Conference Program

4:00–5:00 PM
medications does not provide long-term success. This presentation
will describe an innovative model using an APRN and RN to
not only decrease the percentage of antipsychotics, but also
improve patient well-being and improve staff satisfaction.
Presenters: Bethany Cheatham, RN, Program Coordinator; Angela
Norman, DNP, GNP, ACNP, Associate Director, Arkansas Aging
Initiative; both of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
MO243 Meeting the Needs of Caregivers
With Evidence-Based Programs
4:00 PM | Michigan 1 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
This session will review the challenges faced by family caregivers
in caring for their loved ones, and the possible negative
impacts on the caregivers’ mental and physical health. We will
discuss a suite of evidence-based programs that have proven to
improve perceived stress, subjective caregiver burden, depression
and sense of control of participating caregivers.
Presenters: Deborah Billa, Grants Manager, WellMed Charitable
Foundation; Sharon Lewis, RN, PhD, FAAN, President, Stress-Busting
Program, LLC; Carol Zernial, MSG, Executive Director, WellMed
Charitable Foundation.
Diversity & Cultures of Aging
MO245 Massachusetts State Commission on
LGBT Aging: Implementing Policy Change
and Service Improvement
4:00 PM | Columbus IJ (East Tower, Gold Level)
Massachusetts convened the country’s first statewide Special
Legislative Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender
Aging in 2014. In 2015 the Commission produced a comprehensive
report addressing overarching recommendations to
state government for changes to long-term support services,
health, housing, and legal issues to benefit LGBT older adults
and caregivers. This session will review the Commission’s
recommendations and their implementation.
Presenters: Lisa Krinsky, MSW, LICSW, Director; Robert Linscott,
MTS, Assistant Director; both of LGBT Aging Project, The Fenway
Institute.
Integrated Care Networks/
Business Acumen
MO247 Building Volume Through
Evidence-Based Programs
4:00 PM | Columbus CD (East Tower, Gold Level)
This session will focus on how CBOs can leverage their expertise
in designing and delivering evidence-based health and social
programs to build client volume, secure healthcare contracts, and
increase referrals from healthcare partners. Panelists will provide
perspectives on implementing, marketing, scaling and sustaining
CDSME, falls prevention and other evidence-based programming.
Presenters: Sandy Atkins, MPA, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives,
Partners in Care Foundation; Kathleen Cameron, MPH, Senior
Director, Center for Healthy Aging, National Council on Aging; Nora
Super, MPA, Chief, Programs and Services, National Association of
Area Agencies on Aging (n4a).
MO249 Insights From a National Business Acumen
Learning Collaborative for Nutrition Programs
4:00 PM | Columbian (West Tower, Bronze Level)
The learning collaborative is an emerging setting for providing
training and technical assistance to community-based organizations
seeking to hone business acumen skills that support
healthcare integration. Learn how the National Resource Center
on Nutrition and Aging is working to identify practice models to
help ready local nutrition providers to be part of the new
healthcare and LTSS system.
Presenters: Ucheoma Akobundu, PhD, RD, Director of Project
Management and Impact, Meals on Wheels America; Molly Haroz,
MFA, Director of Nutrition Programs, LifeCare Alliance.
MO251 Partnering With Municipalities:
Building Sustainable Bridges Between
Community and Clinic
4:00 PM | Wrigley (West Tower, Bronze Level)
Learn about positive outcomes from an expanding partnership
between a healthcare system, nonprofit wellness organization
and a municipality. Falls prevention and self-management are
showing return on investment. This successful partnership
demonstrates reduced healthcare costs and engaged community
members.
Presenters: Maripat Gallas, Director of Implementation; Lynnzy
McIntosh, Executive Director; both of Consortium For Older Adult
Wellness.
Lifelong Learning,
Wellness & Engagement
MO255 Innovative Community-Clinical Linkages:
Engaging Older Adults in Physical Activity
4:00 PM | Randolph 1 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
Learn about EnhanceFitness (EF), an evidence-based group
physical activity program for older adults. EF is disseminated
by Sound Generations and is offered at community organizations.
Collaborating with physical therapists (PTs) offers an
opportunity for community-clinical linkages to connect older
adults to EF.
Presenters: Paige Denison, Director, Health and Wellness and
National Director, EnhanceFitness/EnhanceWellness, Sound
Generations; Marlana Kohn, MPH, Data Analyst/Research, Health
Promotion, University of Washington Maureen Pike, BSN, MPH,
Technical Advisor, Chronic Disease Program, YMCA of the USA.
Mental Health
MO257 Mental Health Self-Care: Practical
Mind/Body Prevention and Applications
4:00 PM | New Orleans (West Tower, Gold Level)
Mental health self-care, practical mind/body prevention and
applications will be described and discussed for older adults.
The clusters of signs of mental health problems will be named,
and various researched mind/body approaches will be described.
Understand how the body and mind interact and how
we can use the energy of the mind to heal the body.
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