Free webinar: Using Social Media to Advance Your Mission and Program Reach

Wednesday, May 29, 2013; Time: 03:00PM-4:30PM Eastern; Register here.

This NCOA free webinaris sponsored by the Center for Healthy Aging and Center for BenefitsOutreach & Enrollment

Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. Pinterest. You may be familiar with these and other social media tools, but do you know how to use them on an organizational level to reach your target audience?

We’ll examine some of the most commonly used social media tools, who’s using them, and how they can advance the mission of your organization.

Discover:

• How to set up an organizational Facebook page and Twitter feed.
• Examples of how agencies throughout the aging network have used Twitter and Facebook to successfully reach their target audiences.
• How to measure your social media outreach.
• Other new social media outlets, and how you might use them to promote your cause.

Free webinar: NISC 2012 Programs of Excellence Award Winners

The NISC 2012 Programs of Excellence Award Winners is a free webinar that will walk attendees through the 'how we done it good' stories of six senior centers. All of these programs are award-winners.

 

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 Time: 1:30PM-2:30PM Eastern; Register here.

I Teach You, You Teach Me Farmers Branch Senior Center, Farmers Branch, TX
Discover how this senior center put technical skills and leisure activities together in a weekly summer program where both groups taught each other what they knew best and learned valuable information that helped make their lives better.

Explore How to Fuel a Creative Life Out Loud Through the Teachings of Leonardo da Vinci Hollin Hall Senior Center Department of Neighborhood & Community Services, Alexandria, VA
Walk us through this six-weeks series of exploration on how to become more creative. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb and Sir Ken Robinson readings are inspirations and guides for the class.   

Forever Young Klein JCC Senior Center, Philadelphia, PA
Discover this senior center fundraiser featuring Dr. Andrew Weil and five other nationally renowned speakers, where attendees learned about integrated medicine, healthy aging, meditation and mindfulness, the importance of sleep, and more. 

Seniors Helping Seniors Hancock County Senior Services, New Cumberland, WV
Learn about this program that promotes independence and keeps older adults in their homes. Seniors Helping Seniors utilizes trained and certified volunteers to facilitate the work. The center partners with the local community college to provide the training and certification in electrical, plumbing, and carpentry.

EarthBox Giveaway Program, Container Gardening for Seniors Rancho and Lakeview Senior Centers, Irvine, CA
The EarthBox Giveaway program allows seniors with physical and strength limitations as well as space limitations to produce homegrown fruits and vegetables and seasonal plants and flowers. 

African American History in Lutherville Bykota Senior Center, Towson, MD
During Black History Month, this program highlighted the African American History of the region. Participants talked about the history with rich stories and memories from direct experience in addition to researched facts.

Safety and Health for Older Women Grant

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health Safety and Health for Older Women program will provide funding for activities and events that enhance access to information and health care resources for women over the age of 50. 

Deadline: November 15, 2012; Amount of funding: Award ceiling: $2,500

Community-based partnerships and collaborations are strongly encouraged. Activities that educate health professionals on issues related to older women are also strongly encouraged. 

Proposed activities should focus on one of the three focus areas:

1.         Prevention and Behavioral Health, such as:

o          Chronic disease self-management

o          Cardiovascular disease

o          HIV/AIDS in older women

o          Oral health care in older women

2.         Abuse in Older Adults: Including but not limited to interpersonal and domestic violence prevention, elder rights protection, and trauma

3.         Care Giving: Including the role of older women as a caregiver for spouse or parent, and the role of guardian for grandchildren/children

Eligibility        Applications will be accepted from:

•           Public and private organizations

•           Community- and faith-based organizations

•           Health professionals’ organizations

•           Colleges and universities

•           Community health centers

•           Hospitals

•           Health departments

'Livable Communities for All Ages' event- Hartford

The CT Commission on Aging & Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, in partnership with the CT Council for Philanthropy & the CT Chapter of theAmerican Planning Association invites you to an important event: "Livable Communities for All Ages"

Thoughtful leaders are taking a close look at how demographic changes will impact their community ~ and through innovation have begun to prepare.

This is an important opportunity for chief elected officials, town planners, town administrators, providers, the philanthropy community, policymakers and other key stakeholders.

Thursday, November 1, 2012
9:00 am – 10:00 am coffee & networking (Atrium)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm (room 2C)
Legislative Office Building - Hartford, Connecticut

Keynote: Coralette Hannon, National AARP

Featuring best practices from across the state and nation, plus

·         Jim Finley ~ CT Conference of Municipalities

·         Julia Evans Starr ~ CT Commission on Aging

·         Nancy Roberts ~ CT Council for Philanthropy

·         Dawn Lambert ~ Dept. of Social Services

·         Jim Lisher ~ New Canaan

o Presentations to outline the problem and share possible solutions
o An open discussion with experts
o Future information exchanges

To RSVP: email: coa@cga.ct.gov or call: 860.240.5200

By now, you know that the state and nation are growing older at an unprecedented rate. In CT, there are approximately 1 million baby boomers (people born between 1946‐1964) representing a third of our population. The leading edge of these baby boomers is now turning 66 years of age. In illustration of their impact, in CT our 65+ population is set to increase by 64% between 2006 and 2030. Most importantly, however, is the fact that these individuals are overwhelmingly choosing to stay in their own homes and communities as they age. Developing “Livable Communities for All Ages” looks beyond the fields of healthcare and economic security and explores housing, economic development, transportation, community support systems and civic engagement.

