A workforce resource room will be open throughout the conference, offering examples of paper and electronic tools to assist with the implementation of programs and activities to improve retention.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
8:00 a.m. Registration
and
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome: John Krout,
Ph.D,
Director, Ithaca College
Gerontology
Institute
9:15 a.m. Keynote: The Long Term
Care Workforce: The Challenge and the Tools
Carol Rodat, New York Policy Director, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI)
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Break Out Sessions
Retention Specialist
Rhoda
Meador, Associate Director, Cornell Institute for Translational Research in Aging
Holly
Glassford, Director of Human Resources, Rosewood Heights Health Center, Syracuse
Win
A Step Up
Jennifer Craft-Morgan, Associate Director of Research, University of North Carolina
Institute
on Aging
Donna
Sutphin, Staff Development Coordinator, Lutheran Home of Winston-Salem, NC
Growing
Roots and Pathways to Leadership: Peer Mentoring
Carol
Hegeman, Director of Research, Foundation for Long Term Care
Kathy
Nyquist, Administrator, Beechwood Homes, Buffalo, NY
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Break Out Sessions
12
Steps for Creating a Culture of Retention
Carol
Rodat, PHI
Growing
Roots and Pathways to Leadership: Peer Mentoring
Powerful Tools for Caregivers: One County’s Experience
Marilyn
Chase Roberts and David Stoyell, Aging Services Specialists,
Tompkins
County Office for the Aging
Roberta
Armstrong, Social Worker, Cayuga Medical Center
2:00 p.m. Break Out Sessions
Win A Step Up
Retention
Specialist
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Plenary
OPEN: Opportunity Partnership
and Empowerment Network
Carol Helsel, President, Health Field Collaborative, Michigan
James Vander Hulst, President and CEO, West Michigan TEAM
4:30 p.m. Closing and Door Prize Drawing