Megan Christopher

AVP, Sales & Service
UST
Oxnard, CA
  • 128-G. Winning Strategies to Lower Unemployment Expenses

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

    128-G. Winning Strategies to Lower Unemployment Expenses

    How can your nonprofit organization adopt cost-saving strategies that streamline Human Resources processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and create operational efficiencies, all while mitigating risk and lowering costs? This session can help answer that question. Join representatives from UST to explore different unemployment funding options, including a little-known federal exemption, that can help 501(c)3 organizations lower their unemployment expenses. Hear a success story from a LeadingAge member who used these options to save money and time while strengthening its organization.

Allison Ciborowski

President & CEO
LeadingAge Maryland
Sykesville, MD
  • 119-B. Life Plan Community Update

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

    119-B. Life Plan Community Update

    Two influential forces drive legislative activities in life plan community oversight: consumer advocacy groups and LeadingAge. Working closely with its state partners, LeadingAge proactively tracks legislative and consumer advocacy activities and supports efforts to protect life plan communities and the older adults they serve. This session will provide a thorough review of current state and federal activities related to life plan communities. An expert panel will discuss the implications of these activities for providers, explore the role that LeadingAge and its state partners are taking to influence those activities, and look ahead to anticipate strategic preparations that must take place now to secure the life plan community model for the future.

Alex Clark

Founder & Consultant
Turnlane
  • 51-L. Prepare for Your Organization’s Next Executive Transition

    • Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

    51-L. Prepare for Your Organization’s Next Executive Transition

    Research shows that organizations with comprehensive executive transition plans are more likely to achieve organizational goals, while those neglecting such planning often find themselves navigating instability and other challenges. This session will explore intentional and proactive approaches to transition planning for boards of directors and executive leaders. Participants will learn how to foster transition readiness in their organizations and optimize the chances for a successful leadership changeover. Come prepared to shift your mindset from viewing transition planning as an obligation to embracing it as a transformative process that could propel your organization toward growth, development, and sustained impact.

Jaime Cobb Tinsley

V.P. Dementia & Caregiver Education
James L. West Center for Dementia Care
Fort Worth, TX
  • 115-K. Trauma-Informed Memory Care

    • Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

    115-K. Trauma-Informed Memory Care

    Trauma can occur at any time in our lives, but we respond to it differently as we age. That response is often more complicated for a person living with dementia, who may struggle with trauma from their past while trying to navigate an unknown future. This session will show you how to recognize trauma in people living with dementia, help these individuals heal, and prevent re-traumatization. A Montessori dementia care professional and a licensed counselor will introduce you to trauma-informed care and explore how you can build a team to provide this care in your organization. You’ll also learn how to conduct effective support groups for people in the earliest stages of dementia and their family members.

Scott Code

Vice President, CAST
LeadingAge
Washington, DC
  • 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.

  • 123-E. Lessons from California’s Data Exchange Framework

    • Monday, October 28, 2024

    3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    123-E. Lessons from California’s Data Exchange Framework

    The California Data Exchange Framework (DxF) promotes the secure and real-time exchange of health and social service information. California skilled nursing facilities and Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE) must participate in the framework, while other providers are strongly encouraged to do so. This session will share the experiences of LeadingAge California members participating in the DxF. Presenters will use those experiences to illustrate the care coordination-related benefits of the DxF, review technology and policy lessons learned in California that apply to LeadingAge members in other states, and offer advocacy advice to members who anticipate their states may soon develop similar frameworks.

Chris Coelho

Interim Executive Director
Abe’s Garden
Nashville, TN
  • 110-G. Boosting Engagement and Reducing Medications in Memory Care

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    8:15 – 9:15 a.m.

    110-G. Boosting Engagement and Reducing Medications in Memory Care

    I’m Still Hereu00ae uses research-based, non-pharmacologic approaches to treat the agitation, aggression, apathy, and anxiety that individuals living with dementia often experience. The new approach combines meaningful activities, specialized communication techniques, and an enriched environment to provide engagement, choice, and true purpose regardless of the level of a person’s cognitive challenge. This session will explore how Abe’s Garden Community in Nashville, TN, is implementing the I’m Still Hereu00ae approach. Presenters will use case studies to demonstrate how you can use engagement, in concert with clinical best practices, to decrease the need for medications and improve the quality of life for residents who live in a memory support community.

