Webinar

N4a is presenting a five-part webinar series on improving the well-being of older adults through social engagement. The first webinar in this series is called engAGED: Increasing Social Engagement through the Arts, and will focus on how creative activities can improve the engagement of older adults. This webinar will be held Wednesday April 25 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET and will be presented by Jennie Smith-Peers, executive director of the National Center for Creative Aging, and Beth M. Bienvenu, accessibility director of the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Easterseals, an organization that provides services for people with disabilities and veterans, is partnering with Freddie Mac to present an educational webinar about financial literacy. The webinar will be held Wednesday, April 25th from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET and will focus on the unique financial challenges faced by caregivers, people with disabilities, and veterans.

As part of the Knowledge in Motion Lecture and Webcast Series, SNERSCIC is presenting a webinar on aging and long-term spinal cord injuries. The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 19^th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. ET and will feature Jan Lexell, MD, PhD from Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr. Lexell is a neuroscience professor whose research focuses on the life-long implications of neurologic disabilities.

When working with integrated care systems, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) may find it beneficial to work collaboratively with other CBOs in a way that allows them to build on one another’s strengths and better position them to meet the needs of integrated care payers. There are a variety of ways to structure this type of collaboration, including Independent Practice Associations (IPAs).

The CMS Office of Minority Health and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity (SAMHSA OBHE) are hosting The Forum on Opioids: Strategies and Solutions for Minority Communities on April 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET. The forum will address opioid use and behavioral health in the context of minority populations. Topics covered will include prevention, diagnosis, intervention, recovery, and access to services .

The Aging and Disability Business Institute is hosting a webinar on April 24 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET about The Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS) model. The AIMS model was developed to help improve collaboration of medical and social services and grew out of the need to more fully incorporate the social determinants of health into medical practice. The program works by pairing masters-prepared social workers with primary care teams in order to identify, address and monitor social factors which affect health.

The American Society on Aging (ASA) is hosting a webinar on palliative care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and Dementia. This webinar is part of the National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center webinar series sponsored by the Administration for Community Living.