Monthly membership meetings are held the 4th Thursday of each month with the following schedule unless otherwise noted.

The meetings are held at various locations around Minneapolis and its suburbs.

Please check back each month for topic and location of the meeting.

Questions? Contact the Program Committee.

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic: “The Best of It ~ from Age to Sage”

Presenter:
Pastor David Holm, Director of Spiritual Services for The Waters Senior Living

Pastor David Holm is Director of Spiritual Services for The Waters Senior Living. He is a pastor with nearly 40 years of experience as senior pastor in several leading congregations in Wisconsin, South Dakota and Minnesota. His most recent pastorate at Normandale Lutheran Church of Edina, Minnesota included the development of the Normandale Center for Healing and Wholeness, a ministry exclusively devoted to vibrant senior living.

Pastor Holm recently founded and developed a design team and creative ministry with seniors at The Colony at Eden Prairie. This experience provided an impetus to integrate residents and parishioners in experiences of community life.

Pastor Holm is a trustee of Fairview Southdale Hospital, a director of Lutheran Health Care Bangladesh, and a friend of the Benedictine Monastic Community, St. John's, Collegeville, Minnesota.

Program objectives:

• Defining Spirituality
• Identifying three ways to meet the spiritual needs for the elderly
• Understanding spirituality in the work place

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs: Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or William Huseonica, Director of Marketing Chandler Place, 612-913-5390 with questions related to this program.

Location:

The Calvary Center Cooperative
7600 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, MN 55427
Lara Homa 763-544-1090

Click here for an online map.

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Fall Aging Conference
Thursday, October 28th
Earle Brown Heritage Center
Brooklyn Center

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Schedule:
2:30 p.m. Registration
2:45 p.m. Speaker presentations
4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Cultural Diversity in Death and Dying

Speaker: Jeanne McGill, CSA, CPC
Advance Planning

Objectives:
- Updates on what is new and different in funeral services.
- Recognize and acknowledge cultural differences in funeral rituals.
- Understand cremation laws.
- Understand how to honor the tradition.

Location:
The Chapel at St. Therese
Oxbow Lake
5200 Oak Grove Parkway
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443

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Location: Parkwood Shores Asst. Living
3663 Park Center Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Lower Level 952-924-0400

Schedule:

2:25-2:40 Registration and Networking
2:40-3:15 Business Meeting
3:15-4:15 Program Presentation
4:15 Networking/Optional Tour

Topic: "Introduction to Pallative Care"

Speaker: Olufemi Banjoko, M.D.
Geriatrics, Park NicolletObjectives:Define Pallative Care
Differentiate between palliative care and hospice.
Understand the suffering paradigm.
Identify the different settings for palliative care.
Identify the core disciplines involved in palliative care.
Define clinical success at end of life.

1 CEU credit

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April Membership Meeting

Location:Calvary Center Cooperative
7600 Golden Valley Road
Golden Valley, MN 55427

Contact: Lara Homa at 763-544-1090

Schedule:

2:25 Registration and networking
2:40 Business Meeting
3:15 Program Presentation
4:15 Networking/Optional Tour

Topic:"What's up with the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005?

How does it pertain to Medical Assistance and Elderly Waiver?"

Speaker: Guest Speaker: Kris L. Maser, Elder Law Department Chair and Shareholder, Maser & Amundson, P.A.

Objectives:

Participants will learn:

- The "Look Back Period"
- House Values
- Life Estate purchase
- Care Contacts
- Long term care insurance

3. Consumer Directed Community Services

1 CEU Credit - Certificates of Attendance available

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Spring Luncheon and Annual Meeting

Location: The Reserve
3155 Empire Lane
Plymouth, MN 55447

Contact:Marti Brest at 952-848-5819

Schedule:12:15 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Topic: "Leadership and Communication: Re-Energize and Get Connected"

Speaker: Denise Franck Aboody of D. Franck & AssociatesKey Topics:Leadership, Communication personality types, and how they relate to your work and ignite creativity!
This will be a fun, interactive thought provoling presentation.

