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"The event kicks off Tuesday, June 4 @ 12:00pm ET."

Presentations by ComForCare and Kno2

This event will feature 2 CE-approved webinars. Each has been designed to help you survive and thrive. Best of all, registration is free. All you have to do is sign up. Doing so will allow you to hear from some of the industry’s top minds.

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Session 1: 12:00 PM ET, Sponsored by ComForCare

"Advancing dementia care: Insights into new care approaches for home care and beyond"

Delve into the latest strategies and best practices for enhancing dementia care in different contexts. This webinar will explore the key aspects of a person-centered care philosophy as applied in dementia care. Specifically, it will showcase a leading home care agency’s innovative approach that is elevating person-centered care for clients living with dementia at home, and improving outcomes for clients, families and care teams. Whether you’re a professional caregiver or healthcare professional, this webinar offers valuable insights and practical tips for enhancing the quality of care provided to individuals living with dementia.

Upon completion of this presentation, participants should be able to:

• Define dementia and highlight why caregiving for individuals with dementia differs from other types of caregiving, and understand the unique challenges and approaches required.
• Describe the key stages of disease progression in dementia and know the importance of recognizing how these stages impact caregiving strategies and decisions.
• Identify and discuss care strategies that are grounded in evidence-based practice, highlighting the effectiveness of advanced staff training in providing quality care for individuals with dementia.
• Describe three best practices for aligning care strategies with the individualized caregiver plan of care — specifically tailored for those receiving Home- and Community- Based Services — ensuring that care is person-centered and effective.

Speaker: 

• Stephanie Wierzbicka, Strategic Program Manager, Co-Creator of DementiaWise® - ComForCare Franchise Systems, LLC

Session 2: 1:30 PM ET, Sponsored by Kno2

"The foundation to solving healthcare's biggest problems"

The conversations related to interoperability to date have largely been focused on the creation of trusted exchange frameworks, common data sets and communication standards. But with that infrastructure created, it is now time to focus on increasing adoption based on the impact of that connectivity. This interactive discussion among top experts will bridge the chasm between connectivity to meaningful communication and also helps solve healthcare’s biggest problems at both the macro and micro levels.

Learning objectives

• Understand the importance of interoperability to solving healthcare’s biggest problems ​
• Delineate several of the leading problems in healthcare today
• Understand and relate the nature of interoperability
• Understand the market dynamics driving value-based care and the need for interoperability​
• Understand the roles of TEFCA/QHIN to broaden adoption of interoperability 

Speakers: 

• Micky Tripathi, PhD MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services
• Peter Schoch, MD, Chief Health Officer at Kno2 

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