The 2011 Annual Provincial Conference & Exhibition
“Inspiring All Who Care” on May 17, 2011 at the Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, MB, was a great success! We saw a total of almost 80 exhibitors and 540 people in attendance! Please scroll down for Speakers' presentations.
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The Long Term & Continuing Care Association's 8th Annual Provincial Conference & Exhibition “Inspiring All Who Care” was held Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at the Victoria Inn, in Winnipeg and was a great success. We are pleased to announce we broke 3 records that day. The first being our highest number of attendees totaling over 430. Secondly, we welcomed almost 80 exhibitors and approximately 110 exhibiting representatives making our grand total of attendees well over 500. And thirdly, we received twice the number of nominations for Awards for Excellence this year than we saw last year.
Our thanks are extended to our Media Partner, CBC Radio One, for their time and attention to our conference and for making it possible to reach so many people. It was an honour and a delight having Larry Updike of 'Up to Speed' host the Awards for Excellence with Jan Legeros, LTCAM Executive Director.
Awards were presented to:
- Stacy Blazina & the Beacon Hill Lodge Recreation Team for Recreation/Therapy Services
- Michelle Millar from Pembina Manitou Health Centre for Recreation/Therapy Services
- Cathy Bochen from Parkview Place Care Centre for Innovation/Vision/Leadership
- Janetta Boisvert from Poseidon Care Centre for Innovation/Vision/Leadership
Our conference theme this year was "Inspiring all Who Care". The reason LTCAM hosts these conferences is to always inspire, educate, enlighten and nurture long term and continuing care staff and caregiving individuals. We want to offer new and different approaches to your work and personal lives, to enhance your feeling of satisfaction of having not only performed your job well, but of having brought some joy to someone that day! If we can achieve this as an outcome, having you leave the conference with some new "tools" that you can't wait to use the very next day with that resident that you just have not been able to connect with, then we have truly inspired you. This also supports LTCAM's primary objective: to advocate on behalf of seniors in Manitoba and the staff who serve them.
"Very excellent day with inspiration and encouragement!"
- Conference Delegate
Delegates from Winnipeg, rural Manitoba, Ontario and Alberta gathered to experience a day filled with interactive workshops and powerful presentations. These attendees included urban and rural Health Professionals, CEOs, Managers, and support workers from long term and continuing care residences. Also attending were informal caregivers who were looking forward to accessing information to assist in their caregiving responsibilities.
"Everything was great. Really enjoyed the conference!"
– Conference Delegate
Marcia Thomson, who was recently appointed to Assistant Deputy Minister with the Department of Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors, provided valuable information on many of the successful initiatives that Manitoba Government works on, often behind the scenes and unbeknown to the public. She also helped set the tone to start the day.
Each presentation throughout the day touched on the topic of this year's theme "Inspiring All Who Care". Topics ranged from nutrition & hydration, oral health, advanced care planning, palliative care, elder abuse and dignity in care. Also featured was the interactive workshop 'Dealing with Difficult Behaviours' hosted by Mediation Services, Resolution Skills Centre. This workshop debuted at our conference last year and due to popular demand, we brought it back this year, offering it six times throughout the day. One of the concurrent sessions after the lunch break was a lively, upbeat, motivational presentation with the theme of saying hello to humour and goodbye to burnout in the work place. Our speakers are a crucial reason that our conference drew such large numbers this year.
"Best conference I have ever attended - speaker's skills and topics excellent!"
– Conference Delegate
The large exhibition hall and entrance showcased almost 80 exhibitors, offering delegates the opportunity to view new products and learn about services pertinent to their field. While exploring the exhibitor's hall, both the conference attendees and the exhibitors got better acquainted, networked and formed new working relationships.
"Great conference; excellent exhibits; learned and had fun!"
– Conference Delegate
Each year, we encourage our participants to complete a conference evaluation form. A special thank you to the huge number of those folks who took the time to contribute their comments and suggestions. These forms are carefully reviewed, analyzed and used to a large extent, to shape future conferences. This information not only gives us direction for next year, but encourages us to "strive for perfection" in the years to come. This year we reached the highest evaluation scores we have ever seen!
| 2011 Delegate Satisfaction Results |
| Speakers |
Conference Organization, Venue, Value for Money |
Total Overall |
| 83% |
90% |
87% |
"Excellent! Even better than last year!"
– Conference Delegate
Participation in our Annual Provincial Conference may fulfill the requirements of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba Continuing Competence Program. Also, Pharmacists may document this accredited learning activity in their MPhA Professional Development log. A number of other professional associations recognize this event as an avenue for continuing education. We also offer a certificate of attendance to those who request it.
