Aging and Disabilities Conference To Be Held In Cheyenne

The Wyoming United for Aging and Disabilities conference will be in Cheyenne on May 3rd through the 5th. The theme of this years conference is titled "Powering Toward the Future." It will be hosted by the Wyoming Department of Health's Aging Division and held at the Little America Hotel and Resort.The conference will have sessions covering a wide variety of topics related to the human services fields of aging, mental health and substance abuse and disabilities that include developmental disabilities.

Keynote and banquet speaker will be Dr. Walter Bortz. Dr. Bortz is one of America's most distinguished scientific experts on aging. He is also a clinical associate professor of medicine at Stanford University.

Additional session topics include the Wyoming Aging and Disabilities Resource Center, Green House Living, Accessing SSI/SSDI Benefits, Developmental Disabilities Panel: Shifting to Self-Direction Care Plans, Multicultural Aging, Medication Use and Abuse, Healthcare Reform, Reverse Mortgages, and the Aging/Mental Health/Development Disabilities Panel.

A pre-conference session will also be held the morning of May 3rd from 9am until 11am. It will cover emergency preparedness and a post conference session will also be held May 5th from 12:30 pm until 5 pm and will also cover emergency preparedness training but in detail.

The conference registration fee is $150 before April 24 and $175 after April 25.  Online registration is available at http://guest.event.com/d/ldqb91/1Q.  For more information about attending the conference please call the Aging Division at 1-800-442-2766 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-800-442-2766 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or send an email to wyaging@health.wyo.gov.

The conference is sponsored in part by the Wyoming Department of Health’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Division, the Wyoming Department of Health’s Development Disabilities Division, and AARP.