LTSS Webinars

LTSS Webinars
LTSS Webinars

LTSS webinars take place the last Wednesday of every month from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time.


Browse past webinars to learn more about many different LTSS topics.

 

 

Next Webinar:

Intergenerational Transmission of Traditional Practices and Foodways

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

This presentation will highlight a community-led program focused on the intergenerational transmission of traditional practices and foodways in Interior Alaska. Funded by the Office of Minority Health through the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity, the Elders Mentoring Elders cultural camp began as a directive by Athabascan elders to ensure cultural continuity for future generations. The camp offers a nonjudgmental, healing space where emerging elders learn traditional activities to then share with their families and communities. Outcomes from the past two camps will be discussed and decolonizing strategies for working with communities will be described.

Objectives:

  • Discuss the impacts of intergenerational transmission of culture
  • Highlight the importance of healing spaces in remembering and reclaiming knowledge
  • Identify decolonizing strategies for working in partnership with communities

Register

Have questions about LTSS webinars? Email us at ltssinfo@kauffmaninc.com.

LTSS Webinar Archive

DateWebinar InformationResources
February 28, 2024

Stronger Together – Dementia Awareness Program

Learning objectives:

  • Highlight the role of CHRs in NVIH’s efforts to address dementia
  • Provide a snapshot of current and future program activities
  • Discuss NVIH’s use of a mobile health care unit to expand services
 
January 24, 2024

Robotics in Aging

Learning objectives:

  • Learn about tribal outreach efforts
  • Understand current and future capabilities
  • Discover how this new technology can help improve lives
2023
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 13, 2023

Vaccines for Wellness

Learning objectives:

  • Describe program inception
  • Showcase community partnership development
  • Detail funding mechanisms
October 25, 2023

Protection and Advocacy for Native Americans with Disabilities

Learning objectives:

  • Help webinar attendees understand and acknowledge disability from a Native perspective
  • Explain how congregate facilities are monitored for abuse and neglect
  • Share outreach and advocacy success stories
September 27, 2023

Tribal Outreach and Advocacy

Learning objectives:

  • Highlight the culturally appropriate services that NWRC’s Tribal Program provides to elders who require personal care and other assistance at home
  • Describe the technical assistance that NWRC offers to help tribes plan and coordinate services and resources that address the need for LTSS, Medicaid, and dementia support
  • Explain how NWRC provides support to elders and caregivers in tribal communities
  • Discuss the information and statistics that NWRC shares with tribal leadership to help enhance policies and programs and better serve the aging population
July 26, 2023

Advantages of Having a Tribal Nursing Home

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss the funding process
  • Explain how tribal nursing homes contribute to economic development
  • Highlight the role of tribal nursing homes in cultural preservation
June 28, 2023

Seasons of Care: Maintaining Health, Part 3

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the importance of having a consistent health care provider
  • Identify the conditions that lead to Elders not having a health care provider
  • Describe factors influencing satisfaction with health services
May 23, 2023

Historical Trauma and Its Relation to COVID

Learning objectives:

  • Highlight the importance of giving elders a voice as they deal with feelings of helplessness and isolation
  • Discuss Native American ways of fostering community engagement and togetherness
  • Adopt a consistent approach to building trust
April 26, 2023

My Advance Care Plan & Guide for Native Americans and Other Resources

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss the benefits of an advance care plan
  • Use an advance care plan to address the needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians
March 22, 2023

Seasons of Care: Assisting American Indian Elders with Health Care Access, Part 2

Learning objectives:

  • Explain the role of navigation services in helping Elders manage their health
  • Describe two types of support that Elders can expect to find in a tribal senior center
  • List at least two reasons why navigation is a culturally congruent approach for assisting American Indian Elders seeking health care
February 22, 2023

Nourishment from the Land, Plants, and Foods

Learning objectives:

  • Describe Indigenous-based knowledge about planting food
  • Share stories promoting the cultural value of corn, beans, and squash
  • Generate discussion of the cultural strengths of land-based learning
January 25, 2023

Seasons of Care: Assisting American Indian Elders with Health Care Access

Learning objectives:

  • Identify historical and systemic conditions that influence access to health care for American Indian elders
  • Describe American Indian elders’ perspectives on health, wellness, and accessing health care
  • Name at least two feasible and culturally congruent approaches for aiding American Indian elders when addressing barriers to health care
2022
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 14, 2022

