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Better Health is Just a Click Away!(3 part webinar series) A 3-part webinar series designed to provide individuals with the knowledge and skills to make better health-related decisions, expand understanding of online health-related decisions, expand understanding of online health-related tools and resources, and make good choices relating to health concerns. Ways to Use the Internet to Improve Your Health Evaluating Health Information Online Alternative Medicine: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (PREPARE) (3 part webinar series) Natural and man-made disasters directly impact senior residences and long-term care communities in a variety of ways. This 3-part webinar series is designed to equip senior living and long-term care professionals with the core competencies of preparing your community's disaster plan, properly implementing your plan, and returning your community to normalcy after the disaster. Getting Ready
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers Weathering the Storm
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers Putting Your Community Back Together
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers
Essentials of Culture Transformation(3 part webinar series) This highly interactive one-day workshop focuses on the three key components which are the "cornerstone of culture change" for long-term care and senior living communities. Participants learn strategies for implementing person-directed care and step-by-step approaches to develop and implement primary/consistent assignment staffing and peer mentoring in long-term care and senior living communities. Person-Directed Care
Primary/Consistent Assignments
Peer Mentoring
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers
Insight into Memory Loss (4 part webinar series) For staff working with persons with dementia. Webinars are based on a comprehensive review of the literature, evidence based practices, and proven techniques in working with persons with dementia. The final section will provide participants with a summarization of current trends and research related to dementia. Understanding Dementia
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, RNs, LPNs, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators (Social Workers - Illinois only)
Consequences of Brain Changes
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, RNs, LPNs, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators (Social Workers - Illinois only)
Communication Strategies
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, RNs, LPNs, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators (Social Workers - Illinois only) Future Direction
It's All About Relationships: (3 part webinar series) This webinar series offers a unique interdisciplinary approach that empowers staff to partner with residents in creating a person-directed culture. Webinars focus on creating cultural diversity and cultural sensitivity in the workplace, developing strategies for effective communication across work teams, and using teamwork and mentoring to provide quality service to residents. Fostering Collaboration in a Culturally Diverse Workplace Greater understanding of cultural/ethnic diversity leads to greater collaboration and improved cultural sensitivity with residents and among staff. It decreases conflict and improves morale, teamwork, and staff retention. The key components include:
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers Eliminating Communication Barriers in Senior Living Effective communication fosters respect across an organization and promotes effective teamwork. Communication barriers can include cross-cultural, cross-generational, and cross-occupational communication. The key components include:
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers Leading/Mentoring Effective Cross-Functional Teams Good leadership and mentoring are key to building the strong, effective teams essential to providing quality service to residents. The key components include:
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers Person-Centered Care Essentials(4-Part webinar series) The Person-Centered Care Essentials (PCCE) for senior living or long-term care communities focuses on the fundamentals of person-centered care in four content areas. Participants learn strategies for implementing person-centered care, building person-centered care teams, creating person-centered programs, and shaping person-centered care environments needed to create a culture of person-centered care for residents. Person-Centered Care Basics
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) pending for Activity Professionals, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers (Illinois only), Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators Building a Person-Centered Care Team
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) pending for Activity Professionals, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers (Illinois only), Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators Creating Person-Centered Care Programs
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) pending for Activity Professionals, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers (Illinois only), Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators Shaping a Person-Centered Care Environment
Continuing Education: 1 contact hour per webinar (4 for the series) pending for Activity Professionals, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers (Illinois only), Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators
SAFE-TI: A FALLS REDUCTION PROGRAM (3 part webinar series) Falls are the foremost safety issue facing adults age 65 and older and the leading cause of injury-related deaths. No matter their living situation, older adults are at risk for falls and associated injuries. Studies show that the most effective falls reduction programs are those that are proactive in educating older adults on their falls risk factors and providing practical interventions to address those risks. SAFE-TI: A Falls Reduction Program developed by Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging and based on research and evidence is a comprehensive falls reduction program using Specific Assessment of Falls and Effective Therapeutic Interventions (SAFE-TI). The program provides the knowledge and tools needed to implement a comprehensive approach to falls reduction in the home or in senior living communities. Prone to Falls This webinar provides specific information on why older adults are prone to or at-risk for falling. Factors that increase older adults risk for falling are discussed including: age-related changes in structure and function, disease processes, and medications. Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators Tools and Assessments This webinar introduces participants to the SAFE-TI Program toolkit components with a focus on increasing awareness of the most common falls risk factors and individualized falls reduction interventions. Participants will learn how to use the risk assessment tool, other tools in the toolkit (e.g., the assessment questionnaire with scoring, home safety checklist, risk factor intervention charts), and how to plan falls reduction strategies using the Falls Reduction Flow Chart. Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators Tracking and Evaluating Outcomes Key to evaluating the success of a falls reduction program is an analysis of fall events and associated injuries. This webinar outlines the evaluation process of a falls reduction program including: using various methods for tracking fall incidents; applying Root Cause Analysis to examine serious falls related injuries; and developing a multidisciplinary falls safety committee for senior living communities. Continuing Education: 1 contact hour approved for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, RNs, LPNs, and Social Workers, Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care/Assisted Living Administrators 2012 Wellness Webinars Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging has developed an engaging wellness webinar series to provide cutting-edge wellness information for professionals to use in their work with older adults and staff in a variety of settings. 2012 Webinars Coming Soon! The below 2011 webinar recordings are available for purchase here.
