Program at a Glance

Tuesday, June 12

8:00 a.m.	Registration Opens
9:15 am - 10:45 am	Opening Keynote Beatrice Ruth Burgess Memorial Lecture Vital Signs: Quality of Life through Medicine and the Arts - Nicholson
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Workshops T1 A Lot of Life Left to Live: Innovative and Supportive Housing Models for Older Adults - Benson, Weirich T2 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - What You Need to Know About the Law (REPEATED Tues at 1:45pm) - Marcum, Crowder T3 Palliative Care in the Aging Community - Wirts T4 Dementia: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Hutchings
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch Dessert with the Vendors
1:45 - 3:15 pm	Workshops T5 The Social Implications of Growing Old in Small Towns and Rural Communities - Weirich, Hash, Morrow T6 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - What You Need to Know About the Law (REPEATED) - Marcum, Crowder T7 Connecting the DOTS in Dementia Care in West Virginia Communities - Cipoletti, Canini T8 Drug Therapy and Older Adults - Elliott
3:30 - 5:00 pm	Keynote Presentation Dying Before Their Time: Opioids and Rural Elders - Benson

8:30 - 10:00 am	Workshops W1 Seniors and Gambling: Often an Adventure Gone Awry (REPEATED Thurs at 1:30pm)- Moran W2 Are You Still Ethical? Review of the NASW Code of Ethics Revisions (REPEATED Wed at 2:45pm)- Allen W3 Medicaid for LTC, Myths and Misperceptions - Kerr, Wyatt W4 Senior Hunger: Awareness, Advocacy and Call to Action - Morrison, Cawthon, Kirkhart
10:15 - 11: 45 am	Keynote Presentation Update on the Law of Financial Exploitation - Taylor
12:00 - 12:45 pm	Lunch Anita S. Harbert Outstanding Achievement Award
1:00 - 2:30 pm	Workshops W5 Medicaid Update: Health Services for 1/3 of West Virginians - Stoll, Tyler, Schenk W6 Medicare 101: The Basics - Gouty W7 Grandfamilies: A New Community - Wamsley, Lee, Dunn W8 ElderLaw 101 - McConnell, Edgar
2:45 - 4:15 pm	Workshops W9 Medicare: Understanding Your Options and Protecting Your Benefits - Gouty W10 ~~Stress Less with Mindfulness -~~ ~~Smith~~ FULL W11 Are You Still Ethical? Review of the NASW Code of Ethics Revisions (REPEAT) - Allen
4:30 - 6:15 pm	Evening Keynote Movie Night: Raging Grannies - Hash

8:30 - 10:00 am	Workshops TH1 Facial Articulation: Professional and Practice Implications - Gejevski TH2 Using The Five Stages of Grief When Dementia is the Diagnosis - Forzano TH3 Beyond the Diagnosis: A Holistic Approach at End-of Life (Part One) - Hicks, Boyce TH4 Elder Abuse: What Is It & What Can I Do? - Mason
10:15 - 11:45 am	Workshops TH5 ~~Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Reflections on Appalachian People (REPEATED Thurs at 1:30pm) -~~ ~~Lilly~~ FULL TH6 Developing a Sustainable Volunteer Based Nonprofit - Muilenburg, Miller, Wilson TH7 Beyond the Diagnosis: A Holistic Approach at End-of Life (Part Two) - Hicks, Boyce TH8 Introduction to T'ai Chi - Gejevski
12:00 - 1:15 pm	Lunch Presentation Aging Policy: The DC Landscape - Blancato
1:30 - 3:00 pm	Workshops TH9 ~~The Benefits of Integrated Behavioral Health with Rural Elderly Populations -~~ ~~Tasker~~ FULL TH10 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Reflections on Appalachian People (REPEAT) - Lilly TH11 Seniors and Gambling: Often an Adventure Gone Awry (REPEAT) - Moran
3:15 - 4:15 pm	Closing Presentation Adventures of Active Senior Living - Muilenburg