Event dates: Thursday September 14 – Friday September 15

Location: Lakefront Conference Center, Oswego NY

Thursday

1:00-1:15 Welcome Helen Evans

1:15 – 2:00 Plenary Speaker Mr. Greg Olsen Confirmed , Acting Director, NYS Office for the Aging NYS Master Plan on Aging: A Rural Perspective 

2:00-2:30 Break/Exhibitors 

2:30 – 3:30 Concurrent Sessions

3:30-4:00 Exhibitor Break

4:00 – 5:00 NYSARH Annual Meeting Virtual on zoom, and recorded. 

5:00 – 6:30 Networking Reception

6:30 Dinner on your own

Friday

7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast provided by hotel

8:30 – 9:30  Round Tables 

                               1.Telehealth: Pros, Cons, and a Rural Focus 

                               2. Rural EMS Agenda for the Future 

                                3. Driving Rural Transportation and Mobility 

                               4.Next Steps in the NYS 115 Medicaid Waivers

                               5. Breaking Down the Complexities in Rural Housing 

                               6. Support for Rural Maternal Health Outcomes

                               7. Rural Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention Efforts 

                               8.Dignity and Choice at End-of-Life
                               9. HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis 

                               10. Healthcare Needs in NYS’s Agricultural Community 

9:30 – 9:45 Break

9:45 – 10:00 Greeting, announcements & sponsor recognition

10:00 – 11:30 Rural Substance Dependence Panel

11:30-11:45 Break

11:45 – 12:30 Growing the Rural Healthcare Workforce Keynote 

 12:30 – 1:00 Announcements, Raffles & Wrap-Up