Internships in Aging Project 2002 Fall Brown Lunch
Series
Time: Noon - 1 p.m. (each session counted as 1 hour)
Place: SUNY downtown campus, Rudolph Room, Husted Basement
Fee: Free
The Internships in Aging Project has a series of seminars on aging open
to the public. IAP students are welcome to attend these seminars. Each seminar
is on a different topic that is related to aging.
September 18, 2002 - "No More Spoiling the Grandkids: Grandparents as Primary
Caregivers" Presented by Dr. Phil McCallion, Associate Professor, School of
Social Welfare
October 16, 2002 - "Social Work Practice with Older People of Color" Presented
by Robert Miller, Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare
October 30, 2002 - Surfing the Agewave: The Future of Social Work in Healthcare" Presented by Joseph Jackson, MSW, President, ElderCare Advisors, Inc.
November 20, 2002 - "Trauma Survivors as They Age" Presented by Dr. Stephen
Price, Attending Psychiatrist, CDPC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Albany
Medical College
December 11, 2002 - "Barriers to Quality Care for Aging LGBT People" Presented
by Arlene Lev, CSWR, CASAC, Project Manager, Rainbow Access Initiative
Alzheimer's End-of-Life Education Series
Date & Place: Varies, see below (counted as 1.5 hours)
Cost: Free (pre-registration requested)
This education series is sponsored by Alzheimer's Association and the
Community Hospice. Each session covers the following topics: stages of
Alzheimer's disease, communication issues, community resources, and treatment
issues during the end stage of the illness. For pre-registration for each
session, call Community Hospice at (518) 285-8150. A brochure is available
at the IAP office. The following is a schedule of the series.
Date: September 24, 2002
Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Place: Columbia County Hospice
Date: September 25, 2002
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Place: Albany County Hospice
Date: October 1, 2002
Time: 1:00- 2:30 p.m.
Place: Amsterdam Hospice
Date: October 10, 2002
Time:1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Rensselaer County Hospice
Date: October 30, 2002
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 p.m.
Place: Schenectady County Hospice
Date: November 20, 2002
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Place: Saratoga County Hospice
PESI Health Care Seminar: End of Life Issues
Date: September 26: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (counted as 1 day)
Place: Albany Marriott, 189 Wolfe Road, Colonie
Cost: $149, less 50%
for students. Bring a course schedule to verify your full-time student status.
The purpose of this seminar is to define physiological, psychological,
emotional, and spiritual death, address our own feelings and
beliefs concerning death and how these feelings and beliefs impact this process
for those we serve. More information is posted on the project bulletin board.
The 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Adult Abuse:
"Beyond Abuse and Neglect: Improving Quality of Life for Vulnerable Adults"
Date: October 2-3 (counted as 2 days)
Place: The Desmond (Colonie, NY)
Cost: TBA
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services and the New
York State Office for the Aging in a joint venture with the Brookdale Center on
Aging of Hunter College present the 9th annual Interdisciplinary conference on
Adult Abuse to bring together both providers and workers who daily address the
social and mental health needs, rights and protection of adults of all ages. This
2-day conference draws attendees from counties throughout New York State. The
purpose is to educate and revitalize. Each year the conference is filled to
capacity over 550 people are expected to attend this year. The conference web
site is
http://www.brookdale.org/aac2002.
State Society of Aging Conference
Date: October 30-November 1 (counted as 2.5 days)
Place: The Desmond (Colonie, NY)
Cost: Scholarships to defray registration costs are available.
State Society on Aging annual conference brings practitioners,
researchers from different disciplines to discuss the latest issues in aging.
This is also a wonderful opportunity for students to make presentations on
projects they are working on. The conference program will be posted on the
project bulletin board when it becomes available.
Senior Law Day
Date: November 2, 2002 (counted as 1 day)
Time: 9:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
Place: Albany Law School (Albany, NY)
Cost: Free
This one-day conference provides practical information on policy and
legal issues in aging, such as Medicare, Medicaid, will, guardianships, and
caregiving issues. For more information, please visit the Albany Law School
website.
Alzheimer's' Conference for Caregivers
Date: November 11, 2002
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (counted as 1 day)
Place: Holiday Inn Turf (on Wolfe Road, Colonie)
Cost: Free (Alzheimer's Association is looking for volunteers)
This conference is for family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients
professional care providers. The conference covers a number of issues, including
diagnosis, caregiver survival, coping with late stage Alzheimer's, and
spirituality. A flyer is available at the IAP office.
American Society on Aging Conference
Date: March 13-16, 2003 (counted as 3 days)
Place: Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Chicago
Cost: TBA (free if a student volunteers during the conference). Last year's
conference charged students $155 (non-members)
Host: The National council on
the Aging and America Society on Aging
Contact (415) 974-9600, website:
www.agingconference.org; email:jc03@asaging
This is the 3rd annual conference jointly sponsored by the National
Council on Aging (NCOA) and the American Society on Aging (ASA). Several
students attended this conference and found a lot of useful and practical
information. Web site for the organization with the conference information is
http://www.asaging.org
Although the following are not conferences or workshops, they are
wonderful learning opportunities outside of your class and field.