Whole-Person Wellness Trends: A Future of Knowledge and Intentionality Presenter: Jan Montague, Whole-Person Wellness Solutions, Inc. Our future begins with knowing the potential of whole-person wellness and then becoming very intentional in ensuring that our attitudes, expectations, and language are congruent with wellness. Those two steps - knowledge and intentionality - are powerful tools in taking us from the illness-centered past to the wellness-centered future. However successful we are in helping individuals to achieve a high degree of whole-person wellness, we have not succeeded until we have in hand the technology-supported research that demonstrates a positive financial return on investment. During this webinar, we will define the basic framework of whole-person wellness, discuss the role of technology and data collection to demonstrate the cost-benefit of whole-person wellness, and describe new venues for whole-person wellness opportunities. Back to top Wellness as a Design Principle: Translating the Six Dimensions into Architecture Presenter: C.C. Hodgson, C.C. Hodgson Architectural Group Every community has many opportunities to implement a Wellness philosophy and program through design. Sensitivity to how the designed environment can affect peoples' behavior and well-being is the baseline for creating a truly Whole-Person Wellness community. This session will review each of the six dimensions and how they can relate to the architecture, using project case studies and evidence based design principles. Back to top Go Green: Enhancing Well-Being, the Earth, and the Bottom Line Presenter: Reed Engel, Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging Organizations are increasinly focused on how they can improve employee well-being, save money, and help the environment. This session will emphasize how to create such a win-win-win initiative, including how to a) gain management support, b) develop a "Green Team", c) demonstrate a measurable connection to optimal health, d) create messages to engage the workforce, e) establish new procedures around health and the environment, and f) track progress and demonstrate results that impact the bottom line. Back to top Exercise and the Older Adult: The Art and the Science Presenter: Randi Kant, Mather LifeWays - The Mather The evidence supporting the physical and psychological of physical activity for older adults is unequivocal. Moreover, enabling older adults to maintain their independence can significantly reduce the burden of health care costs and dependent care. Nevertheless, those 65 and over are the most likely to lead a sedentary lifestyle. Fortunately, opportunities to foster physical activity exist in a variety of settings and contexts, including senior centers, continuing care retirement communities, naturally occurring retirement communities, faith-based organizations, parks and recreation centers, hospitals, health clubs and worksites. This webinar will discuss the key components (knowledge, tools, skills, attitude, and "intangibles") for an exercise program targeted to older adults, no matter its size or setting. Back to top Coaching and Aging Well: Aligned for Life Presenter: Margaret Moore, Wellcoaches Corporation The work of health and wellness coaches enables people to engage fully in taking good care of their well-being, and at its best, coaches help people thrive or flourish. The foundational pieces of professional coaching, enabling growth and lasting change, fostering autonomy, self-motivation, positivity, and resilience, are also fundamental to aging well. This talk will explore the alignment of coaching skills and processes with aging well. Back to top Positive Aging and Positive Psychology: Building on the Strengths of Older Adults Presenter: Perry Edelman, Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging The modern field of positive psychology is defined as "the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive". Positive psychologists promote building signature strengths or positive traits characteristic of a person. In addition to providing an overview of positive psychology, this webinar will present findings from the first study focusing specifically on character strengths in older adults. By applying the principles of positive psychology to improve older adults' well-being, happiness, and character strengths, the image of "aging as loss" may be replaced with one of positive aging. Back to top Continuing Education: This webinar series has been submitted for review for Activity Professionals, Certified Health Education Specialists, Illinois Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators
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