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Bergen Roundtable

Hackensack Meridian Fitness & Wellness 87 Routh 17 North, Maywood

Advocating for Equity: Expanding Access to Medicaid for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Join us for an interactive conversation about a new coalition of aging and disability advocates working to reform inequitable Medicaid eligibility standards. These standards unfairly subject older adults and people with disabilities to stricter criteria, limiting their access to critical services that support aging in home and community-based settings. Promising policy and legislative changes could be on the horizon! Your input and participation in this growing campaign are needed! Hannah Diamond, Policy Advocate at Justice in Aging, will discuss current inequities in Medicaid pathways impacting older adults and people with disabilities, outline proposed legislative and policy fixes, and suggest ways Bergen County's provider community and age-friendly advocates can support this effort. Q&A, discussion and networking to follow

Bergen Roundtable

Hackensack Meridian Fitness & Wellness 87 Routh 17 North, Maywood

Learn the details and implementation timeline for the new Affordable Housing Calculations and important information about Fair Housing & Housing Discrimination Breakfast available at 9:45 AM, Networking until Noon Come and learn from experts about how current considerations in housing are impacting older adults. The N.J. Dept. of Community Affairs recently released Affordable Housing Calculations recommended for nearly every municipality in the state. These calculations will guide development for years to come and may significantly impact affordable senior housing. Regulations regarding Fair Housing and Housing Discrimination are already in place but not always adhered to. These topics are of critical concern to every municipality in New Jersey and, of course, to providers of services to older adults. Find out what they mean and how they impact you and those you serve. Please consider passing this information along to -- and/or bringing with you -- municipal officials who will benefit from this information.

Reframing Aging

Zoom

Across the country, organizations and advocates at the local, state, and national level are using the tools of the National Center to Reframe Aging to change the way they communicate about aging. Learn how to embrace these tools and strategies to spread awareness of implicit bias toward older people, and influence policies and programs that benefit all of us as we age with gerontologist Katie Squires, PhD, Associate State Director, Advocacy for AARPNJ and a National Reframing Aging Facilitator. View the recording: https://youtu.be/KIUvNz1Y1ss  

Age-Friendly Community Outcomes within the Waters of Systems Change

Zoom

Speakers: Emily A. Greenfield & Natalie E. Pope, Rutgers School of Social Work, Hub for Aging Collaboration (socialwork.rutgers.edu/aging) Description: Demonstrating the outcomes of age-friendly community (AFC) initiatives is important for sustaining resources to keep them going. Yet proving the value of AFC efforts can be difficult. Learn from researchers at the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration on how the "Waters of Systems Change" framework can help overcome key evaluation hurdles. Of note, this work is based on years of practice-based research through AFNJ, including interviews with many AFC leaders in our network. This session is ideal for core team members and key partners in communities that are affiliated with AFNJ. Others are welcomed as guests. The session will include discussion and attendee participation for deeper learning and networking. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUode2vqDIvHdKUahHCfUZ0OKTLNbspe5zj