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Special Registration Fee for TXSTATE Students wishing to attend Guardianship and Spirituality and Aging Conferences August 19-21, 2009

Texas State University Students wishing to attend the conferences may register at the reduced fee for both conferences.

SEE STUDENT REGISTRATION FORM.

Last day to receive Discounted Rate at Embassy Suites-San Marcos for upcoming conferences is July 28, 2009. Be Sure to use the Group Code LTC when making reservations.

 

Guardianship:       

 Ethical Care in the State of Texas

Pre Conference Institute

August 19, 2009     8:45-12:00 noon  Embassy Suites, San Marcos Texas

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3 hours of Ethics

NAB# 1982009-30776-3


 

Please join us for the
 
"Spirituality and Aging:
 
 
  The Journey of Life"
 
 
        Symposium
   
 
 
        At the Embassy Suites of San Marcos
                      
                         San Marcos, Texas  
 

 Sponsored by:

        Texas Health Care AssociationHope Hospice,

        Community of Hope, Health Ministries Association, Texas

     Angels for Elders,  Senior Care Services, Faith in Action NN

Noted Speakers:

Verna B. Carson, RN, PhD, CS-P, developer of the "Becoming an Alzheimer's Whisperer" Program(3hrs ethics)

Rev. Helen Appelberg, D Min., Fellow in the Sealy Center on Aging at UTMB

Paula Lilja, RN, PhD, Parish Nurse Instructor

Judith Helburn, Certified Sage-ing® Leader

Jeff Paige Masiongale, Dance Therapy Instructor

Rick Nauert, PT, MSHA, PhD, Assoc. Professor and Researcher at Texas State University-San Marcos

Maureen Keely, PhD, Author of Final Conversatons - Hidden gifts in the midst of grief

Lolly Lockhart, RN, PhD, Assoc.Professor at Texas State University-San Marcos, Office of Nursing School

Eileen Morrison EdD,MPH,CHES, LPC, Author of Ethics in Health Administration: A Practical Approach for Decision Makers

Provider Approved by the Texas Dept of State Health Services Regulatory Services, #5077, for 1.2 continuing education units.

Provider approved by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Profesional Cousleors, # 635, for 12.0 clock hours of continuing education.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, # 14885, for 12.0 contact hours." This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward re-licensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.

"This educational event provides 12 hours of continuing education that may be applied to the annual educational hours required by the Association of Professional Chaplains."

This educational event provides 12  CAT II contact hours of continuing education that may be applied to the annual educational hours required by the ACHE.

 

This educational event has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Boards fo Examiners of Long Term Care Administrators (NAB) and approved for 13 clock hours and 13 participant hours.

 

  Additional information

Conference Flyer


Welcome Jan McCann - New Director of the Institute

Jan R. McCann, RN, MSHA is a graduate of Mount Carmel School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio. She received an undergraduate degree in Health Administration at Park College in Austin, Texas. She received a Master of Science Degree in Health Professions from Texas State University and serves as an academic lecturer in the College of Health Professions at Texas State University-San Marcos.

Jan has served the healthcare industry for over 40 years in clinical and leadership roles across the United States. Her nursing expertise encompases the fields of Ambulatory Surgery, Neurology, and Geriatrics. She has served as a consultant in Long Term Care facilities, and an advisor to the Seton and Seton Northwest Ambulatory Building projects in the early 1990”s. She presented Seton's model at the American Hospital Association conference in San Francisco during this time. In 2001, Jan was named the Texas Health Care Association's "Director of Nursing of the Year" during her employment as Director of Nursing at Deer Creek Nursing Home in Wimberly, Texas. She actively supports the Parish Nursing program at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church of Wimberley, Texas.


Sandra Ransom,
Director of Texas Long Term Care Institute, retires after 15 years of service.

Sandy Ransom is recognized as a national leader in the long term care culture change movement. Under her direction the Institute has produced such notable projects as:     

  • Development of Validation Training, authored by internationally know Naomi Feil
  • Longitudinal study on the The Eden Alternative®
  • Development of the Alzheimer's Disease Education Program
  • Analyses of Warmth Surveys from organizatrions throughout the US, Canada, and Australia
  • Multiple publications concerning Elders and their caregivers in LTC settings.
  • Most recently, a study of the effects of using essential oils in nursing homes.

 

Sandy has provided training in leadership and Culture Change to hundreds of people in the US and Australia. She has given testimony to the Texas State Legislature and at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. She has served on the Culture Change Survey Development Committee (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services). Sandy will be joining Pinon Management in Lakewood, Colorado as their Culture Change Specialist.


The Texas Long Term Institute partnered with Shannon Williams, director of the Strong for Life program, in this unique research project. Seniors from Allenwood Homes and Springtown Villa of San Marcos participated in two nine week trials. Dedicated students, Brian McAdams, Emily Padgett, Laura Rodriguez, and Doreen Ruiz collected data and monitored the seniors as they played the Interactive Wii® gaming system. Seniors played twice a week for twenty minutes per session. Dr. Denise Gobert supervised the sophisticated balance measurements taken before and after the nine week sessions. Other data collected were the Geriatric Depression Scale, the Short Form Health Survey (SF12), Mini Mental Status Exam, and cardiac changes during playing time.


Warmth Survey

The Warmth Survey is a set of questionnaires that allow you to measure the climate of your long term care organization. You will find the surveys on the Eden Alternative site: www.edenalt.org/about/tools-for-an-eden-garden.html

The Institute no longer does the anaylsis of Warmth Surveys. Contact the Eden Alternative for instructions on analysis of Warmth Surveys.


Cultural Change

Links to Culture Change Leaders

Check out our new resources in the Lending Library