Second Annual Conference on Aging and Society:

Reforming Long Term Care-Back to the Future


Schedule - Agenda

8 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Registration
8:30 - 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Dennis L. Kodner, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Gerontology
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Director, NYIT Center for Gerontology and Geriatrics
Old Westbury, NY
9:10 - 9:55 a.m. You Can Run, But You Can't Hide: Facing the Costs of Long Term Care
Harriet L. Komisar, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
9:55 - 10:40 a.m. Who Will Care for Us When We're Old and Gray?: The Long Term Care Workforce Crisis
Robyn Stone, DrPH
Executive Director
Institute for the Study of Aging Services
American Association of Homes & Services for the Aging
Washington, DC
10:40 a.m. Break
10:55 - 11:40 a.m. The Long Term Care Puzzle and Mental Health
Kimberly Williams, LMSW
Director
The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York
New York, New York
11:40 - 12:25 p.m. Long Term Care Issues, Models and Lessons from the Other Side of the Atlantic
Caroline Glendinning, M. Phil
Professor of Social Policy/Research Director, Adults, Older People and Carers Team
Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
The University of York
York, UK
12:25 - 1:25 p.m. Lunch
1:25 - 2::45 p.m. The State of Long Term Care - A Long Island Sounding

Moderator: Tobi Abramson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Mental Health Counseling NYIT
Outreach Coordinator, NYIT Center for Gerontology and Geriatrics

Panelists:

Sharon Mullon, D. Min.
Commissioner
Nassau County Department of Senior Citizens Affairs
Uniondale, NY

Herbert Friedman, M.S.
Executive Vice President
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Commack, NY

Orael Keenan, RN, MSN
Chief Executive Officer
Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island
Garden City, NY

Suzanne Fields, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Chief of Geriatrics & General Medicine
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Director, Long Island Geriatric Education Center (LIGEC)
Stony Brook, NY

Kathy Rosenthal, CSW
VP, Long Island Operations
FEGS Health & Human Services System
Syosset, NY
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. The Road to Long Term Care Reform
Joshua M. Wiener, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Program Director in Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care
RTI International
Washington, DC
3:30 - 3:50 p.m. Respondent:
Robert Blancato
President
Matz, Blancato & Associates
Washington, D.C.
3:50 - 4 p.m. Wrap Up
Dennis L. Kodner, Ph.D.

Second Annual Conference on Aging and Society

When: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Where: NYIT, Old Westbury campus, W. Kenneth Riland Academic Health Care Center, Auditorium, directions

Contact: NYIT Office of Special Events, events@nyit.edu or 516.686.1177
OR
Tobi Abramson, Ph.D., Center Outreach Coordinator, at tabramso@nyit.edu