Tompkins County Office for the Aging: Who We Are
Dawn Sprague (Aging Services Specialist) and Andrea Davis (Outreach Worker) talked about the services available at COFA.
Update on the Home Health Aide Recognition Event
Presenters: Liddy Bargar, Director of Housing Initiatives at HSC, and Simone Gatson, CoC Housing Specialist/Coordinated Entry Lead at HSC
A brief overview of the homeless response system, and what resources look like for sheltered and unsheltered individuals and families at this point in time. Following this, they will discuss the relationship between chronic homelessness and health, promoting opportunities for providers to improve health outcomes and alleviate common barriers for people experiencing homelessness.
9.5.24 Tough Stuff Subcommittee Meeting
The meeting explores the underlying biases toward larger people, trauma-informed card principles as they apply toward this population, and hopefully shift the discourse in caring for PALTC residents living in larger bodies.
Speaker: Jennifer Muniak, MD, CMD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Rochester
Medical Director, Highlands at Brighton
8.2.24 Long Term Care Committee Meeting
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6.10.24 HPC Advisory Board Meeting
Medicaid 1115 Waiver Social Care Network: What we know and what we don’t know
Presenters:
John Mazzello, Deputy Director, Human Services Coalition
Lara Parrilla, Community & Academic Partnership Manager, Cayuga Health Partners/ Community Engagement & Advocacy Leader, Cornell Center for Health Equity
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5.13.24 HPC Advisory Board Meeting
Mental Health and Substance Use Panel: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in our Community
Panelists Include:
Samantha Stevenson (REACH)
Jacob Parker Carver (Cornell Health)
Jasmin Sutton (CARS)
Rich Shaw (TCWH – Mental Health)
Dr. Alecia Sundsmo (Family & Children’s Service)
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5.10.24 Long Term Care Committee Meeting
Caryn Bullis, Deputy Director of Tompkins County Office for the Aging presented on the NY Connects Resource Directory and the area listings.
Karen Brown, LTCC Coordinator gave an update on the Survey & LTCC direction with work groups, speakers, meeting schedules.
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NY Connects Resource Directory Presentation Slides
Long Term Care Survey Presentation Slides
2.12.24 HPC Advisory Board Meeting
After updates, Tompkins County EMS Program Manager Joseph Milliman presented on the current state of EMS.
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2.2.2024 Long Term Care Committee
A short presentation about Health Literacy Trends and how it relates to long term care by Karen Brown from Ithaca College Gerontology Institute. Following the presentation, we will have an opportunity for Long Term Care Committee members and guests to share trends, challenges and opportunities in long term care.
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