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This webinar will provide an overview of the intersection of aging and the opioid epidemic. It will specifically address issues around treatment as they relate to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Participants will also learn about the national resource Opioid Response Network. 

Presenters: 

Benjamin H. Nguyen, MSW, ASW, CPH Technology Transfer Specialist

Joan Kandel, DO, FAAFP Treatment Consultant

Holly Echo-Hawk, MSc Core Consultant

This webinar will discuss the challenges of traveling by air for individuals living with paralysis. It will describe the alternative options of road or train transport and review the advantages and disadvantages of both modes of travel. Participants will learn about destinations available through railways and roadways, road trips with a vehicle, intercity bus services, and train travel in the U.S.

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N4a previously conducted a poll on how Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) across the country have adapted to serve growing numbers of individuals with dementia and their caregivers. The poll also asked AAAs about the development of initiatives related to brain health. This webinar will review the results of the poll and highlight innovative programs from AAAs. 

This webinar will review the results from the 2018 PACE Mystery Shopper Study. This study used mystery shoppers in six states to asses the accuracy of PACE awareness in counselors supporting LTSS beneficiaries. The six states included in this study are: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. 

Click here to access the 2018 study. 

Cultural competence is widely recognized as essential to the delivery of high quality and effective services and supports by policy makers, health, mental health and social service professionals, educators, and researchers. This NCAPPS webinar will describe the importance of integrating cultural competence with person-centered thinking, planning, and practice. Participants will learn a framework for cultural competence at the individual and organizational levels and hear examples of organizations putting this into practice.

This webinar will provide an overview of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and the program's data collection, known as the National Ombudsman Reporting System (NORS). Participants will learn how this data is used to inform policy and practice. The webinar will also provide an introduction to the AGing Integrated Database (AGID), an online query system based on ACL-related data files and surveys. AGID includes NORS data and can display different levels of focus and aggregation, from individual data elements to full database access.

NCOA's Center for Benefits Access is hosting their annual webinar to review the changes in Medicare for the coming year. During this webinar, presenters will review the landscape of Medicare Advantage and Part D plans in the coming year, explain what people can expect to pay for coverage, discuss how  people with Medicare can maximize their savings during the Open Enrollment Period (Oct. 15 - Dec. 7), and provide an overview of "hot" issues.

The recoridng and slides from this webinar will be made available after the fact.

The Aging and Disability Business Institute is hosting a webinar with Partners in Care Foundation. During this webinar, Partners in Care will discuss how their partnership with a local medical provider helped them develop a model of transitional care management and chronic care management focused on addressing the Social Determinants of Health. The webinar will provide an overview of the CMS policies which allow CBOs to contract with medical providers and discuss specifics such as billing codes and reimbursement rates.

The Ventura County Continuum of Care (CoC) has united many public and private care providers under one coordinated entry system. Shelters, state agencies, law enforcement, health care systems, area agencies on aging and other stakeholders all work cooperatively under this no-wrong-door system. This webinar will cover what Ventura County learned in the process and how you can use these lessons to enhance the way you connect at-risk citizens with the help they need. 

The National Center on Law and Elder Rights is hosting a webinar about the challenges of self-neglect and hoarding in older adults. The webinar will review these issues and discuss the root causes. Participants will learn how to distinguish when these problems become legal issues, learn how to provide assistance, and learn what the lawyer's role should be.

Presenters:
David Godfrey, Senior Attorney, ABA Commission on Law and Aging 
Eileen Dacey, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Specialist, North Shore Center for Hoarding and Cluttering Program