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
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
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, RNcanceled
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.