Special thanks to our Partners: Media Partner - CBC Radio One, Gold Partner - Complete Purchasing, Silver Partners - Revera, Extendicare, and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, and Bronze Partners - Tache Pharmacy, Esdale Printing and AIS Systems. Special thanks to Mediation Services, Resolution Skills Centre for hosting the Dealing with Difficult Behaviours Workshops and to the the Alzheimer's Society of Manitoba for hosting the Virtual Dementia Tours. Only with their collaborative support could this day be made possible.
Many thanks to our Sponsors and Exhibitors for their contributions and the many fabulous door prizes, and congratulations to our door prize winners! Additional support from our exhibitors and sponsors included delegate bags from Reliable Home Care Agency, lanyards from Rexall, delegate bag assembly by the Robertson College Health Care Aide students, water and notepads from Canadian Footwear, services from Esdale Printing, and hand sanitizer stations from GoJo.
The following is a list of this year's exhibitors:
| 3M |
LNJ Medical |
| Abbott Nutrition |
Manitoba Hydro - Power Smart |
| Acure |
Manrex |
| Advanced Custom Solutions |
MC Healthcare Products |
| Age & Opportunity |
Medichair Winnipeg |
| All Seniors Care |
Medline Canada |
| Allergan |
Momentum Healthware |
| Alzheimer Society |
National Industrial Communications Inc |
| ArjoHuntleigh |
Nestle Healthcare Nutrition |
| Associated Health Systems |
Nighthawk Manufacturing Inc |
| Attends Healthcare Products |
Northland Healthcare |
| Barik Medical |
Osteoporosis Canada - MB Chapter |
| Bayshore Home Health |
Pfizer |
| Bowers Medical Supply |
Professional Orthopedic Products |
| Canadian Footwear |
Protection for Persons in Care |
| Canadian Virtual Hospice |
Quality Life Services |
| CBC |
Reliable Home Care |
| Certified Foot Care Nurses Interest Group |
Resolution Skills Centre |
| Coinamatic Commercial Laundry Inc |
Revera Health Services |
| Comforts of Home Care |
Rexall |
| Community Services Benefits Trust |
Rona |
| Complete Purchasing |
SAFE Work (WCB) |
| Drake Medox Health Service |
SCA Personal Care |
| Ecclesiastical Insurance |
Stewartville Professional Centre |
| ERV Parent Co. |
Systagenix |
| Finn Woodworks |
Tache |
| First Quality Products |
The Global Group |
| Flaghouse |
University of Manitoba - Health Sciences Library |
| Futuremed |
Van Extras Mobility |
| Gojo |
Victoria Lifeline |
| I Do Inspire |
We Care Home Health Services |
| Invacare |
WestCare Health Supplies |
| Johnston Equipment |
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The tremendous staff of the Victoria Inn and the audio/visual experts of Evolution Presentation Technologies were wonderful to work with on this event.
Our Volunteers put in a lot of hard work in the months leading up to the conference and really went above and beyond on the day of the big event. We extend our sincerest thanks for their generosity in so graciously volunteering their time.
The LTCAM Staff & Board of Directors looks forward to seeing everyone again next year on May 15, 2012!
"Excellent! Even better than last year!"
– Conference Delegate
Conference Brochure
Speaker Profiles
Click here to see our 2011 Sponsors & Exhibitors.
Media Partner
Gold Partner
Silver Partners
Bronze Partners
Speakers & Presentations
LTCAM would like to recognize the following guest speakers for their informative and enlightening presentations. To download copies of the presentations, please click on the icons below (please note that larger presentations take a few minutes to load).
Special thanks to Marcia Thomson - Assistant Deputy Minister, Healthy Living, Youth & Seniors (Assistant Deputy Minister, Cross-Department Coordination Initiatives) for her opening remarks and presentation. Also, special thanks to Larry Updike of CBC Radio One's 'Up to Speed' for hosting the Awards for Excellence ceremony.
Jean Helps, RD
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Dr. Anthony Iacopino
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Dr. Genevieve Thompson
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Lisa Streeter RN, MN, CHPCN(c)
Luana Whitbread RN, BSc, BN, MN GNC(c)
Kathleen Klassen RN, MN, GNC(c)
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John J. Ruban, AIIC, CCIB, CRM
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Jody Urquhart
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Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov
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Mike Labun
Sue Hemphill
Rick Schmidt
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