Please join us for the Chicago Bridge Event on Cultural Perspectives on Aging!

The presenter will speak about the importance of early decision making as one ages, including a detailed perspective from the complex and at times controversial LTC insurance industry. The presentation will be relevant to Chicago Bridgers as professionals in aging and as people who are aging ourselves everyday.

  Wednesday, February 27th from 6 to 8pm

Prentice Women’s Hospital
250 E. Huron, Floor 3, Room N
Discounted parking available in the hospital parking garage. CTA bus and red line nearby
Food and refreshments provided.

*RSVP to Shannon Stone at sstone1@luc.edu*

Presenter Information: Ed Stone, LTCP- Regional Sales Director, Transamerica
Ed entered the insurance business in 1978 as a personal producer in life & annuity sales. He has served as an agency sales manager, regional sales manager, regional VP and national sales manager for several major insurance carriers, regional and national employee benefit and senior market brokerage firms. His professional concentration has been in DI and LTC marketing and training for the last 18 years. He is a published author of insurance sales articles and CE classes, as well as a certified CE instructor in many states. He has been a platform presenter at many local, state, regional and national insurance and accounting professional conferences on DI and LTC. In his current position as Regional Sales Director for Transamerica Long Term Care, he is responsible for all brokerage sales and management in the northern half of the United States. Ed has lived with his wife, Leslie, in Indianapolis for the past 25 years, where they were the 24/7 long term caregivers for five years to Ed’s late 96 year old father and 92 year old mother. Ed speaks with a passion and conviction for the need for Long Term Care planning at an early age.

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE! Jan. 30th!

It’s that time of the year again!!
Please join us for the annual Chicago Bridge Planning Event

When: Wednesday 1/30/2013

From: 6 – 9 pm

Hosted by: NASW Office, Illinois Chapter
404 S. Wells, Chicago 4th Fl.

Metered parking available
CTA Lines 11, 134, 135, 136 and any other line to the Loop
CTA Trains: Brown, Purple and Pink and Orange Lines Quincy & LaSalle
Metra: within walking distance from LaSalle St. Station, Union Station and Ogilvie.
Light Dinner Sponsored by: Home Physicians

Please invite a friend and come share your ideas!

For all those members who have never been to this planning event we highly encourage you to attend. This event is the perfect opportunity to meet other members and to become more involved and active in the Chicago Bridge. At this meeting we plan for the 2013 events we would like to host and other creative ideas that members are interested in are also explored. Bring your ideas and energy. For any newer members out there, this is a perfect meeting to attend to learn more about the Chicago Bridge so that you can maximize your membership!

Also at this event, we will be introducing the new leaders of the Chicago Bridge for 2013-2015!

Hope to see you on January 30th!

In honor of National Hospice & Palliative Care Month we will be watching a documentary about end-of-life issues and will follow that with a discussion with a panel of experts from the field of hospice and palliative care. The documentary is titled: “How to Die in Oregon” and was featured on HBO. If you’d like to learn more about this documentary and watch a trailer, please visit: http://www.howtodieinoregon.com/index.html

Wednesday, November 28th from 6pm-8 pm.
Lieberman Center for Health & Rehabilitation
9700 Gross Point Road
Skokie, IL 60076

Driving/CTA accessibility: Lieberman Center is accessible by the #205 CTA bus or #215 Pace bus from the Red Line or the #54A bus from the Blue Line. If you are driving, the best way to get there is by 94 West (Edens Expressway) to Dempster East, and take that to Gross Point (turn left when heading east on Dempster). There free parking available at the facility.

Special thanks to Lieberman Center for providing space and dinner! (Dinner will be Kosher).

***PLEASE NOTE***: The views expressed in this film and discussion do not neccessarily reflect those of CJE SeniorLife or Lieberman Center for Health & Rehabilitation.

Please RSVP to theresardewey@gmail.com by 11/23/12 so that we can get a head count for our hosts.

