Convention Registration 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m
11:00 Tee-Off Golf Tournament – Hidden Lakes Golf Course - Derby
1:00 – 3:00 Educational Pre-Session – Depression- A Recurring Concern for Residents in Long-Term Care Facilities – Dr. James Rider, D.O., C.M.D., Valley Falls, KS
3:00 – 5:00 Educational Pre-Session – Update on Clinical Geriatric Issues 2014 – with a Focus on Kansas Long-Term Care Facilities – Dr. Kevin Bryant, M.D., Wichita, KS
3:00 – 5:00 New Administrators Educational Pre-Session – KDADS Reports and Financial Information 101- Rhonda Boose, Reimbursement Manager and Joe Ewert, Commissioner,KDADS
7:00 KACE Social – outside by the pool or if it rains in the Atrium


7:30 – 8:45 Convention Registration and Refreshments
8:45 – 9:00 Convention Kick-Off – KACE Board of Directors and Chris Rea, Convention Emcee
9:00 – 10:00 “Moving and Shaking: How Living with Parkinson’s Disease Has Changed My Life – For the
Better – J. Basil Dannebohm
10:00 – Noon The Long-Term Care Risk Management Hot List - Ted J. McDonald III, J.D., Adam &
McDonald Law Firm, Overland Park, KS
Noon – 1:00 KACE Vendor and Sponsor Luncheon – Honoring our Convention Vendors & Sponsors
1:00 – 3:30 KACE Vendor Show
3:30 – 4:30 Legislative and Current KDADS Initiatives – Kari Bruffet, Secretary, KDADS
4:30 – 6:00 Kansas Reimbursement Update for FY 2015 – Rhonda Boose, Reimbursement Manager and Joe Ewert, Commissioner, KDADS
6:00 KACE Social – Honoring our Convention Vendors, Sponsors, & Convention Attendees – in the Atrium
8:30 KACE Board Entertainment


7:30 – 8:00 Refreshments
8:00 – 10:30 Assisted Living Session – New Operator Registration, KDADS Update, and Issues/Answers in the World of Assisted Living – Joe Ewert, Commissioner and HOC Staff, KDADS; and Joe Perkin, Vice President of AL Operations, Midwest Health Management, Topeka, KS
8:00 – 9:00 Electronic Health Records and HIPPA – Brooke Aziere, J.D., Foulston, Siefkin, LLP, Wichita, KS
9:00 – 10:30 Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care: Show Me the Evidence! – Robert Geist, M.P.H. Epidemiologist & Joey Scaletta, M.P.H., B.S.N., R.N., C.I.C. Director, Infections Program, KDHE
10:30 – Noon KACE Vendor Show
Noon – 1:30 KACE Awards/Recognition Luncheon – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Invited)
1:30 – 3:00 Emergency Preparedness: It Isn’t Just the Binder on the Shelf and the Emergency Kit with
Flashlights, Carol Marshall, M.A., CCC-SLP, Fort Worth, TX
3:00 – 4:00 1) KACE Annual Business Meeting; 2) Tanner-Foster Foundation Annual Business Meeting
4:00 – 5:30 A Fresh Look at Medicare Program Management – Robert Lane, M.A., NHA, FACHCA, Senior Managing Consultant for BKD, LLP, Oklahoma City, OK
5:30 – 5:45 Installation of KACE Board Members and Officers

7:30 – 8:00 Refreshments
8:00 – 10:30 Care Planning to Honor Resident Choice and Mitigate Risk – Karen Schoeneman, M.P.A, Karen Schoeneman Consulting: Quality of Life and Culture Change, Owings Mills, MD
10:30 – 11:30 Reporting Reasonable Suspicion of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation – Loren Snell, J.D., Kansas Attorney General’s Office
11:30 – 12:30 Attitudes Are Contagious – Is Yours Worth Catching? Preventing Hardening of the Attitudes with the Power of Therapeutic Humor, Jae Pierce-Baba, O.T., LipShtick Productions, Wichita, KS

If you would rather print out the form: KACE Convention Brochure _ Registration Form.pdf 

 

And don't forget about golf, you can register for the Golf Tournament online here:  Professional Development Calendar or click here: 2014 Convention Golf Registration.pdf

Hotel Information - Marriott Hotel, 9100 Corporate Hills Dr, Wichita, KS 67207 Phone (316)651-0333. A block of rooms will be held until August 4, 2014. When making the reservations, identify yourself with KACE to receive the rate of $95, plus tax.