Come Join Rehab Home Health at the 2014 Alzheimer’s Community Care Educational Conference
The 2014 conference is Alzheimer’s Community Care’s 18th Annual Education Conference, and it is one of the largest of its kind, and is widely recognized as a premier source for education onneurocognitive disorders, inclusive of Alzheimer’s disease. Over 1,000 people were in attendance for last year’s conference, and over 1,200 are expectedto attend this year. It is scheduled for March 13 – 14, 2014, and will be hosted at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. The conference will culminate on Friday afternoon with plenary speaker Ian Kremer, Executive Director of Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (LEAD Coalition).
Target Audience
The target audience of the 2014 Educational Conference is family caregivers and health, legal, and human service professionals working with patients and family caregivers. Up to 9 contact hours for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) offered for specific disciplines.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Benefits of early patient diagnosis
- Advances in the diagnostic process
- Patient care techniques
- Care for the caregiver
- Caregiver stress reduction
- Safety and security mechanisms
- Body mechanics/safety in patient care at home
- Therapeutic supports for later stage patients
- Research
- Co-morbid conditions with Alzheimer’s disease
- Legal issues
- Planning for the future
- Case/care management
- Guardianship
- Ombudsman
- Prevention of abuse and exploitation
- Medicaid, Veterans, and other payers for services
- Affordable Care Act and its effects on the dementia population
- Future of health care technology
Questions?
If you have questions about this exciting conference, please email them to info@alzcare.org or call (561) 683-2700, between the hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm, Eastern Standard Time, Monday – Friday.
