Adam Perry

Health Policy & Aging Fellow
ATI Advisory
Washington, DC
  • 88-B. Value-Based Care: Transforming Aging Services at the Bedside

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

    88-B. Value-Based Care: Transforming Aging Services at the Bedside

    Medicare Advantage, accountable care organizations, and other value-based care payment models are playing a growing role in aging services. However, the aging services model must change significantly before providers can successfully transition from a volume-focused fee-for-service approach to one that supports prevention and population health management. This session will explore the policy, technology, and clinical changes necessary for a successful transition. Presenters will describe technologies that could enable providers of aging services to access real-time data and provide virtual access to specialty care, all at the bedside. They will also introduce you to the models and technologies that promise to transform care delivery, teach you about potential barriers to delivery system transformation, and give you reasons for optimism.

Krysta Peterson

Assistant Director, Opening Minds through Art (OMA)
Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University
Oxford, OH
  • 105-D. Tackling Loneliness and Ageism Online through the Arts

    • Monday, October 28, 2024

    8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

    105-D. Tackling Loneliness and Ageism Online through the Arts

    An online platform piloted in 2023 by the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University in Oxford, OH, is tackling the twin epidemics of loneliness and ageism by engaging older and younger people in meaningful conversations and creative activities. The Scripps Arts-based, Virtual, Intergenerational, and Dementia-Friendly (AVID) program has connected more than 80 intergenerational pairs by using engaging prompts to facilitate virtual conversations around the arts. This session will introduce you to ScrippsAVID, share findings from its pilot phase, and describe how the program is connecting students and people living with dementia in nursing homes and strengthening intergenerational programming in a tribal community. Presenters will demonstrate the free video-chat platform and invite you to participate in a sample activity.

Matt Phillips

President / CEO
Integrated Development Group II
Northfield, IL
  • 72-L. Tapping For-Profit Expertise to Build for the Future

    • Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

    72-L. Tapping For-Profit Expertise to Build for the Future

    After several years of slower-than-desired progress in developing River’s Edge, New York City’s first life plan community, RiverSpring Living engaged Integrated Development II (ID2), a boutique senior living firm, to complete the project. Through this unique partnership, RiverSpring benefitted from ID2’s expertise without entering a formal joint venture relationship or relinquishing equity. The project is now on track to begin construction in late 2024. This session will describe how the River’s Edge project combined ID2’s entrepreneurial approach with RiverSpring Living’s nonprofit corporate structure, internal resources, and personnel. Presenters will help you understand how a nonprofit organization can work with a for-profit developer to create a winning partnership.

Scott Phillips

Managing Director
Healthcare Management Partners
Nashville, TN
  • 69-I. Changing Course on the Way to a Successful Affiliation

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    69-I. Changing Course on the Way to a Successful Affiliation

    Think there’s only one path for a struggling senior living system seeking an affiliation with another organization? Think again. During this session, representatives of LeadingAge Gold Partner Ziegler will share the experiences of one organization that changed course in the middle of its search for affiliation so it could reassess and address operational challenges more deeply. Presenters will walk you through the organization’s affiliation process, point out the pivot points that signaled the need for a mid-course correction, and identify strategies that ultimately led to success. Learn the steps the organization took to “right the ship,” including the critical conversations its leaders had with residents and team members.

Alex Piriz Mookerjee

Executive Director
Westminster Communities of Florida, Inc.
Orlando, FL
  • 102-B. Helping Residents Manage Mental Health Challenges Across Settings

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

    102-B. Helping Residents Manage Mental Health Challenges Across Settings

    Providers of aging services across the continuum strive to address the needs of residents who live with untreated mental health and substance use conditions. This session will highlight how Westminster Communities of Florida is helping residents manage these conditions. Representatives of that organization will be on hand to review statistics showing the enormous challenges facing older adults in need of mental health support. They will demonstrate how strong metrics, data sharing, and collaboration can strengthen resident health and well-being outcomes in nursing and assisted living settings and how housing professionals with limited resources can support residents experiencing ongoing or acute mental health crises. Learn how these interventions can improve team member and resident satisfaction and the bottom line.

Bonnie Polak

Vice President of Philanthropy & Community Engagement
Trinity Woods (formerly Oklahoma Methodist Manor)
Tulsa, OK
  • 82-I. Pay Attention to Your Sales Team

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    82-I. Pay Attention to Your Sales Team

    Who’s working on the front lines, helping your organization maintain its resident census and remain financially healthy? It’s your sales team, and they deserve your attention. During this session, sales and marketing experts will share their experiences leading and motivating sales teams. Presenters will discuss strategies you can use to encourage your sales team to do its best work, such as offering compensation and incentive programs to motivate the team and implementing effective staffing practices that can improve productivity, increase lead-to-sale conversion rates, shorten sales cycles, and increase occupancy. Learn how to recruit and retain sales team talent and create a motivational work environment for the team working hard to help your organization succeed.

