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2008 NADSA Conference
 November 7-9, 2008, The National Adult Day Services Association Annual Conference in partnership with the Adult Day Care Association of Texas, San Antonio, TX
"Creativity and Innovation: Moving Adult Day Services Forward"
The National Adult Day Services Association and the Adult Day Care Association of Texas invite you to join us November 7-9, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas, at The St. Anthony near the River Walk. Visit the Alamo and enjoy delicious Texas food and hospitality while forging new relationships, learning creative ideas, discovering new resources, sharing your experience and gaining inspiration to pursue excellence in adult day services. Online registration is now available.
Register by October 15 to avoid a late registration fee!
Schedule
Friday, November 7
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7:30-8:15 AM Continental
Breakfast
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8:15-8:30 AM Welcome and
Opening Remarks
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8:30-9:45 AM Keynote
Presentation: Albert Hawkins
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10:00-11:15 AM Breakout
Sessions (choose one)
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Managed Care and the
Adult Day Services Industry by Troy Carter, President, Adult Day
Care Association of Texas, Missouri City, TX. Why are more states
choosing managed care to deliver community based services to the
Medicaid population? What is the impact of managed care in the adult day
services industry? What's working and what's not working?
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Developing and
Implementing an Effective Sundown Center to Engage Participants with
Dementia by Becky Hochhauser, Corporate Director Adult Day
Health Care & Social Work, Hebrew Hospital Home, Valhalla, NY. Discover
why and how to develop a Sundown Program for persons with a progressive
dementia; how to retain participants and families; how to enable an
individual to remain in the community for as long as possible with
program and family support.
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Examining the Impact
of Longevity and LTC on Families and Society to Position ADS for the
Future by Kathy Obrien, Senior Gerontologist, MetLife Mature
Market Institute, Westport, CT; and Beth Meyer-Arnold, Director of Adult
Day Services Luther Manor, Board Chair, National Adult Day Services
Association, Wauwatosa, WI. Understand the impact of demographic changes
on the future need of long term care; understand the impact of long term
care on family caregivers, business and society through research review
and policy trends; recognize challenges and opportunities for service
providers to meet the growing needs and role of adult day services.
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11:30 AM-12:45 PM Lunch
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1:00-2:15 Breakout Sessions
(choose one) (updated September 8, 2008)
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How Innovation and
Creativity Have Moved Adult Day Services Forward in Minnesota by
Lynne Zimmerman, Lynn Buckley and Laura Philbrook. Identify what unique
approaches to adult day services exist in MN including overnight respite
& on-site Physical Therapy; recognize how creative responses in adult
day services can effectively "push the envelope" to address person
centered care; understand what programs may be replicated or modified in
other venues.
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Appraising the Value
of NADSA's Certified Program Assistant Training by Marilyn
Hartle and LaDonna Jensen, Jentle Harts Consulting, Indianapolis, IN.
Recognize that consistent adult day services specific training can
strengthen skills as well as overall programs; explore three basic
components of the certification progress and outcomes when using the
curriculum; explore the content of the NADSA Program Assistant Training.
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Interface Between
Policy, Program & Practice: Moving ADS Forward by Jennifer
Dexter, Assistant Vice President Government Relations, Easter Seals,
Washington, DC. Understand the vital role that public policy plays
within the adult day services arena at the federal, state and local
levels; identify what the federal, state and local policy impact is on
adult day services; learn how, when and with whom to partner; identify
the role of staff, volunteers, caregivers and participants can play in
influencing public policy.
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2:15-2:30 Break
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2:30-3:45 Breakout Sessions
(choose one)
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Hawaiian ADS & Color
Coded Homeroom Programming by Rosanna Evers, Director Social
Services, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Waianae, HI.
Discuss development of adult day services for four sites on the island
of Oahu; managing, coordinating and meeting the needs of participants
within a large group; creating a comfortable, productive atmosphere that
respects the participant.
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Enriching ADS Through
Feedback from Participant and Family Caregiver Program Evaluations
by Dianne O'Donnell, Elder Law Attorney & Elder Care Consultant,
Atlanta, GA; and Georgia Gunter, Director, MJCCA Weinstein Center for
Adult Day Services, Dunwoody, GA. Learn how to design and implement a
qualitative consumer-driven program evaluation; the findings and
recommendations of the evaluation and organizational response to the
evaluation; applications, planning and policy implications for adult day
services.
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Texas ADS Site
Visits: Three Locations To Be Determined
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4:00-5:00 State Presidents'
Meeting facilitated by Teresa Johnson, Communications Director, NADSA, and
Executive Director, North Carolina Adult Day Services Association; and Sara
Myers, Managing Director, NADSA, and Executive Director, Washington Adult
Day Services Association.
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5:00-Until Relax, Rejuvenate &
see the sites of San Antonio - Sign Up for Dine-Arounds
Saturday, November 8
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7:30 AM-5:00 PM Exhibits Open
All Day
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7:30-8:15 AM Continental
Breakfast
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8:15-8:30 AM Welcome & Opening
Remarks
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8:30 AM Keynote Presentation:
Steve Zarit
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10:00-11:15 AM Breakout
Sessions (Choose one)
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Beyond Bingo: Adding
Quantity, Quality & Excitement to Your Activity Program by Nancy
Ewald, Partner & Chief of Development, ActivityConnection.Com,
Westerville, OH. Learn keys to successful programs; discover additional
resources to add to your current activity program; review how
ActivtyConnection.com can save time and add excitement to activities.
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Natural Evolution
from ADC to PACE by Shawn Bloom, CEO, National PACE Association,
Alexandria, VA. Gain an understanding of PACE as the only fully
integrated model of care for the frail elderly; overview of one adult
day care provider's experience in developing PACE; discussion of
mutually complementing benefits between PACE and Adult Day Services.
