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Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours, including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours!

True expertise in geriatric care requires advanced knowledge from many subspecialties — dementia care, medication management, emergency interventions, sleep disorders, behavior management, pain control, herbal pharmacology, and more.

Your older patients need a great clinician and advocate who understands their unique medical needs... and you can be that clinician.

Join us for the 2023 Geriatric Conference and break down the latest evidence to drive new standards of geriatric care into your own practice. You'll train with two leading geriatric authorities, Kiplee Bell, MD, PA, & Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN, as they share the latest on Beers criteria updates, CDC pain management guideline changes, recently approved dementia medications, & so much more!

2023 Geriatric Conference


Attend in Hawaii or Watch Online: May 18 & 19, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule

$549.99

Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours!
Seats are LIMITED! Special Hawaii room rates available!
Click here for Credit details

Click here to register as the coordinator for this event.
Conference Highlights

  • 2-day conference event designed to advance your abilities to the next level!
  • Presented by two leading geriatric authorities, Kiplee Bell, MD, PA, & Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN
  • Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours
  • Includes up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours
  • Developed for: NPs, PAs, RNs, OTs, PTs, SLPs, SWs, & NHAs

 
Flexibility to meet your learning needs! Registration options include:

Option #1
Honolulu, Hawaii

Held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa
(Special rates available!)

  • Earn up to 12.5 CE hours (including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology hours)
  • 2-day LIVE training in Honolulu, HI (May 18 & 19)
  • Relax at the blue waters and soft sands along the Pacific Ocean
  • Get your questions answered by leading experts
  • Network with clinical colleagues at an incredible destination event
  • Enjoy snacks and refreshments
Option #2
Watch the Online Webcast

Broadcast Live from Hawaii
(8 am — 4 pm Hawaiian Time)

  • Earn up to 12.5 CE hours (including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology hours)
  • 2-day LIVE video-based training (May 18 & 19)
  • Get your questions answered by leading experts
  • Online chat with colleagues across the country
  • Video access available for 90 days afterwards
Option #3
Can't Attend Live?

Watch the Video Training Course

  • Earn up to 12.5 Self-Study CE Hours (including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours)
  • Lifetime access to all conference sessions
  • Watch the videos on your own pace and schedule
  • Unlimited access to all handouts
2023 Geriatric Conference
Attend in Hawaii or Watch Online: May 18 & 19, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule

$549.99

Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours!
Seats are LIMITED! Special Hawaii room rates available!
Click here for Credit details

Click here to register as the coordinator for this event.

Fun in the sun and sand! Join your colleagues in beautiful Hawaii, watch live online, or access the training course afterwards. Whichever way you choose... you will unlock the must-know geriatric updates that you don't want to miss out on!

We guarantee you will advance your knowledge and skills to be able to deliver the very best care to your older adult patients. Here are just a few of the topics planned:

  • Recently approved dementia pharmacological treatments
  • Medication updates — Pain, anxiety, depression, & more!
  • Crucial initial interventions for geriatric emergencies
  • New guidelines to deprescribe safely
  • Successful management of challenging geriatric behaviors
  • Safe herbal pharmacology uses in older adults
  • Root cause evaluation of problematic insomnia

But that's not all... you truly will have an incredible opportunity to learn from two geriatric authorities…

A Few Colleague Reviews of Your Conference Speakers

"Helpful presentation — great reminders on the long patient medication lists!" — Angelique, Nurse Practitioner
"I have learned from Dr. Bell and have grown as a clinician because of it." — Helen, Registered Nurse
"Great event! Can't wait to use what I learned in my practice!" — Calandra, Nurse Practitioner

DISCOUNTED HOTEL SLEEPING ROOMS
are available at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa!

Reserve your room now at the exclusive conference rate starting at $269 per night! *Hotel discounted rate ends April 17

When you book your stay at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa, you are steps from azure blue waters and the soft sands of Waikiki Beach. Enjoy personalized services with the spirit of Aloha, modern amenities, Hawaiian island adventures, cultural activities, swimming pool overlooking the Pacific Ocean, locally sourced dining specialties, and on-site boutiques.


*Please be advised that the block may reach capacity before the cut-off date. After this date or fulfillment of the block, the hotel may take reservations on an availability basis at the best available advertised rate.

2023 Geriatric Conference
Attend in Hawaii or Watch Online: May 18 & 19, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule

$549.99

Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours!
Seats are LIMITED! Special Hawaii room rates available!
Click here for Credit details

Click here to register as the coordinator for this event.
Live Sessions — May 18 & 19, 2023

Objectives

  1. Evaluate the latest BEERS criteria to ensure safe medication management for patients.
  2. Choose effective communication strategies to use with patients and their families.
  3. Appraise the new CDC guidelines for pain management in the elderly.
  4. Analyze the overlap between the clinical and bedside geriatric assessment.
  5. Determine appropriate use of newly approved medications for dementia treatment.
  6. Choose the pharmacological option for complicated geriatric mental health needs.
  7. Choose effective communication strategies to use with patients and their families.
  8. Formulate best practice responses to common challenging geriatric behaviors at the bedside.
  9. Develop risk reduction strategies for a variety of geriatric emergencies.
  10. Create an integrative lifestyle plan to support a patient with insomnia.
  11. Manage chronic pain with non-pharmacological interventions.
  12. Assess potential drug-to-herb interactions.
  13. Evaluate pharmacological actions and therapeutics of commonly used herbal medicines.
  14. Determine appropriate indications for herbal medicines and supplementation in practice.

