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Conference Agenda

Sunday, October 21
Monday, October 22

Sunday, October 21

Time	Event
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration
1:10 PM	Opening Session Anne Basting PhD, Say What You Dream: Communication, Creativity and Aging
2:30 PM	Breakout Session I Creativity Tapping the Creative: Alzheimer's Story Crafting Project Kelly Keller, BSW, Volunteer Coordinator, AseraCare Hospice Danielle Jarsek, Angee Killmer, University of Nebraska at Omaha Students Leaving a Legacy Writing Workshop Jane Meehan, MA, Program for Women and Successful Aging, Historian (PWSA) Water Color Sue Pickering PWSA Artist Spirituality Spiritual Development Across the Life Span Jan Potter LCSW, Professor & Director, Dept. of Social Work, Dana College Richard Potter Asst. Professor, LCSW, Dept. of Social Work, Dana College Developing Health Ministeries Yvonne Stock RN, BSN, MS, Center for Healthy Aging Ministies, Programs & Services (Champs) Theology of Aging and Congregational Care Lou Forney DMin, Senior Pastor, St. Paul's Lutheran Church
4:00 PM	Breakout Session II Creativity Hospice; A Creative Response to Needs of the Dying Andria Schulz, MSW, Hospice Social Worker and Clinical Liason, Visiting Nurse Association T'ai Chi: The Ancient Art of Preventing Falls Shandalee Ramet, Instructor, UNO Life Story Quilts Janie Borg, JanieLyn Textiles Spirituality Developing Congregational Care Tom Adams, Director, Champs Connecting People with Elders who Need Them Paul Falkowski, Director; Amy Hanson, PhD, Desert Ministeries Spirituality of Aging Mary Eileen Andreasen, RN, MS, MA, Director, Omaha Archdiocese Office on Aging
2:30 PM - 5:10PM	Demonstration Sessions 2:30 PM Putting Your Financial House in Order Vance Valerio, PhD, St. Paul's Lutheran Church 4:00 PM Planning for Later Life Transitions Vance Valerio, PhD, St. Paul's Lutheran Church Therapy Dogs Renae Gernant, PhD, Healing Hearts Therapy Dogs Blood Pressure Check Faith Community Nursing Network Dental Screen for Oral Cancer Marty Matz, DDS

Monday, October 22

Time	Event
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM	Registration / Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM	Welcome & Opening Session Gene Cohen, MD, PhD, Physcological Growth & Positive Brain Changes in the Second Half of Life
10:30 AM	Breakout Session I Community of Care Mental Illness and the Older Adult: Challenges and Opportunities Steve Wengel MD, Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center Minority Elders and Services Lyn Holley PhD, Dept. of Gerontology, UNO; Teresa Hruska MSW, UNO From Passion to Compassion: A Consumer-Directed Approach to Caregiving Julie Masters, PhD, Asst Professor/Principal Investigator, Dept. of Gerontology, UNO Kathy Shinker, LMHP Janice Price, MS, Long-Term Care Specialist, Nebraska State Unit on Aging Creativity Question & Answer Gene Cohen, MD, PhD Poetry Carrie Feingold, PWSA Artist Spirituality Interfaith Discussion of Congregational Care Dave Collins, Pastor, Trinity Interdenominational Church Shane Kotok, Director of Mission, Rose Blumkin Home John Ewing, Lay Pastor, Salem Baptist Church Near Death Experiences Bruce Horacek, PhD, Department of Gerontology, UNO
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch Opportunity to network and view vendor information.
1:20 PM	Breakout Session II Community of Care Assessing the Needs of the Older Adults in the Omaha Metropolitan Area Karl Kosloski, PhD, Chair, Dept. of Gerontology, UNO Nancy Kelley-Gillespie PhD, Asst. Professor, School of Social Work, UNO Priscilla Quinn, UNO Student Alzheimer's Disease: Nurture what Remains Patricia R. Callone, MA, MRE, Vice Pres. of Institutional Relations, Creighton University Roger A. Brumback, MD, Chair, Dept. of Pathology, Creighton School of Medicine Connie Kudlacek BS, Managing Partners of Caring Concepts, Inc. Creativity T'ai Chi, The Ancient Art of Preventing Falls Shandalee Ramet, Instructor, UNO Writing Our Memoirs Joan Givens, ME, PWSA Artist Spirituality Chronic Illness & Coping with the Rest of Lifei Stephanie Koroleski, PhD, Psychologist, Methodist Cancer Center Spiritual Care at the End of Life Gary George, RN, Executive Director, Hospice House
2:50 PM	Breakout Session III Community of Care Our Town Strategic Planning Jamie Summerfelt, MS, PT, President/CEO, Visiting Nurse Association Anthony Harris, ACSW, Director, Planning and Community Initiatives, United Way of the Midlands Deb Welk, RN, Director of Assisted Living, Immanuel Health Systems Bob Prucha, MPA, Manager, HomeAide, VNA Calcium and Vitamin D for Healthy Aging Joan Lappe, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of Clinical & Pediatric Studies, Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University Creativity Movement and Dance Josie Metal-Corbin, PhD, Professor, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, UNO Leaving a Legacy Jane Meehan, MA, PWSA Historian Spirituality Healthy Aging and Senior Ministry Communitywide Julie Chytil, Director, Faith in Action Paul Falkowski, Director, Desert Ministries Tom Adams, Director, Champs The Value of Early Geriatric Assessment Sue Murray, CMSW, LMHP, Dept. of Geriatrics, UNMC
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:20 PM - 4:10 PM	Demonstration Sessions Therapy Dogs Demonstration Renae Gernant, PhD, Healing Hearts Therapy Dogs Blood Pressure Check Faith Community Nursing Network
4:10 PM	Closing Session Closing Remarks B.J. Reed, PhD, Dean, UNO College of Public Affairs and Community Service, Executive Associate to the Chancellori, UNO