Meetings & Events

December 6, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Membership Spotlight: Dylan Bondy, Head of Outreach for Solace Health

Slides

Presentation: David McLennan, Professor of Political Science, Meredith College and Director of the Meredith Poll, 2024 Elections and Implications for N.C. and National Politics 

Slides

November 8, 2024 Health Equity Commitee Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Kylie Foley, Digital Inclusion Initiative Specialist from the Institute for Emerging Issues, Digital Inclusion Throughout the State

Slides 

October 25, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Agenda

Membership Spotlight: Heather Hooper, Executive Director of Dementia Alliance of North Carolina  

Slides

Presentation: Sarah Maness- Richardson, Adult Services Program Manager for the NC Division of Social Services, NC Adult Protective Services Program

Slides

September 13, 2024 Health Equity Committee Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Tara Muller, Disability Rights Attorney, DRNC’s Role in Advancing Health Equity for Older Adults

Slides

August 23, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording 

Membership Spotlight: Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, Director of Housing Policy for the NC Housing Coalition

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Presentation: Gina Upchurch, Executive Director for Senior PharmAssist, Senior PharmAssist- The Senior PharmAssist Model, Replication, and Relevant Medicare Policies

Slides 

June 28, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Membership Spotlight: Nadia Mazza, Senior Project Manager for Healthy Aging NC at the NC Center for Health and Wellness

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Presentation: Ellen Bailey, Senior Project Manager for Falls Prevention with the NC Center for Health and Wellness & Divya Venkataganesan, Section Chief, Planning with the Division of Aging, NC Falls Prevention Coalition –Standing Strong NC: It Takes a Village to Prevent Falls- Learn how it is working to unite NC for falls prevention 

Slides

May 28, 2024, Consumer Fraud

Meeting Recording

Presentation: John Maron, Director, of Investor Protection & Education Services Secretary of State’s Office, Guarding Your Assets in a Scary
World

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May 17, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Membership Spotlight: Kay Castillo,  Executive Director Friends of Residents in Long Term Care

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Presentation One: Toni Gingerelli, Director of Policy and Advocacy with the National Alliance for Caregiving, National Strategy for Caregiving

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Presentation Two: Amanda Swanger, Family Caregiver Support Program Consultant with the Division of Aging, Programs Available through the NC Division of Aging to Support Family Caregivers

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May 10, 2024 Health Equity Committee Presentation 

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Dalton Bailey, Research and Data Manager NC Rural Center, Older Adult Trends

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April 26, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Mary Bethel, Coalition Board Chair, May 7, 2024 Aging Advocacy Day Orientation

Presentation: Laura Wells, CEO Hope NC, Inclusive Communities-What Are They and Why Are They Needed in NC? 

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April 26, 2024 The Legislative Process

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Chris Brandenburg, Manager of State and Federal Advocacy with AARP NC, The Legislative Process

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March 22, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Jan Withers, Director- Division of Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing NCDHHS, Communication Equity for Older Adults with a Particular Focus on How Hearing Loss Impacts an Individual

Slides

Meeting Agenda

March 8, 2024 Health Equity Committee Presentation

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Joseph Wheeler, Professional Consultant on DEI Training/Formerly with SAGE, Why older LGBTQ+ adults learned to distrust the healthcare system, current views of health equity, and how the system can work to overcome the myth and the reality of the system moving forward.

February 23, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Dr. Bryle Henderson Hatch, Director of People, Culture and Belonging at NC DHHS, Building Belonging: Exploring the Principles of DEI

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January 26, 2024 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Dalton Bailey, Research and Data Manager, NC Rural Center a Look at the State’s Older Rural Population, 

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December 1, 2023 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Accessing and Paying for Long-Term Care.

• AARP Slides

• Minnesota Slides

• California Slides 

October 27, 2023 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation One:  NC LIFTSS Program

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Presentation Two:  Kelly Crosbie, Director, NC Division of Mental Health,
Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services

Slides

August 25, 2023 Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Sabrena Lea, Deputy Director, Long-term Services and Supports, NC Division of Health Benefits 

Slides

June 23, 2023, Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Dr. Anne Dickerson, Director of Research for Older Adult Driving Initiative, Professor at East Carolina University

Slides

Plan For the Road Ahead

May 19, 2023, Membership Meeting

In-person meeting at AARP-NC

Presentation:  Governor’s Executive Order 280, Joyce Massey-Smith, Director, NC Division of Aging and Adult Services

April 28, 2023, Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation: Maggie Denning, Argisafe-NC Outreach Specialist from North Carolina Agromedicine Institute

March 24, 2023, Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentation:  Lisa Finaldi, Community Engagement Leader from Family Forward NC

Slides

February 24, 2023, Membership Meeting

Meeting Recording

Presentations:

• DeLon Canterbury, Pharm.D.,President, Chief Executive Officer of GeriatRx

  • Slides

• Gina Upchurch, RPh, MPH, Founding Executive Director of Senior PharmAssist

  • Slides