Mini Conferences

SUNDAY, AUGUST 5

NEW THIS YEAR! Two "Mini-Conference" Options! Lead off your conference experience with your choice of two in-depth days of learning and sharing dedicated two of the most important issues in culture change today – Living With Dementia and MDS 3.0.

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This day will be about changing our perspective of how to support PERSONS with dementia in having meaningful lives, no matter where they call home. The content of this day will be for anyone and every one. The conference will be for anyone who works with PERSONS with dementia; regardless of your environment or job description.

Speakers include: Virginia Bell, Anna Ortigara, Al Power, Teepa Snow, Karen Stobbe and David Troxel

The Speakers will repeat their breakout session three times to give each topic a smaller learning environment and the chance for all attendees to hear each presenter.

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While quality of life and quality of care are often seen as separate and competing, the challenge to reduce use of anti-psychotic medications provides a perfect example of how quality of life and individualized care actually gets you better clinical results. CMS is emphasizing individualized care and environments as approaches to reduce and prevent residents' agitation. This day-long session provides a how-to for reducing anti-psychotic medications as a high-involvement performance improvement initiative. It guides participants in organizational practices for using the assessment tools of MDS 3.0 as a real tool for integration of quality of life and quality of care, through high staff involvement in the process, and meaningful use of assessment and care planning in every day practice. Learn how to tap into the human potential and bring out the best in your entire staff through this inclusive approach. Have everyone's contribution be important. Syzygy in astronomy means the alignment of three celestial bodies - learn how to align three CMS initiatives - quality of life, QAPI and MDS - to reduce medications by promoting each resident's individualized customary routines. Dr. Susan Wehry and a panel of practitioners will highlight non-pharmacologic interventions to know your residents and individualize their daily routines. A national quality improvement expert will help participants develop your own plans to reduce medication use in your organizations. This day will be educational, inspiring, and practical and you'll leave with a blue-print for action.

Lead Guides: Barbara Frank and Cathie Brady
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