Webinar

The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) is hosting their 2020 Annual Symposium on Financial Solutions for Women. The theme will be "Moving Forward: Building, Expanding and Strengthening Women’s Retirement Security". This year's virtual event features retirement marketplace experts who will discuss public policy options and educational initiatives to help women and their families plan for their long-term financial security. 

ACL is hosting an upcoming webinar on how COVID-19 has led to innovation in ID/DD transportation services. The webinar will discuss the ways that states and providers adapted during the pandemic, including updated waivers, procedural strategies, and other creative approaches to ensure continuity in home and community-based services (HCBS) and overall health and safety. This webinar will also address how lessons learned during COVID-19 can be applied to transportation services moving forward. 

The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology is hosting a webinar about the delivery of HARP, a home hazard removal program. The webinar will focus on how an Area Agency on Aging (AAA) implemented this falls reduction program to support aging in place. During the webinar, participants will hear from Dr. Susan Stark, Washington University in St. Louis, who developed and tested the program. St. Louis AAA Executive Director David Sykora will also describe how the program works and its impact in reducing falls among older adults. 

BellAge* is hosting two upcoming webinars for state officials to learn more about the customizable CV19 CheckUp service. During the webinars, Florida Department of Elder Affairs Secretary Richard Prudom will discuss Florida's launch of their CV19 CheckUp service in mid-August.

The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges for people with disabilities and older adults, as well as for the disability and aging networks. But leaders rose to the challenge -- as innovators and inventors, partners and problem-solvers -- and states and ID/DD providers successfully implemented 1915(c) waiver Appendix K strategies and other creative approaches to ensure continuity in HCBS and overall health and safety. Through the pandemic, we discovered opportunities to rethink and redesign home and community-based services. 

The Nation Center on Law and Elder Rights is hosting a webinar to highlight the changes that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has made to its policies and procedures during COVID-19. The webinar will outline the current status of SSA's policies and procedures, with an emphasis on local offices. Participants will also learn tips advocates can use when interacting with SSA on behalf of low-income older adults.

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During the pandemic, supportive home environments for older adults are more important than ever. This webinar will provide strategies for supporting home modification during these unique times. Presenters will emphasize the specific challenges to service delivery that rural communities face and discuss how to address issues such as older housing stock and wide-ranging geographic distances.

The Social Security Administration is hosting an upcoming National Disability Forum on COVID-19 and SSA Programs: Serving Our Beneficiaries Through Unprecedented Times.  During this virtual event, advocates will share best practices for adapting service models during the pandemic. Speakers from government agencies will also discuss how they have modified operations during the pandemic.

Morning Session 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET

The Social Security Advisory Board is hosting a virtual policy forum called Representative Payees: Opportunities to Improve Service Delivery.  During this forum, attendees will learn about an independent study by researchers from the Virginia Tech Center on Gerontology and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging. Panelists will discuss topics including capability determinations, the selection process, training, oversight, and the need for ongoing research and evaluation.

The Administration for Community Living has partnered with the CDC, HRSA, and National Institute on Aging for a webinar series on aging. As part of this series, they are hosting an upcoming webinar on how social isolation and loneliness affect older adults’ health and well-being. Specific focus will be placed on how COVID-19 has impacted older adults and the effects of health disparities. This webinar will also discuss social isolation and loneliness in the context of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.