Aging Onward 2025

Join us for our second annual conference, where we will explore the critical legal, environmental, and situational challenges facing older adults. This year, our focus includes reframing aging and issues such as, homelessness, domestic violence, consumer scams, legal concerns, & opioid use. Our expert speakers will share valuable insights, offering strategies to help older adults become more informed, aware, and empowered to address these challenges effectively. Attendees will gain practical knowledge and resources to support the well-being and rights of older adults in today’s complex world.

5.5 CEUs Available

LSW/ LISW/ SWA/ LPC/ LPCC (CSWMFT# RCS012201)

Nurses by Ohio Board of Nursing reciprocity 

BELTSS approved

Agenda

Click the underlined links to learn more about the sessions and our speakers.

Registration: 8:15am-8:45am

Welcome and Kick Off: 8:45am-9:00am

Opening Session: 9:00am-10:00am

• Telling the Real Story of Aging: Reframing Aging and Elder Abuse, Beth Kowalczyk, Chief Executive Officer, Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging

Break: 10:00am-10:15am

Breakout Session 1: 10:15am-11:15am

• Empowering Adults: Addressing Opioid Concerns in Older Adults, Richard Meeker, MSW, LISW-S
• Aging Populations and Domestic Violence, Andrea Gonzalez-Burton, Senior Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and Amber Jackson

Break: 11:15am-11:30am

Keynote: 11:30am-12:30pm

• Ohio Attorney General's Office Presents Consumer Scams, Ryan Lippe, Consumer Educator, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

Lunch: 12:30pm-1:00pm

Breakout Session 2: 1:00pm-2:00pm

• Ohio Attorney General's Office Addresses Identity Theft, Ryan Lippe, Consumer Educator, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
• Wills, Estates and QIT's: An Overview, Joshua Garris, Esq.

Break: 2:00pm-2:15pm

Closing Session: 2:15pm-3:45pm

• The Graying of Homelessness in Ohio, Leann Werner, Director CHS, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee Offices

Conclusion: 3:45pm

• Thank you and Evaluations

Refunds will be made ONLY for cancellations received three business days prior to the event. If received less than three days prior to the event, a credit can be issued for use at another program within the next 6 months. If notice of cancellation is not received before the date of the program, no refund will be issued.  PLEASE NOTE: No shows will be charged the full registration fee.

Conference starts and ends on time. To ensure a quality experience for all, please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the conference.  CEU credits will be adjusted 0.25 credit hours for every 15 minutes not in attendance; adjusted certificates will be emailed to participants within 3 business days after the training. 

Please note: Certificates will be provided at the completion of the event as long as attendance has been verified and evaluation returned. A reminder that, in keeping with licensure board requirements, certificates will be adjusted 0.25 hours for every 15 minutes not in attendance, and attendance will be monitored.