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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AREA AGENCIES ON AGING 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & TRADESHOW

12 – 16, 2014JULY

2 39th Annual n4a Conference & Tradeshow | Dallas, Texas

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Come Join Your Colleagues in Dallas!I invite and encourage you to join us at this year’s n4a Annual Answers on Aging Conference, July 12 – 16, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. This is a conference that delivers and one that you cannot afford to miss! Designed by and for Area Agencies on Aging, Title VI tribal aging programs and local community professionals in aging and disability services, the n4a Conference delivers answers on aging in stimulating general sessions with national experts; workshops that highlight cutting edge issues and best practices programs; and one-on-one conversations in the hallways, Tradeshow and networking functions that enable you to connect and share information with your colleagues.

Whereas last year’s successful Annual Conference focused on strategies to change and enhance the way AAAs and Title VI agencies do business, this year’s Conference will build on that theme by highlighting ways to build your agency’s business acumen, by addressing the development of performance and outcome measures for home and community-based services, and by enhancing your lines of business in order to position your agency for the future.

The n4a Conference Committee, together with our incredible Texas Host Committee, have put together a jam-packed Conference program designed to provide you with:

y Up-to-date information on the latest policy decisions and discussions in Washington, DC

y Cutting-edge and best practice information and ideas from AAAs and Title VI programs from across the nation including the winners of n4a’s Aging Innovations and Achievement Awards

y Successful business strategies and practices for non-profit and government-based agencies

y Sustainability models, including private pay and cost-sharing structures

y Leadership strategies to help you tackle culture change in your agency and community

y Information on new products and services available to you and your agency from conference supporters and vendors

y Opportunities to share thoughts and ideas with your colleagues who are dealing with the same challenges and opportunities that you are

y A Network of support and supporters who are all pushing for your success!

I know that in this day and age, the travel budget for your agency is tight but the n4a Conference is one you truly cannot afford to miss. The ideas, strategies and answers on aging and disability services that you will discover will save your agency a hundred-fold the cost of your travel…and the benefits to your clients will be even greater.

Please share this brochure with your colleagues and don’t forget to register for the Conference right away to take advantage of the special “early bird” pricing.

I look forward to seeing you in Dallas this July!

Nick BeamerPresident, n4a Board of Directors

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Tentative Agenda at a GlanceSATURDAY, JULY 12

8:00 a.m – Noon n4a Board of Directors Meeting

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Community-Based Integrated Care Networks: Taking the Next Steps—Part I

SUNDAY, JULY 13

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration

8:30 a.m. – Noon I&R/A Summit Part I—Federal, State and Local Perspectives on I&R/A—National Updates and Hot Topics

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Boot Camp for New Directors

8:45 a.m. – Noon Community-Based Integrated Care Networks: Taking the Next Steps—Part II

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Aging Innovations & Achievement Awards Luncheon (By Invitation Only)

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. I&R/A Summit Part II—CIRS-A Exam Prep & I&R/A Basic Training


4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Opening General Session

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception in Tradeshow

MONDAY, JULY 14

6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. 11th Annual Early Bird Walk

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast in Tradeshow


8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. General Session

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Networking Break in Tradeshow

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Networking Lunch in Tradeshow


2:15 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. Networking Break in Tradeshow



TUESDAY, JULY 15


7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m General Session

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Concurrent Workshops

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Own



4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. The United States of Aging Town Hall Event

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Optional Sixth Floor Museum Event (advance ticket purchase required)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

7:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. AIRS Testing (separate registration required)

7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Conference Registration

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Closing General Session and n4a Business Meeting/Aging Network Update

10:30 a.m. – Noon n4a New Board of Directors Meeting


Pre-Conference Intensives: Join us for a series of pre-conference workshops. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday, July 121:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Community-Based Integrated Care Networks: Taking Next Steps —Part I

This two-part intensive begins on Saturday and concludes on Sunday. A $30 materials fee will apply for all attendees.

ACL-CMS Update Session: Duals Financial Alignment, MLTSS and more. Health and long-term services and supports systems are changing fast, as are the roles of community-based organizations in those systems.

Knowing Your Market. The first step to contracting with integrated care entities is analyzing and getting to know your market.

Building a Performance-Based Culture. What Gets Measured Gets Improved: How does a CBO do it?

Sunday, July 138:30 a.m. – Noon

I&R/A Summit Part I—Federal, State and Local Perspectives on I&R/A: National Updates and Hot Topics

Join n4a and the Eldercare Locator, along with NASUAD/Aging and Disability Information and Referral/Assistance (I&R/A) Support Center and the Dallas Area Agency on Aging for this I&R/A Intensive that includes important information for I&R/A professionals of various experience levels.