Dementia Initiatives and Resources from the International Association for Indigenous Aging

Learning objectives:

  • Provide an overview of the national Healthy Brain Initiative
  • Discuss a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent tribal elders with dementia from wandering
  • Highlight the Dementia Friends program for American Indian and Alaska Native communities
October 27, 2022

Southcentral Foundation’s Family Wellness Warriors Soldier’s Heart Program

Learning objectives:

  • Describe how Family Wellness Warriors engages with community to foster connections
  • Discuss Southcentral Foundation’s approach to health care and its grounding in American Indian and Alaska Native values
  • Explain how Soldier’s Heart started and highlight the importance of a peer-led experience for the underserved population of Veterans and first responders
September 28, 2022

Overview of CMS's LTSS TA Center

Learning objectives:

  • Explain the audiences that the LTSS TA Center is intended for
  • Review the TA Center’s different sections
  • Highlight some of the TA Center’s resources on traditional foods and other topics
July 27, 2022

Cultural Sensitivity in Memory Care

Learning objectives:

  • Explain how to positively approach and engage with an elder who is living with dementia
  • Highlight the importance of person-centered care when assisting with activities of daily living
  • Review how to build trust with a person who has dementia
June 22, 2022

Win-Win: Renegotiating Montana Tribally Owned Nursing Facility Rates

Learning objectives:

  • Explain why renegotiating Medicaid reimbursement was a win for facility residents, tribes, and the state Medicaid agency
  • Describe the process of building support and trust
  • Review what Montana included in the Medicaid state plan amendment
May 25, 2022

Culture Change in Long-Term Care

Learning objectives:

  • Learn how tribal nursing homes have incorporated culture change and Native language into their approach to care
  • Explain why culture change matters in tribal long-term care settings
  • Hear about best practices for honoring death and dying with culture change
April 27, 2022

Caregiver Support

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss the role of caregivers at home and in long-term care facilities
  •  Explore the impact of caregiver burnout, compassion fatigue, and grief
  • Highlight the need for caregivers to find balance for self-care
March 23, 2022

The Many Facets of Advance Care Planning

Learning objectives:

  • Identify the critical elements of advance care planning
  • Define ways to navigate potential difficulties when working with patients on advance care planning
  • Analyze the ways in which SCF’s relationship-based approach to care facilitates advance care planning
February 23, 2022

COVID-19 in Indian Country: Updated Considerations and Resources for LTSS

Learning objectives:

  • Discuss the impact of COVID-19 on facility-based LTSS
  • Provide examples of helpful tools and resources
January 26, 2022

Managed Care and Home- and Community-Based Services

Learning objectives:

  • Describe Oneida Nation’s journey from providing HCBS based on a fee-for-service model to providing those services based on a managed-care model
  • Summarize how 1915(b) waivers differ from 1915(c) waivers
  • Identify unique problems with 1915(b) waivers that must be resolved during the transition from 1915(c) waivers
  • Suggest strategies to ease the move into a 1915(b) environment
2021
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 15, 2021

Traditional Food Practices for Native American Elder Care

Learning objectives:

  • Offer accessible resources within the framework of traditional foods
  • Provide the confidence and support needed to begin incorporating traditional foods in LTSS programs
  • Help understand personal relationships with food and how to use traditional foods to enhance health
November 3, 2021

Abuse of AI/AN Elders and Vulnerable Adults

Learning objectives:

  • Understand the impact of elder abuse on AI/AN communities
  • Identify signs of abuse, neglect, and exploitation
  • Learn about relevant investigating agencies and how to file reports to them
September 22, 2021

An Introduction to the NICOA Tribal LTSS National Resource Center

Learning objectives:

  • Provide an overview of the project
  • Understand the continuum-of-care concept as it relates to LTSS
  • Discuss webinar trainings and other activities based on the results of a survey of tribal leaders
July 28, 2021

Staffing Shortages in Tribal Facilities: Past, Present, and Future

Learning objectives:

  • Learn the top 10 staffing challenges for tribal nursing homes and assisted living facilities
  • Discuss past and present roles of nurse staffing agencies
  • Learn about financial incentives during the pandemic and their impact on staffing shortages
  • Hear about future staffing opportunities for tribal elder care
May 28, 2021

