Annual Joint Training for State and Local Commissions on Aging

Communities for a Lifetime, September 12, 2013, Annapolis, Maryland
Attendees examined the Communities for a Lifetime model as way to address the aging-in-place
preference of current and future seniors. The Communities for a Lifetime Act, which was based
on recommendations from the Statewide Empowerment for Seniors Commission, was enacted
in 2011. 

Village Movement, September 10, 2014, Hagerstown, Maryland
Building on the discussion about Communities for a Lifetime, participants learned more about the
“village” concept, which attempts to connect like-minded people with an array of services to help
them stay in their own homes as they get older.

Transforming Maryland’s Long Term Care System, September 24, 2015, Wye Mills, Maryland
Participants learned about the findings from AARP’s 2012 member survey (including post-2012 data
updates) as well as Maryland-specific findings from the member study from Joanne Binette, Senior
Research Advisor, State Research, AARP. Ms. Binette’s presentation was followed by that of Teja
Rau, Chief, Long Term Services and Supports, Maryland Department of Aging, who spoke about
Maryland Access Point and its role in preparing for the changing and growing long term needs of
Maryland’s older adults. Building on Ms. Rau’s presentation, a panel of executive directors and senior
staff of three Area Agencies on Aging discussed trends, best practices, and action steps in which
agency staff, community leaders and other stakeholders could engage to better meet the needs of
older adults at the local level.

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