LUMBERTON - You can now register for the 2018 Aging Conference "Charting the Course to Better Aging." You can register online at https://conta.cc/2ClOpHT, but you will have to mail in the registration fee.
Lumber River Area Agency on Aging (LRAAA) and Southern Regional Area Health Education Center (SR-AHEC) are hosting an Aging Conference “Charting the Course to Better Aging.” The conference will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. at the Southeastern Agricultural Center (1027 US Hwy 74 E, Lumberton, NC 28358). This one day conference will feature multiple tracks with educational offerings for both the Healthcare Professionals and the Caregivers who work with and care for older adults. CEU’s are available for Healthcare Professionals and Adult Care Home Staff.
Charting the Course for Better Aging Thursday, October 04, 2018
Registration: 8:15 a.m. Program: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Southeastern NC Agricultural Center 1027 US Hwy 74 East Lumberton, NC 28358
Target Audience Healthcare providers who work with and care for older adults such as Nurses, Social Workers, Physical and Occupational Therapists, and Caregivers Program Description This one day conference will feature multiple tracks with educational offerings for both the Healthcare Professionals and the Caregivers who work with and care for older adults. Sessions will include topics related to Elder Abuse, Medicare 101, Living Longer and Smarter, Positive Approaches with Caregivers, Opioid Use/Abuse, Creative Aging, Technology with Older Adults, among other important topics. Objectives Discuss the healthcare professionals’ role in supporting the healthy outcomes of the older patient. Agenda 8:15 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast/Mingle with Exhibitors 8:45 a.m. Welcome/Housekeeping 9 a.m. Investigations of Fraud and Scams in the Older Population John Maron, BA, Director of Investor Protection and Education Services, North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State 10 a.m. Break with Exhibitors.
10:20 a.m. Session ONE Healthcare Provider Opioids and Aging Donald McDonald, MSW, LCAS, Executive Director, Addiction Professionals of North Carolina Caregiver Medicare 101 Melinda Munden, SHIIP Director, North Carolina Department of Insurance 11:05 a.m. Break 11:15 a.m. Session TWO Healthcare Provider Understanding Hearing Loss & Accommodations for Seniors Kim Calabretta, M.Ed, Customer Relations Manager, CapTelNC Caregiver Positive Approached to Dementia Caregiving Lisa Levine, BS, Director of Education, Dementia Alliance of North Carolina 12 p.m. Lunch (provided) 1 p.m. Session THREE Healthcare Provider The Healthy Aging NC Initative: The Impact of Self-Management Evidence Based Program Jeanne Dairaghi, MS, Project Manager, University of North Carolina Caregiver Living Loner/Living Smarter Carole LeBlanc, MBA, Volunteer, North Carolina American Association of Retired Persons.
1:45 p.m. Break 2 p.m. Session FOUR Healthcare Provider Adult Protective Services: Protecting Vulnerable Adults in NC LaVerne Blue, MA, Adult Program Representative, North Carolina Department of health and Human Services Caregiver Creative Aging Lia Miller, BFA, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Creative Aging Network, NC 2:45 p.m. Q & A / Closing Remarks 3 p.m. Door Prizes / Adjourn Registration Deadline: September 28, 2018 Contact: Lumber River Council of Governments at (910) 618-5533 or email: lrcog@lrcog.org Register online: https://conta.cc/2ClOpHT Make check payable to “Lumber River Council of Governments” Mail to: LRCOG, 30 CJ Walker Road, Pembroke, NC 28372 Fees (Includes Lunch) $50 Healthcare Professionals who wish to receive Continuing Education Credit $25 Healthcare Professionals Non CE Credit and No Certificate of Attendance $30 Adult Care Home Staff.
Fees (Includes Lunch) $50 Healthcare Professionals who wish to receive Continuing Education Credit $25 Healthcare Professionals Non CE Credit and No Certificate of Attendance $30 Adult Care Home Staff $15 Full-time Student/Volunteer with ID $15 Caregivers Scholarships Scholarships are available to caregivers Contact: Rachell Hodnett at (910) 775-9779 Substitutes/Refunds/Transfers Participants who register for the program and are not able to attend, may send a substitute. Credit CNE: 4.25 Contact Hours: 4.25 Contact Hours will be awarded to participants who attend 90% of this activity. Southern Regional AHEC is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Any conflict of interest from the speaker will be announced at the beginning of the event. Contact Sheree Hayes, MHA, BSN, RN, Director of Nursing CE/RN Refresher Coordinator, SR-AHEC.
Contact Sheree Hayes, MHA, BSN, RN, Director of Nursing CE/RN Refresher Coordinator, SR-AHEC 910-678-7246 / sheree.hayes@sr-ahec.org.
For more information please contact:
Lumber River Area Agency on Aging, Rachell Hodnett at 910-618-5533 or Southern Regional Area Health Education Center, Sheree Hayes 910-678-7246.
Rachell Hodnett, MSC
Family Caregiver Resource Specialist
30 CJ Walker Road
Pembroke, NC 28372
910-775-9779
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