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Aging Your Way: Annual Fall Conference & Luncheon
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Hilton Garden Inn (across from Progressive Field)
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

8:00 a.m. BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION

8:30 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Environmental Strategies for Staying at Home

Presenter: Margaret Calkins, PhD, IDEAS Consulting and IDEAS Institute

9:30 a.m. BREAK

9:45 a.m. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

A. Project Assist for Older Adults with Mental Illness: Perception from Consumers, Providers, and Other Stakeholders

Presenters: David M. Bass, PhD; Branka Primetica, MSW (Margaret Blenkner Research Institute of Benjamin Rose) Keith Brown, PhD (Eldercare Services Institute of Benjamin Rose)

B. Warning – Trying to Understand Medicare Part D Can Be Dangerous to Your Health

Presenters: Semanthie B. Brooks, MSW, LISW; Lee Fisher, BS (Katz Policy Institute)

C. It Takes a Village: Essentials for Diverting High-Risk Mental Health Clients from Nursing Home Placement

Presenters: Norbert Rahl, LISW; Cynthia O'Connell, RN, BSN (Eldercare Services Institute)

10:45 a.m. BREAK

11:00 a.m. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS REPEAT (A-C)

12:00 p.m. WRAP-UP MORNING SESSIONS

12:30 p.m.  LUNCHEON PANEL

Radio personality Terry Moir of WDOK Soft Rock 102.1 will moderate a panel of some of our favorite MythBusters: Maury Feren, Rev. Joan Campbell, Connie Harper , and Robert Madison.

 

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