Hey From the IOA Spring Term Newsletter

PSU Institute on Aging Newsletter, Spring 2024

Dr. Lauren Bouchard's original poem titled "They was Patient" was accepted for publication in the Poetry for the Public's Health series of Health Promotion.
Dr. Walt Dawson was interviewed on KOIN 6 News about the PSU-OHSU Center for Behavioral Health and Aging. Watch the interview here.
Dr. Paula Carder published "Does Assisted Living Provide Assistance and Promote Living?" in Health Affairs
Dr. Ozcan Tunalilar "Family Involvement among Oregon Adult Foster Home Residents, 2018 - 2023" in JAMDA.

Dr. Ozcan Tunalilar was selected as the inaugural Arthur C. and Monika Z. Nelson Endowed Scholar Award. Read more about Dr. Tunalilar's research and the award.
Minju Kim was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Nelson Endowed Doctoral Award. Read more about Minju's dissertation work and the award.

Congrats to all 2024 graduates! Below are the 2024 Better with Age Scholars and Gerontology Certificate Graduates.

Lauren Neely, Better with Age Scholar- Master of Social Work/Masters of Public Health

Dawn Walter, Better with Age Scholar- Masters of Urban and Regional Planning, Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

Kathy Jo Leom- Masters of Social Work, Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

Tina Foley-Strehl- Masters of Social Work, Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

Building A Future Family: A Project Unveiling

An event that is part of Social Practice Assembly from June 7th-9th.

Presented by the graduate students of Portland State University’s Art + Social Practice MFA Program, Assembly is an annual three-day gathering for experimental events, workshops, and performances highlighting collaborative work and public artmaking.

Don’t miss the unveiling of a special collaboration with The Community for Positive Aging on Sunday morning. The event includes presentation of collaboration, conversation and activities with CFPA community and Luz Blumenfeld, Olivia DelGandio, Emily Fitzgerald

Location: The Community for Positive Aging 1820 NE 40th Avenue, Portland, OR

Time: June 9th, 10:30am-12:30PM

More information about the event and other weekend events.

The Oregon’s Center for Excellence in Behavioral Health & Aging (OCEBHA) has two upcoming events!

The Center will be hosting a behavioral health and aging conference and leadership academy on October 16th & 17th 2024 in Eugene, Oregon.

Find more information on the OCEBHA website.

The Leadership Academy

The academy will inspire leaders to raise the bar on services available to older adults in Oregon living with behavioral health needs through multi-level system change.

The academy is currently recruiting emerging leaders to apply to be part of the leadership academy! To apply or nominate someone please fill out this form. The deadline is July 31st, 2024!

To find out more information, check out this flyer.

The Conference

Join the new Oregon Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health & Aging and leading professionals, researchers, and advocates in the fields of geriatric care, mental health, substance use, and social services for this conference that explores innovative, whole-person approaches to supporting the behavioral health needs of older adults during major life transitions and across care settings.

The conference registration is free, CEUs will be available

Find more information with this flyer

Justice in Aging - Topics in SSI—Update on Changes to Overpayment Policies
- Justice in Aging is hosting an upcoming webinar to discuss the Social Security Administration's recent changes aimed at reducing the burden of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security overpayments. These changes allow individuals to be readily approved for longer payment plans with correspondingly lower monthly payments, provide a more reasonable default withholding for Social Security beneficiaries who are dealing with an overpayment, simplify the process of asking for a waiver, and better account for situations where an individual was not at fault in causing the overpayment.
- Thursday, June 13 at 2:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PST)
- Register here
National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER) - A Deep Dive into HUD’s New Income and Asset Rule
- The National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER) is hosting an upcoming webinar providing a deep dive into new regulations announced by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in January 2023. The Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Sections 102, 103, and 104 govern important aspects of HUD programs including the calculation of income and assets, new rules for over-income tenants in public housing, and guidance on recertifying tenant income. During this webinar, NCLER will discuss major changes to the law, highlight those most relevant to older adults, and answer questions.
- Thursday, June 13 at 2:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PST)
- Register here
Self-Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) - Training for Nonprofits and Government Agencies
- “Easy Read Text” webinar will discuss what makes Easy Read unique and important and how to write in Easy Read, a different form of writing than plain language. This webinar will take place on Monday, June 10 at 4:00 p.m. ET
- “Easy Read Icons” webinar will describe how to make icons for Easy Read documents. This webinar will take place on Monday, July 1 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
- “Formatting Basics” webinar will describe how to use InDesign or Illustrator to format plain language or Easy Read documents. This webinar will take place on Monday, August 5 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
- Register here
BOLD PHCOE EDD Webinar: Advancing Equity in Dementia Research
- The BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Early Detection of Dementia is pleased to offer our first in our series of conversations about advancing health equity in aging and dementia research. Please join us to hear from two experts in the field, Drs. Joyce Balls-Berry and Robert Turner II, as they share their efforts and experience. This webinar will be recorded and sent to webinar registrants and publicly posted to our website. Please send any questions to NYUBOLDCenter@nyulangone.org Learn more about the BOLD Center: https://bolddementiadetection.org/
- Jun 18, 2024, 12:00 PM in Pacific Time
- Register here

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