7/27/2019 Eau Claire Nov 11
2/2
8:00 am Registration Refreshments
8:15 am Welcome & Introductions
8:30 am American Indian Culture: Identification &Treatment
of Alzheimers
Patricia Ribbich, SW & Charlene Smith, RN
10:00 am Refreshment Break
10:30 am Balancing, Respecting and Protecting
Those in Our Care
Viki Kind, MA
12:00 pm Lunch Networking Exhibits
12:20 pm Alzheimers Association Update
1:00 pm Getting Better at Asking for and
Accepting Help
Viki Kind, MA
2:30 pm Refreshment Break
2:45 pm Understanding the Other Dementias
Mark Van Etten, M.D.
Viki Kind, MA
Los Angeles, CA
Viki Kind is a clinical bioethicist,medical educator and
hospicevolunteer. Her award-winning book,The Caregivers Path to
Compas-sionate Decision Making: MakingChoices For Those Who
Can't,guides families and professionalsthrough the difficult
process ofmaking decisions for those who have lost capacity.
She has lectured across the United States teachinghealthcare
professionals to have integrity, compassionand to improve
end-of-life care through bettercommunication. Viki provides
bioethics consultation andsupport for many hospitals in the Los
Angeles area.
She holds a masters degree in bioethics from theMedical College
of Wisconsin.
Patricia Ribbich, SW, is a retired social worker fromMilwaukee
where she worked with the MilwaukeeCounty Department of Aging
Alzheimers unit. She isOjibwa and Ottawa and an enrolled member of
the MoleLake Reservation.
Charlene Smith, RN, is a retired nurse having spent20 years with
Milwaukee County Services as apsychiatric nurse. Charlene is an
enrolled tribal
member/citizen of the Oneida Tribe of Indians ofWisconsin.
Mark Van Etten, M.D., is the Medical Director forSpooner Health
System Memory Clinic and BenedictineLiving Center Spooner. He is
also board certified infamily medicine with added qualifications in
Geriatrics.
Dr. Van Etten has over 30 years of experience. He hastouched
hundreds of lives through his extensiveknowledge, compassion,
gentle nature, attentivelistening skills and approachable manner.
He has beena proponent for dementia care and education in
thecommunity and was instrumental in establishing theMemory Clinic
in Spooner.
Conference Agenda Presentation Registration
Certificate of Attendance
All attendees will receive a certificate
recognizing attendance at the conference.
Exhibitors Welcome! Cost is $150 each.Includes: 1 skirted 6 ft.
table, 1 chair, 1 admission to the
conference. Electricity available upon request.
For more information contact Julene or Katie:715.720.7611 or
[email protected] / [email protected]
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If you are a family caregiver and need someone to staywith your
loved one in order to attend the conference,
please call Home Instead Senior Care at 715.552.8040.
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later than October 28, 2013.
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