Category Archives: Safety

Past Free Webinar – Access to Transportation: An Essential Ingredient for Choice, Connectivity, and Contribution – March 10, 2020

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By: Ann Bailey, President, DARTS;
Dawn Simonson, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging

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.)

Handout – Access to Transportation 3.10.20

Transportation is consistently ranked among the most important issues facing older adults and an aging society. Lack of mobility has a detrimental impact on physical, mental, and social health. In this webinar, you will learn about innovative approaches and lessons learned from years of providing both individual and group rides. In addition, you will learn about the results of a recent survey that illuminates the crucial role volunteer drivers play in helping older adults get to medical appointments, have groceries delivered, keep social connections, and more.

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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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