2024 Virtual Fall ConferenceThursday October 17 – Fall Conference Recap

The Senior Citizens’ Foundation held their 2024 Virtual Fall Conference on
Thursday October 17, 2024. We had 240 people including speakers attend the
2024 Fall Conference.
The Sponsors for the 2024 Fall Conference were: Aging and Long-Term Care
Support Administration, Hearing Loss Association of Washington, Long-Term Care
Foundation of Washington State, Retired Public Employees Council of Washington Chapter 2, Washington Association of Area Agencies on Aging (W4A), and
Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

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  The Nine Presenters with Power Point Presentations were the following:
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  Louise Ryan, Regional X Administrator Administration for Community Living
• Emergency Planning for Seniors
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  Tim Smolen, SHIBA Program Manager Office of the Insurance
  Commissioner – 2024 Medicare Open Enrollment Coverage changes and
  Options
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  David Mancuso, Director, DSHS Research and Data Analysis Division –
  Washington Age Wave and Senior Demographics
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  Pat Sullivan, Director of Office of Financial Management – The 2025
  Outlook

Todd Slettvet, MA, Medicaid Program Division and Ellen Wolfhagen, Retire
Benefits Manager, Public Employees Benefit Board (PEBB) – Public
Employees Benefit Board (PEBB) Update & Health Care Authority Activity

Catherine Kinnaman, Home & Community Services, Kathy Morgan, Adult
Protective Services, Amy Abbot, Residential Care Services, Ernest Covington
III, Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services, Ben Veghte, WA Cares, Mike Anbesse,
Residential Care Services (RCS), Eric Mandt, Management Services – DSHS
Aging & Long-Term Support Administration – Agenda for 2025, Report
from the Directors

Cynthia Stewart, LWV League of Women Voters, Update 2024 Election

Bryana Cross Bean, Attorney at Law, Your Emergency Legal Documents

Leslie Emerick, Hospice Care, Happy 100 th Birthday President Carter.

Thank you to all of the Speakers for an excellent Conference. The goals were to
prepare for the 2025 Legislative Session and the Age Wave. It was also an
introduction of the 2025 Health Care Enrollment Plan, preview of the 2025 State
Budget, reports from the Division Directors that manage the Long-Term Care
Agency, review of emergency legal documents and preparedness for natural
disasters. The Conference closed with recognition of President Carter who is in
Hospice Care and celebrating his 100 th Birthday. He exemplifies the need for and
importance of Hospice which addresses an individual’s end of life physical,
emotional, social, and spiritual needs.