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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 • Lynnwood, WALynnwood Convention CenterAlzheimer’s Association Washington State Chapter

It’s not just a conference, it’s an experience!

HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE

Transformation

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Discovery 2020 Expo Hall

Our Expo Hall is an extension of the educational opportunities at Discovery. We are excited to present a diverse group of 30+ exhibitors who offer a wide range of goods and services. Be sure to plan time to explore the Expo Hall, learn valuable information and win prizes.

Sponsor listings are current as of December 1, 2019. We welcome new sponsors, advertisers and exhibitors through February 12, 2020.Please contact Karen Wilson: [email protected] | 206.529.3874

A special Thank You to our Discovery 2020 Sponsors

Emerald Heights Iora Primary Care

Hansen Bros. Moving & StorageQuail Park Communities

HB Move ManagementResCare HomeCare

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Your Invitation to Discovery 2020

Michael A. Bower, BA, ACC RetiredVolunteer, Auburn

Jennifer Herrmann, BASW, CHCAdministratorProvidence Heritage House at the Market Assisted Living, Seattle

Elisabeth Lindley, MN, ARNPNurse PractitionerUW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center, Seattle

Keri K. Pollock, BSDirector of Marketing and CommunicationsAging Wisdom, Seattle

Jenika Richard-Webber, LICSWInnovative Social WorkerKaiser Permanente Northgate, Seattle

Anita Souza, PhDClinical Associate ProfessorUW School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, Seattle

Debbie Williams, CMMConference ManagerAlzheimer’s Association, Lynnwood

Linda Whiteside RetiredVolunteer, Lynnwood

Discovery 2020 Conference Advisory Council

All of us at the Alzheimer’s Association Washington State Chapter – volunteers and staff – as well as Discovery 2020 sponsors, exhibitors and presenters, are proud to offer an enriching day of evidence-based education, professional growth, resources and networking opportunities.

Please join us for Discovery 2020, our 35th Annual Alzheimer’s Regional Conference.

As the Discovery Conference Advisory Council, we chose to build the program for this year’s conference around the theme of transformation. We hope that this year’s conference will help enrich and transform your professional practice as well as the lives of individuals and families living with Alzheimer’s and other dementias with whom you work.

Discovery Conference is your full-day opportunity to immerse yourself in learning, connecting, growing and Discovery.

Come share a day of Discovery with us!

Linda Woodall, BSExecutive DirectorEastside Friends of Seniors, Seattle

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PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT Tuesday, March 31, 2020 | 7:30 – 8:45 P.M. The Alzheimer’s Association and Town Hall Seattle present:

Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to EndDr. Powell demystifies dementia, helping us understand it with clearer eyes, from the point of view of both physician and caregiver. Ultimately, she wants us all to know that dementia is not only about loss, it’s also about the preservation of dignity and hope.

Location: Town Hall Seattle | 1119 8th Avenue | Seattle, WA 98101

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS • Our speakers have created innovative evidence-based workshops that

provide new tools and skills for healthcare professionals.

• During registration, we ask you to indicate your preferred workshops so we can assign workshops to the right size room.

• The day of Discovery, workshop seating will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis starting 10 minutes prior to each workshop. You may self-select any workshop on the day of the conference, space permitting.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 7:30 A.M. Registration: Snacks, Coffee, Tea in the Expo Hall

7:30 A.M.-2:45 P.M. Expo Hall

8:30-10:00 A.M. Welcome and Keynote

10:00-10:15 A.M. Honoring Alzheimer’s Champions

10:15-10:30 A.M. Break – Explore the Expo Hall

10:30-11:45 A.M. SESSION A

11:45 A.M.-12:30 P.M. Lunch

11:45 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Explore the Expo Hall

1:00-2:15 P.M. SESSION B

2:15-2:30 P.M. Break – Explore the Expo Hall

2:30-2:45 P.M. Prize Drawing – Expo Hall

2:45-4:00 P.M. SESSION C


KEYNOTE SPEAKER Tia Powell, MD

Dr. Tia Powell directs the Center for Bioethics and Masters’ in Bioethics at Montefiore Health Systems and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She holds the Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman chair in biomedical ethics and is Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry. Her bioethics scholarship focuses on dementia, public

health policy, end of life care and bioethics education. She served four years as Executive Director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, the state bioethics commission. She has worked with the National Academies of Medicine on many projects, and served as an advisor to the CDC and to Health and Human Services and its National Alzheimer’s Project Act. She is frequently invited to speak at professional meetings (APA, ASBH, AAIC), medical schools (Albert Einstein, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Yale) and colleges (Vassar, Princeton). She is a board-certified psychiatrist and Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Psychiatric Association and The Hastings Center.

