
7th Sharpening Your Skills Conference
Event Information
Description
7th Massachusetts Sharpening Your Skills Conference
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 Registration and Coffee/Tea
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome from Healthy Living Center of Excellence, Melissa Donegan
9:15 - 10:30 Keynote Speaker- “My Journey on the Gurney: Perspective Inside the Bedrails and Outside the Box” Julia Fox Garrison
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 - 11:45 Concurrent Session 1
a) Healthy Aging and the Public Workforce System
Olga Yulikova, Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Rosemary Alexander, Department of Career Services
b) Caregiving 101: Self Care, Effective Strategies and More
Crystal Polizzotti, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
Matthew Call, Aging in Place with Alzheimer’s
c) Beyond Community Workshops; Using 1:1 Programs to Serve Homebound and Socially Isolated Populations
Melissa Donegan, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
Molly Gerbutavich, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
11:45 – 12:00 Break and Exhibitor Tables
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch and Networking
12:30 - 1:45 Plenary Session Working Effectively with Diverse Cultures
presented by Mercy Anampiu and Sheila Och, Lowell Community Health Center
1:45 - 2:00 Kate Lorig Innovation Award Presentation
2:00 – 2:15 Coffee Break
2:15 – 3:15 Concurrent Session 2
a) Welcoming Workshops: Building Inclusivity into Workshops and Trainings
Kimberly Warsett, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Nassira Nicola, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
b) The Hidden Face of the Opioid Epidemic: Opioid Use and Abuse in the Older Adult Population
Jennifer Fitzsimmons, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
c) Workplace Wellness: Delivery of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and the new wCDSMP Within the Workplace Setting
Susan Poludniak, Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley
Andi Waisman, LifePath, Inc.
Silvia Bodie-Dominguez, BayPath Elder Services
3:15 -3:30 Closing Remarks
a) Evaluation
b) Raffle