9:00

Welcome and Introductory Remarks Dan Blazer, Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee

9:05

PANEL #1—CONSUMERS, FAMILIES, AND CAREGIVERS

Objective: To learn about successful models for consumer, family, and caregiver participation in mental health and substance use care and the related implications for workforce training.

Moderator: Octavio Martinez, MD, MPH, MBA, Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health

Panelists:

• Mary Ellen Copeland, Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
• Marian Scheinholtz, Public Health Advisor, Community Support Programs Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Bernadette Seifert, Coordinator of Older Adult Services, National Alliance on Mental Illness, New Hampshire
• Moe Armstrong, Founder, Vet-to-Vet

Q & A/Open Discussion

10:25

PANEL #2—CROSS-COMPETENCIES IN AGING, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE USE IN SELECTED SETTINGS

Objective: To learn about selected approaches to ensuring cross-competencies among professionals and nonprofessionals who work with older adults with mental health and substance use conditions in a variety of settings.

Moderator: Michael Hoge, Professor of Psychiatry (in Psychology), Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Yale Behavioral Health

Panelists:

• Patrick J. Raue, Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College—Home Care Nurses
• Kathy Kuhn, Director of Workforce Development, Institute for Geriatric Social Work, Boston University—Social Workers, Case Managers, and Outreach Workers
• Carol Colleran, Retired Director of Public Policy and National Affairs, Hanley Center—Addiction Counselors

Q & A/Open Discussion

11:45

LUNCH

12:30

PANEL #3—WORKFORCE IMPLICATIONS OF SELECTED MODELS OF CARE

Objective: To learn about the workforce implications of various evidence-based models of mental health and substance use care for older people.

Moderator: Mark Snowden, Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Panelists:

• Michael Schoenbaum, Senior Advisor for Mental Health Services, Epidemiology, and Economics, Office of the Director, National Institute of Mental Health—Providing Depression Care in a Primary Care Setting—IMPACT
• Julie Jensen, Program Manager, Older Adult Services, HEROS Program, Good Samaritan Behavioral Health, Puyallup, WA—Gatekeeper Model
• Stephen Ferrante, Director, Aging Academy, Florida Atlantic University—Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Model for Older Adults with Substance Use Problems
• Enid Hunkeler, Senior Scientist and Codirector, Inter-Divisional Depression Initiative, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research

Q & A/Open Discussion

2:00

PANEL #4—POLICY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWING AND IMPROVING THE GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE

Objectives: (1) To learn about current policy directions that may affect the geriatric mental health and substance use care workforce, and (2) to hear the recommendations of key thought leaders on how to grow and strengthen the geriatric mental health and substance use care workforce.

Moderator: Steve Bartels, Professor of Psychiatry and Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and Director, Dartmouth-New England Geriatric Education Center

Panelists:

• Tim Engelhardt, Director, Demonstration Program, CMS Federal Coordinated Health Care Office (Duals Office)
• Dan Timmel, Medicaid Long Term Care Policy Analyst, CMS Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group

• Robyn Golden, Director of Older Adult Programs, Rush University Medical Center
• Harold Pincus, Codirector, Irving Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
• Jurgen Unützer, Professor, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry

Q & A/Open Discussion

3:30

ADJOURN