Note that you are welcome to join us even if you do not RSVP, however this will give our host location a better approximation for seating and food.

The imagine in this post was taken from the HBO Documentary, “How to Die in Oregon”

Please join us Wednesday, October 17th from 6pm-8 pm for a panel discussion at our monthly Bridge event (light dinner provided):

Medicare/Medicaid dual eligibles

With all of the changes in health care, how are we to keep up?! Dual eligibility is a big deal. Please join us on 10/17 to learn about what’s happening in both Illinois and nationally regarding dual eligibles. We are fortunate to be joined by two savvy speakers who can speak to both the practical and policy issues around this topic.

Speakers:

• Kristen Pavle, MSW, Associate Director, Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
• Gayle Shier, MSW Program Coordinator, Rush University Medical Center, Health and Aging

Location:

Saint Luke Renaissance – Greenview Place
1501 West Melrose Street
Chicago, Illinois 60657
773-525-1501

Special thanks to Greenview Place for providing space and a light dinner! Thanks to Right at Home for providing drinks and desserts!

accessible via CTA
Brown line: Paulina and Southport stops
Red line: Belmont (a bit of a walk)
several CTA bus routes (Belmont bus, Lincoln bus, Ashland bus)
Paybox street parking

Please RSVP to aemillheiser@gmail.com by 10/12 so that we can get a head count for our hosts. Note that you are welcome to join us even if you do not RSVP, it just gives our host location a better approximation for seating and food.

“When Long Term Care Meets Long Term Conflict:  An interdisciplinary approach to resolving disputes in long term care settings”

Please join us Wednesday, June 20, 2012 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for a panel discussion at our monthly Chicago Bridge event.

Our distinguished panelists:

• Joan Barris, LCSW, LNHA Executive Director, Sunrise of Highland Park
• MacKenzie A. Hyde, JD Clark Hill PLC, Guardianship and Estate Attorney
• Phyllis Mitzen, MA,ACSW Co-Director, Center for Long Term Care Reform at Health at Medicare Policy Research
• Group Moderators: Teresa Nuccio, JD, MSW and Alexi Vahlkamp, Student University of Chicago SSA 

This is an exciting opportunity to understand long term care from a legal, administrator and social work perspective.  Learn collaborative ways of resolving the conflicts that arise between family and administration that put residents in the middle. 

When: 6-8 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Where: Mather Pavillion in Evanston,   820 Foster Street, Evanston, IL

Transportation: Take the Purple Line “L” to Foster St., head one block east. Mather is on the right. Street parking available next to the “L” stop.

Please RSVP to Alexi: avahlkamp@gmail.com.

Food and beverages will be provided.

 Topics will include: 

•  Recent changes to the Illinois Powers of Attorney Act       
•  Disclosure of information under HIPPA      
•  Requirements of nursing home administrators under Illinois law
• Guardianship conflicts
• The social worker’s role and case studies in resolving disputes

Join us for Chicago Bridge’s May Event a panel discussion about state and federal initiatives and policies.

When: Wednesday, May 16th from 6 to 8pm

Where: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
29 E. Madison, Suite 602, Chicago, IL 60602

Panelists:

Amy Wiatr-Rodriguez, Aging Program Specialist at U.S. Administration on Aging
Colleen Ceh, Associate Director of Social Services at Mayslake Village
Erin Weir, Healthcare Consumer Protection Coordinator at AgeOptions
Moderated by Phyllis Mitzen from Health and Medicine Policy Research Group.

Please RSVP to stacy.delvo@gmail.com

Parking: Street parking (Meter). Valet on Wabash just south of Madison at Silver Smith hotel.

CTA: Train/Bus lines are all easily accessible. Madison/Wabash exit (Brown, Green, Pink, Purple, and Orange lines). Please use www.maps.google.com to map your trip to find suggested CTA stops/bus lines.

Thanks to lucasc for sharing the picture used in this post