Webinar

This webinar will showcase successful MIPPA outreach and enrollment tactics for reaching those who could benefit most from Medicare drug (through LIS) and medical assistance (through MSP) programs. Area Agency on Aging staff will present some promising practices from the field in getting low-income Medicare beneficiaries into LIS and MSP. Representatives from AAAs in Wisconsin and Iowa will be on hand to discuss some of their outreach strategies and answer questions.

This webinar will provide participants with information on outreach and recruitment with the hard to reach populations of people with dementia and their caregivers. Presenter Anne Wolf will speak about efforts in South Carolina to serve rural areas of the state by providing services for people with dementia and their caregivers. Jed Levine will speak about outreach and recruitment of people with dementia and their caregivers in the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities.

This webinar will highlight the problem of substance abuse and misuse among older adults, underscoring key data and trends around this issue. Two interventions targeting substance abuse and misuse will also be explored. Presenters include Kristen Barry, PhD, Research Professor Emerita, University of Michigan; Renee Pepin, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging; and Robert W. Hazlett, PhD, Behavioral Health Management Consultant, Consultant/Trainer National SBIRT ATTC.

One third of seniors are economically insecure. Find out how your senior center can make a difference. In this webinar, senior center directors who have participated in NCOA’s Economic Security Initiative and our Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Enrollment Initiative will share best practices, lessons learned, and tools and resources. 

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program final rule guides implementation of the portions of the Older Americans Act governing grants to states for operation of Long-Term Care (LTC) Ombudsman programs. Presented by ACL staff, this webinar will provide an opportunity to review sections of the rule including:

One of the few constants in the field and practice of I&R is change: new programs and services, new technologies, new reporting requirements and partnerships. Individuals can find change difficult after becoming comfortable in the familiarity of the processes and functions learned over the years. On Tuesday, February 24, AIRS will host a webinar featuring  former AIRS President Faed Hendry of Findhelp Information Services in Toronto, Ontario, to discuss why we resist change and how to manage change.

After gathering public questions and comments in the focus areas of healthy aging, long-term services and supports, retirement security, and elder justice, the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) will host a discussion with 2015 White House Conference on Aging Executive Director Nora Super for a Family Caregiving Tele-Town Hall. Guest speakers will include NAC President/CEO Gail Gibson Hunt and Caregiver Action Network CEO John Schall.

This webinar will provide participants with information on personal experiences, advocacy efforts, and helpful practices for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/D) and dementia. Mary Hogan will speak about her personal experience as guardian for her late brother and an advocate for her brother and others with intellectual and developmental disabilities and dementia. Phil McCallion will speak about promising practices of how to work with people with ID/D and dementia.