2023 ACA Orlando Program Book_Winter Conference

examine current trends and challenges in three states that are dealing with a significant population of inmates who are aging in place in the prison environment. Issues to be examined include the high cost of care for elderly inmates, housing considerations, program and service needs and specialized training for staff assigned to work with elderly inmates. We will also discuss future challenges, as the elderly prison population continues to grow over the next 20-30 years. Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to communicate the current fiscal, operational and programmatic issues and challenges involved in providing care to elderly inmates. 2. Participants will be able to identify how three states — Ohio, Massachusetts and

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Sunday, Jan. 29 ▼ 10–11:30 a.m.

Florida — are providing care for elderly inmates across the long-term care continuum.

3.Participants will be able to forecast future challenges involving resources, programs/services and facilities for aging inmates

B-2G Extreme Behavior: The Cost of Doing More of The Same (CE, Y CE) Grand Ballroom 13 Track: Mental Health Extreme behaviors particularly those involving serious self-injurious behavior impact the day-to-day operations of correctional facilities and have immediate and long term effects on staff and residents. When standard methods of addressing dysregulated behaviors and consequences for those behaviors do not work there is a tendency to use more extreme measures to gain control (e.g. uses of force, isolation, chemical spray, etc) . When behaviors persist, consequences can become more

Moderator: Tom Reimers , Health Services Director, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida Speakers: Tom Reimers , Health Services Director, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida; Kevin Runyon , RN, Medical Operations Director, Office of Correctional Healthcare, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction, Columbus, Ohio; Jennifer Urra , RN, BA, Deputy Director of Holistic Services, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio

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