18 CREDITS  |  3 DAYS

2025 SPRING
CONFERENCE

2025 SPRING
CONFERENCE

OUR NAB-CERTIFIED EVENTS OFFER:

  • A variety of Continuing Education Credits

  • Updates and best practices for Virginia’s long-term care industry

  • Unique networking opportunities for Life Enrichment / Activity Department Staff; Nurses, Administrators; Admission staff; Nutrition Services; and Social Workers throughout Virginia.

This program has been approved for Continuing Education for 18 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS—Approval #20260406-24-A110659-IN with VNA-CEA approval number 25-02-06S for 6.0 nursing contact hours

ALL OF OUR COURSES ARE NAB CERTIFIED

Courses

This presentation will discuss a brief historical overview of the nursing home culture. Present Person Directed Living and Wellbeing.

This presentation will provide the framework and disease process for dementia and Alzheimer’s. Including physiological changes that affect how the individual sees their world and how this changes the way they process their environment.

This presentation will look at ways of communicating with the Dementia/Alzheimer’s individual. What is the behavior really telling us? What are they trying to communicate? This session also looks at the stages of Dementia and how this affects the individual

This presentation looks at new tools available to Care Givers that the participants may not be familiar with such as: the Blue Hug, themed kits, signage, etc and how to utilize them in memory care.

Looking at Person Centeredness through connections, relationships, and identity. Focus on knowing the person before they are welcomed into the community.

Focus on the challenges of Dementia and Alzheimer’s related to communication, decision making, and self-care changes. How does this relate to getting to know the individual?

Review a long-term care assessment tool that is designed to focus on specific areas of culture change. This allows each facility to assess where they are on the culture change journey and celebrate their strengths and focus on their opportunities.

Presenters will lead a review of each organization’s opportunities for improvement and offer guidance on how to implement change.

Focusing on areas of opportunities and developing realistic timelines for implementation and successful outcomes.

How to facilitate resident to resident and resident to staff member connections that leads to feelings of citizenship (A Place I Belong).

Look at the normal aging process in the brain and how Dementia affects these processes with respect to sensory, motor and cognitive changes.

We will focus on the standardized Gem Staging format as a method to identify the various stages of Dementia and Alzheimer’s. This staging allows each participant to recognize the changes in the individual as well as look at how the individual sees themselves in each stage.

This presentation will introduce the Positive Physical Approach to Care using underhand approaches. We will use the Gem staging to determine what type of assistance is most accepted at each level of Dementia and Alzheimer’s. This section focuses on building meaning engagement into the activities of daily living.

This presentation introduces recreational activities that will offer individuals with dementia an opportunity to engage in a meaningful way. There will be demonstrations of activities to implement with residents.
Meet Our Speakers

Sue Ellen is the Community Care Wellness Manager for Sisters of Mercy of the Americans in Rochester, NY. Mrs. Clark has 16 years of experience providing Therapeutic Recreation for Assisted Living and Long-Term Care facilities before transitioning to a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. Mrs. Clark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Therapeutic Recreation and is certified in Gerontology. Mrs. Clark is a nationally recognized speaker for Leading Age, The American Therapeutic Recreation Association and the Pioneer Network.

Karen is the founder of Sapphire Dementia Partners providing educational and consulting services for people living with dementia and for those who care for them. She works with healthcare organizations, businesses, universities, and with families to increase awareness, develop knowledge and competent skill sets for caregivers to create a better quality of life for people living with dementia. Karen Ellexson earned her Master of Science in Physical Therapy; a Consultant and Trainer for Positive Approach to Care® (PAC), and a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP). She is a certified support group facilitator through the Alzheimer’s Association, a member of the Alzheimer’s Association political action group (AIM) Alzheimer’s Impact Movement, and a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) geriatric section.

Cost: $750 for All THREE days OR $300 for one day.

14 courses for 18 NAB certified CEU credits
Includes lunch and snack

DAY ONE | APRIL 7th | Non-pharmacological Approaches to Dementia/Alzheimer’s Care / 6 hours

9:00AM-10:00AM: Creation of Culture

10:00AM-11:00AM: Dementia Framework Part 1

11:00AM-11:15AM: Break

11:15AM-12:15PM: Dementia Framework Part 2

12:15PM–1:15PM: Lunch

1:15PM-3:15PM: Behaviors Versus Unmet Goals and Dementia Staging

3:15PM-3:30PM: Break

3:30PM-4:30PM: Empowering Tools for Caregivers

DAY TWO | APRIL 8th | Understanding Me and My Needs / 6 hours

9:00AM-10:00AM: Well-being Overview

10:00AM-11:00AM: Brain Changes Associated with Dementia

11:00AM-11:15AM: Break

11:15AM-12:15PM: Culture Change Assessment

12:15PM–1:15PM: Lunch

1:15PM-3:15PM: Focus on Culture Change

3:15PM-3:30PM: Break

3:30PM-4:30PM: How Leadership Affect the Next Level of Culture Change

DAY THREE | APRIL 9th | Know Me / 6 hours

9:00AM-10:00AM: Life Enrichment That Makes Connections and Provides Purpose

10:00AM-11:00AM: Normal Aging vs Dementia

11:00AM-11:15AM: Break

11:15AM-12:15PM: Gem Staging for the Dementia/ Alzheimer’s Individual

12:15PM–1:15PM: Lunch

1:15PM-3:15PM: Positive Approach to Care

3:15PM-3:30PM: Break

3:30PM-4:30PM: Meaningful Life Enrichment for Individuals Living with Dementia

Special room rates are available at Bella Vista Hotel & Suites, Lynchburg.

PHONE: (434) 237-6333
EMAIL: [email protected]

REGISTRATION

To register for our 2025 Spring Conference please fill out the form below. The deadline to register is March 25th, 2025. For questions, please contact Joyce Wade at 434-592-8502.

Criteria for receiving Nurse contact hours the attendee must attend at least 80% of each session and complete an evaluation form for each session attended.

Cancellations received by the registration deadline will receive a full refund. No refunds for cancellations received after the deadline. All cancellations will be charged a 10% fee.

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