June 25, 2019: It’s Happening: How Anti-Ageism Activists are Changing the Culture of Aging! (FREE WEBINAR)
Guide: Ashton Applewhite, Anti-Ageism Activist

Join us for an interactive discussion with nationally known author and anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite about what’s happening in the movement to change the culture of aging. We’ll talk about international and domestic campaigns to dismantle ageism, and how pro-aging advocates can find resources, confront our own internalized ageism, participate in these initiatives, and help build a better world in which to grow old.

May 23, 2019: Person Centered Dementia Care: First Came the Recommendations, Now Let’s Explore the Outcomes!
Guides: Sam Fazio, Senior Director of Quality Care and Psychosocial Research Care and Doug Pace, MHA, Director of Mission Partnerships, Alzheimer’s Association

The Dementia Care Practice Recommendations were released over a year ago. Join Sam Fazio and Doug Pace from the Alzheimer’s Association as they share data and stories of what has happened over the past year as these recommendations have been put into practice. You will learn how these standards can be the basis of a culture of quality improvement that can be achieved in any long-term care or community-based setting. In addition, as sponsors of the Dementia Track at this year’s Pioneering a New Culture of Aging conference, Sam and Doug will share with you some of the highlights from of what’s happening in the world of Dementia Care that will be shared at this year’s conference.

April 17, 2019: The Double Whammy of Ageism and Ableism (FREE WEBINAR)
Guide: Mel Coppola

By now, you’ve probably heard some buzz around ageism-the prejudice of people based on their age. And hopefully you have gained some awareness around it and are taking steps against it—after all, you WILL grow old. But how much have you thought about ableism-the prejudice of someone based on their different abilities, whether physical or cognitive? None of us want to think of ourselves as prejudiced, but we make assumptions based on age and ability more than we think. Especially in the work that we do, these two “isms” collide on a daily basis. In this webinar, we will discuss the intersection of ageism and ableism and the double whammy it has for the people we support.

April 19, 2019: Sparking a new Culture of Self-Directed Learning at Work
Guest: LaVrene Norton, Founder Action Pact

Really – who in their work wants to be told what to do? To be handed an ‘assignment sheet’ with your tasks lifelessly written out for you? No time for thought. No time for talk about your own creative insights. There’s a better way, and it’s all about new opportunities for learning. Everyone likes to learn, and the internet has made learning more accessible now than ever before. Discovery excites us and we reach for more – through inquiry we initiate learning. We make friends with online dictionaries, Wikipedia, and Google. And who among us hasn’t used YouTube to learn how to change the oil in our car, measure for kitchen cabinets, bake yeast bread, or coach our child how to calculate the area of a trapezoid?

We relax by playing online games and puzzles that teach us to look in all the corners, watch for opportunities, and calculate dangers. As we become increasingly knowledgeable and competent, we relish working in a warm, open environment that offers online learning, nurtures self-direction and critical thinking, and rewards new skills.

April 30, 2019: A Blueprint to Achieve Continuous Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care
Location: St. Charles Community Center, Cottleville

May 1, 2019: A Blueprint to Achieve Continuous Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care
Location: St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City

David Farrell’s practical advice will give you the tools to implement leadership “bundles” – coordinated and interconnected systems of key practices that meet federal guidelines for individualized care, and provide the right care for every resident, every day.

Please see the brochure for more details.

August 4-7, 2019: Making it Happen
Location: The Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky

What better place to come together to advocate for and facilitate deep system change in the culture of aging than at the 2019 Pioneering a New Culture of Aging Conference in Louisville, Kentucky on August 4-7, 2019.

The theme this year is “Making it Happen” – and that’s just what we plan to do. We have lots of great guides lined up to explore with you what is happening today – and share ideas for making even better things happen in the future. YOU are Pioneer Network; we can’t do it without you!

Networking makes the Pioneer Network conference a go-to event for so many. We promise there will be lots of opportunities for networking – reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.

**PIONEER CONNECTION**
Do you live within 6 hours of Louisville? Would you be interested in traveling to the Pioneer Network conference in a luxury Motor Coach? Please help us by completing a short survey.

Starting June 1, 2019, there will be a $7.50 per CEU hour fee for those wanting CEUs for an MC5 regional meeting – which means a CEU certificate for most meetings, will be available for $15. Admission to regional meetings will continue to be FREE to everyone, but those wanting CEUs will need to pay this processing fee. These fees will ensure that MC5, an all-volunteer organization, can continue to bring great programs across Missouri… and will go directly back into providing CEUs to you, in your own region, at a very low cost.

In order to receive CEUs at an MC5 event, you must register for the meeting through Eventbrite and pay directly online.

If you need help, feel free to contact MC5 at missourimc5@gmail.com.

MC5 appreciates your participation and interest and looks forward to continuing to bring great speakers to your area!

March 21, 2019: Rules of Participation: Helping to Drive Person Centered Engagement
Guides: Alisa Tagg, BA ACC/EDU CADDCT CDP CDCS, President of the National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP), and Dawn Worsley, ADC/EDU/MC, MDEC. President of the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP)

The Rules of Participation is the first major overhaul in the Federal regulation and Survey process in over thirty years and the good news is that Person-Centered Care and Engagement is at the epicenter, putting a focus on Quality of Life that has been long over-due. This is great news for Activity Professionals and for all who are serving Elders in long-term care settings.

Did you know that CMS under FTag 658 authorized the National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP), to establish professional standards of practice to help activity professionals and their organizations to meet the new requirements?

Pioneer Network is pleased to be partnering with NAAP/NCCAP for this webinar in which guides Alissa Tagg and Dawn Worsley will present content from NCCAPs Modular Education Program for Activity Professionals (MEPAP).

February 21, 2019: How Do We Make Sense of the Images We See of Aging and Our Everyday Experiences?
Guide: Penny Cook, Pioneer Network

We’re hearing and reading more about growing older than ever before. Maybe because we’re all doing it. We see images of 90-year old people running marathons, skydiving and bodybuilding. There is an indirect message that this is what we should aspire to be. And yet we provide care and support to other 90-year old people who live in assisted living communities and nursing homes. Do we see them differently because of where they live and their abilities? Is there a different kind of ageism happening in care communities? Come with us on this journey of exploration as we present the first of a year-long series of webinars looking at the perceptions of aging, ageism and person-centered living.