Judy Collett-Miller

Director of Business Development
Parker Health Group, Inc.
Highland Park, NJ
  • 101-A. Health & Wellness Programming in Affordable Housing

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

    101-A. Health & Wellness Programming in Affordable Housing

    Residents of subsidized senior housing communities are at high risk for poor health outcomes and functional challenges due to their low incomes, advanced ages, and racial and ethnic diversity. This session will present an alternative. Presenters will share research showing that health and wellness programming activities in affordable housing communities can improve quality of life and enhance the ability of residents to perform activities of daily living. Representatives from three LeadingAge provider organizations will offer an overview of affordable housing-based programs that connect residents with education, technology, programming, and community resources. Presenters will provide guidance on program startup, implementation, and performance tracking and explore how to ensure that program models meet specific community needs.

Donnalee Corrieri

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
New Bridge Medical Center
Paramus, NJ
  • 36-J. Pursuing Health Equity for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    • Wednesday, October 30, 2024

    8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

    36-J. Pursuing Health Equity for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

    Representatives of three New Jersey-based aging services organizations will be on hand during this session to describe their participation in a regional collaborative that addresses inequities that community-dwelling older adults encounter when accessing preventive and primary care. Presenters will describe the Leaders in Equity and Diversity collaborative and share its successes, lessons learned, pitfalls encountered, and plans to enhance and expand its efforts to identify and address social factors that affect health. Learn how to partner with community-based organizations to combat inequities, identify barriers presented by the social determinants of health, and address unmet needs for care and services among community-dwelling older adults.

Linda Couch

Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy
LeadingAge
Washington, DC
  • 117-A. Federal Policy Updates Across the Continuum

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

    117-A. Federal Policy Updates Across the Continuum

    You don’t have to be a “policy wonk” to stay current on federal policy issues. You just need to spend an hour with the LeadingAge Policy Team. During this session, those team members will fill you in on the latest federal policy news for provider types spanning the aging services continuum, including affordable housing, nursing homes, and home and community-based services. LeadingAge policy experts will break down the latest news from the congressional, executive, and judicial branches and share their efforts to advocate for improved and expanded access, funding, and regulatory environments.

Scott Crabtree

CEO/President
Lambeth House
New Orleans, LA
  • 27-B. Harnessing the Strength of Leaders from All Generations

    • Sunday, October 27, 2024

    2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

    27-B. Harnessing the Strength of Leaders from All Generations

    The field of aging services is preparing to welcome a new generation of professionals as record numbers of its current leaders get ready to retire. These new leaders will bring a range of perspectives to their leadership roles. This session will help you make the most of these varying perspectives. Panelists will include a baby boomer with 40 years of service, a Gen X executive with over 25 years of experience, and a Millennial/Gen Z administrator. Speakers will explore the impact of generational differences on organizations and the importance of creating environments where these differences can be shared and appreciated. Discover how your organization can shape the future by harnessing the strengths of all generations.

Terri Cunliffe

Former CEO/President

Shelley Daenzer

VP of Sales and Marketing
WeCare Connect
Frankenmuth, MI
  • 146-H. Three Ingredients for an Engaged Workforce

    • Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    146-H. Three Ingredients for an Engaged Workforce

    Aging services providers won’t achieve a stable workforce unless they make sure employees are engaged in their organization’s culture. In this session, professionals in the field of aging services will identify the ingredients for promoting that engagement: people, place, and technology. A human resource professional will explain how Cedar Community in West Bend, WI, nurtures a culture of belonging among the people who work there. An architect will explore how the design of physical space can foster employee engagement. Finally, a representative of WeCare Connect will show you how to use technology to collect employee feedback that could lead to organizational change. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to make employee engagement a priority in your organization.