This is the only opportunity during the n4a Conference for I&R/A professionals to gather and focus exclusively on industry trends, initiative, challenges and solutions. Participants will have opportunities to network with peers from around the country, participate in group discussions, learn about innovative strategies for service delivery, and consider new approaches to aging and disability I&R/A development.

Sunday, July 13, continued

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Boot Camp for New Directors and Staff

Pre-registration is required.

Are you a newcomer to the Aging Network? This is the session for you! n4a’s Boot Camp will provide you with crucial information about the Aging Network, including the evolution of the Older Americans Act, Medicaid waivers and other critical programs and resources that will help ground you in your agency’s operations. This is the perfect chance to draw on the insight and perspectives from federal officials, state unit staff and veteran AAA and Title VI directors staff on the history, current trends and future directions for the Aging Network.

8:45 a.m. – Noon

Community-Based Integrated Care Networks: Taking Next Steps—Part II

With the goal to support growth in your organization’s capacity to address emerging needs and opportunities, this set of concurrent workshops focuses on building skills and knowledge across aging services and business disciplines.

Structuring Your Network. You’ve got willing and interested partners, but how formal does your network need to be in order to contract with a health care partner?

Demonstrating Your Value. How do you demonstrate value and credibility to the new breed of data-driven MCOs and other health partnerships?

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

I&R/A Summit Part II— CIRS-A Exam Prep & I&R/A Basic Training

The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) Certification training is for professionals planning to take the Certification for Information and Referral Specialists in Aging (CIRS-A) examination. This training provides a concentrated review of the key competencies needed for AIRS certification as an aging I&R/A specialist as well as a general overview to staff who are new to the field of I&R/A. An opportunity to take the CIRS-A examination is Wednesday, July 16 at 9:00 a.m. For more information and to register, visit www.airs.org.

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Workshops: n4a is proud to offer more than ninety workshops on a broad array of important aging issues that impact how you work to help others. Below is just a sampling of the workshops that will be offered at the Conference. For full workshop descriptions, visit www.n4aconference.org.

Accessing the Opportunities from the Affordable Care Act• AdventuresinCareTransitions:ALookatProgramDevelopmentandLessons

Learned• RedefiningandRepositioningtheRoleofAAAsforRelevanceintheFuture• AAAsServingasNavigators:3CaseStudies

Advancing Our Advocacy• AdvocatingforYourSpotattheHealthCareTable• KupunaCaucus:CreatingUnifiedStatewideAdvocacyfortheAgingNetwork• LivefromDC:AFederalAgingPolicyUpdate

Assisting Caregivers• 24/7WorkingCaregivers:WhatTheyNeedtoKeepGoing• HelpingFinancialCaregiversProtectMom’sMoneyandFamilyAssets• Stress-BustingProgram:AnEvidence-BasedProgramforCaregiversofThose

withDementia

Building Livable Communities for All Ages• HowDoesaLivableCommunity“Embrace”Aging:ChangingCommunities

PerceptionofAging• LessonsinLeveragingLocal$forLivability• SMILES:SeniorMiles—VolunteerTransit

Connecting the Aging Community to the Medical Community• CommunityConnection-LinkingAAA’swiththeMedicalandBusiness

Community• GreatIDEA!MaximizingAgencyOpportunitiesthroughRelationshipBuilding

withMedicalPartners• InnovatingThroughIntegratedEvidence-BasedPrograms• Inter-AgencyCareTeamsforHighRiskPatients:AFrameworkforTestingNew

PaymentModels• WinningStrategiesforthePost-ACAWorld:ContractingNetworksandOther

WaystoBecomeImportanttoHealthcare

Cutting Edge Older Americans Act Programs• AWin-WinStrategyinManagedCareDelivery:ConnectingtoOmbudsman

Services• MeetwithYourACLRegionalAdministrators• SCSEPEnhancementandInnovation:ACaseManagementApproachtoServing

LosAngelesCountyTitleVSeniors• SHIFT!YourSeniorCenterforSuccess

Engaging Volunteers in the Aging Network• DecreasingLiabilityExposure:EnsuringtheSafetyofYourVolunteers,Clients

andPrograms• Si,PorFavorandGracias:SurvivalSkillsinaCulturallyDiverseWorld

Enhancing Business Practices• “MySupportConnection”—AnInnovativePrivatePaySolution• BuildingSustainableProgramsandInfrastructure:Maryland’sLivingWell

