VIRTUAL TOTE BAG
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LIVEON NY VIRTUAL JOURNAL
On behalf of the entire LiveOn NY family, thank you for joining us for our 31st Annual Conference on Aging & Vendor Show. Our goal each year is to bring aging service professionals together, so that we can learn best practices and share information on goods and services that can assist organizations and older adults in New York. This year, we are more determined than ever to help you get the information and resources that you need to help older adults survive and thrive as New York, the nation, and the world recover from the pandemic.
We want to thank all of our sponsors for their generous support of this event, and all of you for making New York a better place to age through your commitment, hard work, and dedication.
MATERIALS FROM OUR SPONSORS
Carter Burden Network promotes the well-being of seniors 60 and older through a continuum of services, advocacy, arts and culture, health and wellness and volunteer programs, all oriented to individual, family and community needs. We are dedicated to supporting the efforts of older people to live safely and with dignity.
The Carter Burden Network offers a variety of programs and services benefiting older New Yorkers. As a leader in aging services in NYC, we welcome seniors to participate in programs and attend centers offering vital resources that support your independence and provide opportunities to form connections that enrich your life.
It’s time we made better health more accessible, and it begins with the very food we eat. At Mom’s Meals, we purposefully design meals with the power to fill and fuel life. What all started with our own Mom has grown to fathers, brothers, sisters, and friends.
Community Champions is a Mom’s Meals award program spotlighting case managers who have gone above and beyond to positively impact their communities and the clients they serve. Click below to nominate an outstanding case manager!
For more information, contact Colleen Miller at (877) 402-1163 or colleen.miller@momsmeals.com
MONDAY’S WORKSHOP RESOURCES
W1 | Partnering to Improve Dementia Care in a Time of Crisis
W2 | Connected Services in a Disconnected World*
W3 | Now More than Ever: Building Community Within Your Senior Center
W4 | Addressing Chronic Conditions with Home-Delivered Meals Outcomes Review
Win a FREE e-copy of Priya Parker’s book, The Art of Gathering!
LiveOn NY is giving away FREE e-copies to the first 100 people to fill out the form below. Winners will be notified by email the week after the Conference. Learn more about the book here.
MATERIALS FROM OUR SPONSORS
Inlight Risk Management understands the challenges and needs of the social service industry and other non-profit organizations. InLight can offer cost-effective insurance solutions to help non-profits maximize their risk management budgets.
Special offer: Concierge Cyber program available for $250 annual cost! Click on the link below for more details.
For more information, please contact Mike Spaan at MSpaan@InLightRM.com or (405) 443-2012.
MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system that has been caring for at-risk New Yorkers since 1907. Driven by our founding core values of compassion dignity and respect, today our range of high quality programs and services for people of all backgrounds are: MJHS Home Care, MJHS Hospice and Palliative, two centers for rehabilitation and nursing care – Isabella in northern Manhattan and Menorah Center in Brooklyn, the research-based MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care, as well as our Medicare Advantage Plan for dual beneficiaries – Elderplan – and our Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care Plan – HomeFirst.
MATERIALS FROM OUR GENERAL SESSION ENTERTAINMENT
StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.
During Tuesday’s General Session, we listened to A Wonderful Life.
StoryCorps Connect is a a first-of-its kind platform that enables you to record a StoryCorps interview with a loved one remotely using video conference technology. Learn more here!
MATERIALS FROM OUR GENERAL SESSION PANEL
It’s time to celebrate the fact that we get to age.
Changing the Narrative has selected a diverse group of Colorado artists to design anti-ageist birthday cards. The designs defy negative views of aging and celebrate the joys of getting older. We need alternatives—birthday cards that CELEBRATE age. Click the link below for more info and resources!
TUESDAY’S WORKSHOP RESOURCES
W5 | The Stories We Tell About Our Health
W7 | Witness Theatre in New York: Processing Trauma through Intergenerational Bonds*
W6 | Life Planning Documents for Low-Income Seniors
W8 | Community Care Connections: Integrating Health and Community-Based Services
MATERIALS FROM OUR SPONSORS
LIFE Trust is a Medicaid-certified trust, administered by a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit agency. Our knowledgeable and professional trust counselors are available by phone, email and live chat from Monday through Thursday 9am – 5pm and Fridays from 9am – 2 pm.
Interested in learning more about Medicaid Pooled Income Trusts or Medicaid Pooled Asset Trusts? Click on the links below!
Oliver Speedseal(R) Packaging Systems offer a complete meal packaging program. With our heat seal technology, safety is sealed in. From kitchen staff to client, sealed meals deliver on presentation, cleanliness, and confidence.
MATERIALS FROM OUR GENERAL SESSION SELF-CARE ACTIVITY
Berko Music Therapy, LLC helps individuals and families cope with health challenges related to aging. We are experienced Board Certified Music Therapists and Licensed Creative Arts Therapists dedicated to changing and improving the lives of seniors through music and creative art.
