March 24 and 25, 2009
Delta Winnipeg, Winnipeg Manitoba
www.wrha.mb.ca
Canada’s only conference focusing on safety in home care, supportive living, geriatric settings and long term care is excited to hit the road! EDMONTON IV: The 4th Annual Conference on Enhancing Safety in Home, Community, and Long Term Care will take place March 24 to 25, 2009, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear about safety innovations in home, community, and long term care, and network with providers from across the country.
Call for Abstracts and Registration Available Online at www.wrha.mb.ca.
Keynote Speakers
Jacqueline Marcell
Jacqueline Marcell was so compelled being the sole caregiver to her challenging elderly father and sweet but ailing mother (both with early Alzheimer’s not diagnosed for over a year), that once she figured everything out, she gave up her stalled career as a television executive to become an advocate for eldercare awareness and reform.
Jacqueline mixes practical advice and humor with a bottom line message that there can still be a good life after a diagnosis of dementia, if it is properly managed medically and behaviorally.
Rosalie Kane
Rosalie Kane is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. Her talk will explore the tension between managing risk and ensuring quality of life, and will include discussion of value conflicts, ethical dilemmas, and the potential conflict between safety and protection versus freedom for those using long term care services.
Conference Themes
Staff Security and Client/Resident Safety
Where do we START?: The Short Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability
Tonia L. Nicholls, BC Mental Health and Addiction Services and Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Can Effectively Managing Pain Improve Caregiver Safety and Quality of Life?
Camille Poulin, Alberta Health Services – Aspen Region
Working Alone
Diane Gantzel and Eliette Allec, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Using Technology to Enhance Safety
Technology use in Home Care: Can it make a difference?
Diane Doran, University of Toronto
Innovative Technology to Improve Client/Resident Outcomes and Safety
Jim Raso, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Alberta Health Services
Practical Applications of Technology: A Panel Discussion
Human Factors and Design
Human Factors and Design in Community Care: What’s Wrong with this Picture?
Jeff Caird, University of Calgary
Human Factors and System Safety in Home Environments
Jim Handyside, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Practical Examples: A Panel Discussion
Client/Resident and Family Communication
Disclosure
Paula Beard, Canadian Patient Safety Institute
The Family Experience
Lessons in Disclosure: Not Easy but Worth It!
Lori Lamont, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Susan Bernjak
Full details available soon at BUKSA Program and Conference Management www.buksa.com