BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Benjamin Rose - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Benjamin Rose X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.benrose.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Benjamin Rose REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260915T130000 DTSTAMP:20260805T161422Z CREATED:20260805T161420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T161422Z UID:10011897-1789473600-1789477200@www.benrose.org SUMMARY:What the Midterms Mean for Older Adults DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin nationally recognized aging policy leader Bob Blancato for a nonpartisan conversation about how the 2026 midterm elections may shape policies affecting older adults and caregivers. From healthcare and long-term care to federal funding and aging services\, this session will help you understand the issues\, opportunities\, and challenges ahead. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Speaker\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robert “Bob” Blancato President\, Matz\, Blancato and Associates; National Coordinator of the Elder Justice Coalition \n Robert Blancato Robert “Bob” Blancato is the National Coordinator of the bipartisan 3000-member Elder Justice Coalition. He is also President of Matz\, Blancato and Associates\, the Executive Director of the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs\, and the National Coordinator of the Defeat Malnutrition Today coalition. \n \nBob has long been recognized as a national advocate with policy expertise on behalf of older adults. He has testified numerous times before House and Senate Committees\, most recently in 2022 before the House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. \n \nBob’s prior work history includes 17 years as a staffer in Congress and an appointment by President Clinton to be the Executive Director of the 1995 White House Conference on Aging\, one of four he has participated in. He is a member of the Senior Executive Service. \n \nAs a volunteer\, he currently serves as second vice chair of the AARP board and is also on the AARP Foundation\, and the board of the National Hispanic Council on Aging. From 2019 to 2023\, Bob served on the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services\, appointed by HHS Secretary Azar. URL:https://www.benrose.org/event/what-the-midterms-mean-for-older-adults/ CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops LOCATION:https://www.benrose.org/event/what-the-midterms-mean-for-older-adults/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T130000 DTSTAMP:20260730T191426Z CREATED:20260730T191337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T191426Z UID:10011896-1789646400-1789650000@www.benrose.org SUMMARY:Ask the Expert - Nutrition and Caregiving DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Laura Borth for an interactive Ask the Expert session that will cover the biggest nutrition challenges that older adults face. \n\n\n\nParticipants will learn about important warning signs to watch for that could indicate a health issue\, and the facts behind common nutrition myths and misconceptions. You’ll also receive some helpful nutrition resources to learn more. \n\n\n\nBring your questions and leave with practical tips you can use every day! \n\n\n\nThe Ask the Expert webinar series is an interactive educational experience that allows you to get answers to your most pressing questions about care. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Laura Borth Policy Director at the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs \n Laura Borth is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with over a decade of experience in nutrition\, including clinical practice\, research\, and policy.\n\nAs the Policy Director at the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs\, she focuses on strengthening nutrition and aging services at the national level.\n\nShe also supports policy and advocacy for the Elder Justice Coalition\, and Defeat Malnutrition Today Coalition. URL:https://www.benrose.org/event/nutrition-and-caregiving/ CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops LOCATION:https://www.benrose.org/event/nutrition-and-caregiving/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T163000 DTSTAMP:20260812T202020Z CREATED:20260810T192057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T202020Z UID:10011898-1793866500-1793896200@www.benrose.org SUMMARY:When Safe Is Good Enough: Practical Strategies to Manage Severe Hoarding DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe risk inherent in many hoarding situations is high not only because the living environment is highly cluttered and often dilapidated but because the individual lacks the physical\, psychological\, and social capacity to live safely and comfortably in a highly-cluttered environment. This interaction between an unsafe environment and poor functional capacity defines severe hoarding. Severe hoarding is a serious and growing problem that can lead to eviction\, homelessness\, and death. Those with the problem often have other psychiatric disorders as well as little awareness of the consequences they face living in a hoarding environment. \n\n\n\nWhen Safe Is Good Enough: Practical Strategies to Manage Severe Hoarding is a day-long workshop that focuses on a harm reduction approach that includes skills training to assist clients\, family members\, and concerned others to manage severe hoarding situations. \n\n\n\nThe workshop includes a description of the phenomenon\, the factors that influence harm potential\, methods to assess harm potential and develop an intervention plan\, motivational interviewing strategies to engage clients\, family members\, and concerned others in the harm reduction approach and how to teach clients select cognitive and behavioral skills to manage the problem. \n\n\n\nTickets for the workshop cost $35 for students and $50 for general attendance. \n\n\n\nThe ADAMHS Board is an approved provider through the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board and the Ohio Counselor\, Social Worker\, Marriage and Family Therapist Board offering Recognized Clock Hours (RCH) to Chemical Dependency Professionals\, as well as Continuing Professional Education hours (CEUs) to Counselors and Social Workers and has awarded 6 CEU/RCHs for this conference. All participants must attend the entire conference and complete an evaluation form with full licensure information to receive CEUs/RCHs. No partial CEUs/RCHs will be provided. Please allow 30 days from date of conference for attendance to be recorded in CE Broker and receipt of certificate. Certificates will be emailed to the email address used at registration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Speaker\n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Michael A. Tompkins Co-Director of the San Francisco Bay Area for Cognitive Therapy \n Dr. Michael A. Tompkins is co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area for Cognitive Therapy. He pioneered the application of the harm reduction approach to the problem of hoarding which is highlighted in his two books\, “Digging Out: Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter\, Hoarding\, and Compulsive Acquiring” (with Tamara L. Hartl) published by New Harbinger Press and “The Clinician’s Guide to Severe Hoarding: A Harm Reduction Approach\,” published by Springer Publishing Company. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the understanding of hoarding and cluttering by the San Francisco Mental Health Association. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Agenda\n \n\n\nTimeDescription8:15 AM- 8:50 AMRegistration and Breakfast in person Log on and attendance for online registrants  8:50 AM-9:00 AMWelcome and Introduction of Michael Tompkins Ph.D.\, Keynote Speaker ●Leshia Yarbrough Franklin Hoarding Connection Co-Chair and ADAMHS Board Cuyahoga County  9:00 AM-10:30 AM●Hoarding Behaviors\, Hoarding Disorder and squalor. ●Insight functional capacity and harm potential. Rationale for a harm reduction approach to severe hoarding situations. 10:30 AM-10:45 AMBreak  10:45 AM-12:15 PM●Assess harm potential and identify harm reduction targets●Develop a plan and decide where to begin●Engage and manage pushback with Motivational Interviewing  12:15 PM-1:15 PMLunch  1:15 PM-2:45 PM●Build skill: sort and discard●Build skill: solving problems●Build skill: manage distraction  2:45 PM-3:00 PMBreak  3:00 PM-4:30 PM●Build skill: manage distress●Develop an ongoing plan to monitor harm and keep the door open  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Funded by URL:https://www.benrose.org/event/when-safe-is-good-enough-practical-strategies-to-manage-severe-hoarding/ LOCATION:Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio\, 6393 Oak Tree Blvd\, Independence\, Ohio\, 44131\, United States CATEGORIES:Events & Workshops END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR