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Key lessons and takeaways from the BOOM conference
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez shares key lessons and takeaways from NYC Aging's BOOM conference. Main points include:
- The importance of exposing the network to new thought leaders and exchanging ideas about the future of aging services
- Insights into the benefits of community care versus institutional care
- Learning from best practices in other cities, such as dedicated funding models for aging services
- The value of providing a platform for idea exchange among professionals in the aging services industry
- One city mentioned allocates 1% of sales tax towards aging services
- New York is leading in some areas, such as the age-inclusive model
- The conference provided opportunities to learn about innovative partnerships, like using Habitat for Humanity in aging services
- The commissioner emphasized the importance of such conferences for the aging services industry, similar to other sectors
Crystal Hudson
1:41:20
I was eyeballing it but my eyeballs aren't that great I guess.
1:41:23
Okay 66%.
1:41:26
What are key lessons learned and takeaways from the conference?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:41:31
Oh, there were many.
1:41:34
One of the key takeaways is the value and the importance of bringing new thought leaders and exposing the network to new thought leaders.
1:41:47
The exchange of ideas of what aging services can be and what the future is, what's ahead of us and preparing us for that.
1:42:02
The value and the perspectives on the benefits of community care versus, you know, we say that, but when you start seeing it in practice and you start seeing other cities benefiting from it, you start really looking at it as an almost as if it was one of those mandates that we should be doing rather than institutional care and medical care when needed rather than the preferred choice which is what the whole system has been based around currently.
1:42:38
But I also think that the best practices of other cities, we've learned so much from other cities, like there's one city, and I believe it's Kansas, that has a 1% of the sales tax goes towards aging services.
1:42:58
And so you learn so many.
1:43:02
Some best practices you think that New York is the head.
1:43:06
Well we are leading in a lot of things.
1:43:09
We're leading in an age inclusive model.
1:43:12
But in terms of some practices the way some cities are using Habitat for Humanity as a partner.
1:43:20
And it's just the ability to start having people exchange ideas in an opportunity with other thought leaders is invaluable.
1:43:36
And every other industries has conferences.
1:43:40
And we thought that New York and New York's network deserved that same opportunity.
Crystal Hudson
1:43:45
Yeah, I agree.
1:43:46
And I was there for part of it.
1:43:48
So I saw that in real time.
1:43:50
And I would just say that you know in some other places it's easier to stand up programs and initiatives like that.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:43:58
Because of scale.
1:44:00
Yeah.
1:44:00
That's Everything that we do in New York, you know, you've got to do it hundreds of thousands.
1:44:05
Exactly.
1:44:06
You could do it in a rural county for 70 people.
Crystal Hudson
1:44:08
Right, right.