Attendees will:

• Learn the risk factors for dementia and the impact that nutrition can have. 
• Understand the various diets that have been studied for their effects on cognition.
• Through recent research, understand the close connections between food, lifestyle, dementia and cognitive health.
• Learn about nutrients and foods that have shown to affect cognition and their mechanisms of action.

Speaker:
Mindi Manuel, MS, RD, CSG, LDN, CDP, Senior Manager, Area Clinical Support, Sodexo

By attending this webinar in it's entirety you will be eligible to receive 1 CE credit.

Residents can be empowered to instantly alert staff members during emergencies or urgent situations, enabling caregivers to respond promptly, ensuring swift and efficient assistance for residents when they need it most. Caregivers also can use the RTLS component in real time, enabling efficient care coordination.

By knowing residents’ whereabouts at all times, staff members can minimize response times, optimize workflow and enhance the overall resident experience.

Is a resident active and moving around, or should a staff member check on the resident? If the resident has a visitor or a package or needs medication, where are they located? Has a resident or staff member come into contact with someone they were not supposed to? Has a memory care resident wandered close to a possible building exit? Is a resident in an unauthorized location or an area where a staff member should also be such as the restaurant kitchen? A real-time location system can help answer all of those questions in real time to ensure the safety and security of residents.

Speakers:

• Polina Braunstein, CEO, Quake Global
• Luke Waidmann, Director of solution design, Quake Global
• David Mitchell, Vice President of Customer Support, Quake Global

If you’re an assisted living community preparing for value-based care requirements, then you’re probably asking questions such as, “What does it mean to truly personalize resident care, and what can we do now to reduce clinical risks and costs like hospital admissions while preparing to be the best, highest-quality community partner possible?”

Together, they will address this topic in depth by providing a roadmap to assess high-risk residents and discuss clinical and lifestyle needs with your residents and their families while implementing interventions to prevent falls and other occurrences that lead to high-cost care and decreased census. The result? You’ll learn how to provide personalized care in a complex senior living environment.

By attending, you’ll learn:

• The results of a JAMA study of 19 assisted living panelists and their top recommendations for senior living professionals to prepare for the value-based environment.
• What it means to truly personalize care by discussing residents’ wishes and assessing and identifying key areas of keeping them safe and lowering their risk of hospital admissions or adverse outcomes.
• How you and your team truly can be a vested partner for your residents’ care-planning efforts by offering integrated clinical services that meet residents’ and families’ needs and goals while also addressing the four Ms of care planning.
• How staff training is crucial to your success in preparing for the value-based health care environment, and how to ensure that your team is as integrated as possible and communicating regularly.

Speakers: 

• Kevin W. O’Neil, MD, FACP, CMD, Chief Medical Officer at ALG Senior

• Rob Leffler, RPh, Vice President of Clinical Services at Synchrony Health Services

• Julia Barrett, OTR, Vice President of Senior Living Services at Synchrony Health Services

*By attending this webinar in it's entirety, you can receive 1 CE credit

Three years later, operators are struggling to rein in their bloated pandemic budgets. In this webinar, we reveal how companies can reduce labor budgets while gaining key benefits, such as increased staff retention and decreased overtime expenditure.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Evaluate their labor budgets
• Create effective labor strategies
• Execute to realize immediate results

Speakers: 

• Emily Timm, Director of Labor Management at Procare HR

• Sara Wilson, Chief Customer Officer at Procare HR

By attending this session in it's entirety, you will receive 1 CE credit. 

In this live webinar, hear how innovative leaders in the senior living industry are creating new efficiencies for processing inbound referrals via tech-enablement and reaping the rewards by removing outdated processes.

Speaker: 

• Bevey Miner – Executive VP, Healthcare Strategy & Policy, Consensus

• Majd Alwan, Ph.D., Aging services technology expert strategist and thought leader 

• Kelly Reese, Admissions Coordinator for The Oaks Skilled Nursing at Bethany Village

By watching this session in it's entirety, you can receive 1 CE credit. 

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

• Earn up to 4 free CE credits by attending informative webinars led by national industry experts
• Find out about the latest products and industry trends at sponsor booths
• Network live with other industry attendees
• Attend from anywhere – no travel required!

