Annual Meeting 2013 – LeadingAge DC

LeadingAge DC held its first conference on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at the LeadingAge headquarters in Washington DC. This one day education event offered sessions on home and community based services expansion, resident transitions & fair housing and emerging service coordination issues in senior housing.

Speakers included experts Judy Chavis, Executive Vice President of American Association of Service Coordinators, David Piner, CEO of Arbor Acres United Methodist. DC officials Dr. John Thompson, Executive Director of DC Office on Aging and Mr. Harry Sewell, Executive Director and CEO of DC Housing Finance Agency.

This program offered 1.5 hours of fair housing education, 4.0 hours of NAB approved education. In addition, 7.0 hours of NASW CEs. For more information contact leadingagedc@leadingage.org.

Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 Main Conference Room	Registration & Breakfast
9:30 – 10:15	General Session: General Session: “Expanding the Possibilities of Aging”Speakers: David Piner, CEO Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community Winston-Salem, NC How is the field of Aging Services changing and how should your organization respond in order to survive? What do you need to do now in order to meet your mission and plan strategically for the future? Find out how LeadingAge DC can help you expand the possibilities for the District’s seniors and their families.
10:30 – 12:00	Session I A: Fair Housing and Resident Transitions: Two Realities and One Goal, A Positive Outcome Speakers: Cory Kallheim, Director of Legal Affairs, Leading Age and Colleen Bloom, Associate Director of Housing Operations, LeadingAge Understand how fair housing laws apply to all providers Find out how to make your resident transition process as understandable as possible for consumers and their families Learn strategies for dealing with transitions successfully NASW CEUs
10:30 – 12:00	Session I B: Quality for the Future (Advancing Excellence and QAPI)Speakers: Carol Scott, to Field Operations Manager, Advancing Excellence and Dr. Cheryl Phillips, Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy and Doug Pace, Interim Manager, Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care Collaborative Obtain an overview of the nine Advancing Excellence and learn how data can be used to assess changes to daily practice Find out how the probing questions can help determine the root causes of resident issues. Understand the role Advancing Excellence can play in the CMS Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) initiative and how it can impact your daily operations for the better NAB CEUs NASW CEs
12:15 – 12:45	Lunch DC’s Plan for Housing, Services and Long-term CareKeynote Speaker: Dr. Thompson, Executive Director, DC Office on Aging and Harry Sewell, Executive Director DC Housing Finance AgencyDC’s seniors identified housing costs as one of their primary concerns. Seniors are remaining independent longer and want to age in their communities. Find out what DC agencies are doing to increase housing opportunities for DC seniors. Learn about DC’s initiative to overhaul its long term care system and facilitate community based services to keep seniors at homeNAB CEsNASW CEs
2:30 – 4:00	Session II A: Senior Housing or Fast Times at Ridgemont High?Speakers: Judy Chavis, Executive Vice President/Public Policy & Special Projects American Association of Service Coordinators and Susan Shepard, Director of Older Adults and HIV Program, Terrific, INC., Janel Doughten, Associate Director at Center for Housing Plus Services Learn how seniors staying independent longer and what trends service coordinators are seeing in their communities Find out how to address growing issues of increased incidents of sexually transmitted diseases, resident bullying and hoarding Develop tools for resident outreach, counseling and mediation to limit disruption in the community when problems arise NASW CEs
2:30 – 4:00	Session II B: Diversifying Your Mission: Expansion into Home and Community Based ServicesSpeakers: Peter Notarstefano, Director of Home and Community Based Services, LeadingAge, Cynthia Nothom, Director of Hospice at Goodwin House and Bill Pickhardt, VP of HCBS at Asbury, Alisha Sanders, Director of LeadingAge Center for Housing Plus Services Get an overview of the best practices in HCBS Learn about the opportunities and challenges for each provider type Learn what nursing homes need to do in order to expand and deliver services in the community Find out how housing providers can expand into service provision to meet the needs of their aging residents NAB CEs NASW CEs
4:00 – 5:00 Balcony	Networking Reception