Conference Program

9:00–10:30 AM
9:00–10:30 AM
Highlighted Session
TU109 Improving Quality in Programs Serving
Individuals in Need of Long-Term
Services and Supports
9:00 AM | Columbian (West Tower, Bronze Level)
Sponsored by UnitedHealthcare Community & State.
As states move to establish Medicaid managed long-term
supports and services programs, an important consideration will
be how to leverage quality reporting and measurement to improve
services and outcomes. A consistent quality framework lays the
foundation for evidence-based decision-making and advocacy on
MLTSS program design and implementation. Join us in a discussion
with leading national aging stakeholders about the whys and
hows of implementing a meaningful quality framework.
Presenter: Catherine Anderson, MPA, Senior Vice President, Policy
and Strategy, UnitedHealthcare Community & State; Erica Anderson,
MA, Senior Director, The National Association of States United for
Aging and Disabilities.
9:00–10:30 AM
Highlighted Session
TU111 Coming of Age in Aging America:
Documentary and Discussion
9:00 AM | Michigan 1 (East Tower, Bronze Level)
Sponsored by Vital Pictures.
This session will feature a screening of a major public television
documentary, Coming of Age in Aging America, followed by a
panel discussion and Q&A. The film offers a 10,000-foot view of
the challenges and opportunities we face as an aging nation—
with a takeaway message that an aging society is not just about
old people.
Presenters: Donna Butts, Executive Director, Generations United;
Christine Herbes-Sommers, MA, President and Executive Producer,
Vital Pictures Inc.; Paul Irving, JD, Chairman, Center for the Future
of Aging, Milken Institute; Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, PhD, CEO,
FrameWorks Institute.
9:00–10:30 AM | 90-Minute Sessions
Aging in Community
Symposium
TU113 Housing, Health, Advocacy and
Program Services for Aging Veterans
and Their Caregivers
9:00 AM | Columbus GH (East Tower, Gold Level)
Today’s veterans, with an average income below $36,000 per
year, face housing and health challenges. This session will explore
the coordinated services needed to ensure they are able to live full
lives in their homes with adequate income, housing and healthcare,
and the respect due to them. Aging services need to join
forces to provide needed service and advocates on their behalf.
Presenters: Louis Colbert, MSW, LSW, Vice President of Operations,
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging; Leslie Fried, JD, Senior Director,
Center for Benefits Access, National Council on Aging; John Gallina,
Co-founder, Purple Heart Homes; Vicki Thomas, Special Projects
Director, Purple Heart Homes.
TU115 Memory Care: Integrating the
Physical and Social Environments
9:00 AM | Columbus CD (East Tower, Gold Level)
When dementia is viewed as a disability rather than as an
illness, the memory care environment becomes a critically
important part of treatment. This session will focus on how the
physical and social environments in memory care can contribute
to independence, functioning, well-being and community.
Innovative approaches to programming and design in memory
care will be discussed.
Presenters: Vincent Antenucci, MA, Research and Training Manager;
Cameron Camp, PhD, Director of Research; both of Center for Applied
Research in Dementia; William Kotich, Associate; Charles Schreckenberger,
AIA, Principal; both of Braun & Steidl Architects, Inc.
TU117 Political & Financial Sustainability of
Age-Friendly Community Initiatives
9:00 AM | Comiskey (West Tower, Bronze Level)
Each age-friendly community initiative is unique and locationspecific,
but all face political and financial sustainability challenges.
Sometimes the key challenges include competing with
other important issues (affordable housing, homelessness, safe
streets, sustainability/resiliency, etc.) for support. Other times
the key issues include linking and leveraging other ongoing
public and private programs and entities. And everywhere there
is the struggle to secure patient funding.
Presenters: Cathy Boyer-Shesol, MPA, KC Communities for All
Ages Project Manager, Mid-America Regional Council; Valerie
Coleman, MUP, Program Analyst, San Francisco Department of
Aging and Adult Services; Martin Lyons, MBA, Assistant City
Manager/CFO, City of Evanston; Brad Winick, MUPP, MArch, AICP,
Consultant/Catalyst/Dot Connector, Planning/Aging.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
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