September 17-19, 2018: Life on Purpose
Location: The Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis
The theme this year is LIFE ON PURPOSE. Inspired by your purpose – serving older adults – LeadingAge Missouri has organized a remarkable 2 1/2 days of opportunities to learn together and celebrate one another. The goal is to help you achieve your goals and purposes in life. Please see the event page for more details including the registration brochure.
August 26-29, 2018: 70th Annual Convention & Trade Show
Location: Branson Convention Center, Branson
MHCA is excited to bring you another year of the most requested and up-to-date education sessions available. Each day will offer a range of education to meet the needs of the entire staff, from Certified Nurse Assistants to owner. You will have the opportunity to earn up to 20 continuing education hours – a proposed schedule is now available. Held again this year at the Branson Convention Center, with the convenient location adjacent to the Branson Landing. Don’t miss the opportunity to tour the Trade Show, widely regarded as the leading long term care trade show in Missouri with over 170 booths, your time spent in the Exhibit Hall will offer you the latest products, innovations, and people who support our profession. Come prepared to see and learn about the best companies and products available in long-term care and the potential to win some great booth giveaways.
October 7-9, 2018: MALA Fall Conference
Location: Camden on the Lake, Lake Ozark
The conference agenda is now accessible and includes several speakers and presentations over a three-day period. The option to attend all or just one day is included on the registration form. Please see the agenda and attendee registration form for further details.
October 17-19, 2018: Oktoberfest Long-Term Care Conference
Location: Hilton Branson Convention Center, Branson
The purpose of this intimate conference is to enable long-term care professionals to increase their knowledge and skills to better care for the elderly. Expert speakers will get you recharged while providing the latest information on hot topics in long-term care. The brochure along with registration details is now available on MLN’s Oktoberfest web page at the link above.
May to October, 2018
For RNs, NHAs, & SWs from settings other than skilled nursing facilities, this professional development certificate program offers a proven curriculum to help you build the self-confidence, talents and persistence you need to lead a top performing team. In addition, through this 50 CE credit certificate program you’ll gain enhanced knowledge and skills you can immediately apply to your work setting.
The 2018 program is offered over 5 months, May to October. The course first and last days (May 18 and October 19) are required face-to-face sessions in Columbia, MO. The remainder of course is online. The program target audience includes RNs (you do not have to be a DoN), NHAs and Social Workers. We highly encourage the RN-NHA leadership team to enroll together to foster the team’s ability to make sustainable improvement in their organization. The course includes the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) – evidence-based leadership assessment instrument and professional development planning package with one on one consultation.
For more information, please see the ELDA Brochure or visit the course event page.
May 2, 2018: Train the Trainer
Location: Hyde Park Conference Center, Jefferson City
July 11, 2018: Train the Trainer
Location: Hyde Park Conference Center, Jefferson City
Please see the specific training event to see the qualifications and further instructions as well as the application.
May 11, 2018: Black Balloons or a Rainbow of Colors: How Our Perceptions of Aging Affect the Care We Provide
Guest Presenter: Penny Cook, MSW; President/CEO of the Pioneer Network
We’ve all done it – sent an “over the hill” card to someone, purchased “anti-aging” products, refused to say our age and maybe even given the dreadful black balloons on a milestone birth celebration. It’s part of our culture, right? It’s meant to be funny. It helps us cope with the fact we’re getting older. But how does it really affect us? More importantly, how does it affect the care and support we provide to Elders? In this conversation, we’ll explore how our own perceptions of getting older as well as those of the general society affect our long-term care system as well as our specific care practices. Let’s be the change we want to see!
June 27, 2018: Creating Moments of Joy, It’s Saturday Night!, and Memory Enhanced Activities
Location: River City Casino, St. Louis
June 28, 2018: Creating Moments of Joy, It’s Saturday Night!, and Memory Enhanced Activities
Location: Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia
Jolene Brackey, author and nationwide speaker, will help you through everyday battles of Alzheimer’s with practical wisdom, encouragement, and humor. Please see the flyer or visit the MLN for more information.