Dr. Powell is the author of Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS Balancing Dignity and Safety: Sex, Cars, Money and Dementia Wednesday, April 1, 2020 | 8:45 – 10:00 A.M. | Main BallroomOne of the joys of adulthood is the freedom to make choices, including risky ones. But how do we balance that freedom with safety in the context of dementia? Daily choices regarding intimate relationships, cars and money can create real stress for people with dementia and those who care for them. How can we think together about the best approaches to these challenges?



Conference Workshop Information

Racial and ethnic minority families and communities face unique challenges in accessing and utilizing care and support services for elder abuse and other health-related challenges for family members experiencing dementia. This presentation will highlight the cultural barriers family caregivers face, as well as the strength and resiliency that exist in their cultural values and teachings.

A3 Cultural Barriers to Care

Jordan P. Lewis, PhD, MSW, CPG, FGSA

Tremendous gains have been made in the understanding of the science and basic biology underlying Alzheimer’s disease, and these advances are leading to great strides in prevention, detection, diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. This talk will focus on the latest scientific advancements and progress in Alzheimer’s and dementia research.

A2Advancing the Science: The Latest in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research

Rebecca Edelmayer, PhD

Geriatric depression can be exceedingly difficult to treat in the context of dementia. In this workshop, you will get a geriatric pharmacology update on best evidence in medication management for treatment-resistant geriatric depression with psychotic and vascular features.

A4Evidence-Based Practice for Treatment-Resistant Geriatric Depression in the Context of Dementia

Tatiana Sadak, PhD, PMHNP, RN, ANCC

Learn how to implement the Dementia Singalong Therapy Program, which is dedicated to sharing exercises with patients living with dementia-related diseases and brain damage that strengthen the brain’s memory and communication processes. This program will help you empower people to create meaningful experiences that expand awareness and a sense of hope in the community.

A5Alzheimer’s, Dementia & the Healing Power of Music: Singalong Therapy

Cheryl Hodge, BFA

SESSION

A10:30 - 11:45 A.M.

People around the globe are experimenting with fresh ways to help people thrive while living with dementia. What can we, in the Pacific Northwest, learn from people around the world? From social programs to technology, from city planning to engaging the arts in new ways, the innovation right now is highly hopeful. Spark your own creativity as we review 50 innovations, and broaden your knowledge of what’s possible. Presented by Koelsch Communities.

A1 Global Innovation: Thriving with Dementia

Benjamin Surmi, MsG


How do you preserve the values and preferences of persons with dementia in organizing their end-of-life choices? What role could palliative or hospice care play in enhancing a person’s quality of life near the end? Dr. Powell will explore how to navigate these topics and more as part of this session about preparing and planning for the end of life.

B1 Preparing and Planning for End of Life

Tia Powell, MD

How can we as a community make our environments welcoming to ALL populations? Learn some of the challenges and barriers experienced by LGBTQ elders and how to best address them in your community. This program, built in collaboration with one of the foremost researchers in the country, will help your organization become even more inclusive and supportive.

B2Building Elder Care Equity: Creating a Welcoming Space for LGBTQ Elders

Steven Knipp, SHRM-CP

Across the country, suicide rates are on the rise, and that rise has struck the nation’s older adults particularly hard. What does elder suicide look like? What are the risk factors and warning signs? What can you do to prevent suicide? What role does dementia play in suicide? This presentation will touch on these topics, as well as what to do in the aftermath of a suicide in your community.

B3 Elder Suicide and Dementia

Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, CCDC

We frequently hear the term MCI, but what is mild cognitive impairment (MCI)? What does it look like? How is it related to dementia? Why do so many physicians diagnose dementia as MCI instead of telling people they have dementia? Do all people with MCI get dementia? Is it progressive? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this workshop.

B4 What is Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)?

Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD

SESSION

B1:00 - 2:15 P.M.





This workshop, based on the Conversation Project, will provide skill building in small groups to train healthcare professionals to develop plans and have conversations about end-of-life preferences for people with dementia and their families.

C1How to Engage Patients and Families About End-of-Life Care

Tia Powell, MD

This workshop will discuss the evidence behind current treatments, and the importance of data and scientific evidence to support therapeutic interventions. Learn how to be a savvy consumer of research news and how to distill medical and scientific information presented in the mainstream media.

