Appendix A
Workshop Agenda
Supporting Community Living and Participation for Older Adults and People with Disabilities:
Strengthening the Workforce and Community Infrastructure
FORUM ON AGING, DISABILITY, AND INDEPENDENCE
Public Workshop
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Room 100
Washington, DC 20001
June 27, 2016
AGENDA
Workshop Objectives:
- Discuss the state of knowledge in the field: Identify qualities that may be needed in the workforce providing services and supports to enable older adults and people with disabilities to live in the community and participate in activities of their choosing. Explore models and potential best practices.
- Explore strategies to increase and measure the quality of the workforce as well as better understand the needs, barriers, and opportunities for coordination across the workforce.
- Review technologies that have the potential to strengthen the workforce and enable community living and participation while also maintaining person-centeredness.
- Highlight data and research needs to support policy change that could strengthen the workforce and community infrastructure.
- Consider strategies for disseminating effective methods to aging and disability stakeholders.
OPEN SESSION: Keck 100
8:30 a.m.–8:40 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
TERRY FULMER, Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair President The John A. Hartford Foundation |
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FERNANDO TORRES-GIL, Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair Professor and Director Center for Public Research on Aging Luskin School of Public Affairs University of California, Los Angeles |
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8:40 a.m.–9:50 a.m. | Keynote Panel | |
Facilitator (5 minutes) | ||
TERRY FULMER, Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair President The John A. Hartford Foundation |
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Keynote Speakers (20 minutes each) | ||
H. STEPHEN KAYE Professor University of California, San Francisco |
LUIS PADILLA Associate Administrator Health Resources and Services Administration Director, National Health Service Corps Bureau of Health Workforce |
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Keynotes Q&A with Audience (20 minutes) | ||
9:50 a.m.–10:05 a.m. | Break | |
10:05 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Panel 1: Enabling community participation through workforce training, education, and development | |
Facilitator (5 minutes) | ||
TERESA LEE Executive Director Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation |
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Speakers (12 minutes each) | ||
Training Across the Spectrum of the Care Workforce | ||
MICHAEL JOHNSON Practice Leader, Home Health BAYADA Home Health Care |
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Importance of Training to Individuals and Families | ||
CAROL LEVINE Director, Families and Health Care Project United Hospital Fund |
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Training for Direct Support Professionals | ||
BARBARA MERRILL Chief Executive Officer American Network of Community Options and Resources |
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Building Capacity and Infrastructure | ||
JOAN WEISS Senior Advisor, Division of Medicine and Dentistry Bureau of Health Workforce Health Resources and Services Administration |
Panel 1 Q&A with Audience (20 minutes) | ||
Facilitated Table Discussion (15 minutes) | ||
Questions for table discussion:
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Tables Report to Group (20 minutes) | ||
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
1:00 p.m.–2:55 p.m. | Panel 2: Perspectives on coordination across the spectrum of caregivers, providers, services, and supports: Collaboration, communication, and cooperation | |
Facilitator (5 minutes) | ||
AMY YORK Executive Director Eldercare Workforce Alliance |
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Speakers (12 minutes each) | ||
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program | ||
ROBYN GOLDEN Director of Health and Aging Rush University Medical Center |
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Area Agencies on Aging | ||
SANDY MARKWOOD Chief Executive Officer National Association of Area Agencies on Aging |
Centers for Independent Living | ||
GLEN WHITE Professor, Applied Behavioral Science University of Kansas |
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Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs | ||
KAREN GUICE Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Department of Defense |
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Panel 2 Q&A with Audience (20 minutes) | ||
Facilitated Table Discussion (15 minutes) | ||
Questions for table discussion:
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Tables Report to Group (20 minutes) | ||
2:55 p.m.–3:10 p.m. | Break | |
3:10 p.m.–5:05 p.m. | Panel 3: Harnessing the potential of technology to enable community living and participation and optimize person-centered services | |
Facilitator (5 minutes) | ||
MARGARET CAMPBELL Consultant, Aging, Disability, and Technology Research and Policy Campbell & Associates |
Speakers (15 minutes each) | ||
Apps to Promote Independence and Connectedness Through Coordination of Services: Implications for Workforce Development | ||
DAVID GUSTAFSON Director Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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Bringing Accessible Transportation Technologies to Scale | ||
MOHAMMED YOUSUF Program Manager, Accessible Transportation Technology Research Initiative Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation |
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Engaging Stakeholders | ||
DAVID LINDEMAN Director Health, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society University of California, Berkeley |
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Panel 3 Q&A with Audience (20 minutes) | ||
Facilitated Table Discussion (15 minutes) | ||
Questions for table discussion:
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Tables Report to Group (20 minutes) |
5:05 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
TERRY FULMER, Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair President The John A. Hartford Foundation |
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FERNANDO TORRES-GIL, Workshop Planning Committee Co-Chair Professor and Director Center for Public Research on Aging Luskin School of Public Affairs University of California, Los Angeles |
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5:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
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