Innovations in Dementia Care: A Celebration of Practice,

Research and Advocacy in Diverse Urban Settings

Friday, May 8, 2015, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM
Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College
2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035

CONFERENCE AGENDA
9:00 AM 9:30 AM

Sign-in and Light Breakfast Provided

9:30 AM 10:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Carmen Morano, PhD, MSW, Director of Silberman Aging
Caroline Gelman, PhD, LCSW, Director of Education,
Training, and Lifelong Learning at Silberman Aging

Morning Presentations
10:00 AM 11:00 AM

House Calls: Caring for Dementia Patients and their

Caregivers at Home
Sarah Koppel, LMSW
Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program

11:00 AM 12:00 PM

Panel: Supporting Caregivers and Their Care Recipients

Moderated by Dr. Caroline Gelman

A Vision to Assure Quality Support for Geriatric Veterans

Helen Bradley, LCSW, Danielle Bonaparte-Lozano,
and Jodi Smith
James J. Peters VA Medical Center

Private Troubles, Public Issues: Transforming Personal

Experience into Macro-level Advocacy on Behalf of
Caregivers

Michelle Melendez, MS, LCSW, CASAC

Behavioral Health Director, STAR Health Center
Caregiver, Member, National Advisory Council, Silberman Aging

The Power of Pausing: Mindful Stress Reduction for

Caregivers (Adaptation of Mindfulness Based Stress
Reduction)
Joan Griffiths Vega, MA, MFA
Facilitator of MBSR, COFC

Co-sponsored by:

12:00 PM 1:00 PM

Lunch Provided
Remarks

Jacqueline B. Mondros, DSW

Dean of the Silberman School of Social Work
&
Donna Corrado, PhD
Commissioner of the NYC Department for the Aging

Afternoon Presentations
1:00 PM 2:00 PM

An Academic-Community Partnership Supporting

Dementia Caregivers

Louis Burgio, PhD

Burgio Geriatric Consulting
Carolina Hoyos, LMSW
Columbia University Medical Center
Jos Luchsinger, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Columbia University Medical Center
Alexandra Mendes, Social Worker
Riverstone Senior Life Services
Mary Mittelman, DrPH
Professor of Psychiatry and Rehabilitative Medicine
New York University Medical Center
Dante Tipiani, MSW
Columbia University Medical Center

2:00 PM 2:15 PM

Break

2:15 PM 3:15 PM

A Community-Based Participatory Research Video to

Address Memory and Aging Knowledge Gaps Among Latino
Older Adults
Mari Umpierre, PhD, LCSW
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Alma Collazo, LCSW
Linkage House

3:15 PM 4:00

Discussion and Closing Remarks