Adrienne Powell Ruffin

VP and Head of LTSS Strategic Initiatives and Operations, LTSS Center
LeadingAge
Washington, DC
  • 28-C. Leadership Diversity: Welcoming Young People of Color

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

    28-C. Leadership Diversity: Welcoming Young People of Color

    Increasing the diversity of your leadership team can help your organization improve its workplace culture and bolster its success. This session will show you how to help younger people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups understand the opportunities available to them in the field of aging services. Learn about LeadingAge initiatives that can help you recruit and retain a diverse team and build the leadership skills of team members once they are hired. Leaders of color will be on hand to share their experiences working in aging services and to offer advice for building a diverse leadership team by opening doors for younger people of color and providing the support they need for a long and fulfilling career in our sector.

Nicole Pretre

President & Chief Executive Officer
Cedar Community
West Bend, WI
  • 23-J. Advancing Sustainability Efforts While Reinforcing Mission and Values

    • Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

    23-J. Advancing Sustainability Efforts While Reinforcing Mission and Values

    Cedar Community in West Bend, WI, is committed to protecting the environment and being a good neighbor in the communities where its five campuses are located. The organization backed up that commitment by giving the Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation 100 acres of land in a primary environmental corridor. This session will explore how Cedar Community’s efforts to promote ecological sustainability have affected its marketing, public relations, fundraising, and operations. Presenters will offer tips for addressing sustainability issues while planning new construction, repositioning, and renovation work. Discover how powerful storytelling about sustainable design can garner stakeholder support, improve marketing efforts, and elevate organizational mission.

Leticia Prieto Alvarez

Program Manager, Expressive Therapies and Brain Health Initiatives
Hebrew SeniorLife
Boston, MA
  • 104-C. Empowering Residents through Community Forums

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

    104-C. Empowering Residents through Community Forums

    Residents who don’t have feelings of empowerment, agency, and purpose may have difficulty thriving in their senior living community. Engaging older adults and their families in open dialogue about what matters most to them can help. This session will explore the benefits of resident and family engagement, which allows aging services providers to hear everyone’s ideas, brainstorm solutions, and implement changes based on suggestions. Presenters will share strategies for developing three engagement opportunities: community councils for the general resident population, community forums for residents with varying cognitive abilities, and family forums for residents’ loved ones. Find out how this engagement process can enhance resident satisfaction and demonstrate your commitment to resident well-being.

Gregor Rae

Chairman, BusinessLab & Founder
Active Age
Aberdeen,
  • 4-D. International Perspectives on Technology and Innovation

    • Monday, October 28, 2024

    8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

    4-D. International Perspectives on Technology and Innovation

    Populations around the globe are aging rapidly, and providers of aging services have much to learn from their colleagues in other countries as we all prepare for projected demographic shifts. During this session, the Global Ageing Network will bring together a diverse group of providers to discuss the future aging services in their respective countries with a particular focus on the role of technology. Hear how the global field of aging services is influenced by the evolving preferences of older persons and the capacity of governments to support needed initiatives. Discover how technology and business innovators are responding to global aging with creative solutions that promise to help build a better and more sustainable future for older adults across the globe.

Kurt Rahner

VP of Information Technology
The Kendal Corporation
Newark, DE
  • 8-G. Advancing Aging Services: Embracing Generative AI and Large Language Models

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

    8-G. Advancing Aging Services: Embracing Generative AI and Large Language Models

    Two out of five nonprofit executives responding to a recent Google survey admitted their organizations were not currently using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, even though they felt optimistic about the role these technologies could play in their organizations. What’s holding these executives back? They are simply unfamiliar with rapidly evolving technologies like Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLM). If a lack of familiarity keeps you from exploring AI, this session is for you. Presenters will share practical examples of how aging services organizations use AI and LLMs to increase administrative efficiency, streamline communications, enhance the resident experience, and support the workforce.

Mike Rambarose

President/CEO
Whitney Center, Inc.
Hamden, CT
  • 48-I. Renew your Organization by Evolving your Leadership Style

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    48-I. Renew your Organization by Evolving your Leadership Style

    Looking to build your organizational capacity and allow team members to seize opportunities and respond to uncertainty? Consider adjusting the traditional hierarchy and structure of your organization. Through a podcast-like interview format, this session will reveal the leadership journeys of aging services leaders who came to a new understanding of their roles as CEO. They’ll explain how they inspired senior team members to give up power so others could be empowered. Discover how team members respond to a less-traditional organizational structure and how a new leadership approach empowered and motivated the entire staff.