*** ATTENTION SOCIAL WORKERS! Check out our NEW Social Work Ethics Track! 

Registration Deadline

Registration deadline was March 25th. A $25 late registration processing fee will now be applied.

Refunds

If you are unable to attend, substitutions are encouraged. Cancellations on or before March 21 will be honored minus a $20 processing fee. No refunds will be issued after March 21.

Continuing Education

For more information regarding continuing education and contact/clock hours (APRNs/LPNs/RNs, social workers, activity professionals, and licensed nursing home administrators) please contact Katie Luce at 937-610-7013 or kluce@alz.org.

This educational event has been designed so that it may be considered by participants for use as continuing education to enhance the professional knowledge and pastoral comptency of chaplains certified through the Board of Chaplaincy Certification Inc., an affiliate of the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Free Parking

Garage parking is easily accessible, below the David H.Ponitz Sinclair Center. Parking pass provided at conference.

Registration is required for this event. Questions? Call 1.800.272.3900.

CONCURRENT SESSION 1

Ethical Dilemmas in Working with the Aging Population

James R. Carter, PhD, MPH, Hyejin Kim, PhD, & Beth I. Kinsel, PhD, MGS

In this session, participants will learn to recognize ageism in the practice,policy, and procedures of aging care. Participants will also explore theethical impact of transitions in living arrangement as people age, and begiven the opportunity to apply ethical standards and theories to practicesituations. The afternoon session will be a continuation of the morningsession. Both the morning and afternoon sessions will last an additional15 minutes. Participants following the Social Work Ethics trackand seeking social work ethics clock hours must attend both themorning and afternoon session.

CONCURRENT SESSION 2

Medications: Harm or Help?

Larry Lawhorne, MD & Kenneth Pugar, DO

Can dementia medications be more harmful than helpful? In this session,participants will explore and discuss the concepts, benefits and risks ofevidence-based medicine for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementiasfrom the viewpoints of two different physicians.

CONCURRENT SESSION 3

Helping ‘til it Hurts: Examining Compassion Fatigue

Andrew Hedges, MDiv

Working with the aging population can be overwhelming and tiresome. Mr.Hedges will discuss the factors, processes and warning signs that lead tocompassion fatigue as well as identify differences between CompassionFatigue and Burnout or Secondary-Trauma Stress. Participants will alsobe invited to take a personal assessment to consider his or her ownprofessional quality of life (ProQOL).

CONCURRENT SESSION 4

Cultural Proficiency: Developing Cultural Competency from the Inside Out

Joann Mawasha, PhD

In this session, participants will learn a framework for cultural competencydevelopment and apply it to personal, organizationals and communitychange. Dr. Mawasha will explore issues of power, oppression, privilegeand change at four levels-personal, interpersonal, institutional and cultural.In addition, participants will learn how to apply the knowledge they gain totheir own profession.

CONCURRENT SESSION 5

Using Creative Arts to Improve Quality of Life for People with Dementia

Elizabeth Lokon, PhD, MGS

As the founder and director of Opening Minds through Art (OMA), a Scripps Gerontology Center’s intergenerational art program for people withdementia, Dr. Lokon has had a great deal of experience with the creativearts and their impact on people with dementia. By the end of the session,attendees will learn the rationale for providing people with dementiacreative expression opportunities, as well as the tools to engage creativecapacity effectively.

CONCURRENT SESSION 6

Living Longer, Dying Better

Mary Jo Groves, MD

There are many decisions to be made at the end of one’s life which cansometimes be a challenge in not planned appropriately. In this session,learn the differences in traditional medical care, palliative care and hospicecare and compare how each affects quality and length of life. Dr. Groves willreview data on quality and length of life in America, and evaluate strategiesfor maximizing quality and length of later-life. Participants will betterunderstand end-of-life challenges, planning, and coping strategies to createa better dying experience.

Sessions 1-6 will be repeated in the afternoon.

THANK YOU to our Presenting Sponsors!

Have questions OR intersted in sponsorship? Contact Katie Luce at 937-610-7013 or email kluce@alz.org