OTHER GREAT CAREGIVING SESSIONS AT ASA
PLEASE NOTE: This list highlights key caregiving sessions, but there may be additional caregiving programs of interest to you.
For a full list of caregiving programs and to verify room numbers, consult the ASA meeting brochure.
Tuesday, March 12
2:30pm – 3:30pm Help for Cancer Caregivers: An Online Web Tool (Room: Balboa B, 2nd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Jennifer Hausman, MPH, Public Health Program Director, Community Health Partnerships, WellPoint, Inc. & John Schall, MPP, Chief Executive Officer, Caregiver Action Network
2:30pm – 3:30pm Powerful Tools for Caregivers: One Size Fits All (Room: Old Town B, 2nd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Jeanne Hutchins, MA, Exec. Dir., Ctr. on Aging at UVM Manager, Elder Care Services, Univ. of VT Ctr. on Aging & Lori McKenna, MSW, LICSW, Mental Hlth. Clinician, The Memory Center, Fletcher Allen Health Care
Thursday, March 13
8am – 9am Run Toward the Roar: Caregiving and the Affordable Care Act (Room: America's Cup A, 4th floor, Harbor Tower)
Presenters: Jamie Huysman, LCSW, CAP, CFT, PsyD, VP Provider Relations & Gov’t Affairs, WellMed Med. Mgmt.
John Schall, MPP, Chief Executive Officer, Caregiver Action Network
11am – 12pm Innovative Strategies for Sustaining Long-Term Family Caregiving (Room: Nautical, 4th floor, Harbor Tower)
Presenters: Anne Cutter Mikkelsen, BA, Author/Publisher, Willow Island Press
Nanette Davis, PhD, Professor Emeritus , Portland State University
11am – 12pm Two-Generation Aging Families: Older Adults Caring for Disabled Adult Children (Room: Ocean Beach (3rd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Renee Gates, LCSW, CSW-G, AgeWell / Elder Connection Program and Janie Grauman, LCSW, Elder Connection Social Worker, both of the Motion Picture & Television Fund
11am – 12pm Family Caregivers in the Workplace: Strategies for Employers (Room: Regatta B, 4th floor, Harbor Tower)
Presenters: Robyn Christensen, BA, Graduate Assistant, Iowa State University
G. Joseph Sample, MPA, MA, Aging & Disability Resource Center Director, Iowa Dept. on Aging
1pm – 2:30pm Training In-Home Caregivers & Family to Identify & Manage Depression (Room: Regatta C , 4th floor, Harbor Tower) | Presenters: Coco Ballew, Consumer Direct Management Solutions & Heidi Davis, MA, LCPC, VP/Chief Development Officer, Consumer Direct Mgmt. Solutions & Lucas O'Connell, Consumer Direct Mgmt. Solutions
1pm – 2:30pm Supporting Family Caregivers: Transforming Policy Research to Legislative Action (Room: Torrey Hills AB, 3rd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Susan Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN, Senior VP, AARP Public Policy Institute
Elaine Ryan, VP, State Advocacy & Strategy Integration, Government Affairs Group, AARP
3pm – 4pm Caregiving Youth: Hidden Among Long-Term Care Families (Room: Regatta C, 4th floor, Harbor Tower)
Presenters: Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD, Founder/President, Am. Assoc. of Caregiving Youth
Ronnette Smith, MS, Sr. Mgr., Corporate Affairs - Constituent Relations, Walmart Stores, Inc.
