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Quality of
life through dining...what does it look like? How do we get
there?
Consider
the importance of food in the natural rhythm of each of our
days. Consider the importance of making meaningful choices in
our lives.
Consider
the importance of experiencing our individual daily pleasures to
our quality of life. Consider the importance of enjoying a
quality dining experience to our quality of life.
This
presentation will identify opportunities for families,
volunteers and advocates of residents to work with staff to
enhance each resident's quality of life through person centred
dining. Explore the important role of families and volunteers
in making this happen.
About
Linda Bump
Linda Bump has a
particular passion for resident-directed dining. She has
assisted four organizations through transformations to
resident-directed care, three of them through deep culture
change.
Linda has
facilitated
the culture change journey of numerous others around United
States as a consultant with Action Pact, Inc. while she
continues to actively practice as a registered dietitian in
acute and long-term care, inpatient and outpatient with a focus
on chronic disease and nutrition in the life cycle.
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Linda Bump MPH
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In this interactive session, you
will learn how Schlegel Villages, a senior living organization
with 11 communities in southern Ontario, worked in partnership
with residents, family members, volunteers, and team members
from every level of the organization to enhance the delivery of
resident-centred care and services and improve quality of life.
Using an approach known as
Appreciative Inquiry, the community members united to discover
their strengths, share their dreams for a more ideal future, put
their dreams into words, and develop action steps to turn their
dreams into realities.
Delegates will learn about the
culture change movement in long-term care and will identify
ideas and tools to help with the culture change journey.
About
Jennifer Carson
In January 2012, Jennifer becomes
the Associate Director of the Schlegel-University of Waterloo
Research Institute for Aging (RIA). Since 2009, Jennifer has
worked with the RIA and Schlegel Villages on an
organization-wide culture change initiative.
Jennifer has worked as a nursing
assistant, certified therapeutic recreation specialist, quality
of life consultant and culture change guide in long-term care
and senior living.
Today she is an international speaker, university lecturer,
published researcher and author regarding long-term care,
dementia care, and senior living.
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Jennifer Carson
PhD (c), MTR,
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Dr. Al Power is passionate about
sharing the healing power of connecting through music--with
elders, with people living with dementia, between generations.
He will give some pointers on
sharing music with elders, interspersed with stories and songs,
both silly and serious. Dr. Power will encourage audience
participation as a model for engaging people in activity
settings.
About
Dr. Power
Allen Power, MD is
Eden Mentor at St. John’s Home in Rochester, NY, and Clinical
Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester.
He is a board certified internist and geriatrician, and is a
Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American
Society for Internal Medicine.
Dr. Power is a
Certified Eden Alternative Educator and has lectured on elder
care topics in many parts of the world.
Dr. Power is also
an award winning author and a musician and songwriter with three
recordings, including Life worth Living: A Celebration of Elders
and Those Who Care for Them.
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Allen Power
MD
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This program
promises to raise self-awareness of the importance of taking
personal responsibility for building caring relationships and
how to connect and engage with others by tapping group wisdom
and appreciating individual strengths. Olivia will use her
expertise to focus attendees on creating a climate that
encourages high levels of involvement, deep trust and
appreciation.
Olivia McIvor has spent decades researching, writing and
speaking about the impact that a kind collaborative approach has
on the development of a trusting and purposeful relationship.
She brings her expertise as a healthcare advisor to this
inspiring and thought provoking program.
About
Olivia McIvor
Author and
corporate culture advisor Olivia McIvor has devoted her life and
career to facilitating deeper conversations about personal
values, culture and leadership. Her beliefs, wisdom and
experience have helped people across North America discover
practical ways to create engaged workplaces and intentional
positive lives.
Olivia’s diverse background includes progressive careers in
retail and tourism before establishing a name in the financial
industry as the 'Human Touch' HR Director. It was here she
pioneered many innovative workplace wellness and employee
engagement initiatives with outstanding results. Olivia has
gained valuable experience working in union/non-unionized
environments and working with a wide range of diversity in a
multitude of sectors.
Olivia is author of The Business of Kindness; creating work
environments where people thrive and Four Generations –
One Workplace. She is currently writing her third book
It's Caught, Not Taught: Turning Compassion into Action
based on her month-long research stay at Mother Teresa's Home
for the Destitute and Dying in India.
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Olivia McIvor
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