ASA Conference to Feature Several Sessions with PHI Experts

PHI staff will be sharing their expertise at four sessions taking place at the American Society on Aging‘s (ASA) annual conference in Chicago next week.

The sessions at the ASA’s 2015 Aging in America Conference in which PHI staff are presenting are:

March 23:

• Implementation of a Best-Practice Homecare Aide Training, Employment and Retention Framework

Peggy Powell, PHI National Director, Workforce and Curriculum Development, and Carol Rodat, PHI New York State Policy Director, with Penny Feldman and Miriam Ryvicker of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Center for Home Care Policy and Research

March 24:

• The Senior Aide in Home Care: A Model for Integrating Direct-Care Workers Into Care Coordination

Carol Rodat and Anna Ortigara, PHI Organizational Change Consultant

March 25:

• National Forum on Person-Centered Care for People with Dementia

Anna Ortigara and nine other presenters, including Kathy Greenlee, Administrator of the Administration for Community Living and Assistant Secretary for Aging

• Direct-Care Workforce Shortage: Who is Going to Provide Personal Care and at What Cost?

Tameshia Bridges-Mansfield, PHI Midwest Director, and Clare Luz of Michigan State University

More information about the ASA conference is available online.

— by Deane Beebe