Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Recap: ECHO Workshop #13 "Aging in Montgomery County: Building a Safer Community Together"

On May 16th, AAHI, in partnership with the African American Health Program, the Latino Health Initiative, and the Community Action Agency, hosted our 13th Empowering Community Health Organizations (ECHO) Workshop! This workshop, "Aging in Montgomery County: Building a Safer Community Together", is the second of our three part series focusing on the needs, impacts, and opportunities of an aging community. The last part of this series will follow in the fall of 2017.

Our ECHO Project is a series of professional and practical training workshops designed to build the capacity and sustainability of community organizations.

Prior to the workshop, attendees were able to visit our resource for information on services and programs available for residents related to the safety of older people.




The workshop was conducted in a panel discussion format and representatives from the Montgomery Department of Health and Human Services Aging and Disability Services, the Police Department, the Department of Fire and Rescue Services, the State's Attorney's Office, and the Long Term Care Ombudsman were invited to talk about the importance of elder safety and ways and resources available to the community on elder abuse prevention.




Over 100 attendees, representing 47 organizations, came to the workshop. Thank you to our wonderful panelists, Steering Committee, and staff for making this a successful event. We look forward to seeing you again in our fall 2017 ECHO Workshop!

Please click here to read the Workshop Summary (4MB) where yo will find electronic version of the handouts from the workshop.

Please click on the image below to see more photos from the night!



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