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The growing population of older adults is creating unprecedented pressure on our health care system and social safety net. States, MCOs, area agencies on aging, health care providers, and community-based organizations must include the implications of the Chronic Care Act (CCA) into their ongoing strategies for serving adults with complex care needs. This webinar will help chart that course and identify the key components of the CCA most likely to affect you in 2019.

The presenter for this webinar will be Tamyra Porter, Director of Healthcare at Navigant. 

The Employment Policy and Measurement Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (EPM-RRTC) State of the Science Conference will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Following this event, the Annual Disability Statistics Compendium Event on Wednesday, February 13. These events are both held in Washington DC and offer both in-person and webcast participation options.  The agenda, presenters, and logon procedures (for web viewers) will be emailed to attendees as they become available.

Registration for this event is free.

NORC has announced the launch of a five-part webinar series on the revised National Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS) training materials created by NORC. This webinar series will introduce the new training materials to help programs prepare for the transition to new codes, definitions, and activities on October 1, 2019. The first webinar will introduce the revised data collection instructions for the National Ombudsman Reporting Systems (NORS).

The following four webinars will cover each part of the revised four-part training: 

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is hosting a three-part webinar series on pain medication education and resources. The first webinar in this series will provide an introduction to a fundamental baseline of pain medications. It will discuss the types of pain caused by living with paralysis and the corresponding medications that may be taken. Finally, this webinar will cover potential resources for staying updated about pain medications.

RThe 2019 Consumer Voice Conference will take place from November 3-6. The Conference will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. Registration is now open! This year's theme is Stand for Quality!  

At the 2019 Conference, you will:

The National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center is hosting a webinar on the strategies, challenges and benefits of measuring outcomes to evaluate dementia programs and interventions. The webinar will review multiple methods for collecting outcome data. It will also discuss important considerations when selecting outcome measures, including measurement burden as well as frequency and scheduling of data collection.

NCLER is hosting a webinar on recognizing the potential signs of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. This training is the first part in the forthcoming National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER) Elder Justice Toolkit.