April 13, 2018: Cognitive Health and Resident Engagement
Guest Presenter: Megan Hannan, Action Pact Consultant, Developer of PersonFirst® program
We have been exploring resident health and well-being holistically, and in March we were inspired by The Transformative Power of Purpose, when we learned about and heard from residents of Rockport Healthcare Services’ 70 communities in California who serve the homeless in their respective communities every month. In keeping with our theme, the show in April will look at the connection between engagement and cognitive health. Megan will share the most current research in cognitive science, brain health and engagement. We’ll discuss types of engagement and suggestions for ensuring meaningful engagement, as well as outcomes of engagement on well-being, quality of life and staff satisfaction.
May 21, 2018: Inspired Leaders, Inspired Teams, Inspired Results
Location: St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City
May 22, 2018: Inspired Leaders, Inspired Teams, Inspired Results
Location: Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center, Columbia
May 23, 2018: Inspired Leaders, Inspired Teams, Inspired Results
Location: St. Charles Community College, Cottleville
As you walk through the hallways, does EVERYONE truly appear as engaged as they do on your website? Imagine the levels of service our external customers would experience if all staff “embraced change,” “owned problems,” and took “personal accountability” for creating a service-driven community. Imagine if every member of every department was committed to the mission, vision, values of the organization. Imagine if every leader took seriously their role as a coach, advocate, and mentor and felt intimately linked to the success of their staff.
As leaders, we have the ability and accountability to close the gap between the promises of the website and reality. MC5 Welcomes Internationally Renowned Workplace Culture Expert, Christopher Ridenhour! Please see the flyer or the MC5 Roadshow Conference webpage for more details.
April 3, 2018: Making a Night and Day Difference: Creating a Culture of Restorative Sleep
Location: Holiday Inn St. Louis-Route 66, St. Louis
April 4, 2018: Making a Night and Day Difference: Creating a Culture of Restorative Sleep
Location: White Oak Living Center, Independence
Part 1 – Making a Night and Day Difference: Creating a Culture of Restorative Sleep
Empira, a consortium of Aging Service providers in Minnesota, will share the findings from their Restorative Sleep program that has made a night and day difference for the residents they serve. This program was developed after identifying sleep fragmentation as a primary contributor to falls, behavioral expression, pain, incontinence, skin breakdown, unnecessary use of antipsychotics, and decline in function.
Empira will share successful strategies for creating a culture of sleep with consideration of all 24 hours in a day. This is Part 1 of a three part series. Join all or some of these presentations. Please see the Restorative Sleep Vitality Program flyer for more details.
April 9-10, 2018: Federal Review Course for Nursing Home Administrators
Location: Courtyard by Marriott, St. Louis
July 16-17, 2018: Federal Review Course for Nursing Home Administrators
Location: Ramada Oasis Hotel, Springfield
November 5-6, 2018: Federal Review Course for Nursing Home Administrators
Location: Embassy Suites Airport, Kansas City
The purpose of the Review Course is to help attendees prepare for the nursing home administrator federal licensure exam. Review Course materials have been revised and updated to reflect the structure of the current examination.
April 10, 2018: Infection Control & Prevention in the Healthcare Setting
June 12, 2018: Nursing – Therapy Transitions of Care
April 19, 2018: The New Alzheimer’s Association’s Dementia Care Practice Recommendations: Supporting the Emotional Well-Being of Individuals Living with Dementia
Guide: Danelle Hubbard, BSW, MA, Director of Family Services, Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter
This webinar will provide a brief overview of the New Dementia Care Practice Recommendations related to the emotional well-being of individuals living with dementia. Participants will learn about behavioral and communication challenges along with person-centered care strategies that offer healthier emotional support.
May 17, 2018: Meet and Go Beyond New CMS Regulations by Engaging Residents with Real LIfe (focus: Activities Critical Element Pathway)
Guide: Carmen Bowman, MHS, BSW, Owner Edu-Catering
The institution has failed us by compartmentalizing parts of the persons we serve and then compartmentalizing who serves which part of the divided person. All staff need education, encouragement and permission to engage residents. Contrived group activities often fail people, they need personalized and purposeful engagement to fill their otherwise empty days. See what can happen when all team members learn the value of meaningful engagement to move from “activity programming” to meaningful engagement with real life. Soon gone are the days of groups. Residents are telling us they don’t want them, and many can’t function in them. We need to design the use of budgeted time differently. Engagement holds promise for reducing depression, anxiety, falls and more. If Bingo is the best we can do, that is not a compliment; be inspired to compete with Bingo. Residents want meaning and purpose, to give and contribute. From serving Baby Boomers, to people living with dementia, it needs to be different.
