This webinar will provide tips on how people with disabilities can prevent COVID-19. Experts will discuss how individuals with disabilities can stay safe and continue to receive community-based supports and services. Participants will also learn what to do if someone with a disability becomes ill.
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This webinar will discuss how COVID-19 may impact volunteers and volunteer programs. The webinar will focus primarily on SMP, SHIP, and MIPPA programs. During the webinar, participants will learn how to develop a continuity plan and effectively communicate operational changes to volunteers. Other topics will include ACL expectations, maintaining connections to former volunteers, coping with shortages, and moving training online.
Presenter: Stece McCurley, SMP and SHIP Centers Consultant
This webinar will discuss how organizations can better design services to support LGBT individuals with dementia. Participants will learn about dementia risk factors for LGBT older adults, best practices for LGBT dementia care, and LGBT dementia resources. This webinar will also discuss the work of the San Francisco LGBT Dementia Care Project, an innovative project with the goal of increasing access to dementia-capable care for the LGBT community.
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This webinar will discuss the changes that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has made to its policies and procedures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will learn tips for interacting with SSA under these new rules.
AIRS is hosting a webinar on how offices can successfully move to remote operations during this period of social distancing. During the webinar, panelists will address common barriers such as hardware issues and software/technology issues. Participants will also learn about how to support, measure, success, and coach in the virtual world.
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Meals on Wheels America and the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) are co-hosting a second virtual townhall for the national senior nutrition network. The webinar will provide up-to-the-minute information on the response. Participants will hear from Sandy Markwood, CEO of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), and Martha Roherty, Executive Director of ADvancing States regarding how these associations are responding.
This webinar will discuss how legal assistance providers and aging services advocates can adapt to provide remote services. The delivery of remote legal services is an important measure for protecting vulnerable individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. ACL will provide an introduction to this topic. During this webinar, participants will learn about strategies and technology-based tools for virtual legal assistance.
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