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Oral Health America is hosting a webinar as part of their Wisdom Tooth Project. S2S Solutions, Ltd, focuses on the needs of family caregivers and quality of life/care concerns for today's older Americans. Learn more S2S Solutions in this webinar. The basics in human care are often overlooked in today’s healthcare system, especially for our nation’s older adults. These “small” gaps in care, things like personal hygiene, cost everyone greatly. There is hope, however.

The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting a webinar on Alzheimer's disease and wandering. Wandering is a significant issue for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and their loved ones. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, three of five people with Alzheimer’s disease will wander. If not found within 24 hours, up to half of individuals who wander will suffer serious injury or death.

The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting a webinar for professionals in the field of aging on social media platforms. Social media platforms are changing the way Area Agencies on Aging, health promotion programs, gerontologists, geriatricians, doctoral candidates, students and professionals in aging services communicate. Today, social media offers us a way to directly connect and interact with clients, influencers and policy makers.

The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) recently launched a national campaign highlighting research suggesting that older adults who volunteer for as little as two hours a week reap major physical, mental and emotional health benefits. They are hosting a webinar on their new campaign that focuses on health benefits of volunteering and how to give recruitment a boost. 

Relias Learning is hosting a webinar about using measurement based care techniques for integrating behavioral health into primary care. A critical component to success for programs that attempt to integrate behavioral health into primary care settings is the use of measurement based care (MBC) principles.

The National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) is hosting a webinar on the basics of Medicaid. The webinar is free for NCIL members and has a cost of $25 for non-members and registration is limited. Learning objectives for the webinar include: understanding what Medicaid decisions are state and federal; introducing mechanisms for modifying state programs; and introducing Medicaid managed care. Speakers for the webinar are Ken Smith, CEO, Dual Eligible and Long Term Supports and Services Populations, UnitedHealth Group and Kelly Buckland, Executive Director, NCIL.

AARP is hosting a Solutions Forum on the topic of "Families Caring for An Aging America: Current Landscape and Opportunities for the Future." The event will take place on Thursday, December 1, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET at the Washington Court Hotel in D.C.

The National Consumer Voice for Long-Term Care is hosting a webinar on the revised federal nursing home regulations. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just released its revised nursing home regulations. These regulations are dramatically different from the previous regulations, and will impact the lives and care of nursing home residents for years to come.

Being diagnosed with a chronic illness or disability often means changes in a person’s lifestyle, employment and even hopes and dreams. Along with these changes, new financial challenges emerge. The web event, “True Help Claiming Power to Improve Your Finances” can help individuals with chronic illness and disability take manageable steps to improve their financial outlook and quality of life. Join the National  Stroke Association, Colon Cancer Alliance, Caregiver Action Network and Allsup live on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at noon, CT. 

The American Society on Aging's 2017 Aging in American Conference will be held in Chicago from March 20 to March 24. The focus of AiA17 is innovation, including innovative policies, programs, practices, models, businesses, technologies, learning and more from across the field of aging. Register now to join this conference community of nearly 3,000 multidisciplinary professionals who, like you, are working to improve the lives of older adults. The early-bird discount ends on October 31, 2016.