Schedule of the Day
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration Opens Continental Breakfast & Exhibitor Fair |
| 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Keynote Presenter |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Exhibitor Fair & Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Session A |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch & Exhibitor Fair |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Session B |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Coffee & Chocolate Break |
| 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Session C |
| 4:15pm | Pick up CEUs or Certificate of Attendance in the Showcase Corner. Attendees must sign out to receive CEU Certificate. |
Highlighting Five Unique Tracks
Dementia Management in the Acute Care Setting
1. Acute Care Panel One: Acute Care Dementia Standards and What They Mean for You
11. Acute Care Panel Two: Current Best Practices for Dementia Care in the Acute Care Setting
21. Hospitalization Happens
22. Delirium and Dementia in Hospitalized Older Adults
23. Multidisciplinary Approach to Creating Sensory Diets for Agitation in Acute Care
Creating Purpose: Therapeutic Activities and Meaningful Engagement
6. The Power of Nature – Bringing Nature’s Healing to Elders with Memory Loss
10. Music and Connection – How to Reach and Connect to Loved Ones Through Music Therapy
17. Functional Activities for People with an Intellectual Disability and Dementia: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
19. National Alzheimer’s Buddies: Engaging Youth in Developing a New Model of Care for Advanced Stage Dementia Patients/ Life Story Work with People with Dementia: Understanding the Person, Learning about the Illness
20. Just Say ‘Yes’: Using Improv in Daily Alzheimer’s Care/ Creative Arts & Dementia: Power and Joy
28. Quality of Life through Creativity: Applied Positive Psychology Approach and Art Coaching for Those with Dementia
Caring for Individuals with Dementia and Intellectual Disabilities
8. Approach to the Adult with Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD) and Suspected Dementia
17. Functional Activities for People with and Intellectual Disability and Dementia: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
26. Unique Challenges Facing People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and Dementia
Advancement in Research: Prevention, Treatment and Care Approaches
3. Disparities in Dementia: Risks, Prevention, and the Latest Research
12. Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory
25. Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: Preclinical Stage of Dementia
Community Based Dementia Care
5. Strategies to Compensate for Cognitive Losses
9. Collaborative Care Planning in the Community
15. Between Independence and Safety: Living at Home with Alzheimer’s
18. Wandering: Risk, Prevention, and Response
29. Assistive Technology and Apps for Family Caregiving
30. “Dementia Friendly Massachusetts” – Update and Deeper Dive
Pain has an impact on behavior, function and quality of life for people living with dementia, but is one of the most mismanaged conditions. The challenges of understanding and treating acute and chronic pain for those with dementia are complex and often overlooked. Identifying and treating pain requires the ability to listen to what individuals are communicating through behaviors and body language. To treat pain for someone with dementia we must look beyond the words. This keynote offers the opportunity to explore strategies for identifying and managing pain including the use of standardized tools for assessment and monitoring along with the use of medications for individualizing comfort measures.
Melanie Bunn, GNP, MS, RN, is a Consulting Associate at the Duke University School of Nursing, Certified Trainer, Coach and Consultant for Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care, and has her own education consulting company, Bunn Consulting. She received her degree in Nursing from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Master’s degree in Family Health Nursing from Clemson University and a Post-Master’s Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Duke University. She has provided primary care to older people in a variety of settings including retirement homes, long term care nursing, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and in the home as a gerontological nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist and staff nurse. In 2014, Ms. Bunn was awarded the Dr. Ewald W. Busse Award by the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services Department of Health and Human Services for her contributions to improving the care of older adults with dementia and their families.
James Wessler
Paul S. Stuka
Barry Greene
Thomas A. Croswell