Keeping Tribal Elders Connected – Real Stories from the Front Lines

Learning objectives:
• Hear best practices to combat social isolation among tribal elders
• Learn how tribal nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the country have kept residents connected in 2020 and into 2021
• Get resources on strategies to improve the quality of life for tribal elders

April 28, 2021

The Native Aging in Place Project: Building Sustainable LTSS Capacity in your Tribal Community

Learning objectives

  • Discuss the value of the NAPP
  • Learn how to accelerate and strengthen local capacity to develop, deliver, and evaluate a long-term services and supports program for tribal elders
  • Discuss how to develop a sustainable model of community-based services to assist tribal elders to age in place in their communities
March 24, 2021

Alaska Native Traditional Foods Movement

Learning objectives

  • Discuss best practices used to create Alaska Native traditional food programs
  • Learn where to connect with like-minded groups and build relationships based on a deep-rooted belief that food is medicine 
  • Learn how to use traditional food resources, such as the National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders, to create community-specific resources
February 24, 2021

Fall Prevention for Native Elders

Learning objectives

  • Learn about 4 evidence-based fall prevention interventions
  • Understand basic fall prevention strategies and assessments
  • Discuss some simple activities to help keep elders moving and independent
January 27, 2021

Fraud Watch

Learning objectives

  • Learn how to spot and avoid scams
  • Discuss scam engagement and how to utilize AARP's free fraud prevention resources and helpline
 
2020
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 16, 2020

HomeFit and Caregiving

Learning objectives

  • Understand home modifications that can help people comfortably age in place and perform ADLs independently
  • Learn about free family caregiving and community resources
October 28, 2020

Money Follows the Person Tribal Initiative, Part 3

Learning objectives

  • Learn about efforts to expand availability of home- and community-based services through MFP-TI
  • Discuss health equity, tribal sovereignty, and the importance of establishing government-government relationships
September 23, 2020

Protecting Voters Ages 50+

Learning objectives

  • Understand how to protect voters 50-plus
  • Learn more about AARP's 2020 Voter Engagement Campaign
July 22, 2020

Supporting Tribal Long-Term Care Facility Heroes During COVID-19 Pandemic

Learning objectives

  • Understand the impacts of COVID-19 among facility staff and the community
  • Learn the tools and resources staff use to protect residents and themselves
June 24, 2020

Money Follows the Person – Tribal Initiative, Part 2

Learning objectives

  • Describe the goals and purpose of the MFP-TI
  • Discuss the importance of culturally specific services and tribal sovereignty
  • Summarize at least 3 successful strategies and challenges when establishing long-term services and supports in Indian Country
May 27, 2020

UNITE Part 1: Long-Term Care Facilities' Response to COVID-19

Learning objectives

  • Learn how long-term care facilities have been impacted by COVID-19
  • Identify common barriers and innovations used to overcome them
April 22, 2020

COVID-19 in Indian Country: Considerations and Resources for LTSS (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand impacts of COVID-19 among tribes and tribal communities
  • Learn about COVID-19 tools and resources
 
April 14, 2020

Home & Community-Based Services 1915(c) waivers (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn how states may use these waivers to provide Medicaid home- and community-based services and supports
  • Understand the process of implementing 1915(c) waivers
 
February 26, 2020

Transportation in Indian Country (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand challenges for meeting the transportation needs of elders and people with disabilities
  • Explore creative solutions and promotion strategies to address these issues
  • Recognize the importance of formal and informal partnerships to enhance and coordinate transportation services
  • Identify sources of information, technical assistance, and support to improve transportation
 
January 22, 2020

Money Follows the Person Tribal Initiative, Part 1 (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand the goals and purpose of the MFP-TI
  • Recognize the importance of culturally specific services and tribal sovereignty
  • Identify at least 3 successful strategies and challenges when establishing long-term services and supports in Indian Country
2019
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 11, 2019

Emergency Preparedness in Indian Country (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn about emergency preparedness planning and
  • Identify related planning tools and resources
 
November 20, 2019

Comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of Veterans (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand the differences between the PGCSS and the PGAFC
  • Identify at least three resources available to caregivers
 
October 30, 2019

Aging, the Opioid Epidemic, and Treatment Considerations for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn about the the Opioid Response Network as a national resource
  • Recognize the intersection of older adults and opioid use
  • Understand treatment perspectives for opioid use among tribal elders
 
