Conference Program

2:30–3:30 PM and 4:00-5:00 PM
number of areas including activities, membership, and sustainability.
We will also discuss the FAST model, a network that
reviews suspected cases of elder financial exploitation.
Presenters: Jenefer Duane, Senior Program Analyst, Office for Older
Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Jon Hofacker,
Adult Protective Services Specialist, AgeOptions.
ASA Chairs’ Lecture
MO214 Provocateurs and Predictions
2:30 PM | Columbus AB (East Tower, Gold Level)
Based on the popular TV show format of The View, this session
will engage you in a lively and provocative repartee about the
new world of aging. Noted leaders in our field will opine on the
latest research on the image of aging, reasons why advocacy has
not delivered more results, new players and disrupters in aging
services, and the future of the aging network. Join us in this wide
ranging exchange that will stimulate, inform and entertain.
Presenters: Richard Browdie, MBA, President and CEO, Benjamin
Rose Institute on Aging; John Feather, PhD, CEO, Grantmakers in
Aging; Robyn Golden, MA, LCSW, Director of Health and Aging,
Rush University Medical Center; Joanne Handy, RN, MS, Former
President & CEO Emeritus, LeadingAge California.
MO215 Reliable, Integrated and
Community-Anchored Care for
Older Adults With Disabilities
2:30 PM | Crystal B (West Tower, Green Level)
This session will describe the MediCaring Communities model,
which improves services for elder Medicare beneficiaries with
multiple chronic conditions and functional limitations through
longitudinal care planning, better-coordinated and more
desirable medical services, fully funded and integrated social
services, and local monitoring and management of the area’s
quality and supply of services.
Presenters: Elizabeth Blair, MPP, Research and Management
Associate, Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness; Joanne Lynn,
MD, MA, MS, Director, Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness;
Anne Montgomery, MS, Deputy Director; both of Altarum Institute.
Religion, Spirituality & Meaning
MO217 Exploring the Role of Ethical Wills
and Spiritual Legacies in Faith
Communities and Beyond
2:30 PM | Columbus EF (East Tower, Gold Level)
The retelling of stories keeps religions alive and transmits
spiritual values and precepts to those who follow a particular
tradition. Adherents of these traditions must pass on their
beliefs and values to others and to the wider tradition. By leaving
a spiritual legacy, persons share values and beliefs with other
generations and find meaning in their own living and dying.
Ethical wills can be an effective tool for leaving this legacy.
Presenters: Marty Richards, MSW, LICSW, Retired Gerontological
Social Worker, Richards and Richards; Stephen Sapp, MDiv, PhD,
Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, University of Miami.
Technology, Accessibility
& Transportation
MO219 Policy to Practice:
Assistive Technology and Aging
2:30 PM | Columbus KL (East Tower, Gold Level)
Learn about implementation of effective policies and recent
assistive technology (AT) developments that have produced
positive life-changing results for individuals as they age. AT Act
Programs have created models of quality AT services throughout
the U.S. and are assisting seniors in living, learning, working and
playing. This presentation will focus on putting knowledge into
action, sharing models and exploring AT trends to watch.
Presenters: Rob Groenendaal, Assistive Technology Programs,
Administration for Community Living; Carolyn Phillips, MEd,
Director, Tools For Life.
4:00–5:00 PM | 60-Minute Workshops
Aging in Community
MO221 Alliance for Healthy Aging:
A Collective Impact Approach to
Creating Age Friendly Communities
4:00 PM | Michigan 3 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
The session will outline the development and work to date of
New Hampshire’s Alliance for Healthy Aging, a collective impact
approach to address aging issues. The Alliance is a state wide
collaboration of numerous, diverse stakeholders working toward
a shared agenda and vision in creating an age friendly NH.
Presenters: Laura Davie, MA, Co-Director, Center on Aging and
Community Living/University of New Hampshire; Jennifer Rabalais,
MA, Project Director, UNH Institute on Disability.
MO223 Designing and Evaluating a
Community-Based Falls Prevention Program
4:00 PM | Randolph 2 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
This session will provide an overview of the design and evaluation
of an educational falls prevention program for communitydwelling
older adults. The five-week program was developed
based on sound theoretical underpinnings to reduce fear of
falling and enhance falls efficacy and the program was evaluated
using a pre- and post-test design for effectiveness and participant
satisfaction.
Presenters: Jennifer Tripken, EdD, Assistant Professor; Diana
Venskus, PhD, Associate Professor; both of Marymount University.
MO225 Here, There, Everywhere:
Innovative Implementation of Falls
Prevention Assessment and Programming
4:00 PM | Acapulco (West Tower, Gold Level)
The CDC developed STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths
& Injuries) with the intent of providing tools and educational
materials to identify patients at various levels of risk for a fall,
identify modifiable risk factors, and offer effective interventions.
Learn how STEADI has been implemented in innovative ways.
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