Outline

Dementia Treatment – Including the Newly Approved Medications

  • Determine a patient’s capability and functional capacity
  • Normal vs. abnormal aging
  • Updates on the very latest dementia agents
  • Specific dementias: Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease & substance-Induced neurocognitive disorder
  • Communication strategies to ensure safety and success
  • Engage families to avoid participation pitfalls
  • Best Practices to Manage Geriatric Behaviors
  • Sun downing aggression
  • Effective approaches for hallucinations, hygiene, intimacy & repetitive behavior concerns
  • Signals of depressive and anxious behaviors
  • Interventions for nutrition/eating concerns
  • Update your toolbox to address noncompliance challenges

Geriatric Pharmacology Updates

  • NEW Beers updates
  • Reconciliation strategies — prescribed, over-the-counter & nutraceuticals
  • Tips to avoid polypharmacy concerns
  • Key pharmacodynamic and drug to drug interaction considerations
  • Best prescriptive practices for antidepressants, anxiolytics and antipsychotics
  • Latest CDC updates for pain management for the elderly

The Latest Guidelines to Prevent Geriatric Emergencies in Practice

  • Cardiac emergencies
  • Respiratory emergencies
  • GI emergencies
  • GU emergencies
  • Neurologic emergencies
  • Musculoskeletal emergencies

Explore Root Causes of Insomnia and Chronic Pain in the Elderly

  • Nervous system dysregulation
  • Inflammation
  • Oxidative stress
  • Dysbiosis and the gut-brain axis
  • Nutrient deficiencies and malabsorption
  • Common psychosocial factors

Interventions for Chronic Pain through Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine

  • Restorative yoga and chair yoga
  • Acupressure techniques
  • Breathwork using biofeedback
  • Hydrotherapy

Specific Mind-Body Therapies to Address Insomnia in Older Adults

  • Hypotherapy and storytelling
  • Progressive muscle relaxation
  • Aromatherapy and breathwork
  • Yoga Nnidra

Geriatric Pharmacology of Herbal Therapeutics

  • Quality and safety considerations of supplementation and herbs
  • Anti-inflammatory herbs and pain management
  • Gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine, cognitive & pulmonary support 
  • Immune system focused herbs
  • Common herbs for brain health and mood
  • Medication interactions from supplements
Join your trailblazing expert presenters who both walk the talk. Kiplee Bell, MD, PA, and Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN, are lifelong learners, pursuing advanced medical degrees after they began in their respective healthcare roles. Kiplee and Vanessa see complex patients in their current clinical practices and are sought after as nationally recognized presenters.

Mitch Hauschildt
New Standards of Geriatric Care: Geropharmacology, Dementia Treatments, Challenging Behaviors & Emergency Interventions
Kiplee Bell, MD, PA | Click here for information about Kiplee Bell

**3 pharmacology CE hours**

  • Updates on the very latest dementia agents
  • Interventions for nutrition/eating concerns
  • Reconciliation strategies - prescribed, over the counter & nutraceuticals
  • Best practices to manage geriatric behaviors
  • Tips to avoid polypharmacy concerns & the new Beers Criteria
  • Latest guidelines to prevent geriatric emergencies in practice

Kiplee Bell, MD, PA, is a thought leader and sought-after medical lecturer. She earned board certification as a Physician Assistant, an additional master's degree in Gerontology, and finally her Doctorate in Medicine. Over the course of her career, Kiplee has worked in acute care, urgent care, ambulatory care, and long-term care settings. Currently, she treats geriatric patients in her practice, is the CEO of Impactful Caregiving, a professional education and consultation company, and Impactful Care, her Telehealth Brand. Additionally, Kiplee enjoys 'real talk' on her themed podcast CarePOD.

Mitch Hauschildt
Including Natural and Alternative Treatments in Geriatric Care: Insomnia, Chronic Pain, Cognition, GI & More
Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN | Click here for information about Vanessa Ruiz

**2 pharmacology CE hours**

  • Root causes of insomnia and chronic pain in the elderly
  • Geriatric pharmacology of herbal therapeutics
  • Quality and safety considerations of supplementation and herbs
  • Anti-inflammatory herbs and pain management
  • Common herbs for brain health and mood
  • Medication interactions with supplements

Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN-BSN, is a Naturopathic Physician and Registered Nurse. Her passion in integrative health led her to a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from Southwest College in Tempe, Arizona. Previously, Vanessa worked as a nurse for over 10 years, including a focus in geriatric patient care. She shares her expertise nationally, speaking on various functional and geriatric medicine topics. Vanessa maintains an active clinical practice, is the founder of Nurses for Natural health and volunteers through the Medical Reserve Corps and Naturopaths without Borders.
2023 Geriatric Conference


Attend in Hawaii or Watch Online: May 18 & 19, 2023
-or- Access the Training Course afterwards to watch on your own schedule

$549.99

Earn up to 12.5 CE Hours! Including up to 5.0 ANCC approved pharmacology CE hours!
Seats are LIMITED! Special Hawaii room rates available!
Click here for Credit details

Click here to register as the coordinator for this event.
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