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18th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA
SENIOR INJURY PREVENTION
EDUCATIONAL FORUM
March 16, 2018
The Waterfront Hotel
JACK LONDON SQUARE 10 WASHINGTON STREET OAKLAND, CA
Alameda County Emergency Medical Services
S enior Injury Prevention Program
Awake to Wellness
Best Practices and Inspiration for Senior Injury Prevention Advocates
Forum Goals
To expand the network of senior healthcare and service providers working together to reduce
older adult injuries.
To provide attendees with valuable information and health updates to share with older adults
to assist them in having healthy, engaged, and fulfilling lives.
To develop the leadership capacity for advocacy of seniors, their health and their well-being.
Agenda
8:00-8:30am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30 -8:45am Moderator’s Welcome: Barb Alberson is the Senior Deputy Director of
Policy and Planning, San Joaquin County Public Health Services.
8:45-9:45am Key Note Speaker: Micheal Pope is the CEO and Executive Director of
the Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay (ASEB), serving since 1997. Her work
background includes marketing, the health insurance industry, and adult day care.
From her many years at ASEB and her inspiring life experiences, Micheal will offer
her perspectives on aging, injury prevention, and wellness.
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9:45-10:00am Break
10:00–11:00am Sleep and Seniors: Christine Walsh, PhD., Assistant Professor of
Neurology, UCSF Center for Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Walsh’s presentation
will provide an introduction to sleep stages, helping attendees to understand some
of the nuances of sleep characteristics throughout the night. At the end of this
presentation, attendees will have the information to detect and recognize the
primary sleep disorders, will have an understanding of the relationship of sleep
and cognition in young and older adults and how sleep may change with
neurodegenerative processes. Further, attendees will be told about sleep hygiene
improvements using more natural approaches to improve sleep that have been
tried in individuals living in nursing homes.
11:00-12:00pm Working Injury Prevention Programs: A panel of Alameda County
based senior service organizations will share their successes in integrating
evidence-based programs and best practices into their menu of services.
Wendy Peterson, Senior Services Coalition of Alameda County: Forum
Panel Moderator.
Arezo Sayid, MPH, Assistant Director, Afghan Elderly Association, City of
Fremont. “Promoting Wellness among Afghan Refugee and Immigrant Older
Adults: An integrative, Peer-based Model.”
Carolyn Mariru Kojima, Program & Outreach Coordinator, DayBreak
Adult Care Centers. “Injury Prevention Caregiver Training.”
Aaron McPherson, DPT, MBA; and Sadiya Kazi, M.S. OTR/L.
“Breaking the Cycle of Falls: Preventing Falls and Injury using an
Interdisciplinary Approach within the Community.”
12:00-12:45pm Lunch/ Networking
12:45-1:00pm Special Welcome: Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley,
District 4 – East Oakland, Castro Valley, and Pleasanton. Supervisor Miley has
been a passionate advocate for seniors through his political career. He helped
pass the first county ordinance for safe medication disposal and is the founder of
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the United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County. Supervisor Miley and USOAC
sponsor the Healthy Living Festival held annually at the Oakland Zoo.
1:00-2:15pm Stop the Bleed: Erica Peters Blaauw, MS, RN, ACNP-BC, Trauma
Nurse Practitioner, Alameda Health System, Highland Hospital. Ms. Peters will
lead a training on proper bleeding control techniques, including how to use hands,
dressings, and tourniquets on anyone who is bleeding profusely. Attendees will
learn these techniques and after demonstrating their new skills, will receive a
certificate. This topic is a response to recent disasters and mass casualty events
and will address the needs of older adults.
2:15-2:30pm Break/Snack
2:30–2:45pm Stretch Together - Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance:
Joey Tchang and Nicole Albrecht of Senior Support Program of the Tri-
Valley. Mr. Tchang and Ms. Albrecht will lead us through a series of Tai Chi
movements.
2:45-3:45pm Fall Prevention for Community Dwelling Older Adults: An
Update on Assessment and Intervention Strategies:
Erica Pitsch, PT, MPT, DPT, NCS, Health Science Associate Clinical
Professor of UCSF / SFSU Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Science. Dr. Pitsch will discuss new assessment standards and introduce an
“outcome measure decision tree” for clinicians to use to decide which measure
will work best for their patients. She will also address the science and practicality
of the Dutch fall prevention program recently featured in the New York Times (see
link). https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/world/europe/netherlands-falling-elderly.html.
From this presentation, attendees will be able to: describe the four types of falls
using the Hopkins Falls Grading scale; describe the timed up and go, and sit to
stand measures, and the cutoffs for predicting falls and frailty in older adults; and
be able to answer questions about interventions for fall prevention gaining
popularity on social media- the New York Times article in particular.
3:45- 4:00pm Closing/Evaluations /Raffles (must be present to win)
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Thank You DayBreak Adult Care Centers
for providing today’s raffle prizes.