4TH Annual Aging Well Summit
DATE: NOVEMBER 11TH & 12TH 2023
TIME : 10:00 AM TO 4:30 PM
Please join us for the 4th Annual Aging Well Summit, with a focus on brain health and healthy caregiving, organized by Cairasu All Things Alzheimer’s. It is an opportunity to learn, share, and connect with others in the senior care industry and community members interested in optimizing and maintaining a healthy brain.
In this two-day summit, on Sunday, we are partnering with Center for Aging Research and Education at UW- Madison to train family and professional caregivers. Certificates will be provided. Please note Sunday caregiver training will be hybrid (In-person and virtual). Please let us know if you are attending in person on Sunday, so we have materials and food for everyone.
Featured Speakers
Benedict C. Albensi, PhD, BCMAS, CRQM
Keynote Speaker
Title: Are we Missing the Boat with Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care
First Lady, Kathy Evers
Title: Welcome Remarks
Caregiver Workforce Crisis Panel
Joy Schmidt,
Adult Protective Services
Dane County Department of Human Services
Zainabu Kooistra
Comfort Care 4 U – Adult Family Home
David Bailey
Director of Administration
Community Living Alliance
Carin Clauss
Caregiver
Sheri Carter
Caregiver
Laura Rice-Oeschger, LMSW,
Dr. Shenikqua Bogues
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine.
Kim E. Whitmore, PhD, RN, CPN
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
Marquette University
Michelle Braun, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Ascension – Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Alzheimer's and Dementia Policy Updates
Allison Cramer | Director of Public Policy
Alzheimer’s Association, Wisconsin Chapter
Vanessa Dingman
Advocacy Manager for Alzheimer’s Association-Wisconsin Chapter
Sunday, UW-Madison CARE U Trainers
Deanna Blanchard,
MSN, RN- BC
Retired Clinical Instructor, UW Madison School of Nursing
Fatou Ceesay,
Organizer
Owner of Cairasu Home Care
Planning Committee
Fatou Ceesay,
Organizer
President and CEO at Cairasu All Things Alzheimer’s,Owner of Cairasu Home Care
Jessica Strong
Host
Project Manager, CommunicationsCommunity Change
Carol Van Hulle, PhD,
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
Bonnie Nuttkinson, MS
Research Program Coordinator ǀ Dementia Care & Caregiver Research
Core H | Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Susan Freiss
Online Instructor with The Center for Advanced Academics and Cairasu All Things Alzheimer’s Board Member
Joanne Gruber-Hagen
UW Emeritus Academic Staff
Barbara Harrington-McKinney
Alderwoman Madison Common Council District 20.
Kathi Vos,
Professor Emmerita, UW -Madison Division of Extension
Fatou Sonko
Registered Nurse, Meriter Hospital and Supervisor, Cairasu Home Care
Diane Farsetta, PhD,
Senior Outreach Specialist, Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE), UW Madison School of Nursing
Awa Phatty
Student, UW-Madison
- SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Welcome & Opening Remarks, Fatou Ceesay , All things
Alzheimer’s
Opening Remarks, First Lady Kathy Evers
(ATA) Grant Announcement, Susan Freiss
Keynote by Dr. Benedict Albensi: Are We Missing the Boat with
Alzheimer’s Research and Care? (20 min)
Brain Health, Dr. Michelle Braun (45 min)
Break Out Session (15 min)
Caring with Presence: An Introduction to Mindfulness-based
Dementia Care, Laura Rice-Oeschger (45 min)
Lunch break (30 min)
What is Happening on the Clinical Side; Update on New Drugs
Shenikqua Bouges, (45 min)
Caregiver Panel: Confronting the Workforce Crisis
Panelists: Zainabu Kooistra, David Bailey, Carin Clauss, Sheri Carter
Moderator: Joy Schmidt
Break Out Session (15 min)
Bathroom break (5 min)
Making sure all caregivers get the “break” they need, Dr. Kim
Whitmore (45 min)
Alzheimer’s policy/research/support for caregivers, Allison Cramer Vanessa Dingman
Closing Remarks, reminder about ATA grants and Overview of
Sunday, Fatou
Adjourn
- UW-Madison CARE U & CPR Training Sunday, November 12, 2023
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