Webinar Sessions: 

11:00am ET – Session 1, sponsored by MatrixCare

Knowledge is power: Citation trends and preparing for your on-site survey

When it’s time for your survey, will you be ready? These inspections are high-stakes: fines for violations of infection control protocols can cost up to $27,000 per day, depending on scope and severity – and that’s just one example.

Surveys impact every aspect of your business, from occupancy to financial performance to staff workload. Our webinar will break down the most common citations and provide insights to help you mitigate risk and better prepare for your next survey.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• Key areas surveyors focus on in assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing
• Top citations issued by surveyors, why they matter, and how they impact your business
• Steps you can take to minimize the risk of being cited
• How to prepare for surveyors and work with them while they’re on site

Speakers:

Janet K. Feldkamp, RN, BSN, LNHA, CHC, JD, Partner, Benesch Healthcare+ Practice Group at Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Robert Moore, RN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, Director, Strategy and Portfolio Management at MatrixCare 

12:30pm ET – Session 2, sponsored by Pinnacle Quality Insight

Using a career ladder to recruit and retain long-term employees

Professional caregiving offers one of the highest career growth opportunities out of any industry — but your employees don't know that. Because if they did, the post-acute care industry wouldn't rank among the top 5 industries with the highest workforce shortages.

As training continues to be the biggest complaint among employees and customers in the post-acute care industry, it's time to start leading employee recruitment and retention with the industry's #1 differentiator: career ladders.

Learning objectives:

• Attendees will be given the steps to build and implement a career ladder that recruits and retains long-term employees.
• Attendees will be able to apply strategies to engage and motivate their staff in training completion.
• Attendees will learn how to cultivate a culture of learning that retains employees and enables their care staff to reach their highest potential.

Speakers:

Linda Leekley, Chief Clinical Officer at Home Care Pulse

Megan Teis, Director of Course Development at Home Care Pulse

2:00pm ET – Session 3, sponsored by IntelyCare

Elevating senior living quality through trusted partnerships

Elevating senior living quality through trusted partnerships

Resident care quality is suffering greatly as senior living facilities continue to see annual staff turnover rates above 50%. Yet as the staffing challenges mount, the friction between operators and agencies worsens, preventing the partnerships needed to stabilize the industry and enhance care. To address heavy workloads, unsafe staffing levels and limited resources driving aides and nurses away, we must go beyond traditional staffing agencies.

 This webinar will explore the importance of aligning with talent partners that excel in recruitment, retention and providing the necessary training and support resources for nursing staff to thrive. We'll also uncover other potential transformative partnerships operators can leverage to lighten workloads and boost job satisfaction. 

Attendees will gain insights into: 

• Diverse partnerships beyond traditional staffing agencies that alleviate staffing challenges. 
• The positive impact of these partnerships on staff satisfaction, resident outcomes and operational efficiency. 
• Finding partners that prioritize quality of care and share the common goal of elevating care standards. 
• Real-world examples that highlight the transformative power of trusted partners in senior living.

Speaker: 

Rebecca Love , Chief Clinical Officer, Intelycare

3:30pm ET – Session 4, sponsored by Sentrics

Technology implementation strategy: Best practices for senior living communities

As the senior living industry continues to evolve, technology is playing an increasingly important role in enhancing the resident experience and improving operational efficiency. However, implementing new technology can be challenging, especially in senior living communities where staff and residents may have varying levels of comfort with technology. To successfully implement technology in senior living communities, it is essential to have a well-defined strategy in place. 

Join us for an informative webinar on technology implementation strategy in senior living communities. We will explore the best practices for implementing technology in senior living communities, and the steps necessary to ensure a successful implementation. Our expert Aaron Fields, chief information officer at St. Ann’s Community in Rochester, NY, will share insights on how to identify the right technology solutions, engage staff and residents in the implementation process, and measure the impact of the technology on resident and staff outcomes.

During the webinar, we’d like to cover:

• The benefits of technology implementation in senior living communities
• How to identify the right technology solutions for your community
• Potential roadblocks to your technology implementation process
• Strategies for engaging staff and residents in the implementation process
• How to measure the impact of technology on resident and staff outcomes
• Best practices for ongoing technology management and support

Speaker: 

Aaron Fields, Chief Information Officer at St. Ann’s Community

Join us for an informative webinar on how engagement technology is revolutionizing senior living communities. We will explore the latest trends and advancements in engagement technology and how they are being used to enhance the resident experience. Our expert will share insights on how senior living communities can leverage engagement technology to improve resident satisfaction, promote socialization and increase staff efficiency. 