July 24, 2019

Uniting Nursing Homes in Tribal Excellence: Needs Voiced – Needs Met (Recording)

Learning objectives:

  • Learn the history of one tribal nursing home
  • Learn how UNITE engages and advocates for current and future tribal nursing homes, tribal assisted living facilities, and tribal home- and community-based services
  • Meet stakeholders and learn how they strengthen UNITE
  • Understand how to become a member of this collaborative
 
June 26, 2019

Reclaiming Indigenous Food Relationships: Improving Health with Culture (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand how to use the Reclaiming Indigenous Food Relationships framework to implement comprehensive healthy eating initiatives by applying a Culture is Prevention model
  • Learn how the framework has advanced healthy Native foods initiatives
  • Learn about potential partnership areas
 
May 22, 2019

Changing Tribal Demographics in Post-Acute Care (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand the similarities and differences between rehabilitation hospitals and skilled nursing facilities related to lengths of stay and funding
  • Recognize the changing "typical admission," in terms of ages and diagnoses
  • Understand similar care needs and challenges for both types of post-acute care facilities
 
April 24, 2019

From Tundra to Table: The Seal Oil Project (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand person-centered care and the benefits of allowing elders to eat the foods they grew up with
  • Learn how to how to develop a hazard analysis and critical control points plan
  • Learn about the approval process and which government agencies, educational institutions, and independent consultants to collaborate with
 
March 27, 2019

Federal Lifeline internet and telephone discount program overview (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn how to inform eligible tribal consumers about the benefits of the Lifeline program and application process
  • Learn ways to leverage the federal Lifeline monthly subsidy to support job training and health care needs of low-income consumers in Native communities
  • Learn how to identify opportunities to train tribal health officials to assist their communities with Lifeline benefit eligibility
 
February 27, 2019

Finding Local Providers and Resources through the Eldercare Locator (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn how the Eldercare Locator helps connect older adults and their caregivers to services and programs
  • Learn why people use the Eldercare Locator
  • Learn how to effectively navigate the redesigned website
  • Explore the website's array of brochures and materials
 
January 23, 2019

Relationship building in Indian Country—Outreach and Outcomes (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand and explain Cherokee Elder Care's PACE model
  • Identify how the PACE model enhances elders' quality of life, joy, and meaning with a compassionate and respectful interdisciplinary team
  • Learn how to compare cost savings between the PACE model and facility long-term care
 
2018
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 12, 2018

Cherokee Elder Care's PACE Program (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand and explain Cherokee Elder Care's PACE model
  • Identify how the PACE model enhances elders' quality of life, joy, and meaning with a compassionate and respectful interdisciplinary team
  • Learn how to compare cost savings between the PACE model and facility long-term care
 
October 24, 2018

Tribal/State Elder Justice Collaborations That Work (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn how tribal programs work collaboratively with states or counties to effectively address elder abuse and neglect
  • Identify best practices, successes, and potential pitfalls
 
September 26, 2018

New Medicare Card Updates and Social Security Disability Benefits (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Provide updates on new Medicare cards
  • Review online Social Security services
  • Review Social Security's disability programs
 
July 25, 2018

Tribal Nursing Homes-Financial Sustainability (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Understand the cost of running a tribal nursing home and how to create a budget
  • Provide examples of reimbursement pathways for tribal nursing homes
  • Identify ways to streamline financial reimbursement to tribal nursing homes
  • Discuss how to engage tribal leadership and community members about financial sustainability and increase enrollment
 
June 27, 2018

Culture and Health: Diabetes Care in Indian Country (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn how programs support long-term care needs of community members who have diabetes
  • Understand how tribal, state, and federal funding influence programming
  • Identify new ways to overcome program challenges or barriers
  • Describe integrated cultural considerations within diabetes programs
  • Highlight and share successful program strategies
 
May 23, 2018

Cultural Humility: Empowering elders through engagement (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Learn about challenges related to cultural humility in a long-term care facility setting
  • Understand the empowering benefits of cultural humility to elders, staff, family and community
  • Identify ways to empower and comfort elders
  • Describe ways to help an elder "settle in
 
April 25, 2018

Identifying Our Needs—A Survey of Elders: Data Makes a Difference for Our Native Elders (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Provide an overview of the NRCNAA and its available resources
  • Provide an overview of the NRCNAA and its available resources
  • Discuss programs developed based upon elder research data
 
