Conferences, Trainings, Events and Meetings

The Illinois Department on Aging provides comprehensive and contemporary educational offerings for aging service agencies. Many of the trainings offered by the Department are available for continuing education credits for nursing home administrators and social workers.

• 2008 Calendar of Training and Events, PDF file (44 KB), last updated March 1, 2008.

Training for Aging Network Staff

The following sessions are designed for the Aging Network staff.

• Comprehensive Care Coordination and Community Care Program, 2008 (66 KB), last updated December 17, 2007.



• Elder Abuse and Neglect Program, 2008 (30 KB), last updated in November 2007.

Also available to Aging Network staff and the public:

• Video Lending Library (2007 - 31 KB) a listing of videotapes available for free, but limited, use through the Department on Aging.

Long-Term Care Reform Workshops

Translating Values into Action:
Defining a Vision and Advocacy Agenda for a Person-Centered Long-Term Care System in Illinois
A 3-Part Discussion and Workshop Series (April - June)

As a sponsor, the Illinois Department on Aging announces a three-part workshop series by the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group’s Center for Long-Term Care Reform. During the series, visionary national leaders will both challenge and encourage participants to step back from their everyday lives to reconsider both broadly and specifically what they want to achieve with long-term care reform in Illinois and how they can get there.

• Part I: Getting Situated: The Political, Social and Personal Contexts of Long-Term Care, April 14, Loyola Law School, Chicago



• Part II: Defining Goals and Envisioning Systems: What Matters Most to Older Adults?, May 5, Loyola Law School, Chicago



• Part III: Achieving Success: Defining a Policy and Advocacy Agenda, June 2, Holiday Inn, Matteson

For more information and to register, visit the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group Web site.

Also, download the workshop flyer (PDF).

Mark Your Calendar!

• Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Statewide Meeting, June 4 – 5, 2008, Springfield.



• 19th Annual National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) Conference, August 26 – 29, 2008, in Chicago. This year, the Department on Aging's 2008 Elder Rights Conference is being combined with this conference.
  • View the NAPSA Web site.
  
  
  • View the "Save the Date" flyer.


• National Employ the Older Worker Week Luncheon, September 17, 2008, Springfield.



• 5th Annual Illinois Pioneer Coalition Summit on Culture Change, October 14 - 15, 2008, in Springfield. View the Illinois Pioneer Coalition Web site.



• Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, November 13 – 14, 2008, Springfield.



• 2008 Governor’s Conference on Aging, December 10 – 12, 2008, Chicago. View the conference Web site.

Contact

Office of Training and Development
Division of Home and Community Services
Illinois Department on Aging
421 East Capitol Avenue, #100
Springfield, IL 62701-1789

E-mail: training@aging.state.il.us
FAX: 217-785-5880