Did you know that Medicare loses billions, yes BILLIONS of dollars each year due to fraud, errors and abuse? Think it can’t happen to you? Think it doesn’t happen in Wisconsin? Unfortunately, think again: it could, and it does. In a special webinar about the Wisconsin Senior Medicare Patrol program, Ingrid A. Kundinger, MBA, Senior […]
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Sept. 7, 14 and 21 2018: Connect here at 10 am: http://go.illinois.edu/ncranbrainhealth. Watch the archived talk here. Presented by Chelsey Byers Gerstenecker, Extension Educator, University of Illinois Extension and Molly Hofer, Extension Educator, University of Illinois Extension.
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Listen now to guest speaker Ann Albert, Executive Director of SAIL (Sharing Active Independent Lives) introduce us to the “Village” Movement. Use this handout to follow along: SAIL. Sharing Active Independent Lives (SAIL) is the second oldest “Village” in the country. It is designed as an economical, sustainable, member-driven model of services aimed at keeping people healthy […]
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Karen Dickrell, from Outagamie County, and Jane Jensen, from Sheboygan County, and Sara Richie in Oneida, Vilas and Forest Counties will walk us through the Creating Aging-Friendly Communities Facilitation Guide. The purpose of the facilitation guide is to help Extension Educators inform and engage community leaders around the changing demographics of our communities, and invigorate […]
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Guest: Sridevi Mohan, Epidemiologist, Public Health Madison & Dane County has a broad background in research, evaluation, aging, community engagement and equity issues. She is passionate about creating resilient communities and systems that embrace health and equity in all policies. Sridevi was unable to join us, but you may still look at her overview of […]
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Gail M. Huycke, Community Development Outreach Specialist, UW-Extension Broadband & E-Commerce Education Center, shared her expertise on helping seniors age in place and stay connected in their communities with Connected Aging Communities. This program is a groundbreaking new initiative that’s using a unique “high tech, high touch” holistic, community development approach to enable aging residents […]
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Aging is a complex topic, and Extension provides a diverse array of support in this area for older adults and communities, ranging from health-related programs (e.g., StrongWomen/StrongBones) to coalition work. With so many opportunities, how do we prioritize this work? In 2016, the North Central Region Aging Network fielded a regional (multi-state) survey asking Extension […]
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The Sightlines Project from the Stanford Center on Longevity investigates how well Americans are doing in each of three areas that are critical to well-being as people age: financial security, healthy living and social engagement. The findings are based on analyses of eight nationally representative, high quality, multi-year studies involving more than 1.2 million Americans […]
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In this Coffee Break, we talked about family caregiving in Wisconsin – how common it is, who’s doing it, who’s getting care, and what the implications are for our communities. We also talked about the programming happening around the state to improve the well-being of caregivers and their families. Use the handout, Caregiving in Wisconsin […]
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In this Coffee Break, we will discuss research about older adults and under-use of food stamp benefits (aka SNAP or FoodShare). We will look at who is at greatest risk of not using benefits for which they are eligible, why older adults might not use benefits, and what we can do to help raise awareness […]
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