March 28, 2018

Elder Abuse Prevention Resources in Indian Country: National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn what resources NIEJI provides to address elder abuse in Indian Country
  • Understand how to locate NIEJI resources and access technical assistance
  • Identify resources for locations on the resource locator map
 
February 28, 2018

New Medicare Card Project (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Why CMS is undertaking this project
  • What the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) is
  • How CMS will transition from the old number (HICN) to the MBI
  • How CMS will transition from the old number (HICN) to the MBI
  • How this project impacts Native Americans
  • How CMS outreach efforts increase awareness
 
January 24, 2018

Preventing elder falls with Tai Ji Quan (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn how to adapt an evidence-based practice for a Native community
  • Increase awareness about elders' fall risk and ways to reduce it
  • Show the similarities between some Tai Ji Quan moves and the cultural beliefs of the Anishinaabe
 
2017
DateWebinar InformationResources
October 25, 2017

Navigate the Redesigned LTSS Technical Assistance Center (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about new technical assistance resources and tools that reflect your needs, culture, and values
  • Provide feedback on the website's design, layout, and content
 
July 26, 2017

Relationships Matter–Tribal Nursing Homes Working with Tribal Governing Boards (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe a typical day or week in the life of a tribal nursing home administrator or board member
  • List three responsibilities of a tribal nursing home administrator and a board member
  • Articulate three communication challenges between nursing homes and tribal governing bodies, and solutions for each challenge
  • Learn three best practices for communicating
  • Describe how different tribes and cultures play a role in determining best practices for tribal relationships
 
June 28, 2017

Tribal Nursing Home Stories – Best Practices for Dementia Care (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Define dementia and how it is perceived by AI/AN culture
  • Explore practices and protocols used by tribal nursing homes for residents with dementia
  • Learn how to overcome challenges to caring for residents with dementia
  • Learn how to recruit and train staff under new regulations
 
May 24, 2017

Tribal Pathways to Data Analysis: Caring for Your Community By Knowing the Numbers (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand what data is and why it is important
  • Examine the types of data tribes have about their members, and how to collect and record it
  • Discuss partnership opportunities with counties, states, and other entities who may have tribal data
  • Learn how to organize and create reports from tribal data and other sources
 
April 25, 2018

Identifying Our Needs—A Survey of Elders: Data Makes a Difference for Our Native Elders (Recording)

Learning objectives

  • Provide an overview of the NRCNAA and its available resources
  • Discuss how communities can use "Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders"
  • Discuss programs developed based upon elder research data
 
March 28, 2018

Elder Abuse Prevention Resources in Indian Country: National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn what resources NIEJI provides to address elder abuse in Indian Country
  • Understand how to locate NIEJI resources and access technical assistance
  • Identify resources for locations on the resource locator map
 
February 28, 2018

New Medicare Card Project (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Why CMS is undertaking this project
  • What the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) is
  • How CMS will transition from the old number (HICN) to the MBI
  • What providers should do to get ready for the new MBI
  • How this project impacts Native Americans
  • How CMS outreach efforts increase awareness
 
January 24, 2018

Preventing elder falls with Tai Ji Quan (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn how to adapt an evidence-based practice for a Native community
  • Increase awareness about elders' fall risk and ways to reduce it
  • Show the similarities between some Tai Ji Quan moves and the cultural beliefs of the Anishinaabe
 
October 25, 2017

Navigate the Redesigned LTSS Technical Assistance Center (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about new technical assistance resources and tools that reflect your needs, culture, and values
  • Provide feedback on the website's design, layout, and content
 
July 26, 2017

Relationships Matter–Tribal Nursing Homes Working with Tribal Governing Boards (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe a typical day or week in the life of a tribal nursing home administrator or board member
  • List three responsibilities of a tribal nursing home administrator and a board member
  • Articulate three communication challenges between nursing homes and tribal governing bodies, and solutions for each challenge
  • Learn three best practices for communicating
  • Describe how different tribes and cultures play a role in determining best practices for tribal relationships
 
June 28, 2017

Tribal Nursing Home Stories – Best Practices for Dementia Care (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Define dementia and how it is perceived by AI/AN culture
  • Explore practices and protocols used by tribal nursing homes for residents with dementia
  • Learn how to overcome challenges to caring for residents with dementia
  • Learn how to recruit and train staff under new regulations
 
