Saturday, September 27, 2008 |
| |
|
| 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
State Unit on Aging Membership Meeting – Commonwealth Ballroom B-C
Convened by the National Association of State Units on Aging
(NASUA Member Event by Invitation with Separate Registration) |
| |
|
| 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. |
Home and Community Based Services Conference Registration – Commonwealth Foyer |
| |
|
| 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
State Unit On Aging Membership Meeting – Otis
Convened by the National Association of State Units on Aging
(NASUA Member Event by Invitation with Separate Registration) |
| |
|
| Sunday, September 28, 2008 |
| |
|
| 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
Home and Community Based Services Conference Registration – Commonwealth Foyer |
| |
|
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
State Unit On Aging Membership Meeting – Otis
(NASUA Member Event by Invitation with Separate Registration) |
| |
|
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. |
Opening Plenary – Harbor Ballroom
Innovations in Massachusetts Home and Community Based Services
Patricia A. Polansky, President, National Association of State Units
Directors
Martha A. Roherty, Executive Director, National Association of State
Michael E. Festa, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health
Services
Paul Lanzikos, Executive Director, North Shore Elder Services
|
| |
|
| 1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. |
Opening Reception – Harbor Ballroom |
| |
|
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
NASUA Board of Directors Dinner – Executive Board Room
(NASUA Board of Directors Event by Invitation) |
| |
|
| Monday, September 29, 2008 |
| |
|
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Home and Community Based Services Conference Registration
– Commonwealth Foyer |
| |
|
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast – Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| |
|
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Plenary – Grand Ballroom A-B
Advancing Technology for Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
Joseph F. Coughlin, Director, AgeLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Foundation for Progress: A Retrospective of Federal Initiatives in Home and
Community Based Services
Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S. Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tevi D.Troy, Deputy Secretary, U.S Department of Health and Human Services |
| |
|
| 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Plenary with Lunch – Grand Ballroom
Strengthening the Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Option
Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts
A Town Hall Meeting: Balancing Long Term Services and Supports
Moderator:
Susan Reinhard, Senior Vice President, AARP Public Policy Institute
Panelists:
Dennis Streets, Director, North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services
Ann Kohler, Director of the National Association of State Medicaid Directors
Kathy Greenlee, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Aging |
| |
|
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall Opening with Dessert |
| |
|
| 9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. |
Intensive
Pre-registration with Fee
- Direct Service Workforce: Needs, Challenges, and Intervention Strategies -- Adams
|
| |
|
| 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Reception – Galleria Hall |
| |
|
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
| |
|
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Home and Community Based Services Conference Registration
– Commonwealth Foyer |
| |
|
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast – Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| |
|
| 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Plenary – Grand Ballroom A-B
Changing Administrations: Implications for Serving Diverse Populations
Moderator:
A. Bernice Hutchinson, Senior Policy Associate, National Association of State Units on Aging
Panelists:
Nancy Thaler, Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of
Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
Ann Kohler, Director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD)
Daniel Schoeps, Director, Long Term Care Purchasing, U.S. Veterans Health
Administration |
| |
|
| 10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. |
Buffet Lunch – Grand Ballroom A-B |
| |
|
| 12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. |
Poster Sessions and Exhibits with Dessert
- Live and Learn: An Innovative Early Stage Program
- Enacting Support Brokerage in the Twelve Cash and Counseling Expansion States
- What Impact Does Ability to Purchase Goods and Services Have on Participants in Cash and Counseling Programs?
- West Virginia’s Self Directed Supports and Services Program
- Consumer Direction and Home Care: Paid Family Caregiving from a Consumer Perspective
- Living with Low Vision or Hope When Hope Fails
- The Public Authority: A Tool for Implementing Consumer Directed Care
- Preliminary Findings from Guam’s Person Centered Planning Project
- Participation in Senior Center Activities: A Prospectus on Targeting Patrons
SES and Related Factors
- Reducing Loneliness in Community Long Term Care
- SeniorPalooza: The Ideal Opportunity for Promoting Aging in Place and
Care Services
- Elder Mediation: A Valuable Resource for Resolving Disputes Involving
and their Families
- Caregiving and Employment: Can You Do Both
- Employment Supportive Personal Assistant Services in Medicaid Programs
- Gaining an Understanding About Residents Residing in Independent Living
Facilities
- The Road Not Taken: Medicaid Assisted Living in Public Housing
- he Impact of State Attributes on Personal Assistance Service Use
- HCBS.org: The Clearinghouse for Home and Community Based Services
- Promoting Economic Security: A Framework for Increasing Access to Home
Community Based Long Term Care Services
- Reorganization on Services and Systems
- Savings from Rebalancing: Reality or Myth
- Tailoring Sensor Technology to Memory Impaired Residents in Independent
Living Facilities
- No Wrong Door for Finding Community Supports
- Using Websites for Consumer Directed Services: The Georgia TPA Web
- Medicaid Long Term Care Home and Community Based Services: Trends
Programs and Policies, 1999 – 2005
- JEVS Support for Independence Consumer Directed Training Series
|
| |
|
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Nursing Home Diversion Grantee Meeting – Douglas Room
Convened by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA Grantee Event by Invitation) |
| |
|
| 1:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. |
Mobile Learning Laboratory – Hotel Main Lobby
This is a site visit that requires pre-registration and an additional fee. Spaces are still available.
- AgeLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Adaptive Environment, Institute for Human Centered Design
|
| |
|
| 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Intensives
Pre-registration with Fee
- Becoming a Person Centered System -- Adams
- Developing a Quality and Performance Measurement Strategy for HCBS
Programs – Faneuil
|
| |
|
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Workshops
- Public Private Partnerships Can Serve as Models to Help Seniors Live
Independently – Alcott
- CMS Workshop Series: CMS Open Microphone Session
– Commonwealth A-B
- New Directions: State by State Results from Annual Aging Network Assessment – Commonwealth C
- Cash and Counseling: Moving Beyond the Demonstration and Replication – Grand Ballroom C
- Community Transportation and Medical Transportation: Lifelines for Aging in Place – Grand Ballroom D
- Assuring Quality in the Money Follows the Person Program: Notable Practices and Lessons Learned from State Experience
– Grand Ballroom E
- Launching Children’s Waiver Programs: Two States Approaches to Serving Children with Autism and Other Disabilities – Otis
- Collaborating to Create Workforce Solutions – Stone
- Development of Evidence Based and Recovery Oriented Service Initiatives by the Real Choice Mental Health Systems Transformation Grantees – Webster
|
| |
|
| Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
| |
|
| 7:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Home and Community Based Services Conference Registration |
| |
|
| 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. |
Workshops
|
| |
|
| 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. |
Closing Plenary with Lunch – Grand Ballroom
Highlights of Federal Initiatives in Home and Community Based Services and
Implications for the Future
Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, U.S. Administration on Aging
Herb B. Kuhn, Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Project 2020: Fulfilling the Promise of Home and Community Based Services and
Supports
Patricia A. Polansky, President, National Association of State Units on Aging Board of Directors
Charlie Sisson, Immediate Past President, n4a Board of Directors
Sandy Markwood, CEO, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Martha A. Roherty, Executive Director, National Association of State Units on Aging |
| |
|
| 2:00 p.m. |
National Aging and Disability Resource Center Conference Begins
– Grand Ballroom C-E
Convened by the U.S. Administration on Aging
(AoA Sponsored Event, Separate Registration) |
