Click on the links below to print handouts for individual breakout sessions.

10:30 – 11:30 Breakout sessions

A.  Understanding Communication Challenges  ♦  Print Handouts
Pat Nixon, SLP-CCC, and Simone Olsberg, BSCHONS, MRCSLT, Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence

B.  Easing the Tough Conversations: Mediating Family Disputes ♥  Print Handouts
John Rymers, M.A., LPC, and Debbie Reinberg, MAcc
ELDEResolutions Professional Mediation and Eldercare

C.  What Triggers Behaviors?  ● Print Handouts
Yvonne Myers
Health Systems Coordinator, Columbine Health System

D.  The Genetics of Alzheimer’s ★ Print Handouts
Katherine Howard, MS
Certified Genetic Counselor, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

12:45-1:45 Breakout sessions

E. Creative Approaches to Behaviors ♦ Print Handouts
Megan Carnarius, RN, MT, NHA
Executive Director, Balfour Cherrywood Village

F.  Mastering Caregiver Stress ♥  Print Handouts
Leanne Starr, Psy.D
Director, Aging Family and Caregiver Program, CU Aging Center

G.  Hospitalization and Dementia ●  Handouts will be available at session
Hallie Pasko, Savvy Caregiver Trainer

H.  Capacity vs. Competency: A Panel Discussion ★ Print Handouts
Daniel Johnson, MD, FAAHPM, Director, Life Quality Institute, Chief of Palliative Care, Kaiser Permanente
Bernard Poskus, Esq., Poskus, Caton and Klein
Phil Weintraub, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

2:15-3:15 Breakout sessions

I.  Creating Environments of Support: Dementia Responsive Design ♦  Handouts will be available at session
William Brummett, M.Arch, and Sarah Campernel, MS, LEED AP
William Brummett Architects

J.  Balancing Autonomy and Safety ♥  Print Handouts
Cheryl Siefert, MNM
Director of Operations, Life Quality Institute

K.  Medications for Alzheimer’s and Behaviors ●  Print Handouts
Jacci Bainbridge, PharmD
Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver

L.  Finding the Sacred at the End of the Long Road ★ Print Handouts
Laura Beer, MA, ACMT, NRMT, & Maria McLain-Cox, MA, BCC
Hospice of Larimer County

3:30-4:30 Dessert and Ending Keynote

“Measure of the Heart”
Mary Ellen Geist, daughter, caregiver and author