WEDNESDAY’S WORKSHOP RESOURCES
W9 | Pet Therapy Online: How You Can Use Animals to Help Support Older Adults
W10 | Enhancing Family “Cultural Connections”
W11 | Together, Apart: Best Programming Practices to Keep Older Adults Connected*
W12 | A Movement Class for Seniors Utilizing The Neural Plasticity of the Brain
BONUS RESOURCE
LiveOn NY's Benefits Outreach program offers benefits screening and application assistance to New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs. Our team is here to help: we’re happy to serve as a referral source — screening your clients for eligibility and assisting through the entirety of the application process — or to help professionals in the field navigate the challenges of completing a client’s application.
For more information about how we can help you, please contact Kim Lerner, Director of Benefits Outreach, at klerner@liveon-ny.org.
MATERIALS FROM OUR SPONSORS
NYSARC Trust Services has been administering supplemental needs trusts since 1972 and is New York's original provider of pooled trusts to spend-down income to qualify for Medicaid. NYSARC has helped thousands of people protect their eligibility for benefits and enhance their quality of life.
Special Offer: New applicants who enroll in electronic deposits of their monthly spend-down can reduce the minimum balance requirement to only $100 rather than holding a full month’s deposit. Click “Contact Us” below and mention that you attended LiveOn NY’s Annual Conference on Aging.
OATS is a social impact organization that builds sustainable new systems to change the way we age. OATS is also the creator and sponsor of Senior Planet, a national community of people 60 and older who are aging with attitude, with physical locations in 6 states. Senior Planet programs help thousands of older adults build technology skills to improve their social engagement, financial security, civic participation, health, and creativity.
This year, with generous support from the Humana Foundation, OATS is launching Aging Connected, a national campaign to help close the technology adoption gap for older adults. OATS has set a goal of reaching one million seniors by June 2022. By connecting and coordinating the efforts of technology companies, nonprofit senior services providers, and public sector agencies, we aim to increase broadband connectivity among older adults and help seniors maximize the benefit of technology use for health, social engagement, and other essential outcomes.
THANK YOU FROM NEW YORK ELECTED OFFICIALS
Thank you to all the elected officials who shared their words of appreciation this morning at the policy focused General Session at our Annual Aging Conference #AgeCon21.
THURSDAY’S WORKSHOP RESOURCES
W13 | It Takes A Village: Implementing A Pandemic Rapid Response
W14 | 2021 Changes for Accessing Medicaid Home Care in NYS Care
W15 | Voices of the Community: How to Use Technology to Mobilize Your Community and Promote Civic Engagement*
W16 | An Update from the New York State Office for the Aging
BONUS RESOURCE
From the U.S. Census Bureau: Narrative Profiles are short, analytic reports derived from American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Each Narrative Profile covers 15 different topic areas and provides text and bar charts to display highlights of selected social, economic, housing and demographic estimates for a selected geographic area.
MATERIALS FROM OUR SPONSORS
DOROT is committed to serving the highly vulnerable older adult population, to ensure that they have the material supports and social interactions they need to survive COVID-19. Our model for older adult engagement in good times and in trying times has become a national model for alleviating social isolation and loneliness.
Click on the links below to learn more about about DOROT’s programs and services such as Tech Coaching, University Without Walls, and Caring Calls.
Sunnyside Community Services (SCS) is a community-based nonprofit centered on the belief that every person deserves meaningful support to achieve their aspirations — especially struggling families and individuals. With programs designed to enrich lives and strengthen communities through services and engagement for individuals at all ages, beginning with those most in need, SCS has been lighting up lives with programs as diverse as the people they serve since 1974.
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR GENERAL SESSION SPEAKER
During our General Session on Friday, Josephine Kalipeni recommended several resources to us on the topic of social justice:
Kimberlé Crenshaw's TED Talk on the Urgency of Intersectionality
Simon Sinek's Start with the Why
FRIDAY’S WORKSHOP RESOURCES
W17 | Stronger Together: Addressing Tough Elder Abuse Cases Through Collaboration
W18 | Tending to Our Roots: The Importance of Intergenerational Multi-Cultural Care from a Community-Based Perspective
W19 | Older Adults and the Immigration Experience
W20 | Disrupting Disparities LGBTQ
BONUS RESOURCE
LiveOn NY’s Boots on the Ground Workgroup is a monthly, solution-focused space for direct aging service professionals and other programs and services to share resources, information, innovative ideas, and network with other professional in an effort to collectively continue serving older New Yorkers.
If you are interested in learning more about the work group and/or joining, please contact Stephanie Ruiz-Barcelo at sruiz@liveon-ny.org or Kim Lerner at klerner@liveon-ny.org.
Questions? Contact Jenna Gladfelter at jgladfelter@liveon-ny.org