Upcoming Virtual Events
CaN-D Webinar on Creative Approaches to Respite Care for Persons with Dementia
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
The Community Care Network for Dementia (CaN-D) is pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar focused on creative approaches to respite care for persons with dementia. Join the Alzheimer’s Association’s Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI) as we showcase groundbreaking approaches to respite care. Funded by the Administration for Community Living, CDRI is investing up to $20 million over five years to help providers deliver person-centered, accessible, and sustainable dementia-specific respite care. Click here for additional information.
In this webinar, you’ll learn:
- Success stories from CDRI-funded projects across the U.S.
- How researchers and providers can collaborate on proposals to develop and evaluate models for home and community-based respite care.
- A spotlight on Lucky Shoals Community Association, a nonprofit serving under-resourced families in Georgia, with a free, volunteer-driven program tailored to cultural and linguistic needs.
Speakers:
- Isabella Marini: Associate Director of the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation at the Alzheimer’s Association.
- Laura Jane Ward-Strunin: Program Manager for the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center.
- Marvin Lim: CEO and Founder of the Lucky Shoals Community Association.
CDRI Funding Opportunity
The Alzheimer’s Association is accepting applications for the Center for Dementia Respite Innovation (CDRI) grant. The CDRI is a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to making respite service providers (Adult Day centers, in-home services, innovative models) more dementia-capable and provide the best person-centered care possible.
This winter, the CDRI will provide grants totaling $4 million to respite providers. Providers can learn more and apply at alz.org/CDRI. Applications are due on March 30th.
How to Open an Adult Day Center & Beyond
Thursday, February 26, 2026
1:00 pm EST/ 12:00 pm noon CST/ 11:00 am MST/ 10:00 am PST
NADSA Members: $99
Non-members: $249
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Want to open an Adult Day Center but not sure where to start? This webinar will provide first-hand advice from an experienced provider and consultant who opened her own center. She will give you an overview of the framework you need to start including business knowledge, planning and operational procedures, and setting your center up for sustainability. A copy of the presentation slides and a record of the webinar will be distributed to all attendees.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will be provided with a comprehensive framework for opening an Adult Day Center.
- Attendees will learn how to develop operational procedures for a center successful opening.
- Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences
Presenter: Christina Vlosich is the Principal Consultant at ADS Consult LLC and Co-Founder of Family First Adult Day Services. As the principal consultant, Christina has written a policy & procedure manual for Adult Day Services and has help start ADS Centers throughout the United States. Christina’s accomplishments include Founding Member and current Board Member of OADHA (Ohio Adult Day Health Association), Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) through NCCDP, Certified Tai Chi Instructor, RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional (ATP), Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) and a Field Surveyor for a national accreditation organization. Christina presented NADSA webinars and in person sessions on “How to Open an Adult Day Center,” “Tai Chi as a Fall Prevention Program “ and “You Opened a Center Now What?.” Christina is the 2024 Project Editor for the NADSA Standard and Guidelines. Christina lives in Girard, Ohio and can be reached at: cvlosich@adsconsult.biz.
Standards & Guidelines
NADSA has revised its Standards & Guidelines manual which provides essential information to assist in starting up an Adult Day Services center. (Note that the information is designed to be applicable to most ADS centers and additional research on state and local regulations will be required.)
Pricing: NADSA Members: $199 & Non-Members: $499
Please click on the following link to purchase a copy of the Standards & Guidelines which will be emailed to you in PDF format within two business days.
Protect Medicaid: State Revenue Strategies for Aging & Disability Advocates
Presented by Justice in Aging
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET
Click here to register.
This webinar will include a discussion about what the H.R. 1 funding cuts mean for the programs older adults and people with disabilities rely on to meet their basic needs, and provide strategies for how advocates can engage with their states to protect them. Presenters will provide a high-level overview of state budget processes and revenue options and will share practical steps that aging and disability advocates and providers can take. This webinar will be most useful for state-based advocates and providers working with older adults and people with disabilities, as well as budget and revenue advocates who want to learn more about issues impacting aging and disability services.
After attending this training, attendees will be able to:
- Understand H.R. 1’s cuts to Medicaid and SNAP funding and the impact on older adults and people with disabilities
- Identify steps in state budget processes and types of revenue strategies
- Apply practical, actionable steps advocates and providers can take to engage in revenue discussions to prevent benefit cuts
Presenters:
- Natalie Kean, Director of Federal Health Advocacy, Justice in Aging
- Wesley Tharpe, Senior Advisor for State Tax Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Kelly Allen, Executive Director, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
- Yasmin Peled, Director of California Government Affairs, Justice in Aging
Background Information for Attendees:
- Justice in Aging Resource: What’s in the Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025 and What Does it Mean for Low-Income Older Adults’ Access to Health and Long-Term Care
- Justice in Aging Webinar: Medicaid Cuts in H.R. 1: Updates for Aging Advocates
- CBPP Blog: States Must Prioritize Revenue to Support People and Communities in Wake of Harmful Republican Megabill
- CBPP Interactive: State and Local Revenue Options for Advancing a Brighter Future