Program

2017 Program

“The Essential Work of Caregiving Across Communities” is reflected throughout the program themes:

  • Caregiving and the interconnection of race, gender, ethnicity, immigration status and sexual orientation
  • Valuing family/friends and the professional caregiving workforce
  • Community based innovations to support older adults and their caregivers
  • Understanding the role of technology in caregiving
  • Building an evidence base for elder care

WORKING Program Schedule as of September 4, 2017

Details are subject to change

           THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

TIME SESSION
7:30-8:30 REGISTRATION
8:30-9:00 WELCOME
Barbara Cochrane, Conference Chair, de Tornyay Endowed Professor for Healthy Aging, UW School of Nursing
9:00-10:15 KEYNOTECaregiving Collaborations: Increasing Family and Community Capacity”
Heather M. Young, Founding Dean and Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis
Delivered by Deborah H. Ward, Health Sciences Clinical Professor,
University of California, Davis
10:15-10:30 BREAK
10:30-12:00 PLENARY PANEL I
The Eldercare Workforce: Meeting the Long-Term Services and Supports Needs of Older Adults
Susan Skillman, Deputy Director, UW Center for Health Workforce Studies, Associate Director of the WWAMI Area Health Education Center Program Office, Investigator with the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Kevin Harris, Senior Facilitator – Health Policy, The William D. Ruckelshaus Center
Grant Linacre, Executive Director, Emerald Heights
12:00-1:30 LUNCH AND ROUNDTABLES
1:30-2:20 CONCURRENT SESSIONS I
  1.     Elder Homelessness: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to an Emerging Crisis
Anita Souza, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Nursing
Robert Bowery, Director of Clinical Service, Compass Housing Alliance
  2.       Long-Distance Caregiving
Joanne Maher, Director of Programs and Services, Alzheimer’s Association Washington State
D’Anna Edison, Geriatric Mental Health Specialist and Care Manager, Aging Wisdom
  3.       Creating the “Next Generation” System of Care: Long-Term Services and Supports Initiative of the Medicaid Transformation Project Demonstration
Susan Engels, Office Chief, State Unit on Aging
Dana Allard-Webb, Family Caregiver Support Program Manager
Kim Boon, Medicaid Alternative Care/Tailored Supports for Older Adults Program Manager
Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
2:30-3:20 CONCURRENT SESSIONS II
  4.       State of the Science: New Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing and What They Mean for Elders with Chronic Pain
Manu Thakral, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
  5.       Caring for the Caregiver
Lianne Hirano, Acting Instructor, UW Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
  6.       Supporting Caregivers through Policy: Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act and Recent Legislation on the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Cathy MacCaul, Advocacy Director, AARP Washington
3:20-3:40 BREAK
3:40-4:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS III
  7.       State of the Science: Technology for Older Adults and Caregivers
George Demiris, Alumni Endowed Professor in Nursing, UW School of Nursing; Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, UW School of Medicine
  8.       Film Session and Facilitated Discussion: Speaking of Dying
Trudy James, Interfaith Chaplain and Film Producer
  9.       Community, Creativity, and Caring: Lessons from 20 Years of a Spirit-Centered Model of Supported Community
Cara Lauer, Executive Director, Elderwise
4:30-4:45 ADJOURN FOR THE DAY (Evaluations for one-day attendees)

        FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

TIME SESSION
7:30-8:30 REGISTRATION
8:30-9:00 WELCOME
Nancy Hooyman, Hooyman Professor of Gerontology and Dean Emeritus, UW School of Social Work
9:00-10:15 KEYNOTE: “Family Matters: Transforming Policy and Practice for Caregiving Families in an Aging America”
Lynn Friss Feinberg, Senior Strategic Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute
10:15-10:30 BREAK
10:30-12:00 PLENARY PANEL II
Hidden Costs of Caregiving
The Economics of of Kin Care
Deborah H. Ward, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, University of California, Davis
– Psychosocial Aspects of Caregiving
Jullie Gray, Principal, Fellow Certified Care Manager, Aging Wisdom
12:00-1:30 LUNCH AND POSTERS
1:30-2:20 CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV
  10.       Keeping Hope in Giving and Receiving Care: Challenges for Families and Those Around Them
Marty Richards, Affiliate Associate Professor, Ret., UW School of Social Work
  11.      Mind, Body & Medicine – Mindfulness
Application of Mind-Body Medicine Techniques to Enhance Professional Self-Care and Patient Well-Being
Karan Dawson, Clinical Associate Professor, UW School of Pharmacy
Mindfulness Techniques for Individuals Living with Dementia and their Care Partners
Kristoffer Rhoads
, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center
  12.    State of the Science: Remote Monitoring Technology to Support Caregiving — Dyadic Perspectives and Ethical Considerations
Clara Berridge, Assistant Professor, UW School of Social Work
2:30-3:20 CONCURRENT SESSIONS V
  13.       The Caregiving Journey: Unexpected Complexity and Joy: Findings from Recent National Studies of Caregivers
Erin McInrue Savage, Vice President of Research, Age Wave
Janna Z. Goldberg, Senior Researcher, Age Wave
  14.       Grandparents and Relatives Raising Children: Joys, Challenges, Supports and Policies Here and Beyond
Hilarie Hauptman, Kinship Program Manager, Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Lynn Urvina, Kinship Program Director, Family Education and Support Services; National GrAnd Network Member, Generations United; Kinship Caregiver for 12+ years
  15.       Film Session and Facilitated Discussion: Speaking of Dying
Trudy James, Interfaith Chaplain and Film Producer
3:20-3:40 BREAK
3:40-4:15 CLOSING KEYNOTE: “Speaking Up for Aging: Finding Community Among Caregivers”
Sister Madonna Buder, SFCC (“The Iron Nun”)
Catholic Religious Sister, Sisters for Christian Community, Senior Olympian Triathlete
4:15-4:30 RAFFLE, BOOK SIGNING, EVALUATION AND ADJOURNMENT
Barbara Cochrane, Conference Chair, de Tornyay Endowed Professor for Healthy Aging, UW School of Nursing
Keri Pollock, Conference Co-Chair, Director of Marketing and Communications
Aging Wisdom®, Aging Life Care ProfessionalsTM