May 24, 2017

Tribal Pathways to Data Analysis: Caring for Your Community By Knowing the Numbers (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand what data is and why it is important
  • Examine the types of data tribes have about their members, and how to collect and record it
  • Discuss partnership opportunities with counties, states, and other entities who may have tribal data
  • Learn how to organize and create reports from tribal data and other sources
 
April 26, 2017

American and Research Communities Uniting to Fight Alzheimer's Disease (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about the experiences of one Native American community and its university partners
  • Understand why Alzheimer's disease research is important to Native American communities
  • Understand how the service model can increase research participation
 
March 22, 2017

Meet VA's Office of Tribal Government Relations (Recording)
Veterans and LTSS – Part 3 of 3

Learning Objectives:

  • How does VA's Office of Tribal Government Relations help connect tribal communities to services for Veterans?
  • Who is my VA regional tribal relations specialist? How do I contact them?
  • What successful VA-tribal activities are taking place in VA's regions right now? What is planned for the future?
February 22, 2017

VA Health Care on Native Lands (Recording)
Veterans and LTSS – Part 2 of 3

Learning Objectives:

  • What is available for Veterans in rural areas?
  • Why should a Veterans enroll for VA health care benefits when they already have free health care with IHS?
  • How do VA and IHS work together to co-manage a Veterans' care?
February 8, 2017

Overview of VA and Long-Term Care Services (Recording)
Veterans and LTSS - Part 1 of 3

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the VA's mission
  • Learn about the VA long-term care services and programs
  • Learn how to access VA services, including the importance of the primary care team and determining VA eligibility
January 25, 2017

Connecting Older Indians to Benefits and Economic Security (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about some of the core programs available to help low-income older adults pay for basic costs of living, and how these programs contribute to greater financial security
  • Discover which elders may be eligible, and how they can apply for these benefits
  • Learn about National Council on Aging online resources that can help screen for assistance programs
  • Understand how you can connect patients or clients to aging network providers in your community who can offer further assistance
 
2016
DateWebinar InformationResources
October 26, 2016

Caring for Caregivers, and the importance of flu vaccination (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe two reasons why influenza is an important health issue
  • Understand how to protect themselves and those they care for from influenza
  • Identify strategies for caregivers to promote wellness
  • Access influenza vaccine education resources
September 28, 2016

Chronic Disease Self-Management in Diverse Communities (Recording)

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about strategies for implementing and sustaining evidence-based chronic disease self-management
  • Learn about ways on how to get started, or expand program reach
  • Learn about strategies to sustain programming
July 27, 2016

Tribal Nursing Homes: A Seat at the Table (recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to effectively communicate with various stakeholders on an aging-related topic
  • Anticipate and learn how to effectively negotiate regulatory challenges and hurdles
  • Learn how to use advocacy and education to successfully initiate change
  • Practice strategic thinking by asking live questions while interacting with the presenters
 
June 22, 2016

Caregiving: Trends and REACH Into Indian Country (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe current societal and demographic trends affecting caregiving
  • Discuss potential effects of caregiving on caregivers
  • List characteristics of effective caregiver interventions
  • Explain how the basic skills taught in the REACH program empower caregivers to improve patient care and caregiver self-care
 
May 25, 2016

Tribal Nursing Homes: Traditional Foods, Traditional Lives (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize how the "Triple Aim" has implications for tribal nursing homes
  • Explain the importance of traditional foods in tribal nursing homes as a way to honor our elders
  • Describe three next steps participants will take upon completion of this webinar to advocate for traditional foods and choice in tribal nursing homes
 
April 27, 2016

Elder Abuse Prevention Resources in Indian Country Webinar: National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Know what resources NIEJI provides regarding elder abuse in Indian Country
  • Understand how to locate NIEJI resources and access technical assistance
  • Identify resources for various locations on the resource locator map
 
March 23, 2016

LTSS Resources-The New CMS Technical Assistance Website for Indian Country (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore the new CMS LTSS Technical Assistance Center website and see what resources are offered
  • Demonstrate the LTSS program database – an updated research tool on IHS, tribal, and urban Indian programs that provide LTSS services
  • Receive feedback from webinar participants about the topics and tools covered on the website and recommendations about what should be added in the future
 