Annual TRIAD Conference November 1 in Glastonbury

The 11th Annual TRIAD Conference will be held in Glastonbury in 2012.

The conference, entitled “No Excuse for Financial Abuse,” will be held Thursday, November 1, 2012  - 8:30AM - 12:30PM at the Glastonbury Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury.

TRIAD is explained here; community TRIAD are partnerships of law enforcement personnel, aging network leadership and private sector businesses who agree to work together to reduce the criminal victimization of older citizens and enhance the delivery of law enforcement services to this population. TRIADs strive to strengthen community partnerships that help to improve the quality of life, reduce crime and diminish the fear of crime among Connecticut’s older residents.

Light refreshments will be provided; a pdf flyer is available here.

RSVP to Contact: Gretchen James at gjames@swcaa.org or (203) 814-3620

Speakers Include:
Hubert H. (“Skip”) Humphrey III, Office of Older Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Attorney General George Jepsen
Special Agent Anna Ferreira-Pandolfi, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Dr. Linda Eagle, Global Bankers Institute

And a panel discussion with:

• Hon. Daniel Caruso, Probate Judge 
• Dorian J. Long, M.S.W., DSS Program Administration Manager, Social Work Services 
• Tina Gabriel, People’s Bank Fraud Unit 
• Officer James Kennedy, Glastonbury PD 
• Jack Horne, Dept. of Banking, Securities & Business Investments Division

Anthony Robbins Foundation

Yes, *that* Tony Robbins. 

The Anthony Robbins Foundation makes grants through its various programs to organizations that share its mission to empower youth, elderly, disabled, homeless and hungry and prison populations. 

The first step for being considered for a grant is to submit an online LOI.

 

Maximum Grant:  $15,000                Deadline:  December 31, 2012         

CT Community Foundation's Town Conversation on Aging

The 2012 CT Community Foundation's application for Town Conversations on Aging (this link opens a .doc file) is open and due on October 1st.

A $2,000 grant is available to each community in the Foundation’s service area to conduct a Town Conversation on Aging in order to review the current status of aging services, identify priority needs and gaps, and develop key action steps for the next three years. 

The grant may be used to:
A.  Cover direct costs associated with the Conversation and/or
B.  Support implementation of any of the action steps. 

This opportunity is part of the CCF's Pathways Program, which provides grants for nonprofits that connect seniors to information and services so they can remain in their homes and be active members of their community.

ONLY organizations in these towns are eligible:
Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Cheshire, Goshen, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Milford, Oxford, Prospect, Roxbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott or Woodbury.


For more information, contact Deborah Stein, Senior Services program officer, 203-753-1315.

The entire Town Conversation on Aging application consists of 6 questions:

1. Name, address, phone and chief executive of the organization that will convene the Conversation on Aging.
2. Name, title, email and phone for the individual designated to recruit participants, oversee the Conversation and complete the questionnaire.
3. Please provide a preliminary list of organizations and/or individuals (with affiliations) you will invite to participate in the Conversation on Aging.  How will you publicize the Conversation to the community in order to broaden participation?
4. When and where do you plan to hold the Conversation?
5. List three areas of need or concern among seniors in your community that you plan to include in your Conversation.
6. What is your budget for conducting the Conversation? Please provide an itemized list. Acceptable items are direct costs such as meeting space, refreshments, hiring of a facilitator and publicity. The remaining portion of the $2,000 grant may be used to support one or more action steps.





Please note the following:
    Contact Deborah Stein at dstein@conncf.org or 203.753.1315 with any questions regarding the Town Conversation on Aging.
    Town Conversation on Aging grantees will be asked to submit a brief questionnaire describing the results of the Conversation and how remaining grant funds will be used.
    Towns receiving Conversation on Aging funds are eligible to apply for other Pathways grants.

Medicare.gov site redesigned

This might prove helpful;  the Medicare site has been redesigned.
The official blah blah reads:
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The new design makes it faster and easier for users to answer Medicare questions and includes features not available before, like:

• Many ways for you to do the most common tasks, like finding out about costs, coverage, and plans, through several paths — right from the homepage
• Action-oriented labels to help you get the information you want faster
•  Design that works on mobile devices, like tablets and smartphones, so you can get information anytime, anywhere, and in the most convenient format for you

We know Medicare.gov is your trusted source of online Medicare information. That’s why we worked more than 2 years improving the things you use most. We did interviews and focus groups with people like you and the people who help you with your Medicare questions to help us find out what matters most to you.

The new Medicare.gov is just one of our efforts over the past year to make it easier for you to understand your Medicare. Whether it’s putting our information in simple, straightforward language so you can understand it the first time you read it or improving the design of the “Medicare Summary Notice ” so you can better understand your Medicare claims,  we’re committed to making Medicare information clearer and simpler.