June 21, 2018: Activities of Daily Living – Supporting Independence (Focus on ADL and Rehab Restorative CEP)
Guide: Dr. Kathleen Weissberg , Select Rehab
As a caregiver, it is important to encourage independence in seniors and to provide the opportunity for them to maintain a better quality of life for themselves. Because of the many demands on our time in our daily roles in health care, it is easy to get into the habit of doing things “for” individuals rather than “with” them. Let’s face it — it can be more efficient to do everything yourself. But is that helping elders to maintain function, improve quality of life, stay healthier and live independently longer.
The true art of caregiving for the elderly extends beyond task-oriented responsibilities and includes engaging in activities that help maintain a healthy spirit and body.
In this session, you will learn about ways in which you can assist an individual with everyday activities of daily living while supporting independence and helping him/her keep a sense of self-respect.
April 27, 2018: Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia Care Seminar
Location: MHCA Office, Jefferson City
October 24, 2018: Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia Care Seminar
Location: MHCA Office, Jefferson City
Sponsored by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners, this is the required seminar for those pursuing certification who qualify as CDP/Certified Dementia Practitioner or for those who just want to enhance their dementia education.
May 21-24, 218: Social Service Designee Workshop
Location: MHCA Office, Jefferson City
Held in partnership with Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators (MANHA), participants in this 36-hour course will receive training and insight to working in the Social Service department of a long-term care facility. This course will discuss the philosophy of long-term care, the settings in which a Social Service Designee works and the demographics of the people they serve.
August 12-15, 2018: Pioneering a New Culture of Aging Conference
Location: Sheraton Denver Downtown, Denver, Colorado
Pioneer Network will be hosting our annual conference, Pioneering a New Culture of Aging, bringing together individuals from across the United States and other countries who care deeply about changing the culture of aging, creating opportunities for communication, networking and learning with and from each other as they share innovative thought and best practices.
You are invited to tour the conference website to learn about all the exciting opportunities you will have when you join your fellow Pioneers in Denver this coming August. We promise, as one of our attendees shared with us after her first Pioneer Network conference, that you will “find your people” and that during our time together in Denver, you will fill your bucket, and go back home renewed and ready to go the next mile, knowing that culture change and transformation are not destinations, but journeys, always works in progress.
April 18, 2018: Oasis Hotel & Conference Center, Springfield
April 19, 2018: Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, Independence
April 24, 2018: Courtyard by Marriott, St. Peters
April 25, 2018: Drury Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Cape Girardeau
April 26, 2018: Comfort Inn, Macon
Coming into compliance with the new infection control regulations can leave you scratching your head and wondering just how this is going to work! In this session, we will take the guesswork out by reviewing the regulatory guidance. Then, together, we will formulate the building blocks for an infection control program that not only meets the regulation but works in your facility to keep your census healthy. This foundation will prepare your staff to use antibiotics wisely, reduce infection rates, and improve infection responses.
Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators and Missouri Health Care Association are sponsoring this seminar. Please see the full brochure and registration information on MANHA’s webpage.
April 27, 2018: The Silent Epidemic: When undiagnosed cognitive impairment affects healthcare outcomes
Location: Il Monastero Center on Saint Louis University campus, St. Louis
Memory Care Home Solutions & the Gateway Geriatric Education Center present an exciting and interactive day of learning with local dementia experts. Attendees will learn the impact of undiagnosed cognitive impairment on our healthcare system, and how to best support clients and their families by practicing innovative dementia care-giving strategies. Please see the event page for more information including registration, CEUs, speakers, and the flyer.
May 1, 2018: Comfort Inn, Macon
May 2, 2018: Drury Inn & Conference Center, Cape Girardeau
May 3, 2018: Courtyard by Marriott, St. Peters
May 9, 2018: Ramada Oasis Hotel, Springfield
May 10, 2018: Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, Independence
New CMS regulations changed how we use any psychotic agents, not just anti-psychotics, and what drugs are classified under psychotic agents. The same guidance also changes the responsibilities of the medical director in monitoring the response of all physicians in the facility to pharmacy recommendations. Learn what these new requirements are and what they mean. Begin to build a foundation for careful stewardship in the use of Psychotic agents in your facility by creating a program that fosters staff competence, careful monitoring and 5-Star friendly results.
Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators and Missouri Health Care Association are sponsoring this seminar. Please see the full brochure and registration information on MANHA’s webpage.
June 3-6, 2018: Game Plan for Success
Location: Camden on the Lake, Lake Ozarks
Please see the brochure for complete details including the agenda, registration, presenters, and accommodation information.
June 14, 2018: Changing Landscape of Long Term Care
Location: Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, St. Louis
Trying to navigate long-term care for you or your loved one?
Overwhelmed and looking for guidance?
Or are you working in the long-term care community and wanting to learn more about all the changes while earning 7.00 CEUs in one day!
VOYCE hosts the 7th annual Changing Landscape of Long Term Care Conference on June 14-15, 2018 to answer these questions and bring together the long-term care community.
This all-day, educational conference brings together professional long-term caregivers and individuals from the community to learn dynamic strategies, innovative tools and available options. Post-intensive session to be held June 15, with location to be determined.
February 9, 2018: Even When Care and Compliance are Nearly Perfect, What Kind of Life are Residents Living? And – The Artifacts of Living Well
Guest Presenter: Sonya Barsness, Gerontologist
Imagine a nursing home that has “good care.” It has good outcomes. Maybe even the care truly reflects the individualized needs and preferences of people who are living there. But beyond the day to day services that are provided, how are people living? Are their days revolved around care? Or does their care support them to live well? Let’s talk about more than care, and more than care plans. Join us to be pushed to the next level as we discuss LIVING plans and the idea of Artifacts of Living Well.
March 8, 2018: Guiding Your Way Through 2018 Tax Reform
Presenter: Doug Mueller, CPA, President of Mueller Pros
President Trump recently signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill into law, and it makes major changes to the U.S. tax code for individuals and organizations nationwide. This bill represents the most significant tax changes in the United States in more than 30 years. The objective of this session is to give specific updates to non-for profit senior living providers as to the changes that will go into effect. We will review proposed changes that will effect both the Organization operations, the employees of those organization and the residents. Those attending the session will gain insight into changes to come and appropriate courses of action to take.
Cape Girardeau
March 14, 2018: Leading and Supervising
May 15, 2018: Dementia with Lewy Bodies
June 5, 2018: Exploring the Fundamental Building Blocks
Chillicothe
May 10, 2018: Leading and Supervising
Columbia
February 8, 2018: Jolene Brackey: Enhanced Movements!
March 22, 2018: Compassion Fatigue
May 16-17, 2018: Springfest
June 13, 2018: Staff Retention
Jefferson City
June 22, 2018: Exploring the Fundamental Building Blocks
Kansas City
February 9, 2018: Jolene Brackey: Enhanced Movements!
March 16, 2018: Compassion Fatigue
May 9, 2018: Leading and Supervising
May 15-16, 2018: Springfest
Kirksville
February 15, 2018: Opening Your Hearts and Minds
Macon
April 25, 2018: Compassion Fatigue
Park Hills
March 27, 2018: Infection Control in Long-Term Care
Poplar Bluff
April 26, 2018: Infection Control in Long-Term Care
May 11, 2018: Staff Retention
Rolla
May 2, 2018: Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Sedalia
April 26, 2018: Opening Your Hearts and Minds
Springfield
April 25, 2018: Opening Your Hearts and Minds
May 1, 2018: Dementia with Lewy Bodies
St. Joseph
April 26, 2018: Compassion Fatigue
St. Louis
February 7, 2018: Jolene Brackey: Enhanced Movements!
March 15, 2018: Leading and Supervising
March 21, 2018: Compassion Fatigue
March 27, 2018: Staff Retention
April 26, 2018: Infection Control in Long-Term Care
May 2-3, 2018: Springfest
May 18, 2018: Opening Your Hearts and Minds
June 7, 2018: Exploring the Fundamental Building Blocks
June 20, 2018: Dementia with Lewy Bodies