ChronicDiseaseSelf-ManagementEducationProgram

• CreatingaNoWrongDoorSystem:TransformingHowIndividualsEnterLTSS• PlanningforandEarlyResultsfromtheHCBSEvaluation

Expanding Options for Community Living• “Clearing,Clutter,ChangingLives”—AdvancingRecovery-DrivenAdvocacy• Mobility101Training• PolicyChangeBeyondtheBeltway:ThreeStatePerspectivesonStreamlining

BenefitsAccessforSeniors• VHAOpportunitiesforAgingandDisabilityNetworks:NationalRoll-outof

VD-HCBS/Respite

Highlighting Title VI Programs and Services• ExpandingSupportforTribalGrandparentsRaisingGrandchildren• TheRoadtoTribalElderHealthandLongevity

Investing In Your Professional Development• Introductiontothen4aLeadershipInstitute

Leading the Way in Community-Based Long-Term Services and Supports• AdvancingHealthandLTSS:Trendsfromthe2013AAASurvey• BestPracticesinGrowingVD-HCBS:TheOhioPartnershipBetweentheAAAof

District7andtheChillicotheVAMC• HelpingOlderAdultsStayConnected:HowtoOperateaTransportationCall

Center• MakingtheBusinessCase:UsingACL/AoADatatoImprovePerformance• TheChangingAgingNetwork:AnOpenDialogueonWhereWeAreHeaded

Promoting Healthy Aging• MeasurementsareCritical:IndicatorsHelpDenton,TXLearnHowtoAgeWell• OlderAdultsandOralHealth:ToolsforMobilizingPartnershipsforHealthy

Mouths• SuccessfulCommunityModelsforSustainingEvidence-BasedHealthyAging

Programs• TheScienceBehindtheEvidence:Cutting-EdgeNutritionFindingsfromUSDA’s

HumanNutritionResearchCenteronAging

Utilizing Technology to Improve Services/Operations• QualityTrainingLeadstoQualityOutcomes• SocialMediaRoundtableforAAAsandTitleVIPrograms:WhatWorks?What

Doesn’t?WhereAreWeHeaded?• Technology:LearnHowtheSanFranciscoDepartmentofAgingisTappingitas

TheirTool!

Working with Diverse Aging Populations• AssemblingaRetirementStrategy:WomenBuildingFinancialKnowledgeand

TakingActioninaChangingRetirementLandscape• TheStateofResearchinElderAbuse• WorkingSuccessfullywithDiverseOlderAdultPopulations

Right now, more than 77 million baby boomers are turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day.1 The rapid growth of America’s senior population is prompting significant changes in health care, technology, social services and other areas

vital to senior’s well being.

Please join a panel of aging professionals to review the third-annual results of The United States of Aging Survey from n4a, the National Council on Aging

and UnitedHealthcare.

The conversation, streamed live online, will explore the latest research on individual and community aging preparedness including exciting new issues,

populations, and local market perspectives added in 2014.

Register now to participate in this unique Town Hall event.

1 Pew Research Center. Baby Boomers Retire, December 2010

SPECIAL SESSION

The United States of Aging Town Hall Event American Perspectives on Aging Preparedness

Tuesday, July 15

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General SessionsLeading the Way in Home and Community-Based Aging and Long-Term Services and Supports

Enhancing and Developing Your Lines of BusinessArea Agencies on Aging and Title VI aging programs are leaders in the provision of home and community-based aging and long-term services and supports. Over the past forty years, the Aging Network has successfully developed lines of business that make a difference in the lives of older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers. In order to build the business case for expanding the scope of Aging Network services to new purchasers—managed care organizations, hospitals, accountable care organizations, health homes and private pay individuals—it is critical that AAAs and Title VI programs hone and enhance their lines of business for the future. The General Sessions at this year’s Annual Conference will focus on Enhancing and Developing Your Lines of Business to position the Aging Network to build on its strengths in the competitive new world of aging and disability services.

Sunday, July 13 You’ve Got What it Takes: Positioning AAAs and Title VI Programs in the Competitive New Playing Field of Aging and Long-Term Services and Supports

Monday, July 14 The New Outlook for Home and Community-Based Services: A View from ACL

Tuesday, July 15 Yes, You Are a Player in Health Care!: The Aging Network’s Expanding Role in Evidence-Based Health Promotion

Wednesday, July 16 Planning, Supporting and Advocating for Those We Serve: Elder Rights and Livable Communities

Conference Highlights: More workshops not to be missed! No additional feels apply, but pre-registration is required as space is limited.

