Midwest Care Alliance
2012 Annual Conference:
Health Care Under Construction: Tools for the Future
The Midwest Care Alliance Annual Conference is the premier educational meeting for the Ohio home, hospice and palliative care industry. Every year, both members and non-members come together to network, learn about the evolving industry of care and how to enhance their business operations.
This year's Conference will be held October 30-November 1! Click here for a Save the Date flyer.
**If you are seeking handouts from the 2011 Conference, click here.
- Awards
- Call for Presentations
- Exhibitor Info
- Evaluations for Continuing Education Credit
- Registration Info
- Sponsor Info
Awards
Each year at the Annual Conference, Midwest Care Alliance honors individuals who have made a difference in the area of home, hospice and palliative care.
Stay tuned for information on how to nominate someone for a 2012 award.
Call for Presentations
Midwest Care Alliance (MCA) is a statewide association committed to developing and providing current, applicable, high-quality education to meet the needs of those practicing in the hospice, home care, and palliative care fields. As part of the effort to provide quality educational programs, the Midwest Center for Home, Hospice & Palliative Care Education (MCE), an affiliate of MCA, invites submissions of presentation proposals for the 2012 Annual Conference for Home, Hospice and Palliative Care.
Please click here for the Call for Presentations Application.
Exhibitor Info
Stay tuned for information on how to become an Exhibitor!
Evaluations for Continuing Education Credit
At the conclusion of the conference, evaluations will be available online for participants to complete. Once completed, you will receive
Registration Info
Once completed, the registration brochure will be available for download. Participants will also be able to register online in a few convenient steps!
Sponsor Info
Stay tuned for information on how to become a sponsor!
2011 Handouts
Please click on the following link based on the session materials that you are interested in downloading (PDF format):
- Pre-Conference Dinner for Administrators: Robert Applebaum
- Wednesday Keynote: Stuart Friedman
- 1A: Essentials of Ohio Nursing Law: Update 2011
- 1B: Dos and Don'ts of Dementia Care: How to Keep Yourself and Your Patient Safe
- 1C: Difficult OASIS Questions
- 1E: Navigating the Home Care Financial Maze
- 2A: Staffing Guidelines
- 2B: Home Care Legislative Update 2011
- 3A: Care Coordination: How to Play Nice in the Sandbox
- 3B: Hospice Public Policy Update 2011
- 3D: Hospice & Home Health Compliance: A Toolkit
- 3E: The Long Climb: Aging with Purpose
- 3F: Using Pathophysiology of Disease for Effective Documentation in Two Commong Geriatric Syndromes
- 4A: National Home Care Update: The View from Washington
- 4B: Hospice & Palliative Care Leadership
- 5A: Palliative Radiotherapy Guidelines for the Hospice Professional
- 5B: Listening with an Open Heart: Forgotten Communication Tools
- 5E: Practical Applications of Viniyoga in the Home, Hospice & Palliative Care Settings
- 6A: Management of Acute Events: What Happens If...?
- 6B: Improving Outcomes with Terminal Delirium
- 6D: Angels' Share: Caring for Ourselves as We Care for People in Pain
- 6E: Evidence-Based Approach to End-of-Life Cardiac Disease Management
- 7A: Pain Management, Part I
- 7C: The Landscapes of Our Patients' Journeys
- 7E: My Bucket List Does NOT Include Complications from Wounds and Ostomies!
- 8A: Pain Management, Part II
- 8B: Do or Die Documentation
- 8C: Don't Flush the Goldfish
- 8D: Being With Me: Intentional Care at the End of Life
- 8E: Improving Our Practice: Using Science to Elevate Our Patient's Comfort
- 9A: Dreams: Healing Images in the Mourning Process
- 9B: Medical Management of Malignant Bowel Obstruction
- 9D: Survey Ready? Looking at What You Might Need
- 10A: The Cost of Caring
- 10B: Transition to Intensive Comfort Measures, Including Palliative Ventilator Withdrawal
- 10C: Pets & Patients: The Human-Animal Bond in Life and Death
- 10E: The Volunteer's Role in Ethical Hospice Care
- 11B: Helping Parents of Seriously Ill Adult Children
- 11E: Delirious About Delirium?
- 11F: The Star Effect: Using Laser Lights
- 11G: End-of-Life Care for Patients with Substance Abuse Histories
- 12A: I'm Not Sure I'm Ready...Discontinuing Medications at End of Life