C2Debunking Myths: Hot Topics and Research in the News

Rebecca Edelmayer, PhD

This workshop will demonstrate an evidenced-based approach for health professionals to educate family and caregivers on non-pharmacological interventions aimed to reduce the severity and frequency of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. This presentation will emphasize the ABC’s of behavioral management and highlight successful interventions aimed to reduce depression, anxiety and agitated behavior related to dementia. Real world barriers to effective treatment will be identified and practical strategies to counter these will be discussed.

C3Prioritizing Non-Pharmacological Interventions in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

Piruz Huda, MN, PMHNP

There is growing evidence that good sleep is critical for maintenance of cognitive and physical function throughout the lifespan. This presentation will describe current evidence linking poor sleep to increased risk for dementia, and explore non-pharmacological strategies for helping individuals across the cognitive continuum get a better night’s sleep.

C4Improving Sleep in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia:Treatment Implications and Challenges

Susan McCurry, PhD

SESSION

C2:45 - 4:00 P.M.


Rebecca Edelmayer, PhDDirector, Scientific Engagement Alzheimer’s Association

Dr. Edelmayer leads the Alzheimer’s Association’s efforts to create and deliver ongoing research education across the country. She also manages initiatives related to blood-based biomarker testing, use of digital health technologies and biotech approaches to studying dementia. She has over 17 years of experience as a practicing scientist and educator since completing her PhD and postdoctoral training at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Conference Speakers

Ms. Hodge is founder of the Dementia Singalong Therapy Program and author of “Alzheimer’s, Dementia and the Healing Power of Music” book and companion CD. She is an award-winning, touring jazz/blues/R&B performer with 11 CDs, and currently leads five “memory choirs”. Cheryl served as a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston and ran the Selkirk College Vocal Department in Nelson, BC.

Huda is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who has been treating older adults with dementia in a wide variety of settings since 2001. He co-authored an evidence-based dementia care training program STAR and has made dementia care education a key facet of his daily clinical practice, serving 18 assisted living communities in the greater Seattle area. He has presented on dementia-related topics at national conferences and at local universities.

Cheryl Hodge, BFA President, Dementia Singalong Therapy Program

Piruz Huda, MN, PMHNPPsychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Educator, Adjunct Clinical Faculty, University of Washington School of NursingClinical Faculty Instructor, Pacific Lutheran University



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Jordan P. Lewis, PhD, MSW, CPG, FGSA (Unangax/Aleut, Native Village of Naknek)

Professor of Medical Education, WWAMI School of Medical Education

Director, National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders at the University of Alaska Anchorage

Dr. Lewis is a community psychologist, social worker and gerontologist with experience partnering with indigenous communities to translate the experiences of aging successfully to develop health prevention and promotion programs to address health disparities. His current research explores cultural understandings of Alzheimer disease, spirituality and dementia caregiving, and documenting the impact of traditional foods on behaviors of those with dementia within a reminiscence framework.

Steven Knipp, SHRM-CPExecutive Director, GenPRIDE

Mr. Knipp has worked in nonprofit leadership for over 12 years and became the Executive Director at GenPRIDE in 2018. He worked directly with Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, PhD, an international expert on LGBTQ aging, on developing this curriculum. Steven has extensive experience in all areas of Human Resources including development of leaders and employees at all levels and planning and implementing organizational change.

Ms. Jensen has a specialty in treating suicidality; she is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a private practice in Seattle. She is adjunct faculty at several universities. Ms. Jensen provides instruction in the formation of suicide prevention support groups based on a protocol she developed, JSP3 (Jensen Suicide Prevention Peer Protocol). She is author of several books including: “Just Because You’re Suicidal Doesn’t Mean You’re Crazy: The Psychobiology of Suicide.”

Randi Jensen, MA, LMHC, CCDCDirector, Founder and Author

JSP3


Conference Speakers

Susan McCurry, PhDResearch ProfessorUniversity of Washington

Dr. McCurry has been at the University of Washington 28 years and is a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of training programs for family and professional staff caring for persons with cognitive impairment; assessment and treatment of sleep disturbances in older adults with medical co-morbidities including dementia; and examination of the environmental, behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with successful cognitive aging.