Contact Hours: 1.5 hours

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Presenters: MN Representative Mindy Greiling Chair, K-12 Finance DivisionCo-Chair, Mental Health CaucusNat'l Board Member NAMI

MN Senator Linda BerglinChair, Sen. Health and Human Services & Corrections Division

Overview:

Recent mental health initiatives

Recent legislation affecting seniors and persons with disabilities

Priorities ahead

Meeting Location:

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Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 2:25 p.m.

Location: Jones-Harrison Residence
3700 Cedar Lake Ave, Mpls 55416

Contact:Cherrie Zitzlsperger at 612-920-2030Schedule:

Topic:

"Ageism in our society; examine its effects for all women, including the GLBT community perspective."

Speaker:

Annalee Stewart
Member of OLOC (Old Lesbians Organizing for Change)

Objectives:

Participants will learn: To reexamine your beliefs about aging - for others and yourselfHow carrying a secret for half a lifetime impacts one's lifeEducation about a group of lesbians over age 60 who offer an organization that enables older lesbians to meet and share their experiences in life.1 CEU credit - Certificates or Attendance (CEU's) available. Guest fee $5.00

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Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 - 2:25 p.m.

Location:Prairie Lodge
6001 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN 55420

Contact:Cynthia Frances at 612-920-2030

Schedule:

2:25		Registration & Networking
2:40		Business Meeting
3:15		Program Presentation
4:15		Networking and optional tour

Objectives:

Participants will have a better understanding about what future seniors are saying about:

Longevity and images of aging

Preferences in the words used to describe older people and the services they receive

Care options and how we'll pay for them

Preferences for where we'll live

Working in later life

Civic engagement

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Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 2:25 p.m.

Location:

Walker Plaza
131 Monroe Street
Anoka, MN 55303Contact:Diane Rideout at 763-422-1226

Schedule:

2:25		Registration & Networking
2:40		Business Meeting
3:15		Program Presentation
4:15		Networking and optional tour

       

Topic:

At the conclusion of this session, the participants will be able to:

Define delirium, dementia, and depression

Discuss how to distinguish delirium, dementia, and depression

Describe the nursing or healthcare worker implications related to caring for patients with delirium, dementia, or depression

PLEASE NOTE: Meeting is on fifth Thursday

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Location:

Parkshore Senior Campus
3663 Park Center Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Contact:Marti Briest at 952-924-0400

Schedule:

2:25		Registration & Networking
2:40		Business Meeting
3:15		Program Presentation
4:15		Networking and tour

Topic:

Apply the use of the website, www.minnesotahelp.info to locate services and make referrals, in consultation with clients that will help them maintain health and independence.

Apply the use of web site as a "self help" tool, encouraging clients to locate and self refer for services over time.

Apply the use of the web based tool, long term care choices, to design a plan of care, over time, by and for the elder needing services, or by a family member for a client.

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Global Longevity: Navigating Tomorrow

Date: Friday, October 26, 2007

Location:

Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN 55543

Contact: Deb Jensen at 952-885-6186 Speakers:

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Joint Public Policy Meeting
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Time:		2:30 Registration
		2:45 Speaker presentations
		4:30 Adjourn
Location:		Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building 179 E. Robie Street, Rm. 212 St. Paul, MN 55107
Presenter:		Rajean Moone, ABD Special Projects Coordinator Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Contact:		Neighborhood House staff at 651-789-2500
Objectives:
Current initiatives to rebalance long-term care in Minnesota. Individuals and organizations that affect aging policy. Minnesota's legislative process. Federal and state policy trends in aging programs and services. Where to find helpful information about legislation. Certificates of attendance (CEU's) will be available. Annual membership fee $15.00. Guest $5.00.