Attendees will learn:

• How engagement technology can improve resident satisfaction and well-being.
• Examples of successful engagement technology implementations in senior living communities.
• How engagement technology can increase staff efficiency and productivity.
• Best practices for selecting and implementing engagement technology in senior living communities.

Speaker: 

Diana "Dee" Engle, Vice President of Health and Wellness  at MBK Senior Living

This one-hour webinar, sponsored by Sodexo Seniors and McKnight’s Senior Living, will provide thought leadership to participants on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and its importance in the senior living industry.

Attendees will learn about:

• the unprecedented aging trends in the United States and the diverse breakdown of those aged 65 and older.
• why senior living communities must incorporate DE&I strategies that make a lasting impression with this unique and influential population.
• examine Sodexo’s commitment to fostering DE&I at all levels of the organization – from front line workers to managers to those in leadership level positions.
• discuss how Sodexo Seniors partners with senior living communities that believe in and incorporate DE&I initiatives into their corporate identity and culture

Speakers: 

Zeta Smith, CEO at Sodexo Seniors, U.S.

Zeta Smith is a leader known for developing talent and driving growth. As CEO of Sodexo North America Seniors, she oversees more than 3,600 employees in more than 500 senior communities throughout the US. Smith is a member of Sodexo’s Healthcare and Seniors Global Executive Committee and the North America Regional Leadership Committee for Sodexo. As CEO, she champions Sodexo’s commitment to supporting diversity, inclusion and safety while upholding the highest standards of corporate responsibility and ethical business conduct.

With more than 25 years of experience, spanning multiple industries, she leads teams through extraordinary growth and evolving market trends. She serves as a national board member of Girl Scouts of the USA and previously served as a board member of Junior Achievement of Washington. Prior to joining Sodexo, Smith served as a senior vice president at Starbucks, where she was responsible for growth and development of more than 4,000 stores in 37 states. Prior to Starbucks, Smith spent more than 15 years at ExxonMobil, progressing through corporate and field operation management roles. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and an MBA from George Mason University.

Tony Tenicela, Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Sodexo North America

Tenicela is responsible for leading DE&I initiatives to help foster an inclusive workplace culture and ensure that Sodexo attracts, develops, engages, advances and retains a high-performing workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Prior to joining Sodexo, Tenicela served as the global leader for Marketplace Diversity and Workforce Engagement Services at IBM. In this role, he led the development of IBM’s global customer-facing organization to leverage IBM’s experience in DE&I and talent management to strengthen customer relationships and identify new business opportunities in forty-five markets. Prior to joining IBM, Tenicela was a founding employee of Worldview Systems, where he contributed to the development of the Travelocity travel service. In honor of his accomplishments, Tenicela was awarded the Diversity Leadership Award by India’s World HRD Congress, named one of the world’s Top 50 LGBT Executives by the Telegraph in the United Kingdom and listed as one of the Top 50 LGBTQ Legacy Leaders by Business Equality Magazine. Tenicela holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, a Master of Arts degree equivalent from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Susan Sharp, Vice President of Mission Advancement at Simpson Senior Services

Susan Sharp is VP of Mission Advancement at Simpson, based in Philadelphia, PA where she serves on the senior leadership team and directs the Simpson Foundation. She has also held roles in Senior Living organizations in the Northeast over the last 15 years. Originally from the Midwest, Susan holds a B.A. in Communication from Indiana University, Bloomington and completed the Certificate of Fundraising Management with the Lilly School of Philanthropy.  She also holds the Certified Fund-Raising Executive (CFRE) credential.

Participants will be able to:

• Identify the importance of staying up to date with the “latest and greatest” technology that help to eliminate manual non-value-added tasks from staff
• Describe how integrating wearable technology into residents’ day- to-day will increase safety, independence and quality of life
• Formulate the right questions to critically evaluate technology vendors

Speaker: 

Deric Blattenberger, General Manager of Senior Care at CenTrak