Conference Program

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
Caregiving
WE401 Adopting a State Plan for
Family Caregivers and Making It Work
2:00 PM | Water Tower (West Tower, Bronze Level)
A state plan can enhance your state’s support of family
caregivers. This session will detail challenges faced by family
caregivers, strategies for addressing those challenges across
poor, rural, diverse communities, and collaborative implementation
of these strategies by business, nonprofits and state,
local and tribal governments.
Presenters: Myles Copeland, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Aging
& Long-Term Services Department; Eugene Varela, MPA, State
Director, AARP.
WE403 Caregivers of Adults With Mental Illness:
Results of a National Study
2:00 PM | Comiskey (West Tower, Bronze Level)
This session will present the results of a national study conducted
by the National Alliance of Caregiving in collaboration with
the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Heath
America. This is the first national survey of caregivers of an
adult with mental illness, and the presenters will discuss the
challenges faced by these caregivers and suggest policy
solutions to these issues.
Presenters: Sita Diehl, MA, MSSW, Director, Policy and State
Outreach, Advocacy and Public Policy, National Alliance on Mental
Illness; Rick Greene, MSW, Executive Advisor, National Alliance for
Caregiving.
WE405 What Good is Caregiver Assessment
Without a Care Plan?
2:00 PM | Wrigley (West Tower, Bronze Level)
Without essential knowledge, skills and proven processes,
professionals are not able to use information gathered from
caregiver assessments. This presentation will identify the types
of tools, knowledge and skills needed to create viable and
acceptable care plans to meet caregiver’ needs, and will discuss
implications for selecting and implementing an array of evidence-based
interventions.
Presenters: Jessica Jacobs, MSW, COO; Rhonda Montgomery, PhD,
Founder and CEO; both of Tailored Care Enterprises LLC.
Clinical Care & Transitions
WE407 Care Transitions:
Making a Better Program for Patients
2:00 PM | Roosevelt 1 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
Learn how Catholic Charities used lessons learned to design a
more effective program for patients. A collaboration with Sinai
Health Systems, the program targets patients at highest risk and
provides ongoing case management to reduce readmission.
Data shows that focused, continuous case management and
coordination between the healthcare system and CBOs reduces
costs overall and increases patient health and satisfaction.
Presenters: Meisha Lyons, MPA, Associate Vice President, Care
Coordination; Jeremiah Royster, MA, Hospital Transition Program,
Supervisor; both of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Diversity & Cultures of Aging
WE409 Let’s Talk Medicare Fraud:
How to Create Discussion Groups
With Limited-English-Speaking Elders
2:00 PM | Columbian (West Tower, Bronze Level)
2:00–3:00 PM
In order to find culturally appropriate ways to encourage
limited-English-speaking consumers to prevent and report
healthcare fraud, the Illinois SMP at AgeOptions and the
Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly led discussion
groups with older adults in Cook County. We will discuss the
process, lessons learned and possibilities for replication.
Presenters: Eliza Chan, Wellness and Benefit Access Officer,
Chinese American Service League; Jason Echols, MSW, Health Care
Consumer Protection Coordina, AgeOptions.
Integrated Care Networks/
Business Acumen
WE411 Communities, Caregivers and Individuals:
Why Malnutrition Matters
2:00 PM | Regency D (West Tower, Gold Level)
Learn about malnutrition’s impact on healthcare costs/outcomes
and quality of life. Community-based organizations
(CBOs) face an increased number of seniors with malnutrition;
this emerging reality also offers opportunities for new partners/
funding sources. A coalition of public/private organizations is
launching a CBO “Malnutrition Toolkit” to link malnutrition care
across the continuum and share important resources for older
adults and caregivers to identify and address malnutrition.
Presenters: Mary Arensbery, PhD, RD, Director, Health Policy and
Programs, Abbott Nutrition; Alexandra Lewin-Zwerdling, PhD,
MPA, Senior Advisor, AARP Foundation; Judy Simon, MS,RD, LDN,
Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs Manager, Maryland
Department of Aging; Mary Walsh, MEd, Senior Technical Assistance
Liaison, National Council on Aging.
WE413 Community-Based Personalized Care
Management Model Using Health Coaching
2:00 PM | Roosevelt 3 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
Learn about innovative, personalized and integrated lifestyle
management and evidence-based solutions for aging populations
that go beyond traditional models. Programming based on
tenants of behavior modification, care coordination, patient
advocacy and primary care physician/client relationships using
health goals as the primary driver of change.
Presenters: Beth Kollas, MS, PhD, Executive Director, Health
Outcomes; Bethany Meadows, MHR, Project and Program Manager,
Health Strategies; both of YMCA of Central Florida.
WE415 You Can Do It Too! Healthcare
and Aging Organizations Partner
to Improve Dementia Care
2:00 PM | Columbus AB (East Tower, Gold Level)
This session is part of a full-day program presented by ASA’s
Healthcare and Aging Network (HAN).
The national pilot projects to better serve people with both
Medicare and Medicaid have fostered creative partnerships
between aging and healthcare organizations. Using Alzheimer’s
as an example, develop skills and acquire tools to approach
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