2021 Maine Wisdom Summit Virtual Exhibit Hall
Thank you for joining us at the Embracing a New Normal 2021 Wisdom Virtual Summit!
On this page you will find presentation recordings and materials from the virtual event (scroll down below virtual booths). As you are scrolling down, please take a moment to visit our Summit Exhibitors at the Virtual Booths below. Our Sponsors and Exhibitors made it possible for us to bring you Summit programming, so please support them by visiting the Virtual Exhibit Booths below!
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Recordings and Presentation Materials from the Summit are available at the bottom of this page.
Thank you for joining us for the Wisdom Summit!
Below you will find presentation recordings and materials from the virtual event.
Wisdom Summit - Morning Session
Wisdom Summit - Afternoon Session
Presentation Materials:
Building Resilient, Age-Positive Communities through Principle-Based Community Engagement & Design
Emi Kiyota, PhD, Environmental Gerontologist, founder of Ibasho
Dan Brennan, Director, MaineHousing
Rethinking Housing in Maine – What will it take?
Pre-Summit Session: Embracing Job Quality for Maine’s Essential Support Workforce
Embracing Job Quality for Maine’s Essential Support Workforce
September 14, 2021
Essential support workers are the paid backbone support for tens of thousands of older Mainers, people living with disabilities, and those with behavioral health challenges. Yet, thousands more Mainers are going without support because there are not enough workers to meet demand. The Report of the Commission to Study Long Term Care Workforce Issues has created a clear pathway toward growing this workforce. We are making steady progress on implementing some of the recommendations, including increasing wages. Particularly in light of COVID and our workforce shortage, we must focus now on job quality. The Five Pillars of Quality for these jobs has been described as access to quality training, fair compensation, quality supervision and support, respect and recognition, and real opportunity. This session will focus on what’s working, or in the works, to grow a resilient Essential Support Workforce in Maine, and to build quality into these jobs.
Presentation Materials:
Growing Maine’s Essential Support Workforce – What’s in the Works?
Joy Gould, Manager of Healthcare Workforce Development, DHHS
Kimberley Moore, Director of Employment Services, MDOL
Paul Saucier, Director, DHHS Office of Aging & Disability Services
Building Quality into the Essential Support Workforce – What’s Working?
Robert Espinoza, Vice President of Policy, PHI
Innovation Spotlight – A Helping Voice
Stuart Lewis, MD, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, Division of Geriatrics and Primary Care
Pre-Summit Session: Embracing Trends & Advances in Technology & Information Sharing to Support Healthy Aging
Pre-Summit Event: Embracing Trends & Advances in Technology & Information
September 7, 2021
Sharing to Support Healthy Aging COVID-19 has busted many stereotypes about older people and technology. The truth is, older Mainers, just like everyone else, are on a continuum of comfort when it comes to using and keeping up with new technology. This session will explore ways providers of all types are now using technology to support the health and social health needs of older Mainers, and how they’re building new systems to share information to support better health. We’ll also share ways you can help move the needle on broadband and technology in Maine.
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