Senior Injury Prevention Program – Educational Forum 2016

MAY 25, 2016 – Save the date!

Welcome to the 16th Annual California Senior Injury Prevention Educational Forum/This past year has been an exciting one for our SIPP Coalition. In addition to receiving a second year of funding from the California Department of Public Health to support this Educational Forum; once again we were provided with funding for another year of two evidence based fall prevention programs – Stepping On and Tai Chi Movement for Better Balance. In addition, this year, we received funding from the Partners in Care Foundation to offer the evidence based fall prevention program Matter of Balance and to implement a modified STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) as a fall risk assess ment tool utilizing first responders.

This year’s SIPP Forum theme is Growing BOLDER: Bringing Strength & Balance to our Lives! Our Areas of Focus Include:

Safe Practices for Managing Medications
Senior Injury Coalition Building
Exploration of Evidence Based Fall Prevention Programs
Health Complications and Falls.

Once again, our favorite Moderator, Barb Alberson, will welcome us. Our “Mover and Shaker” and passionate senior advocate, Supervisor Nate Miley will be sharing information with Forum participants about Alameda County’s first in the nation Safe Drug Disposal Ordinance that was challenged and validated all the way to the US Supreme Court. This Ordinance goes beyond protecting its own residents’ health and well being, it has paved the way for other counties in California and the country to do the same.

We urge you to register for this important forum. You can refer to the attached program, flyer and registration form for more details. For additional information, please contact Miriam Rabinovitz at (510) 481-4190 or Miriam.Rabinovitz@acgov.org. This is the last call for registrations!

REGISTRATION FORM

We have a great program planned, excellent presenters and we think you will find it very interesting. CE units will be provided to paramedics, EMTs, nurses, MFTs and LCSWs.

May 25, 2016

Morning

7:30-8:30 Registration, Continental Breakfast, Video Streaming

Forum Agenda

Senior Deputy Director for Policy and Planning, San Joaquin County Public Health Services

Moderator Barb Alberson, Senior Deputy Director for Policy and Planning, San Joaquin County Public Health Services

Focus: Learning About Evidence Based Fall Prevention Programs: Panel

8:45 – 9:00 Ellen Corman, Supervisor, Community Outreach and Injury Prevention, Stanford Health Care
Overview: What Makes a Fall Prevention Program Evidence Based?

9:00 – 9:15 Deborah Bolding, Occupational Therapist, Community Outreach and Injury Prevention, Stanford Health Care
Stepping On

9:15 – 9:30 Tricia Catiggay, Occupational Therapist, Community Outreach and Injury Prevention, Stanford Health Care
Matter of Balance

9:30 – 9:45 Nicole Albrecht, Administrative Director, Fitness Instructor Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley
Tai Chi Movement for Better Balance

9:45 – 10:00 Marc Broberg, Physical Therapist, Two Trees Physical Therapy & Wellness
Otaga

10:00 – 10:15 Sandy Atkins, Partners in Care Foundation
Medication Evidence Based Program: Home Meds

10:30 – 10:45 Q&A

10:45 – 11:00 Break/Networking
Let’s Get Physical: Led by Keith Davis, Staying Fit & Alive!

Focus: A Shattered System: Reforming Long Term Care

11:00< – 11:30 Keynote Speaker: Suzanne Reed, Chief of Staff for California State Senator Carol Liu
Envisioning and Implementing an IDEAL Long-Term Care System in California

11:30 – 12:45 LUNCH

Focus: Fall Prevention Coalition Building: Stop Falls California

Ellen Corman, Supervisor, Community Outreach and Injury Prevention, Stanford Health Care
Gretchen Swanson, Fall Prevention Advisor, Heart of Ida, Long Beach

Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley – Dist. 4

Afternoon

Focus: Safe Practices for Managing Medications for Older Adults

12:45 – 1:15
Nate Miley, Alameda County Board Supervisor
Heidi Sanborn, Director, National Stewardship Action Council
Medication Disposal Legislation and Advocacy/MEDS Coalition

1:15 – 2:00 Mehrdad Ayati, MD, Stanford Medical Center
Medication Over Prescription

2:00 – 2:15 Break/Dessert/Networking
7th Inning Stretch: Led by Keith Davis, Staying Fit & Alive!

Focus: Health Complications & Falls

2:15 – 2:45 Laurie Chaikin, Optometrist, OptoRehab
Eye Health

2:45– 3:15 John Kingston, Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Visual Impairments and Falls

3:15 – 3:45 Michael DiGiacomo, D.P.M., Podiatrist.
Foot Health

3:45 – 4:15 Patrick Arbore, PhD, Psychologist, SF Institute on Aging
Mental Health

Closing Remarks/Raffle/Adjournment

Moderator Barb Alberson, Senior Deputy Director for Policy and Planning, San Joaquin County Public Health Services

Forum Goals

To expand the network of senior healthcare and service providers working together to reduce older adult injuries.
To provide attendees with valuable information and health updates to share with older adults to assist them in successful aging.

Continuing Education

Provider Approved For:

6 hours of CE by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 14893.
6 hours of CE by Alameda County EMS, Provider #01-0001
6 hours of CE credit for LPCCs, MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Approval #PCE 307

Nearby Hotels: (Please Note: No hotel room blocks have been reserved)

Hilton Garden Inn, Emeryville 510-658-9300 & Courtyard Emeryville 510-652-8777

Public Transit: MacArthur BART, Oakland; Emery Go-Round to Hilton Garden Inn

(Emery Go-Round Shuttle is free and leaves from BART every 15 minutes.)

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