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Regular Monthly Meeting Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008

Schedule:

2:25 Registration and Networking
2:40 Business Meeting
3:15 Program Presentation
4:30 Adjourn

Location:
Calvary Center Cooperative
7600 Golden Valley Road
Golden Valley, MN 55427

Contact:
Laura Homa - 763-544-1090

Topic:
The Grief of Multiple Losses, Including Shattered Dreams

Speaker:
Ted Bowman
Educator, trainer and consultant, specializing in change and transitionAging includes losses. Not only the common changes in health, but related losses of relationships, power, unfulfilled dreams, even the timing and manner of death and dying. It is crucial that professional caregivers and volunteers be alert to such losses and be ready to assist individuals and families with grieving. In this practical session, perspectives and tools to aid the grieving process will be heard and discussed. Also, the inextricable ties between grief and hope will be addressed.

Objectives:

Name multiple losses of seniors and the impact.

Discuss three or more responses to losses useful in many ventures and settings.

Distinguish normative losses and those that require referral to other resources

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February, 2008
Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, February 28, 2008
Location: Regency Hospital
1300 Hidden Lakes Parkway
Golden Valley, MN 55422

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March, 2008
Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Location:
St. Therese Assisted Living in Hopkins
901 Feltl Court
Hopkins, MN 55343

Contact:
For directions call Connie Cannon – 952-960-5589
For program or membership questions call
Rosemary Rohach – 612-617-4500

Schedule:

2:25 Registration and Networking
2:40 Business Meeting
3:15 Program Presentation
4:15 Networking and Tour

Topic:
Blessing or Burden: How is Your Spirit Served by the Stories of Those You Serve?

There are times when those we seek to serve energize and renew us. But there are also times when the service we once undertook out of inspiration, generosity, and joy devolves into something routine, draining and dry. In this presentation we will explore stories as a resource to combat "compassion fatigue," to help us to work more effectively with "difficult people" and reconnect us with our own life giving passions.

Speaker:
Judy Connolly - a hospital chaplain, organizational consultant, storyteller, and on staff at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.

Objectives:
1. Mine experiences with clients for personal renewal and growth.

2. Try out a model for working with narrative to focus and reclaim your own passion. Learn a new mwthod of inviting and reflecting on clients' stories to align withtheir deeper values and concerns.

3. Learn a new method of inviting and reflecting on clients' stories to align with their deeper values and concerns.

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April, 2008
Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008

Location:
Edina Park Plaza in Edina
3330 Edinborough Way
Edina, MN 55435

Some parking in the facility parking lot. Additional parking in the business plaza parking lot next door.

Contact:
For directions call Sevanna McDaniel, 952-831-4084
For program or membership questions call Rosemary Rohach, 612-617-4500

Schedule:

2:25 Registration and Networking
2:40 Business Meeting
3:15 Program Presentation
4:15 Networking and Tour

Topic:
Dementia in the Elderly — What Their Behaviors Tell Us

Speaker:
Carol Brage, RN program Director, Grace Program - Regina Medical Center

Objectives:

Define dementia, types of dementia, (i.e. Alzheimer's) and symptoms.



Explain why all behavior has meaning.



Discuss approaches for understanding and communicating with behaviors related to ADLs and dementia.



List specific challenging behaviors that may occur during ADLs.



List possible causes for behavior symptoms related to ADLs and how to implement behavior management.

Guest fee $5.00

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May, 2008

Minneapolis Area
Senior Workers Association
2008 SPRING LUNCHEON

Thursday, May 15th, 2008
12:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The Reserve
3155 Empire Lane, Plymouth 55447

FEATURED SPEAKER:

Mike Justin, LICSW, MALP
ElderCare Consultants
Addressing Mental Health Issues
A Client’s Right To Self Determination
v.s.
A Danger To Self Or Others
1.5 contact hours

* Speaker Sponsor		Nursing Excellence
* Event Sponsors:		Safe Homes Minnesota Seniors Choice At Home Brookdale Living Homewatch Home Care Home Health Care Inc.
* Table Decoration Sponsor:		AgeWell Home Care
Click here for printable registration form (PDF).

Pre-registration Requested
Deadline extended to May 9th, 2008

Directions

From Highway 494: Take highway 55 West exit and go to the first intersection...Fernbrook Lane North. Turn right. The next intersection is Harbor Lane North. Turn right on Harbor Lane. At the first street you come to...Empire Lane...turn left. The building is ahead and on the left. Watch for the MASWA signs, too!

