Senior Summit 2015
Summit on Aging Report
(December 3, 2015, Silver Spring, MD)
- Agenda
- Montgomery County: A Community for a Lifetime: Summary of Accomplishments
- Montgomery County: Celebrating Everyone’s Community for a Lifetime (video)
- Read Ahead papers
- Civic and Social Engagement
- Communications and Outreach
- Diversity
- Employment
- Health and Wellness
- Home and Community Based Support Services
- Housing
- Safety
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Technology
- The State of Technology Use Among Older Adults in the U.S. - Excerpts quoted from studies Published by Pew Research Center
- The State of Technology Use Among Older Adults in the U.S. - Excerpts quoted from studies Published by Pew Research Center
- Transportation and Mobility
- Civic and Social Engagement
- Survey Results in November 2015
- Survey links ( English | Spanish | Chinese | Farsi/Persian)
- Senior Agenda
- Commission on Aging Summer Studies
- Commonalities and Differences in Localities
- Long Term Care Services and Supports: Nursing Home Quality
- Commonalities and Differences in Localities
- Focus Group Summary
- Summit on Aging Advisory Committee Members
- Memo to AARP re: Age-Friendly Community
- Certificate: Montgomery County - Age Friendly Community
- Certificate: Montgomery County - Dementia Friendly Community
- Summit Evaluation
County Executive’s Summit on Aging Agenda
Thursday, December 3, 2015 8:15 a.m-4:00 p.m.
| 8:15-9:00 a.m. | Registration | Coffee, Tea and Light Refreshments |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Welcoming Remarks
County Executive Isiah Leggett Maryland Secretary of Aging Rona E. Kramer County Council Members |
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Morning Keynote Speaker
Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, Board of Trustees, AARP; Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy. Director, Center for Policy Research on Aging. Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA.and first Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Administration on Aging within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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| 10:00-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-11:45 | Morning Work Sessions |
| 12:00 - 12:20 p.m. | Presentation by AARP - World Health Organization Age -Friendly Communities
Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil Presentation by BrightFocus Foundation-Dementia-Friendly America initiative Stacy Pagos Haller, President and CEO, BrightFocus Foundation |
| 12:20-1:00 p.m. | Lunch
Can Technology Keep Pace with an Aging Montgomery County? Jeff Kramer, Executive Director, Strategic Alliances, Verizon |
| 1:00-2:30 | Afternoon Work Sessions |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-3:30 | Uma S. Ahluwalia, Co-Chair
Gabriel Albornoz, Co-Chair CE Subcabinet on Senior Vital Living Afternoon Presentation ( view presentation online) Sandy Markwood, Chief Executive Officer
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| 3:30 | Closing remarks
County Executive Leggett |
| 4:00 | Evaluations | Adjournment |