Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 7:45 am to 3:30 pm
Place: Sinsinawa Mound Convention Center
Heritage Level
585 County Road Z
Sinsinawa Mound, WI 53824
Parking: A shuttle van will be provided in the morning to assist participants arriving at the conference.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7:45-8:20 Registration
8:20-8:30 Introductions
8:30-9:30 There's no such thing as "just getting senile"
Janelle Cooper, M.D., F.A.A.N.; Neurologist, Gundersen Clinic
There are a growing number of patients with dementia along with new variants of the "Alzheimer's diseases." Dr. Cooper, Director of The Memory Center in La Crosse, WI, will present recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of dementing illnesses and will illustrate the predicted incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the coming decades.
9:30-9:45 Break & Exhibits
9:45-10:45 Dementia Anticipatory Grief
Barbara Manion-Platt, RN, Manager, Southwest Health Center Hospice
This presentation will address the particular aspects of anticipatory grief surrounding the losses of dementia. This is a topic that will touch patients, care-givers, family and friends differently. Identification of these issues will be discussed as well as coping mechanisms.
10:45-11:00 Break & Exhibits
11:00-12:00 Geriatric Depression: the whole picture
TJ Norton, M.D.; Medical Director & Psychiatrist, Senior Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Norton will present a thorough description of late-life depression including, prevalence at home and in the nursing home, risk factors, suicide risks, the many causes of depression, as well as differentiating between depression and other illness such as dementia. In addition, Dr. Norton will discuss the various treatment options including counseling, therapies, and pharmacotherapy.
12:00-1:00 Delicious Lunch & Exhibits
1:00-3:00 Person-Centered Care: Improving
Quality of Life
Cathy Hedley, Administrator; Anne Kauder, Licensed Social Worker; Donna Parker, Nutrition Director; Beth Houselog, Activity Coordinator; Gayla Roarig, BSN, Director of Nursing
This multi-disciplinary team from Sunnycrest Manor, Dubuque, IA, has made resident-centered care their specialty. Many long term care facilities have already implemented these policies but are you where you hoped your facility would be at this point? During this presentation participants will identify components of the person-centered care model of care, discuss strategies for implementing these practices, and identify methods for measuring the quality and effectiveness of person-centered care practices.
3:00-3:30 Evaluation & Wrap-Up
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
Social Workers:
This program is approved for social work continuing education by the Board of Behavioral Sciences-California-Provider Number PCE 2331. Social Workers participating in this course will receive five (5) continuing education clock hours.
Registered Nurses:
This program is approved for nursing continuing education by the Board of Registered Nursing-California-Provider Number CEP 13474. Nurses participating in the course will receive five (5) continuing education clock hours.
Nursing Home Administrators:
This educational offering is being reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators (NAB) for 5.0 clock hours and 5.0 participant hours.
For driving directions go to www.sinsinawa.org
