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Housing Happenings
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Category: Networking Events

LeadingAge Iowa is partnering with LeadingAge Maryland in 2024 to offer this monthly educational teleconference series designed specifically for affordable housing professionals.  This series offers short, practical learning sessions for service coordinators, property managers, and other individuals who work with older adults in affordable housing settings.

Who Should Attend
Affordable Housing service coordinators, property managers, and other individuals who work with older adults.

2024 Event Schedule
3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m.–12 p.m. CT
Recordings of previous sessions can be found here.

February 21 Are We Helping Seniors Build a Happy Life?

This month's session asks participants to survey the activities and programs they offer for seniors in their housing communities and to compare them to the principles derived from research by Author Brooks, an acclaimed Harvard professor and author on the topic.

Speaker: Bette McNee, Vice President, Clinical Safety, Graham Company

March 20

The Future of Affordable Housing

"Join Housing Happenings in March for a look at key trends in affordable housing. You'll hear from Juliana Bilowich, Director of Housing Operations and Policy with LeadingAge National, who will share how federal housing policy actions are impacting the everyday lives of housing staff and residents. We'll touch on hot topics like HOTMA, Service Coordination, criminal background screening, and more, and we'll make sure to leave time for Q&A." 

Speaker: Juliana Bilowich, Director of Housing Operations and Policy with LeadingAge

April 17
The Active Shooter / Armed Intruder:  Planning For…Responding To…Recovering From The Unthinkable


Speaker: Steve Wilder, President and CEO, Sorensen, Wilder & Associates

*New Date* May 22
Communicating with Someone Who Has a Cognitive Disorder     


Speaker: Stacey Young, Director, Center of Excellence in Dementia Care, Broadmead

June 19
Fostering Mental Well-Being with Aging


Speaker: Susan W. Lehmann, M.D., Director of Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital

July 17
Confronting Loneliness with a Culture of Connections


Speaker: Belinda Degboe, Director of Well-being Asbury Methodist Village

August 21
Having the Difficult Conversations – What to Say to a Bully


Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Weissberg, National Director of Education, Select Rehabilitation

September 18
Building and Sustaining Diversity Efforts


Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Marana, PhD, Marana Consulting

October 16
Topic and Speaker TBD
November 20
Topic and Speaker TBD
December 18
Topic and Speaker TBD


Registration

LeadingAge Iowa Members   FREE  (register one time for the entire series)

What’s Included
Registration includes one connection to each of the live sessions. More than one person can register to receive their own connection to each webinar. 

Continuing Education Information
CE credit is NOT available for this event.

Click here for a printer friendly PDF of the event.

Register Now
For questions contact:   Dawn Balder
[email protected]
515-440-4630