Power of Purpose
2017 LeadingAge DC Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 5, 2017
LeadingAge Headquarters, 2519 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
We are lucky. As aging services providers, it’s easy for us to see the value of our work. The lives we touch and the families and caregivers we support—all have an impact well beyond the walls of our organizations.
Together we can make a difference.LeadingAge DC Business Partners and Provider members partner together to improve the lives of the people we serve.
OPENING SESSION
Continuing Education: LADC will apply for 1.25 NAB, NASW, DCBoNursing
Power of Purpose! Moving aging services from an accidental to a valued profession.
Speaker: Robyn Stone, Senior Vice President of Research, LeadingAge and Co-Director, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston
As the Executive Director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research (CFAR), Dr. Robyn Stone is engaged in research related to the aging services workforce. She will share the results of CFAR’s current research aging services workforce as well as practical steps organizations across the country are taking to gain traction in moving from an “accidental” to a valued profession.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS A
Continuing Education: LADC will apply for 1.0 NAB, NASW, DCBoNursing where appropriate
A1 - Putting the Person in Person Centered Care: A look at the power of story telling for those living in memory care.
Speaker: Jay Newton-Small, Co-founder, MemoryWell
What makes you, you? When you introduce yourself to others, how do you describe yourself? Is it what you write on your CV? What you post on Facebook? Your hobbies, your family, your work, your legacy? But what if these things slipped away from you and you could no longer introduce yourself? What if you knew only pieces of these things and were too embarrassed to start an introduction you couldn't finish? Too often, caregivers learn about a resident's amazing life story at their memorial service. A look at the power of story telling for those living in memory care.
Jay Newton Small's Presentation
A2 - Making Connections Across the Ages: How Multi-Generational Programs and Communities Provide a New Sense of Purpose for All
Speaker: Claire Dickey, Associate, Perkins Eastman
The words “multi-generational” or “intergenerational” are increasingly becoming some of the hottest buzz-words in the senior living industry. But what do they really mean, and how can more senior communities successfully integrate intergenerational programming into their communities? In fact, there are numerous variations of intergenerational programming, spanning an enormous spectrum of scale and cost. But whatever the size of the program, when successfully implemented the benefits are vast, improving quality of life for all participants in both tangible and intangible ways. This presentation will delve into why multi-generational programming has gained so much traction among senior living providers, highlighting key statistics about the benefits to both the older and younger generations that participate.
LLA - Learning Lounge Assisted Living Discussion
Speaker: Claudia Scholsberg, Senior Deputy and Interim State Medicaid Director for the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF) and Peter Notarstefano, Director of Home and Community-Based Services, LeadingAge
BREAKOUT SESSIONS B
Continuing Education: LADC will apply for 1.0 NAB, NASW, DCBoNursing where appropriate
B1 - Dealing with Difficult Residents
Speaker: Janel Doughten , Associate Director, B’nai B’rith Center for Senior Services (CSS)
The presentation is divided into two parts: staff can learn how to deal with a difficult resident one on one, and how to create programming for the overall resident community. For the first part, the session will look at how to de-escalate a tense situation, and also understand how their own reactions and feelings may impact the situation, as well as sharing their own ideas. The second part of the training offers solutions to help create community programming for community issues such as gossip and bullying, with a focus on empathy for their neighbors, as well as ideas to help bring together a diverse resident community.
B2 - Maintain Meaningful Partnerships with Acute-Care Providers for Value-Based Care
Speaker: Rob Kerr, CIO, Hartman Executive Advisors
Hospitals, acute care facilities and other health service partners have changing expectations related to technology and data, and senior living communities need to change and evolve operations to be seen as effective collaborators in improving population health. This session will explore how senior living organizations can be prepared for partnership discussions with relevant and accurate data about their communities. The presenter will also discuss how an organization’s technology maturity level supports their business capability, keeps their resident information secure, and impacts and enables strategic partnerships.
LLB- Learning Lounge - Housing Updates and Discussion
Speakers/Facilitators: Linda Couch, VP Housing Policy, LeadingAge
GENERAL SESSION
Continuing Education: LADC will apply for 1.25 NAB, NASW, DCBoNursing
The Language of Ageism and the Single Story of Decline
Speaker: Tracey Gendron, Associate Professor, Dept. of Gerontology, School of Allied Health Professionals, Virginia Commonwealth University
Participants will explore the phenomenon of ageism within all levels of society and professional practice. The cultural narrative of aging as a single story of decline will be discussed and challenged. The negative impacts of ageism and stigma will be discussed along with simple strategies for disrupting them in daily practice.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS C
Continuing Education: LADC will apply for 1.0 NAB, NASW, DCBoNursing where appropriate
C1 - Death with Dignity in the District of Columbia
Speaker: Mark Dann, Regional Campaign Manager and Aging Organizations Liaison, Compassion and Choices
Are you aware of the full range of end of life choices in the District? Mark Dann, Regional Campaign Manager and Aging Organizations Liaison with Compassion & Choices, will cover the District of Columbia’s recently passed Death with Dignity law; how it came into fruition; what are the implications for aging service providers; and what is happening next with the end-of-life options movement.
C2 - The Future is Now: Data Driven, Therapeutic, Person Centered Engagement
Speaker: Charles de Vilmorin, CEO & Co-Founder, Linked Senior & Meaghan McMahon, MSW, Director, MBM Consulting, LLC
Many times, in senior care, an older adult can experience boredom, loneliness and helplessness as they age due to cognitive changes and a lack of person-centered engagement. Subsequently, older adults are at risk for increased levels of isolation, depression, increased fall risk, behaviors associated with dementia, over prescription of drugs such as antipsychotics and antidepressants and low quality of life. Providers are being asked to do more with fewer resources while also facing higher acuity residents, more regulations and falling reimbursement rates.
LLC - Learning Lounge - Skilled Nursing Updates and Discussion
Speaker/Facilitator: Stephanie Kessler, Partner, Senior Living Consulting Group, RKL
The lives we touch and the families and caregivers we support—all have an impact well beyond the walls of our organizations. the walls of our organizations.
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