2023 Conference Handouts

MGS 2023 Conference Booklet – Download and preview conference details. Printed Booklets will be available at registration.

Keynote and Session Handouts

Day 1 (3 CEUs) Monday, March 20, 2023

1:00pm            Keynote – Title-What if We All Aged Well? The Future of Gerontology in A Healthy Society Adriane Berg, JD

Adriane Berg Keynote Presentation PPT
Adriane Berg Handout 1

 2:30pm           Keynote – Older Adults in Minnesota: Where Are We Now? Susan Brower, PhD

SusanBrowerPowerPoint handout

4:00pm            Concurrent Sessions 1

1A: Fraud Trends, Vulnerabilities, and Interventions Jay Haapala

Session 1A Fraud Trends, Vulnerabilities and Interventions PowerPoint
Session 1A Fraud Trends, Vulnerabilities and Interventions Handout 1

1B: Dialogue: What are We Yearning for as We care for Ourselves as Elders? Carol Geisler, PhD and Janet Marinelli, MS

no handout

1C: Office of Ombudsman for Long Term Care Self-Advocacy: Empowerment through Promoting Knowledge, Enhancing Awareness, and Elevating the Voice of People Receiving Long- term Care Supports Emma Shepard, MS, Jane Brink, Tammy Hollingsworth, and Tiffany Carlson, LSW

Session 1C Office of Ombudsman for Long Term Care Self Advocacy Handout 1
Session 1C Office of Ombudsman for Long term Care Self Advocacy Handout 2
Session 1C Office of Ombudsman for Long Term Care Self Advocacy Handout 3
Session 1C Office of Ombudsman for Long Term Care Self Advocacy PP

1D: Speak Out! Communication: Master Impactful Speech for Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Cause, Your Family, Your Senior Clients Adriane Berg, JD

Session 1D Speak Out Communication Master Impactful Speech for Your Health, Your Wealth

1E: Creating a Rural Age Friendly Community Kris Hohensee and Betty Christensen

Session 1E Creating a Rural Age Friendly Community PowerPoint
Session 1E Creating a Rural Age Friendly Community
Session 1E Creating a Rural Age Friendly Community booklet

Day 2 (5 CEUs) Tuesday, March 21, 2023

9:00am            Keynote: Current State and Future of Gerontology & Aging Studies in Minnesota Panel Presentation

no handout

10:30am          Concurrent Sessions 2

2A: Increasing Statewide Services for LGBTQ Older Adults through Eldercare Development Partnerships Mike Saindon, MPA and Maren Levad

Session 2A Increasing Statewide Services for LGBTQ Older Adults

2B: Whole-Person Health in a Community Context Melanie Ferris, MPH

no handout

2C: Intergenerational Friendships through Storytelling Karin Trail-Johnson, MA, Bob Schomake, and Joan Wieland, MA

no handout

2D: A Backup Plan for Minnesota’s Solos Linda Camp, MPS

Session 2D A Backup Plan for Minnesota’s Solos

2E Aging on the Farm Jennifer Monroe, MA and J D Haas, JD, MDIV

Session 2E Aging on the Farm

12:30pm         Concurrent Sessions 3

3A: Collaborative Learning Opportunities to Foster Workforce Development in the Field of Aging Tonya Horn, PhD, Tanya Rand, EdD, MSW, LICSW, Amy Dircks, BA, Shelley Thiesen, MSW, LICSW, Gabby Steinhoff, Lydia Nelson, Kim Tran, Lynda Felver

Session 3A Collaborative Learning Opportunities to Foster Workforce Development

3B: Empathetic Model for Residential Elder Care Systems Oluchi, Nwaobia, BSN, RN
canceled

3C: Minnesota’s Men’s Sheds Steve Hoover, PhD, Bob Bache, MD, and Sue Fust MPH PhD

Session 3C Minnesota Men’s Sheds

3D: American Indian Elders: Need for Cultural Sensitivity in Health Care and Services Linda Frizzell, PhD, MS

Session 3D American Indian Elders Need for Cultural Sensitivity

3E: Age-Related Microaggressions: A Follow-Up Descriptive Study Hannah Lewis, BS

Session 3E Age-Related Microaggressions A Follow-up Descriptive Study PPT
Session 3E Age-Related Microaggressions A Follow-up Descriptive Study Handout

1:45pm            Concurrent Sessions 4

4A: Multigenerational Family Households: Are we Better Together? Tanya Rand, EdD, MSW, LICSW, Ellen Haeg, MSW, Hannah Wynia, and Annie Collins, BS

Session 4A Multigenerational Family Households are we better together PowerPoint

4B: How Embracing Our Beliefs About Aging Can Enhance Our Work with Older Adults Kiana Joyner, MSW, LICSW, Bekah Elling, MSW, LICSW, and Amanda Thooft MSW, LICSW

Session 4B How Embracing Our Beliefs About Aging Can Enhance Our Work with Older Adults

4C: Come for the Classes, Stay for the Community: How Learning Communities Enhance the Lives of Older Adults Kate Schaefers, PhD, and Nancy Allen

Session 4C Come for the Classes Stay for the Community Handout
Session 4C Come for the Classes Stay for the Community

4D: Enhancing the Quality of Life for the Aging Population: An Innovative Collaboration of Professional Service Providers Focusing on the Whole Person Will Serve our Aging Population Better & Improve their Self-determination & Quality of Life David Wick, JD and David Sherman, MS

Session 4D Enhancing the Quality of Life for the Aging Population
Session 4D Enhancing the Quality of Life for the Aging Population Tax Form
Session 4D Enhancing the Quality of Life for the Aging Population Case Study

4E: A Community-Based Approach to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness Steve Hoover, PhD, Fyzeen Ahmad, Melissa Pribyl MSN, RN, Kylie Weller, BS, and Angel Hight, BSN, RN

Session 4E A Community-Based Approach to Address Social Isolation

3:15pm           Closing Keynote: Seize Your Life: Live A Purpose-Driven Life Jasmine Brett Stringer

Jasmine Brett Stringer Keynote Address PowerPoint
Jasmine Brett Stringer Keynote Address Handout

CEU Certificates will be emailed to participants after the conference

Pre-Conference = 2.5 CEUs; Conference Monday = 3 CEUs; Tuesday = 5 CEUs; All Events = 10.5 CEUs
Preapproved for Social Workers by BOSW and for NH Administrators by Board of Examiners for NHA. MGS is listed as a Continuing Education Resource by the MN Board of Nursing; self-submit all other disciplines.

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