29th Annual Aging Advocacy Day
Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: City Hall Park, New York, NY
Upcoming Events
Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Location: City Hall Park, New York, NY
Date: Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Friday, April 5th, 2024
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Location: Steps of Bronx County Courthouse
Date: Friday, March 22nd, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
When: Thursday, March 7th, 2024
Time: 10:30-11:30am
Where: Helen Marshall Cultural Center in Queens Borough Hall (120-55 Queens Blvd, Queens, NY 11415)
When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 and Wednesday, March 6, 2024 from 9:30-4:30pm
Where: LiveOn NY’s office, 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10036
When: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 and Wednesday, March 6, 2024 from 9:30-4:30pm
Where: LiveOn NY’s office, 49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10036
Speak Up! Speak Out!
January 30, 2024 - The Conference Center
January 31, 2024 & February 1, 2024 - Virtual Workshop Sessions
Date: Friday, November 17th, 2023
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Friday, October 27th, 2023
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Monday, September 18th, 2023
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Friday, June 30th, 2023
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Friday, May 19th, 2023
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Thursday, May 11th, 2023
Time: 11:00AM—12:00PM
Location: Sidewalk outside City Hall Park across from 250 Broadway
Date: Monday, May 1st, 2023
Time: 11:00AM—12:00PM
Location: Steps of Bronx County Courthouse (851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451)
Date: Friday, April 28th, 2023
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Friday, March 31st, 2023
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Learn how a pooled income trust can help a person qualify financially for Medicaid home care services even if their income is above the financial limits. The funds deposited into the pooled income trust can then help pay a person’s monthly living expenses so that they are able to live at home for as long as possible.
Speaker: Kristin K. Ruggles, Government Relations Specialist | The Wright Group NY
Description: The New York State elections are over... Now what? Join us for a LiveOn NY member-only special session, in partnership with The Wright Group, in which you'll gain a high-level overview of post-election changes, how these changes will affect New York's aging service field moving forward, and tips on relationship-building with your new elected leaders as a trusted resource in your community. You won't want to miss this session as we learn how to take action in light of the State's new political landscape.
Date: Friday, November 18th, 2022
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Mode: Zoom
Speakers: Alexandra Webb, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Community Support and Education | Service Program for Older People (SPOP); and Jessica Fertig, LCAT, ATR-BC, Director, PROS | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Description: An introduction to recognizing and appropriately addressing mental health conditions in older adults for aging and mental health network providers.
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 | 10:00-11:00am
Modality: Zoom
Cost: FREE
Date: Friday, October 28th, 2022
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Mode: Zoom
Date: Thursday, October 13th, 2022
Time: 9:00am—12:00pm
Location: The Conference Center (130 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022), or virtually
Speakers: Ayanna Behin, Director of Training & Conflict Consulting | NY Peace Institute; and Ruby Philips, Restorative Justice Associate | NY Peace Institute
Description: Challenging Conversations in a Time of Crisis training addresses questions that so many groups find themselves facing right now about communicating across differences, discussing core values and long-held beliefs in the workplace.
Self-Care Exercise: Reflection Time: What kind of world do you want to live in as you continue to age?
Panel Discussion : Growing Within the Field of Aging Panel Discussion with Katherine Martinez, LMSW, President/CEO, Neighborhood SHOPP; Shehila Stephens, Senior Director of Programs, Encore Community Services; Michael Velez, MSW, Director of Case Management & Friendly Visiting Program, RiseBoro Community Partnership; and Karen Taylor, Program Director, Selfhelp Northridge/Brulene/Southridge NORC Program.
Speakers: Teresa Theophano, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Community Programs | Service Program for Older People (SPOP); & Geordana Weber, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Clinic Services | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Description: Many direct care workers live with trauma histories of our own as well as experiences of vicarious trauma. This two-part course offers psychoeducation on trauma-informed care and trauma-centered treatment, as well as in-session experiential activities to help ourselves ease and heal.
Speakers: Teresa Theophano, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Community Programs | Service Program for Older People (SPOP); & Geordana Weber, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Clinic Services | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Description: Many direct care workers live with trauma histories of our own as well as experiences of vicarious trauma. This two-part course offers psychoeducation on trauma-informed care and trauma-centered treatment, as well as in-session experiential activities to help ourselves ease and heal.
Speaker: Alexandra Webb, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Community Support and Education | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Description: This course explores how mental health and direct care providers are navigating the “now normal”: returning to our professional and personal lives with many modifications since COVID began; processing the grief and loss of the past two years; and recognizing the potential somatic effects we may experience.
Self-Care Exercise: DOROT’s Pearls of Wisdom Storytellers
Open Space: Reframing the Way We Perceive and Talk about Aging Services
Presentation: Aging Alone Together
Speaker: Claire Solomon Nisen, LMSW, MPH Manager, Lasting Impressions | DOROT
Speaker: Carola Chase, LCSW, Senior Vice President for Group Services | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Description: This course helps familiarize participants with issues facing older adults experiencing loss; understand the complexities of grieving processes; and explore caring for self while caring for bereaved clients.