Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 11:00am-12:00pm
Topic: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia

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
Topic: Speak Up, Speak Out: Testimony 101

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

Speakers: Elizabeth Lee, Senior Director of Caregiver and Older Adult Services at VISIONS; Cathleen McGuire, Senior Director of Rehabilitation and Outreach at VISIONS; Luisa Idrovo, Senior Technology Instructor at VISIONS.

Speakers: Wendell Walters, Manager for Policy & Advocacy at the Osborne Center for Justice Across Generations with Christina Green, Director of Supportive Housing at Osborne, and Judy Clark, Community Justice Advocate at Hour Children

Speakers: NYC’s DSS/HRA Community Engagement Unit

Learn more about PACE: Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly from Centerlight Healthcare

Speakers: Carolyn Stern, Director of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives, Center for Hearing and Communication; Michele DiStefano, AuD, Director of Audiology, Center for Hearing and Communication

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)

Presentation: City Advocacy Training

Speaker: Kevin J. Kiprovski, Director of Public Policy, LiveOn NY

Presentation: Stipendiary Programs: A Resource to Help Your Clients Age at Home

Speakers:

• Carolyn Winter, Executive Director & NY Team Lead, Private Foundation Services at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

• Gillian Francis, Executive Director, Isaac H. Tuttle Fund

• Nancy Wackstein, MSW, Adjunct Field Instructor, Fordham Graduate School of Social Service 

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.

Self-Care Exercise: Healthy Holiday Culinary Demonstration with Plant Powered Metro New York

Presentation: Caring for Your Mind, Body, and Spirit with Nutrition and Wellness Consultant, Elizabeth Madison

Share-Out: Celebration Time: 2022 in Review

Description: Join us for our last call of 2022 to celebrate the connections, successes, and triumphs of this amazing aging service field. Come prepared to share the lessons learned, best practices, and successes of your team and program.

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

Presentation: Supporting Clients & Companion Animal Pets

Speakers: Animal Haven, PAWS NY, and Search and Care

*1 Contact Hour for New York State Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) & Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)

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.