NASW Lobby Day
Date: TBA (usually in the Spring)
Place: Downtown Albany
Cost: Free
Legislature Public Hearings
Date: Depends on hearing
Place: Depends on hearing
Cost: Free
The New York State Assembly and Senate have a number of public hearings, some
of which may be related to issues in aging. The Senate website (www.senate.state.ny.us) has a link
(click "schedule" then "public hearing") to a list
of upcoming hearings
Web Seminars
The American Society of Aging delivers live seminars and stand-alone
Web-based training program to organizations and individuals around the world
using the multimedia and interactive capabilities of the World Wide Web. The
American Society on Aging website:
www.asaging.org/webseminars/onlinehome.cfm provides upcoming online
learning and free web-based training programs. Please refer to the website for
instructions on technical computer requirements to view and hear the
seminars. For each series of seminars you must submit separate registration
forms. Continuing Education Credits are available. Contact Eric Baum at
eric@asaging.org to obtain your CEU certificate.
The following learning programs are scheduled for the fall of 2002
Mental Status and Decision-Making Capacity
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2002
Time: 10:00 PM (Eastern Time)/7:00 PM (Pacific Time) (75 minutes)
Assessment of mental status and use of the Mini-Mental Status Examination
focuses on the intent and purpose of a mental status screen, what it can and
cannot do. Special attention is given to how to implement and standardize a
routine mental status screen as part of the assessment process.
Assessment of decision-making capacity will introduce the idea that
decision-making is different from what is normally measured in a mental status
screen and requires additional assessment. A method for determining whether
clients can still make judgments and decisions will be discussed along with
the implications for planning and intervention strategies.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web
connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Assessing Functional Capability in the Older Adult
Thursday, September 26, 2002
Time:10:00 PM (Eastern Time)/7:00 PM (Pacific Time) (75 minutes)
This session address the assessment of functional capability in the older adult.
Attention will be paid to those behaviors that are normally included in such an
assessment, with some discussion of the relationship between functional
assessment, medical conditions and care planning. The session will also focus
on the use of a particular functional assessment instrument, the Determination
of Need (DON), which the presenter had a role in developing in its current
format. The unique aspects of the DON will be discussed along with its utility
for the care planning process.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
The Social, Sexual, Spiritual, Environmental, Nutritional and
Behavioral Aspects of Assessment
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2002
Time:10:00 PM (Eastern Time)/7:00 PM (Pacific Time) (75 minutes)
This session will focus on several other aspects of client assessment including:
Social assessment including assessing caregiver burden, the social network of
the individual and the current economic well-being of the client. Assessment of
and spirituality in the older adult and the need for assessing these areas of
functioning. Assessment of the living environment in which the client resides,
including the home and neighborhood in which the client lives. Emphasis will be
on how well does the physical environment meet the client's needs. Nutrition
and behavioral health will be discussed including some simple means for
assessing the nutritional well-being of the client and a look at health
behaviors that my help or interfere with the client's overall well-being.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
The Remaining Elements of the Geriatric Assessment Process:
Tying it All Together
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2002
Time: 10:00 PM (Eastern Time)/7:00 PM (Pacific Time) (75 minutes)
This final session will look at the remaining elements of the assessment
process and discuss tying the information together into a useable report.
Included in this session will be:
Information about gathering a medical history in those settings that are not
part of a broader health care setting. Gathering some basic information about
emotional well-being with particular attention to the presence of depression in
older adults and other critical psychiatric symptoms. Developing a system for
integrating the information in a way that ties a recommended care plan to the
information in the assessment and the outcomes that one hopes to derive from
providing help.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Liability and Risk Management Issues in Aging Services
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Time:1:00 PM (Eastern Time)/10:00 AM (Pacific Time) (75 minutes)
This workshop will identify effective risk management strategies that
professionals and agencies providing health and social services to older
persons might use to avoid, control, and/or shift to others their exposure to
potential legal liability risks. Understand the elements of professional
liability. Identify and put in perspective the legal risks encountered in
providing health and social services to older persons. Develop and be able to
implement risk management strategies to effectively prevent or mitigate legal
liability exposure of agencies and staff while pursuing the agency mission.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection) H
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Decision Making by and for Older
Persons Part I
Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Time:1:00 PM (Eastern Time)/10:00 AM (Pacific Time) (75 minutes)
This workshop will explore the ethical and legal issues involved in healthcare
and personal and financial decision making by and for older persons. Special
attention will be devoted to ethical principles and legal requirements related
to assessing decisional capacity, assuring valid consent, and relying on
substitute decision making for incapacitated persons. Guardianship will be
examined as one mechanism of substitute decision making. Identify the ethical
underpinnings and legal requirements for informed consent concerning older
persons. Understand legal criteria and ethical practice implications for
assessing decisional capacity in older adults. Understand why guardianships are
initiated, how they work legally, and the strengths and weaknesses of this
approach to surrogate decision making.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Decision Making by and for Older
Persons Part II
Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)/10:00 AM (Pacific Time)
(75 minutes)
This workshop will explore the ethical and legal issues involved in healthcare
and personal and financial decision making by and for older persons. Special
attention will be devoted to ethical principles and legal requirements related
to assessing decisional capacity, assuring valid consent, and relying on
substitute decision making for incapacitated persons. Guardianship will be
examined as one mechanism of substitute decision making. Identify the ethical
underpinnings and legal requirements for informed consent concerning older
persons. Understand legal criteria and ethical practice implications for
assessing decisional capacity in older adults. Understand why guardianships are
initiated, how they work legally, and the strengths and weaknesses of this
approach to surrogate decision making.
Registration Fees:
ASA members and Web Seminar partners: $75.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
Nonmembers: $90.00 per site (one phone/Web connection)
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