Annual Caregiving Conference: Components of Quality Dementia Care
December 13 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Benjamin Rose invites you to attend our Annual Caregiving Conference: Components of Quality Dementia Care on Friday, December 13, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This year’s full-day conference will focus on the local and national initiatives related to quality dementia care. Keynote speaker, Dr. Gary Epstein-Lubow, will provide a history of efforts to improve access to comprehensive dementia care and introduce the newly launched CMS Guiding and Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, that focuses on comprehensive, coordinated dementia care with the goal of improving the quality of life for individuals living with dementia and to support their family and friend caregivers. The conference will bring together experts and practitioners to explore critical topics in dementia care, highlighting innovative programs and collaborative strategies that enhance support for caregivers and individuals living with dementia. Participants will engage in discussions about effective resources, public awareness initiatives, and the latest developments in caregiving policies, fostering a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and solutions in the field. Attendees will also hear the perspectives of family and friend caregivers.
Parking for the conference is free and accessible. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Tickets are $40 for professionals, with a continuing education application pending through the Ohio Counseling, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. This workshop has been approved for 4.70 nursing contact hours. The Ohio State University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This workshop has also been approved by the NASW Ohio Chapter for 5.5 CEUs in Ohio. NASW is recognized as a Continuing Education Approver for social work CEUs by the OCSWMFT Board.
Free registration is available for family or friend caregivers. CEUs are not included with the caregiver ticket.
This project was funded by a grant from the Ohio Department of Aging, Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Statewide Resource Program (CSP010818).
Sponsor the Caregiving Conference! For more information on sponsor and vendor opportunities, please contact Jen Cosma at [email protected] or download the link below.
Online sponsor payments can be made here.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Gold Sponsor
Silver Sponsors
Matz Blancato & Associates
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging
Bronze Sponsors
Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital
Cuyahoga County Division of Senior and Adult Services
ElliQ
Ohio Living
Third Federal Savings and Loan
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD
Distinguished Medical Scholar at Education Development Center, Geriatric Psychiatrist at Butler Hospital
Dr. Gary Epstein-Lubow, MD, is a Distinguished Medical Scholar at Education Development Center, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior and Associate Professor of Medical Science at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. He is a health services investigator and geriatric psychiatrist, providing outpatient and inpatient services at Butler Hospital in Providence, RI.
Dr. Lubow is national leader regarding dementia services delivery. He leads the National Dementia Care Collaborative, a project supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation to accelerate health system adoption of evidence-based comprehensive care for dementia. He is currently or recently supported on other projects related to the mental health of older adults by the NIH, the US. Administration for Community Living, the US. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Dr. Lubow was a 2016-17 fellow in the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program. He also served from 2015-19 as a non-federal member of the U.S. Department of HHS Advisory Council for Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services, where he was the nonfederal lead for the clinical care subcommittee including work he organized regarding people living with dementia as stakeholders informing national research efforts for dementia care.
