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 Non-Metro New Mexico Area Agency on Aging
Join us for our Annual Innovation Summit
May 14-16, 2025, Bernalillo, NM
-Making Every Day Count-

May 14
1:30 pm-5:00 pm        Advisory Council Meeting, Santa Ana Star Resort

       6:00 pm-8:30 pm         Opening Reception & Dance, Bernalillo Senior Center

 

May 15
9:00 am-5:00 pm    Sessions & Activities at Santa Ana Star Resort

  • Keynote Speaker Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death

  • Estate Planning

  • Fraud Prevention

  • Updates from the Aging and Long-Term Services Department

  • Understanding Dementia Needs

  • The Benefits of Community Health Workers

                                        5:30 pm-7:30 pm     Dinner, Bosque Brewing Co.

 

May 16         

9:00 am-11:15 am     Sessions & Activities at Santa Ana Star Resort

  • Alzheimer’s Awareness and Resources

  • Nutrition Tips & Tricks

11:30 am           Closing Barbeque, Bernalillo Senior Center

Bio for Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death
 

Gail Rubin is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, film clips and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ in 2015 with her talk, A Good Goodbye.

 

She’s the author of four books on end-of-life issues: A GOOD GOODBYE: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, HAIL AND FAREWELL: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die, and The Before I Die Festival in a Box.

 

She's also a Certified Thanatologist (a fancy name for a death educator), an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, host of the Doyenne of Death Podcast and Mortality Movies TV series, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival.

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2024 Innovation Summit
Speaker Series PowerPoint Presentations

Capital Outlay Application Training
PowerPoint

By
Rebecca Martinez, ALTSD Interim Director
for Capital Outlay

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Prepare to Care
PowerPoint 


By
David Davis,  Founder Memory Care Alliance  

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Community Anchors
PowerPoint

By
Carlos Herrera Jr.

ACES IT, NMSU

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Emergency Preparedness
PowerPoint

By
Jorge Martinez, NCNMEDD Emergency Management Specialist

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Building on the Blue Zones
PowerPoint 

By
Marisa Van Dommelen, ICAN Program Manager, NMSU

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Thank You
Innovation Summit 2024 Sponsors!

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Non-Metro New Mexico Area Agency on Aging

644 Don Gaspar Ave

Santa Fe, NM 87505

www.nonmetroaaa.com

Toll-Free: (866) 699-4927

Local: (505) 395-2668

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