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CALA’s 2015 Fall Conference
Blackhawk, Colorado
Ameristar Casino • Resort • Spa
Wednesday, October 28 • 6:00-8:00PM
Cocktail Reception with Exhibitor Partners
Sponsored by our exhibitor partners and designed to give you a chance to meet new contacts and greet old friends, our cocktail reception on Wednesday evening will be the networking highlight of the CALA Fall Conference.
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Thursday, October 29 • 8:00AM-4:30PM
ADVANCE: CALA Fall Conference 2015
Join your colleagues for education, networking, and fun at the Ameristar Casino, Resort, and Spa in Blackhawk. There are many changes affecting Colorado’s assisted living industry in the coming year. The CALA Fall Conference promises to provide a great lineup of speakers and topics to prepare you for these changes. Get ready to ADVANCE with us into 2016!
Annual Awards Luncheon
Our annual awards ceremony will take place during lunch at the conference. Please be prepared to nominate your choices for the following categories:
Outstanding Caregiver
Outstanding Department Director
Outstanding Administrator (32 beds or less)
Outstanding Executive Director (over 32 beds)
Click Here to Make your Nominations
CALA Kick Off Conference Party
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM – Perfunctory Area, Summit Ballroom, 5th Floor
Come kick off the 2015 CALA Fall Conference in style. After you get checked in, come on down and take time to unwind and visit with friends, colleagues and exhibitor partners. There will be plenty of appetizers and great beverages to enhance our party atmosphere. Let’s not forget we will have the first of two grand prizes awarded this evening at this event.
October 29, 2015
Conference Registration
7:30am to 8:00am – Summit Ball Room, 5th Floor
Conference Kick Off and Welcome
8:00am to 8:15am - Summit Ball Room, 5th Floor
Opening Key Note Program
8:15am to 8:45am - Summit Ball Room, 5th Floor
Speaker: Heather Easterling
Laughing Yoga or How to Get Your Laughter Button Reset
We are going to start the day off right by laughing! Laughing Yoga is a blend of yoga deep breathing, easy stretching, self-generated laughter exercises and in intentionally cultivated childlike playfulness.
Morning Educational Programs – Session 1
9:15am to 10:05
Management Track: New Trends in Colorado Labor Law
Summit Ball Room, 5th Floor
Speaker: Pat Teegarden, Colorado Department of Labor
This session will cover the current and upcoming laws regarding human resources and over-time pay.
Standard Care Track: Person-centered Care: What Everyone Needs to Know
Peak Room – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Krusche, Regis University
What does it mean to provide person-centered care? Participants learn what being "person-centered", the benefits of person-centered care for residents, and how to implement person-centered care.
Memory Care Track: Transitioning Successfully: What You Need to Know!
Cliffside Room A – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Lisa Rogers, RN, BSN
How well do you transition your residents between homes or levels of care? Do you wait the right amount of time between transitions? How do you know what the right amount of time is, or how to effectively implement and complete these transitions? Attend this track and learn the best ways to successfully transition your residents into your facility, out of your facility, or between levels of care within your residence.
Mental Illness Care Track: Psychiatric Emergency Care: Crisis Management
Cliffside Room B – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Kathy Forest, LPC
Colorado Crisis Services are for ALL Coloradans experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis. In this session you will learn several ways you can access mental health crisis help through private and state services. You will also learn techniques you and your staff can use prior to your client's mental health crisis intervention.
Morning Educational Programs – Session 1
10:25am to 11:15am
Management Track: Medicaid: Understanding CDHCF Update & Rules
Summit Ball Room, 5th Floor
Speaker: Caitlin Philipps, MSW, CDHPF
The Federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued new home and community based service setting regulations. The HCB Settings Final Rule has implications for both residential and non-residential service settings which will be implemented over the next 4 years. Come learn what CDHCPF and the stakeholder group have accomplished and get prepared to be compliant.
Standard Care Track: QMAP: Search for Relevancy
Peak Room – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Lisa Rogers, RN, BSN
Assuring that people are trained and knowable in QMAP is required for every assisted living facility. Learn about changes in the program and how you are going to adjust to the programming.
Memory Care Track: Person-centered Care for Memory Care Patients
Cliffside Room A – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Kathi Miller, M.A. LTCP
This session will be specifically focused on providing person-centered care for residents with memory care needs.
Mental Illness Care Track: Placement, Assessments, and Discharge
Cliffside Room B – 3rd Floor
Speakers, Megan Hart, Valerie Boyce
Caring for mentally ill residents requires special talent and training. Learn the latest techniques and protocols for working with mentally ill residents
Morning Educational Programs – Session 3
11:35am to 12:35pm
Management Track: 2016 Year of Legislative and Regulatory Change
Summit Ball Room, 5th Floor
Speaker: Corky Kyle, MPA, CAE
2016 promises to be a year of legislative and regulatory change for the assisted living community. Legislation will be introduced that will enhance the professionalism of assisted living professionals. The assisted living rules and regulations are being rewritten. You will be affect. Check out this exciting program.
Standard Care Track: Dietary & Food Safety: For All Sized Assisted Living Facilities.
Peak Room – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Thesere Pilonitte, REHS, CP-FS
Understanding the safe handling and storage is paramount in the management of an assisting living facility. To avoid getting a bad survey come listen to this important program.
Memory Care Track: Managing Difficult Resident Behaviors: Positive Intervention Strategies.
Cliffside Room A – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Kathi Miller, M.A. LTCP
Participants will learn behavioral intervention strategies to help them positively address challenging behaviors. Prohibited procedures are also reviewed.
Mental Illness Care Track: Person-centered Care in Mental Illness Population
Cliffside Room B – 3rd Floor
Speaker: Caitlin Phillips, MSW, CDHPF
What does it mean to provide person-centered care? Participants learn what being "person-centered" is, the benefits of person-centered care for residents and coworkers, and how to offer person-centered care. This session will be specifically focused on providing person-centered care for residents with mental illnesses.
CALA Awards Luncheon
12:35pm to 1:30pm – Summit Ballroom, 5th Floor
QMP Program – Part 1
2:00pm to 2:50pm - Summit Ballroom, 5th Floor
Speakers: Dee Reda & Elaine McManis, CDPHE
Introduction to QMP: All Your Questions Answered
By the end of 2015 all Colorado assisted living facilities will be required to have a Quality Management Program in place for their residence. What does this mean? What does it look like? What kind of resources will it take to implement this seemingly overwhelming task? You will find out in this program.
QMP Program – Part 2
3:00pm to 3:50pm - Summit Ballroom, 5th Floor
QMP Deep Dive Breakouts
During our afternoon breakouts, we will sort through what we have learned about Quality Management Programs: how to create and implement them, what a QMP looks like for a small home versus a large residence, and how to effectively follow through with your program.
Conference Wrap Up
3:50pm to 4:30pm - Summit Ballroom, 5th Floor
This brings us to the end of a very intense learning program. Exhibitor Partner prizes will be awarded. The second “Exhibitor Partner” grand prize will be given away.