Tia Powell, MDDirector, Montefiore Einstein Center for BioethicsMontefiore Health

Dr. Tia Powell directs the Center for Bioethics and Masters’ in Bioethics at Montefiore Health Systems and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She holds the Shoshanah Trachtenberg Frackman chair in biomedical ethics and is Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry. Her bioethics scholarship focuses on dementia, public health policy, end of life care and bioethics education. She served four years as Executive Director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, the state bioethics commission. She has worked with the National Academies of Medicine on many projects, and served as an advisor to the CDC and to Health and Human Services and its National Alzheimer’s Project Act. She is frequently invited to speak at professional meetings (APA, ASBH, AAIC), medical schools (Albert Einstein, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Yale) and colleges (Vassar, Princeton). She is a board-certified psychiatrist and Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Psychiatric Association and The Hastings Center.

Dr. Powell is the author of Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End.



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Tatiana Sadak, PhD, PMHNP, RN, ANCCAssociate Professor of Geriatric Mental Health

University of Washington School of Nursing

Dr. Sadak is a PhD-prepared geropsychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Tatiana’s research, clinical work and teaching are focused on helping patients and their family care partners to live well with dementia. In addition to teaching, she maintains a gero-psychiatric private practice and specializes in nutrigenomics, functional medicine and the management of complex neurocognitive disorders in patients with medical and psychiatric multimorbidity.

Benjamin Surmi, MsGSocial Gerontologist,

Director of People and CultureKoelsch Communities

Empowering people to thrive – no matter what disability or cognitive disorder they may live with – is the focus of Mr. Surmi’s work as a social gerontologist. He guides the person-centered training for over 2,400 employees in eight states and is currently implementing an evidence-based approach to care from France called Humanitude. He coaches 70+ wellness directors who support over 1,500 seniors. His passion is imagining the impossible and building alliances that make it possible.

Kristoffer Rhoads, PhDNeuropsychologist/Associate Professor,

Department of NeurologyHarborview Medical Center/

University of Washington School of Medicine

Dr. Rhoads currently serves as the primary clinical neuropsychologist for the Memory and Brain Wellness Center at Harborview. He specializes in the evaluation and rehabilitation-oriented treatment of dementia and neurodegenerative disorders and is also the neuropsychologist for the UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Rhoads currently serves as Chair for the Health and Medical Subcommittee of the Dementia Action Collaborative, tasked with developing and implementing a state plan for Alzheimer’s disease, as well as disseminating the standards for dementia-related healthcare in Washington State.


Round-the-clock dementia information and support

24/7 HELPLINE 800.272.3900

Conference Speakers

Jim Wilgus, BSRegional Leader & Executive Director, Alzheimer’s Association Washington State Chapter

Mr. Wilgus has over 30 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit sector. He has served the Alzheimer’s Association as senior field director for the Chapter Relations team, acting as liaison to more than 45 chapters nationwide, regional leader for regions covering nine states in the Western U.S. and as Executive Director. Prior to joining the Alzheimer’s Association, he held various leadership positions with both the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association.



General Registration

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Updated conference details and online registration are available on our Discovery 2020 website at www.alzwa.org/conferences.

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3 WAYS TO REGISTER:

$220 Early Bird Registration if registered by Friday, February 14, 2020

$240 Standard Registration after Friday, February 14, 2020

$25 Professional Continuing Education Credits / Contact Hours (please see CEU section)

$95 Early Bird Registration if registered by Friday, February 14, 2020

$115 Standard Registration after Friday, February 14, 2020

* Valid student ID required at registration check-in



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Continuing Education Credit

Five (5) CE or CEU credits are available for the full day: 1.25 credits for the keynote and 1.25 credits for each of the three (3) workshops attended.

CE (Continuing Education) credits

DSHS Long Term Caregiver CEs

CEU (Continuing Education Units)*

There is no charge for CE credits.

CE credits are what the majority of attendees, including nursing professionals in Washington, need to meet educational requirements.

There is no charge for Long Term Caregiver CEs approved by Washington State DSHS.

5 hours, 1.25 hours per session.

We charge a fee of $25 for five or fewer CEUs.

CEUs require payment and a pre-approval process as they are granted by specific organizations* to meet the needs of their certified members.

* We secure authorization from the following organizations in order to grant continuing education credits/contact hours to their members:

1. Commission for Case Manager Certification2. National Academy of Certified Care Managers (NACCM)3. National Association of Social Workers, Washington Chapter4. National Certification Council for Activity Professionals5. Professional Guardian Certification Board of Washington State6. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

Long Term Caregivers (no charge)

This conference complies with:

• DOH WAC 246-843-130 for continuing education for Nursing Home Administrators

• DOH WAC 246-809-610 for continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors

• ANCC Continuing Education credits• WSNA for Continuing Nursing Education for individuals

whose professional practice is in the field of gerontology.



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