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June, 2008

Current initiatives, rebalancing senior services
How economic changes affect funding sources
Synopsis of legislative session 2008
Role of the Area Agency on Aging
Advocacy, where to find good resources

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July, 2008
Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008

Location:
Walker Methodist Assisted Living
131 Monroe Street
Anoka, Mn 55303

Contact: Diane Rideout at 763-422-1226

Schedule:
2:25 p.m. Registration
2:40 p.m. Business Meeting
3:15 p.m. Program Presentation
4:15 p.m. Networking and Tour

Topic:
"Maintaining a Climate of Caring for self and Others"

Speaker:
Ted Bowman, Educator, Trainer and Consultant, specializing in change and transition with elderly and families

Objectives:

1. Name and discuss three or more individual actions they can take to ensure care of self and others.
2. Name and discuss three or more collective actions they can take to ensure care of self, colleagues and others.

Certificates of Attendance (CEU"s) available.

1 CEU Credit

Guest fee: $5.00

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August, 2008
Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Location: Golden Living Center, St. Louis Park

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September, 2008
Regular Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008

Location:

Epiphany Senior Housing
1800 111th Ave NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433

Contact: Angie Bizal: 763-772-1066

Schedule:

2:25 p.m. Registration
2:40 p.m. Business Meeting
3:15 p.m. Program Presentation
4:15 p.m. Networking and Tour

Topic:"The Cycle of Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Chronic Fatigue in the Elderly"

Speaker: Pat Vitale, LICSW, Directorof Strategy and DevelopmentObjectives:

1. Understanding the cycle of Cycle of Pain, Depression, Anxiety and Chronic Fatigue in the Elderly

1. The effects of pain on depression in the elderly

1. Using meditiation to assist the elderly in relieving both pain and depression

Guest fee: $5.00

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October, 2008
Annual Fall Aging Conference

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
Location:
Earle Brown Heritage Center 763-569-6300
6155 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

TOPIC:
“Protecting Seniors from Falling Victim to Scams.”
Presenter: Maura A. Albrecht ChFc
Chartered Financial Consultant from Financial Wellness for You

Program Overview and objectives:

• Why are seniors targeted?
• How are seniors targeted?
• How can seniors protect themselves?
• What to do if you have been a victim to a scam.

*Call Christine Maxwell at 612.270.5745 or Virginia Kafer at 612.719.7835 with questions related to this program.

Presenter: Diane Bartels, RN, MA, PhD

Dianne Bartels is the Center for Bioethics Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Bioethics. She is an Adjunct Faculty Member in the School of Nursing and the department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota.

Her work on end of life care has addressed a range of ethical issues from the use of life-sustaining technologies to medical futility.

Topic: Ethical Challenges in End of Life Care

Schedule:

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Program Overview and Objectives:

• To share a brief history of end of life care in the U.S.
  
  
• Identify vocabulary that frames how we think about the issues
  
  
• Address the role of advance directives

*Call Virginia Kafer, MASWA Program Chair, 612-719-7835 with questions related to this program.

Location:
Parkshore Senior Campus- Parkwood Building
3633 Park Center Blvd (4 story building on left as you enter)
St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Click here for a map

Marti Briest: 952-848-5819

This same program will be repeated at the St. Paul Senior Worker Association Meeting Tuesday, February 10th at the Timbers. If you are a member of MASWA, you will not be charged to attend this program.

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Topic: Unbefriended Elders: Matching Values with Decisions

Presenter: Mary Bornong, LISW
Mary Bornong, LISW, Care Manager with Senior Social Services at Volunteers of America MN has over 20 years social service experience serving diverse populations, people with developmental disabilities, older adults and at risk youth. Prior to working at Volunteers of America MN, Mary was the Care Consultant/Outreach Manager at the Alzheimer's Association.

