CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and Education

Mary Alexander

Amy D'Aprix

Wednesday, March 28 | 4:00–5:00 pm 

In this session attendees will learn about the primary needs of the family caregiver, especially those with family members who have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Presenters will offer practical solutions and resources for supporting these individuals, as well as tools for professionals in aging.

Presenters: Mary Alexander, Strategic Alliances Director, Home Instead Senior Care; Amy D’Aprix, MSW, PhD, CSA, President, Dr. Amy Inc.

Hidden Helpers: Recognizing the Role of Child Providers of Home Health, Long-Term and Hospice Care

Connie Siskowski

Ronnette Virginia Smith

Thursday, March 29 | 10:00–11:00 am

More than a million children in the United States are caregiving, most often assisting a parent or grandparent. These unrecognized providers of care take on duties of ADLs and IADLs. Their stresses are similar to adult caregivers in terms of depression and/or anxiety, health problems and isolation; plus they have school difficulties and stigmatization by peers. This session will describe how the aging community is in a unique position to identify these at-risk children and provide resources to improve the well-being of children and families.

Presenters: Connie Siskowski, RN, PhD, American Association of Caregiving Youth; Ronnette Virginia Smith, MSLE, Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs, Walmart

A New Vision for 21st Century Aging: Seven Critical Course Corrections Needed for a Century of Successful Aging

Thursday, March 29 | 1:00–2:30 pm

Ken Dychtwald

The 20th century is over, and most solutions to 20th Century aging don’t work anymore. Are we prepared for the coming age wave? Can our country afford to have tens of millions of us living to 80, 90 or even 100+? Will existing entitlement programs survive long enough for young generations to reap even part of what they have been paying in? If not, what should they be replaced with? Can our current health care system handle the onslaught of chronic degenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s? What should the role of medical science play in wiping out late-life diseases? Do today’s elders care about tomorrow’s elders? What is the new purpose for maturity? Who are the emerging role models of the new aging? Are our leaders capable of distributing limited government resources fairly among many generations, each with its own distinct needs, styles, fears, complaints, expectations and political priorities? In this mind-stretching presentation, Ken Dychtwald will explore both the problems that the age wave brings—and their seven interlocking solutions. Warning: you may not like all of what you hear!

Presenter: Ken Dychtwald, President and CEO, Age Wave.

What Caregivers Need to Know About Medication Management

Friday, March 30 | 8:00–9:30 am

This session will provide an overview of in-home informal caregiver problems encountered in relation to medication management: improper storage, organization, disposal and poor communication among caregiver, physician, pharmacist, and care recipient. Solutions include: a communication chain linking physician, pharmacist, caregiver and care recipient, along with universal resources for caregiver medication management issues and methods for in-home management by caregivers.

Presenters: Greg Collins, Pharmacy Supervisor, CVS Caremark; Nancy Gagliano, MD, Minute Clinic Medical Director, CVS Caremark; Rebecca Martinez, DPA, Workforce Initiative Program Development, CVS Caremark.