APS TARC Podcast

In this podcast, Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert will speak
with Megan Dooley, Occupational Therapist, Founder of Innovative Therapy Solutions and Rachel Wiley, Occupational Therapist, Founder of the Dementia Collaborative. We will discuss how APS professionals can effectively navigate consent, capacity, and safety issues when their clients express sexual and
intimacy behaviors and desires.

In this podcast, Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert speaks with Karl Urban, a Senior Research Manager at the APS TARC. They discuss several APS TARC publications from the past year that highlight promising practices in APS as related to partnerships and collaboration.

APS clients may, at times, move across state borders during an APS investigation. Identifying appropriate agencies among state APS programs near one another creates a framework for effectively communicating, reporting, and investigating. This framework supports cooperation and collaboration to work with and for APS clients who have been reported to have been abused, neglected, and/or financially exploited. A transcript of this podcast is available at https://pstrapiubntstorage.blob.core.windows.net/strapib/January_2026_Podcast_Transcript_a5aec048ec.pdf.

In this podcast, Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert will speak with Missouri and Virginia APS quality assurance programs. They will discuss how they started their programs and where they stand now 2-3 years later. This episode references the Virginia APS Dashboard available at https://www.dars.virginia.gov/aps/APSdashboard.htm. For a transcript of this podcast, please visit https://ehc.acl.gov/uploads/May_2025_Podcast_Transcript_approved_ADA_f43f681ead.pdf.

In this podcast, Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert will speak with MT Connolly, a leading national expert on elder justice and the co-designer of the RISE model. RISE stands for Repair harm, Inspire change, Support connection, Empower choice.

A transcript of this podcast is available at https://pstrapiubntstorage.blob.core.windows.net/strapib/September_2025_Podcast_Transcript_d3c7b105f2.pdf.