Monday, July 1410:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Prepare for Open Enrollment: New Medicare Education Tools

Come learn what Medicare counselors identified as information gaps in educating others about Medicare, and see what new solutions and tools have been developed to improve the Medicare education process. Discover easy-to-use intuitive tools to drive Medicare education and help prepare you for Medicare open enrollment.

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Carenect: Your Care Coordination

n4a’s preferred provider program that is targeted to private pay initiatives. This “members-only” program can help you serve your clients, and better manage private pay and care transitions, all while creating a new revenue stream.

Tuesday, July 151:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Mobile Workshop: Mobility 101

The Mobility 101 training is a workshop for agency professionals, seniors, people with disabilities and their caregivers to learn about the available transportation options in Dallas County and how they work with local older adults. The workshop includes a group outing by DART bus and rail.

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Which Evidence-Based Programs Should Your Agency Offer?

“Speed Date” Some Leading Experts on Evidence-Based Programs to Learn More!


Discover DallasThe Sixth Floor Museum: Exploring the Legacy of JFKTuesday, July 15, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Coming off nationwide commemorations of the 50th anniversary, join your n4a colleagues at The Sixth Floor Museum to examine the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy and his assassination through artifacts, photographs, documentary films, areas where evidence was found, eyewitness accounts and interactive educational programming. Located within walking distance of the Hyatt Regency Dallas, this optional event includes exclusive access to the Museum, as well as light hors d’oeuvres to enjoy while connecting with other Conference attendees.

Tickets are limited. Register early to secure your space.

Explore Dallas on your own!Whether touring the world’s largest domed structure, Dallas Cowboys stadium, visiting the walkable Knox-Henderson shopping and dining mecca or asserting your curiosity at newly opened Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas is a city with something for everyone. Consult with the Hyatt’s Concierge service for an activity tailored to your interests. Visit www.n4aconference.org to see more information on all that Dallas has to offer.

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Register TodayTo register, please visit www.n4aconference.org.

To view full details on registration, including what is included, cancellation policies and how to register, visit www.n4aconference.org.

Reserve Your Hotel Accommodations All events and registration for the n4a 2014 Conference & Tradeshow will take place at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in downtown Dallas. Visit www.n4aconference.org to reserve your room at the group rate.

Hyatt Regency Dallas300 Reunion Boulevard Dallas, Texas 75207 Phone: 214.651.1234 www.dallasregency.hyatt.com

The group rate is available through Tuesday, June 10, 2014, or until the group block is full, whichever occurs first. It is also offered for hotel stays three days prior and three days after the Conference (subject to availability).

Internet AccessAll n4a Conference attendees will enjoy complimentary high-speed Internet access in their Hyatt Regency Dallas guest room—a $9.95 per day value!

Registration TypesEarly

(Paid By 6/10/14)Standard

(Paid After 6/10/14)

n4a Member $475 $525

Two or More* $450 $500

Non-Member $550 $625

Two or More* $525 $600

Title VI Native American Aging Program $230 $255

One-Day Registration $265 $290

*In order to register for the Two or More option you must register all attendees on the same order, so please plan ahead.

n4a Group RateRoom Type Room Rate

Single/Double Room USD $159

Triple Room USD $214

Quad Room USD $239

*Rates do not include taxes (currently 15%)


The n4a Conference & Tradeshow

Learn about new strategies and cutting-edge programs and services that matter to Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI tribal aging programs, including managed care, care transitions, evidence-based health programs, transportation, nutrition, ADRCs, volunteerism, livable communities, technology and caregiving.

Find out how the federal budget decisions will impact your programs and services; the latest developments on Integrated Care strategies; what’s next on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act; and discussions about a future White House Conference on Aging.

Network with your colleagues from across the country to share best and promising practices that will help you better serve older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers in your community.

Engage with experts on critical issues like the AAA and Title VI role in Managed Care, Care Transitions, Accountable Care Organizations and Health Homes.

Discover how your agency can hone its lines of business and incorporate new business strategies that enable you to enhance and sustain services and supports, including business planning, pricing structures, billing systems and contract negotiation.

Explore the benefits of new partnerships with health providers, including insurance companies, hospitals, physician groups, community health centers and pharmacists, as well as partners in the disability, business, planning and transportation communities.

Celebrate the incredible and successful contributions of the Aging Network and n4a— THE resource for Answers on Aging.

Experience Texas hospitality and the wonderful city of Dallas—the city where BIG things happen!

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