Category Archives: Healthy Aging

Past Free Webinar – The Juniper Network: Improving Health and Strengthening Communities Throughout Minnesota – February 12, 2020

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By: Sarah Shepherd, LSW, MPH, and Georgia Lane, MA

Handout – Juniper Network 2.12.20

Earn 1 CEU, pre-approved for Social Workers by BOSW; self-submit other disciplines.
MGS is listed as a Continuing Education Resource by the MN Board of Nursing.
(The CEU is free for MGS members; $15 for non-members.)

Juniper is a statewide network of organizations delivering evidence-based programs to help adults live well, get fit and prevent falls.  Since 2018, 130+ organizations have joined this growing network to achieve better health in communities across Minnesota.  A core theme for Juniper participants is that you can take charge of your health and live well, even with challenges.  Through a networked approach, Juniper fosters collaboration among health plans, healthcare providers, housing providers, and community-based organizations that are dedicated to improving the health of the communities we serve — together.

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Past Free Webinar – Strategies for Home Modification and How to Access Financing, Nov. 12, 2019

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By: Diane Sprague, MA, Director, Lifetime Home Project

Handout – Strategies for Home Modification

Home Modification Resource list   Home Modification Funding grid

Earn 1 CEU, pre-approved for Social Workers by BOSW; self-submit other disciplines.
MGS is listed as a Continuing Education Resource by the MN Board of Nursing.
(The CEU is free for MGS members; $15 for non-members.)

For years, studies and surveys have documented how seniors want to age in community, often where they’ve lived for many years.  Providing a safe and comfortable home can require a range of repairs, and/or accessibility modifications that accommodate changes in functional ability.  Unless extremely minor, skilled assessment and installation practitioners should manage access modification work.  Financing is the third critical component, often the make-or-break factor in undertaking a project.  This session will explore basic access remodeling financing techniques, remodeling “realities” and funding resources.

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