping<br />
Source LLC.<br />
9:00–10:30 AM | 90-Minute Workshops<br />
Aging in Community<br />
WE107 Housing With Services: A Model That Works<br />
9:00 AM | Haymarket (West Tower, Bronze Level)<br />
Affordable Housing for seniors is no longer just bricks and<br />
mortar. Creative Housing and Services has created a team<br />
approach to housing that provides services and activities to care<br />
for the whole person (mind, body and spirit) through their<br />
Creative Plus <strong>Program</strong>. The team will share their challenges,<br />
funding opportunities and resident success stories.<br />
Presenters: Christina Cerrato, MA, COS, CPM, Director of Operations,<br />
Affordable Housing; Sylvia Karl, MSG, Vice President,<br />
Affordable Housing; both of Episcopal Community and Services.<br />
7:00–8:00 AM and 9:00–10:30 AM<br />
WE109 The Community Reinvestment <strong>Program</strong>:<br />
How Illinois Is Improving the<br />
Way We Serve Seniors<br />
9:00 AM | Wrigley (West Tower, Bronze Level)<br />
Learn how the Illinois Department on Aging has launched an<br />
innovative new initiative serving seniors in Illinois who are not<br />
eligible for Medicaid. This person-centered program will allow the<br />
state to continue providing services to older adults in Illinois in a<br />
fiscally responsible manner regardless of their Medicaid eligibility<br />
status while offering greater flexibility in service delivery.<br />
Presenters: Jean Bohnhoff, Director; Jennifer Reif, Deputy Director;<br />
Matt Ryan, Chief of Staff; all of Illinois Department on Aging.<br />
WE111 The Well-Home Network:<br />
Building Partnerships to Advance a<br />
National System of Services and Supports<br />
9:00 AM | Columbus GH (East Tower, Gold Level)<br />
National Center for Healthy Housing, Families USA and Leading-<br />
Age are forming The Well-Home Network, a national network of<br />
housing where person-directed care and services can make<br />
aging safely at home a reality for all American seniors. The panel<br />
will discuss the financing, data and policy barriers—and<br />
solutions—to building this national network.<br />
Presenters: Joseph Ditre, JD, Consultant; Nancy Rockett Eldridge,<br />
MS, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing; Robyn<br />
Stone, DrPH, Executive Director, Center for Applied Research,<br />
LeadingAge.<br />
Business & Leadership<br />
WE113 Age Smart Employer Awards: A Replicable<br />
Model for Innovative Employer Engagement<br />
9:00 AM | Toronto (West Tower, Gold Level)<br />
Learn about how the Age Smart Employer Awards reward<br />
employers who recruit, retain and engage workers of all ages,<br />
including older workers, and encourage others to do the<br />
same. Innovative approaches to employer engagement will<br />
be discussed.<br />
Presenters: Caitlin Adams, MA, Staff Associate, Columbia Aging<br />
Center; Dorian Block, MS, Senior Staff Associate, Columbia Aging<br />
Center; Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, Associate Director, Robert N. Butler<br />
Columbia Aging Center; Amy Scherber, Founder, President, Amy’s<br />
Breads; Clayton Shedd, MPA, Senior Director of Business Development,<br />
Columbia Business School.<br />
WE115 Starting a Jobs Center for Workers 45+<br />
9:00 AM | Acapulco (West Tower, Gold Level)<br />
Many job seekers would like to work longer, but many find it<br />
challenging to find that next job. Learn how a jobs center for<br />
workers 45+ offers candidates retraining options, coaching,<br />
professional networking groups and job clubs, job seeker/<br />
employer events, a resource room, a free job board and paid and<br />
unpaid internships. Candidates get what they need and find<br />
work in half the time that it takes others.<br />
Presenters: Joan Cirillo, MS, Executive Director; Martha Fields, MA,<br />
<strong>Program</strong> Manager, ABLE AgeWorks; Mark Gyurina, MS, Chief<br />
<strong>Program</strong> Officer; all of Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston.<br />
96 2017 Aging in America <strong>Conference</strong>