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Strengthening Your
State Association to Move Adult Day Services Forward by Teresa
Johnson, Communications Director, NADSA, and Executive Director, North
Carolina Adult Day Services Association; and Sara Myers, Managing
Director, NADSA, and Executive Director, Washington Adult Day Services
Association. Learn how the structure of your state association compares
to other state associations across the United States; experience the
benefits of networking with other state association leaders; obtain
resources that can help strengthen your state association revenue,
communication, public awareness and more.
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11:30AM-12:45 PM Lunch/Annual
Meeting/Awards
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1:00-2:15 PM Breakout Sessions
(Choose one) (updated August 6, 2008)
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Person Centered Care
Culture Change in Adult Day Services by Dawn Adler, Adult Day
Services Manager, and Linda Warner, Nursing Coordinator, Luther Manor,
Wauwatosa, WI; Marilyn Hartle and LaDonna Jensen, Jentle Harts
Consulting, Indianapolis, IN. Recognize the benefit of updating the
image to a new culture in adult day services of supporting person
centered care principles; learn creative interactive exercises for team
building to provide person centered care in adult day services; discuss
ways to develop strengths and interest-based care plans using principles
of person centered care.
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Batteries Included:
How to Charge & Recharge Your Creative Cells by Tim Wright.
Explore specific tactics to recognize, accept and appreciate your
creativity and its every day, every way application in your work;
provide participants specific exercises and activities to turn on, turn
up and turn loose your creative powers; define & distinguish between
creativity and innovation while applying to specific situations and
processes at work.
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Affect of Self Esteem
in Life Satisfaction of Older Adults: Results of a Six-Week Study in ADS
by Diana Hernandez, Program Assistant and Faith Brock, Program Director,
The Seniors Place, Houston, TX. Understand techniques that enhance
self-esteem and promote life satisfaction in older adults with dementia;
determine how older adults with dementia evaluate life satisfaction;
create an environment that fosters goal setting and self determination
within an adult day services setting.
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2:15-2:30 PM Break
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2:30-3:45 PM Breakout Sessions
(Choose one)
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Integrating Person
Centered Technology into ADS Programming by Jack York, Founder &
CEO, It's Never 2 Late, Centennial, CO. Demonstrate the benefit of
person centered programming designed around multimedia technology;
demonstrate how technology is successfully engaging older adults with
physical and cognitive disabilities throughout the country; discuss
communities who have seen visible improvements and success in
programming using technology.
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Rehabilitative
Services in Adult Day Services: A Look at Funding, Best Practices and
Effective Delivery by Donna Senft, Attorney, Ober & Kaler,
Baltimore, MD. Understand different business models to provide
rehabilitation services to adult day services participants; understand
key issues related to Medicare, Medicaid, third party insurance and
payment for rehab services; discuss compliance activities to determine
if services meet professional care standards and billing appropriate.
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Diabetes Care & ADS:
Opportunities and Outcomes by Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, Assistant
Professor, The Ohio State University College of Social Work, Columbus,
OH. Describe the incidence and co-morbidity of diabetes; explore
opportunities for program development and community partnerships in
diabetes care; identify new funding initiatives to encourage new modes
of diabetes care and documenting outcomes.
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4:00-5:30 PM Visit the
Riverwalk
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6:00 PM Bus Pick-Up for Social
Event
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7:00-10:00 PM NADSA & ADCAT
Optional Social Event at
Enchanted Springs Ranch (Separate fee
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Register here
for the social)
Sunday, November 9 (updated
September 8, 2008)
Registration
Registration fees for the full conference include access to 17 breakout sessions, 2 keynote presentations, 5 meals, awards presentation, and an intensive training event on Sunday. NADSA Members discounted rate $299 per person, non-NADSA Members rate $399 per person, single day rate $199 per person, vendor registration (Saturday only) $250. Online registration is now available.
Lodging
The St. Anthony is a national and historic landmark located in downtown San Antonio. Built in 1909, the St. Anthony has welcomed guests for over a century. It is located just steps away from the Paseo del Rio, better known as the "River Walk," with cobblestone and flagstone pathways bordering both sides of the famous river.
The St. Anthony is providing our conference attendees with a discounted rate of $149 per night for a single room and $169 per night for a double, so reserve your room no later than Noon on Tuesday, October 7, 2008. For individual reservations, call (210) 227-4392 or 1-800-Wyndham and refer to the National Adult Day Services Association Conference
or
register online. Please note that any attendee not identifying his or her affiliation with the National Adult Day Services Association at the time the reservation is made will not be extended the group rate.
Scholarship
The MetLife Mature Market Institute, which in 2007 completed its first
national cost survey of adult day services, is offering NADSA's members the
opportunity to double their ability to learn and contribute to the adult day
services industry.
A limited number of scholarships are available. Register one person at full
registration costs ($299) and a second person will receive a 50% ($150)
scholarship to cover the cost of registration. Room, board & mileage will
remain your responsibility. The Scholarship Application Form includes
guidelines. Complete and return the Scholarship Application by October
1, 2008.
Scholarship Application Form 
Shuttle To/From Airport
Call (210) 281-9900 for reservations on the shuttle to/from the airport. Cost is
estimated at $22 round trip.
Transportation Downtown
Downtown San Antonio is crisscrossed by four replica streetcar routes (Red,
Yellow, Blue, and Purple). The service runs about every 10 -15 minutes and the
fare is $1.00. For additional information, including a view of the routes,
please go to
http://viainfo.net/BusService/Streetcar.aspx.
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