Policy Series: Strategies to Frame our Public Policy Work

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Location: Room 109

Chair(s)

Patricia D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP (she/her/hers)

Vice President, Policy & Professional Affairs
Policy and Professional Affairs
The Gerontological Society of America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Co-Chair(s)

Julie Schoen, JD (she/her/hers)

EAGLE Project Director
Family Medicine Research
Keck School of Medicine at USC
Los Angeles, California, United States

Discussant(s)

Hannah Albers (she/her/hers)

Program director
National Center to Reframe Aging
The Gerontological Society of America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Individual Symposium Abstract First Author(s)

Patricia D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP (she/her/hers)

Vice President, Policy & Professional Affairs
Policy and Professional Affairs
The Gerontological Society of America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Julie Ober Allen, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Health Promotion
Health and Exercise Science
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma, United States

Slides

Our words and the way we harness the power of them when advocating for age inclusive policies, like the Older Americans Act (OAA), matters. Since 1965 the OAA has supported our nation with funds to strengthen community social services. It currently authorizes a wide array of service programs through a national network of 56 state agencies on aging, 618 area agencies on aging, nearly 20,000 service providers, 281 Tribal organizations, and 1 Native Hawaiian organization representing 400 Tribes. In 2024, the OAA will be considered for reauthorization. We all have a stake in ensuring it is passed so we all have the infrastructure we require as we age. Join The National Center to Reframe Aging and the National Center on Elder Abuse, the leading organizations for effective framing, in this session to discuss the OAA as an example of how we can apply communication strategies in supporting reauthorization, review framing strategies to advance a more equitable story of aging in America and learn how to apply framing tools to your advocacy communications.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will develop comprehension of research informed framing strategies to effectively discuss aging and elder abuse with policy makers, journalists, and the lay public.
Participants will demonstrate an understanding of where we can improve age inclusive policies and the impact of these tools on public policy initiatives to strengthen infrastructure we all need as we age.
Practice applying these strategies to policy advocacy efforts with resources provided from the National Center on Elder Abuse and National Center to Reframe Aging.

Presentations:

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Strategies to Frame Our Public Policy Work
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Patricia M. D'Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP (she/her/hers) – The Gerontological Society of America
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Policy Series: Positive Experiences of Aging and Health: Complementary Evidence From Two Studies
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Julie Ober Allen, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Oklahoma