Program Overview and Objectives:

1. Increase understanding about unbefriended elder/adult orphan issues and the national scope
   
   
2. Learn about a survey completed in Minnesota regarding unbefriended elders/adult orphans
   
   
3. Increase knowledge about current practice and surrogacy models beyond guardianship throughout the United States
   
   
4. Learn about Unbefriended Elders: Matching Values with Decisions, a pilot project with replication implications

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs:
Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or
Virginia Kafer, LivHOME 612-719-7835 with questions related to this program.

LOCATION:
Freedom Pointe Assisted Living
500 Carlson Parkway
Minnetonka, MN 55305

Click here for a map

Contact: Becky Nelson - 952-473-3330

Certificates of Attendance (CEU) will be available.
Annual Membership fee $25.00 Guest fee $5.00

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Schedule:
2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic:
EARLY Detection and Diagnosis of Dementia:
A Neuropsychological Perspective

Terry R. Barclay, Ph.D. completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology at Michigan State University with specialization in aging and neuropsychology. Dr. Barclay is currently in independent practice in Edina where he performs neuropsychological evaluations, psychotherapy, and family interventions for individuals with dementia and their care partners. He is also a clinical neuropsychologist with HealthEast Care System and St. Joseph's Hospital and consultant for the geriatric research division of Los Angeles-based Vital Research, LLC.

Program Overview and Objectives:

• Describe the signs and symptoms of early dementia and the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral changes that take place with disease progression.
• Discuss strategies for early detection and diagnosis.
• Explain the role of a neuropsychologist and what cognitive testing can offer.
• Illustrate the use of new cognitive screening measures.

*Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs, Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or Virginia, LivHOME 612-719-7835 with questions related to this program.

Location:
Ridgepointe
12600 Marion Lane West
Minnetonka, MN 55305

Contact:
May Chaplin or Jeff Evenson - 952-540-6200

Click here for map to Ridgepointe.

Certificates of Attendance (CEU) will be available.
Annual Membership fee $25.00 Guest fee $5.00

This same program will be repeated at the St. Paul Senior Worker Association Meeting Tuesday, February 10th at the Timbers. If you are a member of MASWA, you will not be charged to attend this program.

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Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009

Time: 12:15 - 4:00 p.m.

Topic:
Legacy: "The Footprints We Leave Behind"
A personal & professional program

Presenter:
Rachael Freed, LICSW, LMFT, AgeWell Home Care

The Reserve in Plymouth

Speaker Sponsor:		SilverCrest Properties
Event Sponsors:		Diamond Crest Assisted Living Emerald Crest Home Care Assist Home Watch Home Care Intrepid Home Care Nova Communications
Table Decoration Sponsor:		Pathfinder Rent-A-Daughter The Guiding Way

Define legacy and the spiritual-ethical will


Differentiate between and understand the relationship between the spiritual-ethical will and the living will


Identify the human needs that are addressed by writing legacies


Understand the positive and potential outcomes of applying legacy principle and practices in health care


Understand the role of health care professionals to communicate the responsibility of senior to preserve and pass on their wisdom

JOINT PUBLIC POLICY MEETING

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic:
Joint Public Policy

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* Promote the use of advance directives

* Utilize specialists in hospice and palliative care

* Understand how the principles of ethics influence how a person dies

*Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs: Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759 with questions related to this program.

LOCATION:

Golden Living Center, St. Louis Park
3201 Virginia Ave. South
St. Louis Park, MN 55426

PARKING UPDATE:
Due to road construction, additional parking for the MASWA meeting will be available in the condo parking lot located across the street from GLC - St. Louis Park. Parking signs will be available to place in vehicle windows to designate MASWA parking.

Click here for an online map.

Contact: Keca Bell 612-750-1636

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Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic:
Vulnerable Adult Law

Presenter: William Brown, Esq.
William Brown is a graduate of the William Mitchell College of Law. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, member of the Elder Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and Vulnerable Adult Committee Member of the Elder Law Section.

Program Overview and objectives:

• Identify key indicators of elder abuse and the proper authorities to contact for suspected elder abuse
  
  
• Understand the Vulnerable Adult Act including its origin and legislative updates
  
  
• Share case law updates

Location:
Jones-Harrison Residence
3700 Cedar Lake Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55416
JoAnn Buytendorp 612-920-2030

Click here for online map

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs:
Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280
or
Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759 with questions related to this program.

