Conference Program
7:30am – 8:30am Morning Networking Reception
Please take time to network, visit exhibitors and listen to Poster Presentations
8:30am – 10:00am Morning Plenary Session – Setting the Tone, Panel on Conference Themes
Speakers to be announced soon!
10:00am – 10:15am Morning Coffee & Networking Break
Please take time to network, visit exhibitors and listen to Poster Presentations
10:15am – 11:45am Morning Breakout Sessions
Session 1
90 Minutes
AM 1 – Tools & Strategies to Prevent Financial Exploitation
Session 2
90 Minutes
Ageism & Person Centered Care
Session 3
90 Minutes
Community Planning and Collaboration for Healthy Aging
Session 4
45 Minutes
An Engaged Faith Community in Aging
45 Minutes
Home Matters: Building Community Capacity to Support Aging in Place in Southwest Virginia
Session 5
45 Minutes
Taking Charge of Our Health & Well Being: Chronic Disease Self Management Education
45 Minutes
Developing a Program to Address Complex Needs in Older Adults
Session 6
90 Minutes
Virginia’s Innovations in Caregiver Support and Dementia Care and the Virginia State Dementia Plan
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch Banquet
Speaker To Be Announced Soon!
1:30pm – 1:45pm Networking Break
Please take time to network, visit exhibitors and listen to Poster Presentations
1:45pm – 3:15pm Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Session 1
90 Minutes
PM 1- Legal Planning: Tools for Empowering Older Adults, Aging Caregivers& People with Disabilities
Session 2
30 Minutes
Richmond Health & Wellness Program: The Bridge Supporting Aging in Place
30 Minutes
Meaningful Activity in Later Life
30 Minutes
Hiding in Plain Sight: Recognizing and Responding to Abuse Later in Life
Session 3
90 Minutes
Livable Communities: Successful Aging on Your Terms Through Home Modifications and Assistive Technology.
Session 4
45 Minutes
Commonwealth Coordinated Care Program and Long Term Services and Supports Across the Lifespan
45 Minutes
Commonwealth Council on Aging, best Practices Awards, 2006-2015
Session 5
45 Minutes
Improving Health Outcomes – the Innovative Approach by the Network of Area Agencies on Aging
45 Minutes
Senior Hunger and Nutrition
Session 6
30 Minutes
Bring it On: Fight Fraud & Abuse with Volunteer Community Ambassador Program
30 Minutes
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Strategies for Effective Service Delivery
30 Minutes
Advancing Caregiver Health
3:15pm – 3:30pm Coffee & Networking Break
Please take time to network, visit exhibitors and listen to Poster Presentations
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Afternoon Plenary Session – Multi-Cultural Caregiving (Panel)
Speakers to be announced soon!
5:30pm – 7:00pm Evening Reception
DAY 2 – TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016, 8:30AM-12:30PM
This half-day moderated session is an optional, interactive program that will result in a number of state policy discussions. More information to be provided in coming weeks.
Conference Program
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Held at the Hilton Short Pump in Richmond, VA, the conference boasts reduced rate rooms.
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