Montana Gerontology Society Conference Agenda

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

7:30 AM

Registration Begins

8:30-10:30 AM

Keynote Address: Cheryl Woodson, MD, FACP, AGSF; Director, Woodson Center for Adult HealthCare, Chicago Heights, IL: 

Can You Surf the Silver Tsunami? Helping 21st Century Professionals Meet the Growing Need to Serve Seniors Successfully

10:30-11 AM

Break

11- Noon

Kathryn Borgenicht, MD, Medical Director, Bozeman Deaconess Hospice and Palliative Care Service:

Physician Aid in Dying

Deborah Peters, MS, Executive Director, Northwest Research & Education Institute; Linda Torma, MSN, APRN, GCNS-BC, Adjunct Assistant Professor, MSU College of Nursing - Missoula; Shirley Cudney, MA, RN, GNP, and Octogenarian:

What You Need to Know to Care for the Elderly: The Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program

Trina Rainey, MT-BC, Healing Harmony Music Therapy:

Music Therapy with Older Adults

Noon – 1:30 PM

Luncheon and MGS Annual Business Meeting

1:30-2:30 PM

MTGEC Workshop: Beth Ikeda, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, Associate Professor, The University of Montana: Exercise in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis, Current Evidence and Rationale

Nona Chambers, LCSW, and Kathryn Borgenicht, MD, Bozeman Deaconess Palliative Care Service: POLST (Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) in Montana

Monica Trimble, LCSW, Case Manager, Home and Community Based Services, Community Medical Center: Reading to Doris: 700 Letters from WWII

2:30-3:30 PM

MTGEC Workshop: Michael Rivey, MS Pharm, BCPS, FASHP, Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, The University of Montana: Osteoarthritis Rx Update

Maureen O’Malley, LCSW, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Missoula City-County Health Department: Suicide Risk and Prevention for Seniors

Teresa Sobieszczyk, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology, The University of Montana; Colleen Baldwin, Program Manager, Volunteer Services Program, Missoula Aging Services:

The Silver Volunteer

3:30-4 PM

Break

4-5 PM

Mindy Renfro, PT, GCS, MS, Doctoral Candidate, School of Public Health and Community Health Sciences, The University of Montana: Fall Prevention: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?

Cindy Garthwait, MSSW, Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Montana,

and Jerry Kempthorne, MD, Retired Nursing Home Medical Director:

Promoting Mental Alertness: Best Practices and Creative Approaches

Eileen Kennedy, Retired: Living the Fourth Quarter-Participant and Observer

5 PM

Reception in the atrium

Montana Gerontology Society Conference Agenda

Thursday, April 15, 2010

7:30 AM

Registration

8:30-10:30 AM

Keynote Address:  Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, President, Health Futures, Inc., Charlottesville, VA:

The Future of the Baby Boomers

10:30-11 AM

Break

11- Noon

Ann Rathe, MD, High Plains Psychiatric Associates, PC:

Treatment of the Agitated Elderly Patient

Student Presentations from The University of Montana – Diana Reetz-Stacey, MSW Candidate:

Feel Competent? Gerontology Competencies and You

Stephanie Cymbal and Megan Eby, MSW Candidates: Hoarding and the Elderly

Mary Martin, LCSW, and Kathy Bergstrom:  Sisters in Raw: Let’s Get Raw

Noon-1:30 PM

Lunch and Awards Ceremony: MGS Member of the Year Award and Scholarship Award

1:30-2:30 PM

Nanette Dowling, DO, MPHA, Providence Psychiatry and Neurosciences Center, St. Patrick Hospital & Health Sciences Center: “Grandpa and Grandma, we have a problem.”  Substance Abuse in the Elderly 

Chris Clasby, MSW, MAPT Project Coordinator, and Kathy Laurin, PhD, MonTech Project Director, The University of Montana Rural Institute:

Aging, but Still Having Fun! (Recreational Assistive Technology) 

Nancy Gibson, JD, Gibson Law Offices, PLLC: Guardianship and Conservatorship

A Primer on Guardianship, Conservatorship and Special Needs Trusts  

2:30-3:30 PM

Rep. Diane Sands, Chair, Children, Families, Health  & Human Services Interim Committee; Rep. Tim Furey;

Sen. Carol Williams, Senate Majority Leader; Sen. Cliff Larson:

Dialogue on Public Policy and Sharing Strategies for Impacting Legislative Discussions

Kathy Laurin, PhD, MonTech Project Director, and Leslie Mullette, OTR/L, ATP, MonTech Clinical Coordinator,

The University of Montana Rural Institute: Can You See Me Now? 

Gary L. Buchanan, RN, BAN, LTC Consultant:  In Praise of Nursing Homes

3:30 PM

Closing Remarks, Adjournment and Raffle