Educational Events

The mission of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center is to provide education to the health care workforce that will optimize care for older adults. Toward this end, the FLGEC is pleased to sponsor and/or co-sponsor several events each year.

2025 Older Adults and Opioids Webinar Series

Registration: Online Registration

Expanding Access to Treatment for Addiction Across New York State

• Speaker: Chinazo Cunningham, MD, MS, Commissioner, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS) 
• Date: January 24, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm ET
• This presentation will describe New York State’s priorities and approaches to addressing the epidemic, including unique aspects of addiction and services involving older adults.

Older Adults with Substance Use Disorder/ Opioid Use Disorder: “Why Bother Treating Them?”

• Speaker: Ramona Sharp, LMSW, Lifespan of Greater Rochester
• Date: Tuesday February 11, 2025, 12pm—1pm ET
• This presentation will look at opioid use disorder in older adults. It will cover demographic changes, ageism, myths around substance use disorders in older adults, and the three waves of opioid overdose deaths. It will provide information specific to Monroe County, New York.

Addressing Substance Use in Older Adults

• Speakers: Ed Havlovic, CARC, RCP/F, and Wilvena Gordon, MS, Friends of Recovery—New York
• Date: Friday March 7, 2025, 12pm—1pm ET
• This workshop will address the paucity of attention to substance use disorder in adults over age 60, acknowledging the importance of routine screening by practitioners, especially when prescribing new medications. Anti-stigma in the form of person-centered language and increasing knowledge of addiction and recovery resources will be covered as well as the history and crisis of ageism in the misdiagnosis and under-diagnosis of substance use disorder in older adults.

Social Determinants of Mental Health and Substance Use

• Speaker: Brady J. Heward, MD, University of Vermont
• Date: Wednesday April 9, 2025, 12pm—1pm ET
• This presentation will define social and structural determinants of health and discuss how social determinants lead to inequity in health, healthcare, and outcomes. Discussion will also identify ways that social determinants impact substance use and treatment with a focus on older adults.

Opioid Overdose Prevention - Narcan Training

• Speaker: Karley Copeland, Wyoming County Health Department (NY)
  
• Date: Friday June 13, 2025
• The opioid epidemic continues to exist, stressing the importance of early recognition of an individual experiencing an overdose. Having Narcan readily available and knowing how to use it can and will save lives. This presentation will review how the Good Samaritan Law and calling 911 for all overdoses impacts those administering Narcan and how reporting the use of Narcan provides important data to the State, which in turn can turn into increased funding to address this issue.

Registration Flyer: 2025 Flyer

SAVE THE DATE: 15th Annual Dr. Lemuel and Gloria Rogers African America Health Symposium

• Date: Thursday April 3, 2025
• Program & Speakers: 9:00am - 2:30pm ET
• Location: Eisenhart Auditorium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, New York, 14607
• Registration: Online Registration or register by phone: 1.800.272.3900                
  
  

The 3Ds: Delirium, Dementia, and Depression

In collaboration with the Home Care Association of New York State Education & Research (HCA E&R) and the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center developed:

• A YouTube Training Video on the 3Ds: https://youtu.be/qd6OkJzIuzQ
• An infographic resource on the 3Ds to use with your clinical teams: 3Ds Infographic
• For more information on the 3Ds, visit HCA E&R

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