2 Topics to Choose From
HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE
CEUs for Nurses, Administrators, Assisted Living Management, Social Services
Get the latest on the Health Care Reform legislation and how it will impact your facility? This session will review the current state of the federal legislation and discuss issues such as: mandated employee insurance; how it will affect you as an employer and provider; Medicare restructuring; fraud and abuse issues and much more. Please join us for this session as we explore the current state of the legislation and what the future might hold.
ALSO included with this session: LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES
The second part of this session will provide attendees with an overview of legal representatives and advanced directives plus outlines living wills, powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney and general powers of attorney.
Speaker Bio: Kelly Verwers Meyers is the Director of Regulatory Affairs at Iowa Health Care Association. Kelly is a licensed attorney in the State of Iowa who represents IHCA on Capitol Hill and monitors proposed rules and advances the Association’s position on proposed legislation. Kelly is a Drake University Law graduate and has practiced in a private law firm as well as served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in the Warren County Attorney's Office.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF DEMENTIA CARE
CEUs for Nurses, Activities, Dietary, Administrators, Assisted Living Management, Department Heads, Social Services. Direct Care Workers are also invited to attend this session.
This session is designed to provide long term care staff with up-to-date information on Alzheimer's type dementia and the unique care and communication needs for those with the disease. Key concepts of dementia care services will be covered including: assessment, service plans, ongoing care and programming, staff qualifications, communication, working with families, education and the environment.
Speaker Bio: Jerry Schroeder is the Program Specialist with the Alzheimer’s Association, Quad Cities branch office. The office, located in Davenport Iowa, serves 6 counties, 3 in Iowa and 3 in Illinois. He holds a graduate degree in social work and has been working in the field of senior services for more than 20 years. He has been with the Alzheimer’s Association for approximately 5 years. His job includes responding to helpline calls, offering care consultation to those with dementia and their caregivers, and providing a variety of professional and community trainings on Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. He has extensive experience as an educator and public speaker.