3pm – 4pm Caregiver and Care Recipient Need in a Time of Socioeconomic Change (Room: Gaslamp A, 2nd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Kathryn Kietzman, PhD, MSW, Research Scientist & Jacqueline Torres, MPH, MA, Graduate Research Assistant, both from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
3pm – 4pm Delivering Health Education Though a Community Coalition: The CaregiverU Project (Room: America's Cup A, 4th floor, Harbor Tower) | Presenters: Bruce Kravitz, BS, Caregiver Education Director, AGE of Central Texas
Faith Unger, CaregiverU Project Coordinator, AGE of Central Texas
4:30 – 5:30pm Revolutionizing Respite: A Comprehensive Strategy for Sustaining Care at Home (Room: Hillcrest D, 3rd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Kathryn McGrew, Senior Research Scholar, Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center & Diane Ramey, LSW, Chief of Long-Term Care, Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging
4:30 – 5:30pm Supporting Community-Based Caregiving Through a Time Exchange Network (Room: Mission Beach B, 3rd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Barbara Cooke, MA, Coordinator for Special Projects, Partners In Care Maryland & Barbara Huston, MGA, President & CEO, Partners In Care Maryland
5:45 – 6:45pm Family Caregiving Peer Group (Room: Torrey Hills AB, 3rd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Brian Duke, MHA, MBE, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Gail Hunt, BA, President and CEO, National Alliance for Caregiving
Friday, March 14
8am – 9am Family Caregiving: The Essential Role of Skilled Volunteers (Room: Cortez Hill C, 3rd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Alla Pliss, MSW, Brooklyn District Director, Jewish Association Serving the Aging
Sarah Savago, LMSW, Dir. of Volunteer Services & Special Projects, JASA
8am – 9am Helping Employers Support Working Caregivers With a New Focus on Therapeutic Nutrition
Room: Golden Hill AB (3rd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Robert Blancato, MPA, President, Matz, Blancato & Associates; Kenneth Matos, PhD, Sr. Dir., Employment Research & Practice, Families and Work Institute
Nancy Wellman, PhD, RD, FADA, Adjunct Prof., Friedman School, Tufts University
8am – 9am Operation Family Caregiver (Room: Cortez Hill B (3rd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Laura Bauer , MPA, Dir. of Nat’l Initiatives, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
Elizabeth Saldana, IMFT, Family Educator, Southern Caregiver Resource Center
11am – 12pm Essential Resources for Family Caregivers and Aging Adults (Room: Cortez Hill C (3rd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Megan Hix, BA, Strategic Alliances Specialist, Home Instead Senior Care
Debbie Norman, CSA, Strategic Alliances Manager, Home Instead Senior Care
11am – 12pm Juggling Work and Caregiving (Room: Cortez Hill A (3rd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Rita Choula, BS, Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, AARP Public Policy Institute;
Amy Goyer, BM, Family & Caregiving Expert, AARP; Jordan Green, MS, Project Coordinator, AARP
Patti Shea, MPP, Social Media Manager, AARP
11am – 12pm Kinship Matters: Findings Related to Kinship and Caregiver Outcomes (Room: Seaport C, 2nd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Susan Fox, MA, MEd, Dir., Ctr. on Aging & Comm. , UNH Institute on Disability
Jennifer Rabalais, MA, Project Director, UNH Institute on Disability
3pm – 4pm A New Guide for Establishing and Growing Your Family Caregiving Coalition (Room: Cortez Hill A , 3rd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Rick Greene, MSW, Consultant, National Alliance for Caregiving
C. Grace Whiting, JD, Manager of Programs and Communications, National Alliance for Caregiving
3pm – 4pm Caring for Our Aging Veterans: Providing the Dignity and Respect They Deserve (Room: Regatta B (4th floor, Harbor Tower) | Presenters: Christina Chartrand, QDCS, Vice President of Training, Senior Helpers
Amy Petersen-Smith, BA, Vice President of Services, Senior Helpers
4:30 – 5:30pm Physician Referral and Provider Education: Reaching Asian-American Family Caregivers (Room: Old Town B, 2nd floor, Seaport Tower) | Presenters: Linda Revilla, PhD, Program Director, Asian Community Center
Donna Yee, PhD, MSW, CEO, ACC Senior Services
4:30 – 5:30pm Shining a Light on the Widening Array of Caregiver Experiences (Room: Cortez Hill C, 3rd floor, Seaport Tower)
Presenters: Leah Eskenazi, MSW, Director, Operations, Family Caregiver Alliance
Jed Johnson, MSW, MBA, Director, National Veteran Caregiver Program, Easter Seals Headquarters