36th Annual Geriatric Conference

0700-0725 - Registration/Breakfast

0725-0730 - Welcome/Housekeeping Introductions

0730-0815 - Keep Your Keys for the Caregiver – Beth Koster, BAED

1. How to assess loved one’s current driving abilities.
2. How to collect information and develop a plan for their driving retirement.

0815-0915 - Parkinson’s Disease – Lisa Potthoff, NP-C

1. Manage motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s.
2. Identify Parkinson’s Disease.

0915-0935 - Break

0935-1035 - The Impact of Medications on Wound Healing – Martha Kelso, RN, CHWS, LNC, HBOT and Betsy Powers Reynolds, PharmD

1. Identify the impact of medications on wound healing and skin integrity.
2. List factors that impair wound healing and cause adverse skin reactions.
3. Use clinical practices to mitigate adverse drug effects and polypharmacy.

1035-1135 - Music Therapy for End-of-Life Care – Natalie Wlodarczyk, PhD, MT-BC

1. Identify music therapy experiences that enhance end-of-life care for patients and families.
2. Describe the physical and psychosocial benefits of music therapy in end-of-life care.

1135-1230 - Lunch

1230-1330 - Humanity in Death: Why ACP (Advance Care Planning) is Important – Odessa Sawyer, MSW

1. Gain clarity with how to initiate ACP discussions with patients.
2. Navigate challenges that arise with ACP with greater confidence.

1330-1430 - LSVT BIG® Physical and Occupational Therapy: Empowering People to Live BIGGER and BETTER – Levi Tucker, DPT

1. List features of LSVT LOUD and LSVT BIG and name ways these programs address motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
2. Share an overview of an LSVT BIG session and research highlights.
3. Describe the benefits of exercise and therapy and how to get started with LSVT BIG.

1430-1450 - Break

1450-1520 - The Serious Practice of Lightening Up: Meditation, Humor, and Health – Sarah Aptilon, PhD

1. Explore the interconnected health benefits of meditation and laughter.
2. Find ways to laugh more at work and the rest of the time.

1520-1650 - Panel – Parkinson’s Case Study

1. Participate in an interactive discussion with a multidisciplinary panel regarding a geriatric patient with Parkinson’s Disease.
2. Outline a plan for continuity of care for the older adult patient population.
3. Share best practices and lessons learned from this case study and related experiences.

1650-1700 - Evaluations

• CoxHealth Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
  Midwest MSD Provider Approval #MO626-3 8 Contact Hours.
• The Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators has approved this conference for 7.75 clock hours (# Administrative and # Patient Care) toward annual re-licensure of nursing home administrators. This program has been approved for a total of 0.5 Administrative (A) hours and 7.25 Patient Care (PC) hour(s). It carries the approval number of SO-6091 which will identify to Missouri administrators that the program is accepted for renewal purposes and in which category the hours will apply.
• This program has been approved by the National Association of Social Workers-Missouri Chapter for 6.75 social work clock hours per approval certificate #OA041223-018.
• Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.   Participants of the session who complete the evaluation and provide accurate NABP e-Profile information will have their credit for up to 7.75 contact hours (0.775 CEU) submitted to CPE Monitor as early as 1 day after the event and no later than 60 days after the event.  Please know that if accurate e-Profile information is not provided within 60 days of the event, credit cannot be claimed after that time.  The participant is accountable for verifying the accurate posting of CE credit to their CPE Monitor account within 60 days.
• CoxHealth is accredited by the Missouri State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  CoxHealth designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
• This program has been approved by the APTA Arkansas approval number 2078 for 7.75 contact hours and it is deemed equivalent by the Missouri Board of Healing Arts per 4 CSR 150-3.203-5A.
• This program meets the criteria for category PDU #13 (attending employer-provided continuing education) and Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy per 20 CSR 2205-5 and qualifies as 7.75 contact hours (equivalent to 7.75 NBCOT© Professional Development Units).

Melissa Gaines, MD, FACP

• Physician, Cox Senior Health

Robin R. Grothoff, MSW, LCSW

• Clinic Administrator, Cox Senior Health Center - South

Stefanie Hawkins, PharmD, BS

• Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist, CoxHealth Pharmacy

Triesa Massey, MHA

• Medical Staff Education Coordinator, CoxHealth

William K. Rosen, MD

• Physician, Cox Senior Health

Brian Sharp, LNHA

• Glendale Gardens Nursing and Rehab/HSI

Lyndsay Sneed, B.S.

• Senior Advantage- Social Worker, Cox Senior Health Center - South

Kristi Vandeloecht PTA, GC CDR, MS

• Clinical Therapist Educator, CoxHealth

Nancy Cathey, BS MHA

• Director of Senior Care, Population Health

Amy Jackson, RN, BSN, CCRN

• Nurse Planner, Enterprise Educator, CoxHealth

Beth Koster, AED

• Coordinator of Outreach, MU Health Care

Odessa Sawyer, MSW

• Program Coordinator, The Center for Practical Bioethics

Levi Tucker, Doctor of Physical Therapy

• Outpatient Adult Neuro Physical Therapist

Sarah Aptilon, Ph.D

• Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Johnson County Community College

Betsy Powers Reynolds, PharmD

• Director of Pharmacy Consulting, Method Healthcare, LLC

Martha R Kelso, RN, CHWS, LNC, HBOT

• Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Wound Care Plus, LLC

Lisa Potthoff, NP-C

• Nurse Practitioner, CoxHealth Neurology Clinic

Natalie Wlodarczyk, Ph.D., MT-BC

• Director of Music Therapy Program, Drury University

Cancellations received by the date indicated on the program webpage will be entitled to a full refund, less Eventbrite's fees. Eventbrite registration fees are nonrefundable and vary with each course.

No refunds will be made for cancellations received the day of the activity.

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In the event Education Center cancels or reschedules a course, participants are entitled to a full refund, or the participant may transfer registration to the next scheduled activity.

CoxHealth is not responsible for travel, hotel, booking fees, or other cancellation fees for registrants when a program is cancelled.

All refunds must be received in writing via email or by calling the Education Center.

CoxHealth Education Center

1423 N. Jefferson Ave.

Springfield. MO 65802

Phone: 417-269-4117

Fax: 417-269-4787

Email: educationcenter@coxhealth.com