February 24, 2016

Touching the Spirit Through Music: The Wisconsin Music & Memory Program (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Provide a brief history of the Wisconsin Music & Memory Program, and show how music touches and rekindles the spirit
  • Explain the Wisconsin Dementia Care System Redesign Project
  • Review the goals and objectives of the Wisconsin Tribal/ADRC Dementia Care Specialist Program, and explain Dementia Care Specialists' role in promoting Music & Memory in non-institutional settings
 
January 27, 2016

LTSS and Tribal Leaders—New Resources on CMS.gov (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about tribal leaders' important role in meeting their communities' long-term services and supports needs
  • Learn how to navigate the Tribal Leaders section of the LTSS Technical Assistance Center
  • Learn about the resources available on the Tribal Leaders section of the LTSS Technical Assistance Center
 
2015
DateWebinar InformationResources
December 16, 2015

LTSS in Indian Country: The 2014 Survey of ACL Title VI Program Participants (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Take a guided tour of the LTSS Technical Assistance Center on CMS.gov
  • Review a variety of LTSS guidance and resources available through the LTSS Technical Assistance Center
 
October 28, 2015

Alzheimer's Disease Services and Supports for Tribal Communities (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Educate participants about the impact of Alzheimer's disease on tribal communities
  • Inform participants about the services and supports available through the Alzheimer's Association at the national and chapter levels
 
September 23, 2015

LTSS Resources Online: The LTSS Technical Assistance Center (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Take a guided tour of the LTSS Technical Assistance Center on CMS.gov
  • Review a variety of LTSS guidance and resources available through the LTSS Technical Assistance Center
 
July 22, 2015

Tribal Nursing Homes: Best Practices and Challenges, Part II (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Continue the conversation among tribal nursing homes (started in Part 1)
  • Discuss best practices, successes, challenges, and lessons learned
 
June 24, 2015

Using REACH into Indian Country to Support People Caring for Patients with Dementia and Alzheimer's (Recording)
Learning Objective:

  • Learn about collaboration and training opportunities for the REACH program
 
May 27, 2015

Tribal Nursing Homes: Best Practices and Challenges, Part I (recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about other long-term care leaders' experiences and a potential collaboration among tribal nursing homes
  • Discuss culturally relevant best practices
 
April 22, 2015

Tribal Partnerships: How the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Addresses the Long-Term Care Needs of Tribal Medicaid Members (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review information on Medicaid in Arizona
  • Learn about the state's partnerships with tribal communities and providers
  • Examine the benefits of these partnerships
 
March 25, 2015

Enhancing the Life of the Chickasaw Elder Through Enriched Living & Supportive Programs (recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review programs that support at-home independence for elders
  • Learn about the needs of elders who are transitioning to more independent care
  • Examine the holistic elder services within the Chickasaw Nation
  • Discuss ways to promote elder socialization
 
February 25, 2015

Medicare Matters: A New Toolkit for Engaging AI/AN Elders (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review AI/AN elder demographics
  • Learn about the Senior Medicare Patrol program and the new program toolkit
  • Identify community resources and contacts
  • Learn about barriers to Medicare enroll me
 
January 28, 2015

REACH Into Indian Country: Support for Dementia Caregivers (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss structure, principles, and results of the REACH intervention
  • Learn about REACH VA in Indian Country and its future implementation
 
2014
DateWebinar InformationResources
September 24, 2014

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin's Model of Long-Term Care (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about needs assessments and identification of stakeholders
  • Review the Menominee long-term care model and waiver program
  • Discuss the importance of tribal waiver programming
 
July 23, 2014

American Indians and Alaska Natives: Counts, Definitions, and Boundaries (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • See an overview of the AI/AN data on the U.S. Census Bureau website
  • Learn how to search the website by both geography and race/ethnicity
  • Learn about how tribal data are defined and reported and how boundaries are identified and mapped
 
June 25, 2014

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: Advocacy Services for Tribal Elders Living in Long-Term Care Facilities (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the rights of residents in long-term care
  • Learn how to access ombudsman services and ensure culturally competent services
 
May 28, 2014

Preventing Elder Falls and Injuries—Building a Program That Works (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the building blocks of a fall prevention program
  • Discuss how community-based and medical services can work together to prevent falls
  • Review possible funding sources for fall prevention
 
