WHEN

Wednesday March 20, 2013                             7:30 AM to 4:45 PM

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WHERE

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
6400 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808

 
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CONTACT

Kristi Mellion
Alzheimer's Services of the Capital Area
225-334-7494
coordinator@alzbr.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

7:00 AM - Vendors set up

7:30- 8:00 AM - Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits 

8:15 AM - Welcome & Introduction of Keynote Speaker

8:30 AM - Keynote Address: Alternative Approaches to Care for People with Alzheimer’s  by G. Allen Power, MD

9:45 AM -  Break/Networking

10:00 AM - Resume Keynote Address: Transforming the Care Environment by G. Allen Power, MD

11:45 AM - Exhibits/Book Signage/Lunch

12:45 PM - Welcome Back/Introduction of Speaker

1:00 PM - Intentional Laughter:  Producing a General Sense of Wellbeing by Sandra Lunte, PhD

2:00 PM -  Redefining Dementia Care: A Person-Centered Approach by Wanda Spurlock, DNS, RN-BC, CNE, FNGNA

3:00 PM - Break/Networking/Exhibitors    

3:15 PM - Thinking Outside the Medicine Bag on Legal Issues: Legal Issues Affecting Seniors and Those Who Love Them by Linda Melancon, Attorney

4:15 PM - Closing Remarks/Evaluation/Certificates

FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

G. Allen Power, MD,
Dr. Power is a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and  Dentistry. He is Eden Mentor at St. John’s Home in Rochester, NY, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester. He is a board      certified internist and geriatrician, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians/ American Society for Internal Medicine. Dr. Power is a Certified Eden Alternative® Educator and a member of the Eden Alternative board of directors.           He has lectured on dementia and other elder care topics throughout the US and Canada, the UK, Denmark, Singapore and Malta. Dr. Power’s book, Dementia beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture of Care was released by Health   Professions Press in February 2010. It won a 2010 Book of the Year Award from       the American Journal of Nursing, and a Merit  Award from the 2011 National Mature Media Awards. He was awarded a Bellagio Residency in Italy for April 2012 by the Rockefeller Foundation, where he worked with Dr. Emi Kiyota on developing   guidelines for sustainable communities that embrace people of all ages and abilities.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

“Intentional Laughter:  Producing a General Sense of Wellbeing”             presented by Sandra Lunte, Certified Laughter Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader 

“Redefining Dementia Care: A Person-Centered Approach”                       presented by Wanda Spurlock, DNS, RN-BC, CNE, FNGNA, certified in   gerontological, psychiatric and mental health nursing and in Excellence in Care Specialist through Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

“Thinking Outside the Medicine Bag on Legal Issues: Legal Issues Affecting Seniors and Those Who Love Them”                                                                presented by Linda Melancon, Owner of Legacy Center of Louisiana, LLC.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES  

Presenting Sponsor - $5000  

Gold Sponsor - $2500 

Silver Sponsor - $1000

Bronze Sponsor - $500

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EXHIBITOR SPACES STILL AVAILABLE!

Exhibitors from the elder care service industry and area non-profit agencies will be on-hand with free information.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

CEUs will be offered to healthcare professionals.                                                           *Must register as a healthcare professional to be eligible for CEUs.