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Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009

Topic:
Dementia Caregiver Resources

Presenter: Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD;
Associate Professor School of Nursing, Center on Aging, McKnight Presidential Fellow. Coordinator of Research Initiatives, Center for Gerontological Nursing; University of MN

Click here to download the handout from this meeting, "Stages of Dementia" (Word document)

Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation from this meeting: "Dr. Gaugler's Presentaton on 9/24"

Click here to download information (PDF) on the next free Caring for a Parent with Memory Loss conference on December 5, 2009 at the University of Minnesota. (Note that this is a change of date.)

Program Overview and Objectives:

• To offer a brief overview of key issues in Alzheimer’s Disease/ dementia and dementia care givers
  
  
• To review informational and educational resources to help dementia family care
  
  
• To summarize recent research on dementia care giving interventions

Location:
Roitenberg Family Assisted Living Residence
3610 Phillips Parkway S.
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Betty Ann Baustert 952-908-1776

Click here for an online map

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs:
Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280
or
Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759 with questions related to this program.

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Aging is Risky Business
2009 Fall Aging Conference

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009

Location:
Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center MN 55430

For directions from your location
visit www.earlebrown.com

Guest Speakers:
Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociology at New York University
Donna Schempp, LCSW, Program Director, Family Caregiver Alliance
David J. Mayo, PhD. Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota at Duluth
Michele Cauch, M.A., M.S.W - Executive Director, SageHealth Network

Click here for more details and online registration

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Date: Tuesday, December 15th

Time: 2:45-4:15pm

Location:
The Commons on Marice
1380 Marice Drive
Eagan, Minnesota 55121

Click here for an online map

Topic: Senator Dave Durenberger will address: "Why are we talking about
Healthcare in America?"

Senator Durenberger served as the senior U.S. Senator from MN from 1978 to 1995. During his time in the Senate, Senator Durenberger served as chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence; chairman of the Health Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee and was catapulted into the leadership role in national health reform. Senator Durenberger is currently a Senior Health Policy Fellow at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis and chairs the National Institute of Health Policy (NIHP).

Committee Contact:
Joint Public Policy Committee

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Schedule:
2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic: Dementia Clinical Case Studies

Presenter: Dr. Alvin Holm, MD, FACP

Program Overview and Objectives:

1. Be able to define Dementia and identify the main causes
2. Understand the common clinical presentations of Dementia
3. Understand the potential benefits of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of Dementia

Location:
Parkwood Shores (4 story building on left as you enter)
3633 Park Center Blvd
St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Please park and enter in the upper parking lot in front of the TALL building, due to the snow mounds. You will be directed to the meeting location.

Click here for online map.

Marti Briest 952-848-5819

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs: Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759 with questions related to this program.

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Agenda:

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic: Thinking the Unthinkable

Presenter: Richard Heinrich, M.D.
Dr. Heinrich is the Medical Director of HealthPartners Hospice and Palliative Care. For 8 years he was the Psychiatric Medical Director of a 10 bed geriatric inpatient unit at the Regina Medical enter in Hastings, MN. He currently provides geriatric psychiatry consultation to residents in long term care settings in over 80 nursing homes in the 7 metro county area. He specializes in end of life care and last year completed a masters' degree in bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Program Overview and Objectives:

• Understand the Minnesota requirements for a legally recognized health care directive
  
  
• Cover the benefits and limits of advance care directives
  
  
• Use the Goals of Care concept to think about advance care planning

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs:
Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280
or
Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759
with questions related to this program.

Location: Ridgedale Library (watch for the signs)
12601 Ridgedale Dr.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-847-800

Click here for an online map.

