Conference Session 1: Disasters, Older Adults, and Health Disparities
Friday, October 02, 2020, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST
Category: Conferences
Disasters, Older Adults, and Health DisparitiesPart 1 (Keynote): A Health Policy Hurricane: Promoting Healthy Aging in a Changing Climate Presenter: Sue Anne Bell, Assistant Professor, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, University of Michigan School of Nursing Summary: Recent hurricanes, wildfires, and the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed the U.S.’s disaster response system to its limit. This talk describes how disasters affect healthy aging beyond the immediate after-effects of a disaster and details the urgent scientific and policy needs for older adults to mitigate, prepare, respond and recover from these events, with the aim of building healthy and resilient communities. Learning Objectives:
Part 2: Panel - Perspectives from Oregon
Summary: Emergencies and disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic expose health disparities for older adults that exist between racial and ethnic groups due to economic and social conditions. During emergencies, these disparities can isolate older adults from the resources needed to prepare for emergencies and stay safe. Join presenters from AARP, Alzheimer’s Association and Multnomah County Human Services for a timely and important discussion. Learning Objectives:
Session Facilitators: Sara Kofman & Walt Dawson Continuing Education Credit: This session has been approved for 2 CME credits (AMA PRE Category 1)* and 2 AFH training credits.
This is the first of five sessions of OGA's 2020 virtual conference. You can register for individual sessions or, at a discount, for the entire conference series. For an overview of all sessions, please visit the conference page.
Previously, Ruby worked as Director of Outreach and Advocacy in Chicago for AARP Illinois. She served as Director of Legislative and Public Affairs at CareOregon, Vice President of External Affairs for OCHIN (a nationwide nonprofit healthcare innovation center), and Vice President of Government Relations for U.S. Bancorp in Portland. She is a graduate of the University of Oregon.
Lori has worked in the field for the past 25 years, and assisted The Salvation Army Serendipity Adult Day Services in becoming the first Adult Day Center in the Nation to receive the Excellence in Care, Dementia Program of Distinction award from the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. She has worked for the Alzheimer’s Association for the past seven years and currently resides with her lovely family in the beautiful and scenic Grants Pass.
In the past decade with DCHS Alexis has participated in a variety of internal and external committees related to equity and social justice, including: the DCHS Department Equity & Social Justice Committee, the Office of Developmental Disabilities Service Equity Workgroup, IDDSD Strategic Planning Equity Committee. Alexis’ goal of participating in various diversity and equity committees/work groups is to expand culturally appropriate services and to create truly inclusive services for groups and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Supporting Sponsors for this session:
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