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UGEC Fireside Chat - The Distance Dilemma: Providing Care to Loved Ones from Another State of Location
Thursday 05 May 2022, 10:00am - 11:00am
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Kathy Nelson, BA works in the Salt Lake County Aging and Adult Services' Caregiver Support Program. She is the author of The Caregiver Academy, Caregiver Talking Points, the Managing Care Guide, and the Creating Joy Booklet. She is a family caregiver, coach, Master Trainer, and volunteer. She has over 20 years’ experience in providing care to others and works to provide family care management education and other events that promote creative caregiving. Visit slco.org/caregiver for more information and events about the Caregiver Support Program.
15 Jun 2023
02:00PM - 03:15PM
UGEC Age-Friendly ECHO - Buprenorphine for Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Settings
Dr. Melissa Cheng is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah (UofU). SheDr. Melissa Cheng is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah (UofU). Shegraduated from the UofU School of Medicine in 2008. In 2003, she earned a Master ofHealth Science in International Health with an emphasis on complex humanitarianemergencies from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Master ofOccupational Health from the UofU in 2010. Dr. Cheng is the founder and director of theUofU Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) training program, auniversal screening program for substance use disorder. Her research interests includeevaluating the effectiveness of opioid use within the workers compensation system, andshe has presented locally and nationally on "opioids in the workplace."Dr. Cheng is board-certified in addiction medicine and practices at the University of UtahHospital Addiction Consult Service. She is also the Clinical Medical Director for ComagineHealth where she works on various projects improving the quality and access to care foropioid use disorder.
06 Jul 2023
10:00AM - 11:00AM
UGEC Fireside Chat - TBD
03 Aug 2023
10:00AM - 11:00AM
UGEC Fireside Chat - TBD
17 Aug 2023
02:00PM - 03:15PM
UGEC Age-Friendly ECHO
07 Sep 2023
10:00AM - 11:00AM
UGEC Fireside Chat - TBD
21 Sep 2023
02:00PM - 03:15PM
UGEC Age-Friendly ECHO
05 Oct 2023
10:00AM - 11:00AM
UGEC Fireside Chat - TBD
19 Oct 2023
02:00PM - 03:15PM
UGEC Age-Friendly ECHO
02 Nov 2023
10:00AM - 11:00AM
UGEC Fireside Chat - TBD
16 Nov 2023
02:00PM - 03:15PM
UGEC Age-Friendly ECHO