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Prepared by Jonathan Lips for the Senior Workers Association of the Greater St. Paul Area and the Minneapolis Area Senior Workers Association April 2010

Click here to read the PDF of the presentation. For members only.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

TOPIC:
Guardians and Conservators:
Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?
Presenter: Jonathan W. Lips, Attorney at Law

Jon Lips is an attorney practicing in the areas of elder law and estate planning. Prior to forming his firm, Jon served as Vice President of Advocacy and Legal Counsel for Care Providers of Minnesota, a long-term care association where he worked from 2003 through 2008. His experience also includes internships with the Aging and Adult Services division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging. Jon is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section, and is an active volunteer with the Alzheimer’s Association and the Park Nicollet Foundation’s St. Louis Park Senior Initiative. Raised in Duluth, Jon attended Georgetown University and the University of Virginia School of Law, and now lives in St. Louis Park with his wife and daughter.

Program objectives:

• Understand the difference between a guardianship and a conservatorship
  
  
• Identify alternatives to guardianship and conservatorship
  
  
• List factors relevant to determining if a person is capable of making his or her own decisions

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs: Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759 with questions related to this program.

LOCATION:
The Crossing
5 blocks off 57th on the corner of Fremont and N. Lilac.
6201 N. Lilac Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Sue Swanson
763-561-7405

Click here for an online map.

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 • 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Topic: “The Art of the Possible”, Take a journey of learning and laughter…
(1.5 contact hours)

Featured Speaker: Molly Cox with Jim Robinson

Click here for registration form. (PDF)

Location: The Reserve • 3155 Empire Lane, Plymouth 55447

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Menu Choices:

Mediterranean Chicken and Hummus Sandwich on Croissant



Italian Bistro (salami, provolone, gouda, peppers) on Ciabatta Bun



Vegetarian/Vegan Sandwich on Focaccia Bread

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JOINT PUBLIC POLICY FORUM

St. Paul and Minneapolis Senior Workers Associations

“Making Sense of the 2010 Legislative Session”

Date: Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Time:
2:30 p.m. Registration
2:45 p.m Presentation
4:30 p.m. Adjourn

Location:
Ridgedale Library
12601 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Click here for an online map

Presenters:
John Selstad
Minnesota Board on Aging, Integrated Services Director
& Legislative Liaison

Jean Wood
Aging Services Division, Director &
Minnesota Board on Aging, Executive Director

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Membership Meeting

Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010

Topic:
From the Personal to the Political: Ethical Challenges in End of Life Care

Presenter: Dianne Bartels, RN, MA, PhD
Dianne Bartels is the Center for Bioethics Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Bioethics. She is an Adjunct Faculty Member in the School of Nursing and the department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota.

Her work on end of life care has addressed a range of ethical issues from the use of life-sustaining technologies to medical futility.

Schedule:
2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation from this meeting:

Program Overview and Objectives:

• To share a brief history of end of life care in the U.S.
  
  
• Identify vocabulary that frames how we think about the issues
  
  
• Address the role of advance directives

Location:
The Colony at Eden Prairie
Vicky Willcox, 952-828-9500
431 Prairie Center Dr.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Click here for an online map

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs:
Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or
William Huseonica, Chandler Place and Pond View 612-913-5390
with questions related to this program.

Certificates of Attendance (CEU) will be available.
Annual Membership fee $20.00 Guest fee $5.00

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Thursday, August 26th, 2010
2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn

Topic:
Customer Service-Managing Changing Expectations

Presenter:
Jennifer Anderson, President & CEO
Mirabelle Management, the creators of EduCare

• Define who your customers are and describe examples of acceptable and unacceptable service
  
  
• Understand how customer expectations change and how to continually respond to the moving target with practical tools for implementation into your daily operations.
  
  
• State how customer service standards impact company culture
  Describe creative ways to think outside the box and take your customer service to a higher level.

Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs:
Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or William Huseonica, Chandler Place and Pond View 612-913-5390 with questions related to this program.

Location:
Providence Place

Parking:
Lot is under construction, plenty of street parking - 24th Street, 38th Street or anything available.

Kim Sutter, 612-724-5495

3720 23rd Ave S., Mpls, MN 55407

Click here for online map.

Certificates of Attendance (CEU) will be available.

Annual Membership fee $20.00 Guest fee $5.00

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