February 26, 2014

Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) & Tribal Communities—The Wisconsin Experience (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the state of Wisconsin's reasons for developing ADRCs
  • Explore the core operating principles for a tribal ADRC position
  • Discuss building partnerships with key stakeholders
 
January 22, 2014

Medication Management Among the Elderly: Preventing Rx Abuse and Misuse (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the importance of medication management
  • Learn about the rates of medication use and misuse
  • Discover tips for managing medication
 
2013
DateWebinar InformationResources
September 25, 2013

Leveraging Resources for Long-Term Services and Supports (Recording)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn how to use resources, like facilities or staff, to maximize LTSS
 
July 24 , 2013

We:sijc t-we:m (Everybody Together) GEC/Tribal Partnerships (PDF)

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the importance of medication management
  • Learn about the rates of medication use and misuse
  • Discover tips for managing medication
June 26, 2013

Gila River Indian Community's Adult Day Health: Enriching the Lives of our Elders (PDF)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review the Tohono O'odham Nation's development of hospice and palliative care services
  • Explore cultural and logistics factors in end-of-life decisions
  • Discuss the importance of educational support
 
May 22, 2013

Gila River Indian Community: The Caring House—Development of an Adult Day Program (PDF)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about recruitment strategies for adult day services
  • Explore program impact for participants, families, and the community
  • Discuss the development of culturally relevant adult day services
 
April 24, 2013

Home- and Community-Based Services for Native Elders: Pathway to CHR Targeted Case Management at Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the concept of "aging in place"
  • Learn about how elders and people with disabilities can maintain connections, contribute to the community, and have their preferences honored
 
March 27, 2013

Oneida Nation Elder Services: Cultural Adaptations to a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about how the chronic disease self-management program works in Indian County
  • Discover changes to the program curriculum
  • Learn how to access the program and who benefits from it
February 27, 2013

ACL and Intertribal Council of Arizona: The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (PDF)

Learning Objectives:

  • Review Arizona's ombudsman services
  • Learn how to access these services
  • Explore opportunities to increase the cultural competence of the services
  • Review examples of tribal ombudsman programs
 
February 6, 2013

CMS Money Follows the Person (MFP) Tribal Initiative (PDF)

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about using the MFP Tribal Initiative to address disparities, improve access, and develop infrastructure to support LTSS
2012
DateWebinar InformationResources
November 28, 2012

An Overview of Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans, Medicare Marketing Rules, and the Senior Medicare Patrol (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Learn about Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug plans
  • Discuss rules for insurance companies on selling Medicare plans and how beneficiaries can protect themselves from unwanted marketing
  • Examine the Senior Medicare Patrol program's role in protecting against Medicare fraud
 
October 24, 2012

REACH VA: Support for Dementia Caregiver (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Learn about the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health (REACH) VA
  • Discuss Alzheimer's disease in Indian Country
 
September 26, 2012

Becoming a Federally Qualified Health Center: What, Why, and Can You Support It? (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Explore different kinds of FQHCs and how they relate to AI/AN communities
  • Learn about key elements of FQHCs
  • Review examples of successful FQHCs
 
July 25, 2012

Case Management: A Tribal Perspective (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Learn about the elements of case management
  • Explore how case management can work in your community
 
June 27, 2012

Elder Justice in Indian Country (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Review the warning signs of elder abuse and what to do if you suspect abuse
  • Learn about the National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative
May 23, 2012

The Tohono O'odham Nursing Care Authority—Archie Hendricks, Sr., Skilled Nursing Facility and the Tohono O'odham Hospice: A Model of Tribally Based Skilled Nursing and Hospice Care (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Discuss successful multiyear operation of skilled nursing facilities
  • Learn about model program development for these facilities
April 25, 2012

The Greenhouse Project Webinar (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Learn about a national model for skilled nursing care that returns control, dignity, and well-being to elders, their families, and direct care staff
 
March 28, 2012

Supporting Elders Across Settings: Care Transitions Opportunities and Tribal Organizations (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Review the Community-Based Care Transitions program
  • Discuss how the program fits with the Title VI program
  • Examine care transitions resources and examples
February 22, 2012

LTSS in Indian Country—Part 2: Home- and Community-Based Services (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Explore the different services that are included in home- and community-based services
 
January 25, 2012

LTSS in Indian Country—Part 1: An Overview (PDF)
Learning Objectives

  • Review long-term services and supports in depth
  • Study an example of tribal LTSS
 

 

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