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FREE CE Programs Attendance is required for ENTIRE program and written evaluation to receive contact hours.
#1339 Crossroads Hospice Representative
Sponsored by Crossroads Hospice, Our House and SJMC
This program is an overview of health care privacy practices and related ethical considerations. This also counts for ethics for social workers.
Wednesday, May 1
7:30 am – Registration and breakfast
8:00 am – CE program
Our House
27633 Bassett Road, Westlake
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1340 Steffani Baker, Alzheimer’s Association
Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association, Lutheran Home of Concord Reserve and SJMC
This program explains the stages of Alzheimers and the losses associated with them. The underlying focus is on what dementia patients can do, rather than what they can’t do.
Friday, May 37:30 am – Registration and breakfast
8:00 am – CE program
Lutheran Home at Concord Reserve
2116 Dover Center Road, Westlake
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1341 Emily Marvin, MSSA, LSW, CDP
Sponsored by Caringtree Senior Care, Devon Oaks and SJMC
The student should be able to review the criteria of dementia, understand their reality vs. our reality, and recognize how behaviors can be caused by inability to communicate. They will be taught ways to communicate effectively and how objects can create communication.
Wednesday, May 8
5:30 pm – Registration and refreshments
6:00 pm – CE program
Devon Oaks
2345 Crocker Road, Westlake
1.5 – CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1342 Diane McGregor, RN, SJMC, Staff Development
Objectives include:
Wednesday, May 15
7:30 am – Registration and refreshments
8:00 am – CE program
The Abbewood
1210 South Abbe Road, Elyria
1 – CE Nursing Law (covers nursing law requirement)
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1343 Julia Ellifritt , LISW-S, Cornerstone of Hope
Sponsored by Cornerstone of Hope, Manor Care and SJMC
In this basic introduction to culture, participants will learn about what culture is, the various cultures that they each belong to, as well as how to provide “best practice” care while meeting the particular cultural norms of their own clients. Photographs and stories from Julia’s 14 trips to Africa and Asia as a social worker enhance this program.
Wednesday, May 15
5:00 pm – Registration and refreshments
5:30 pm – CE program
Manor Care of North Olmsted
23225 Lorain Road, North Olmsted
1– CE for social workers and counselors
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1344 Carol Roe, Lakeshore Educational & Counseling
Sponsored by Brighton Gardens and SJMC
With the continuing challenges and changes in health care, it is important that nurses and dialysis technicians stay current with the law regulating their practice. This workshop meets the 1 hour continuing education requirement by the Ohio Board of Nursing for content on the law and rules regulating practice. Selected sections of the law and rules regarding scope of practice, delegation and discipline are reviewed. Discussion also includes limits on the jurisdiction of the Board (CE designed for nurses only).
Thursday, May 23
6:30 pm – Registration and light refreshments
7:00 pm – CE Program
Brighton Gardens
27819 Center Ridge Road, Westlake
1 – CE for Nursing
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1345 Jan Lovelace RN, BA, CDP, Hospice of the Western Reserve
Sponsored by Hospice of the Western Reserve, The Welsh Home and SJMC
The participant will learn:
Thursday, May 30
7:30 am – Registration and light refreshments
8:00 am – CE program
The Welsh Home
22199 Center Ridge Road, Rocky River
1 – CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1346 Stein Hospice Professional
Sponsored by Stein Hospice, The Gardens of Westlake and SJMC
Learn how to work with people in remote states, such as coma, confusion, delirium, Alzheimer’s and near death. Techniques used in this therapy help the patient complete unfinished business, make spiritual connections and do their inner work.
Monday, June 10
7:30 am – Registration and breakfast
8:00 am – CE program
The Gardens of Westlake, 27569 Detroit Road, Westlake
1 – CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1347 Hospice of the Western Reserve
Sponsored by Hospice of the Western Reserve, Avon Oaks Caring Community and SJMC At the end of this program the student should be able to define therapeutic humor, identify benefits of humor, and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate uses of humor.
Tuesday, June 11
8:00 am – Registration and breakfast
8:30 am – CE program
Avon Oaks Caring Community
37800 French Creek Road, Avon
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1348 Therese Ashie, RN. Nurse Educator, Crossroads Hospice
Sponsored by Crossroads Hospice, Independence Village and SJMC
This program will discuss nutrition and hydration methods as well as appropriateness of use for each.
Tuesday, June 11
5:30 pm – Registration and heavy appetizers
6:00 pm – CE program
Independence Village
345 Lear Road, Avon Lake
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1349 Laura Hazen, Hanson Service
Sponsored by Hanson Services, Normandy Manor and SJMC
Basic information of causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. The program also touches on prevention, strategies and the latest research and headlines.
Wednesday, June 19
1:00 pm – Registration and light refreshments
1:30 pm – CE program
Normandy Manor
22709 Lake Road, Rocky River
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1350 Therese Ashie, RN, Nurse Educator, Crossroads Hospice
Sponsored by Westlake Health Care Center, Crossroads Hospice and SJMC
Learn what renal failure is, methods of treatment, how hospice helps when patients elect to stop dialysis or not initiate dialysis.
Thursday, June 20
5:00 pm – Registration and refreshments
5:30 pm – CE program
The Orchard of Westlake
4000 Crocker Road, Westlake
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP – 877-597-6348
#1351 Jeff Arnold, Provider Services
Sponsored by Riverview Pointe Care Services and SJMC
At the end of this program the student will be able to:
Wednesday, June 26
7:30 am – Registration and light refreshments
8:00 am – CE program
Riverview Pointe Care Center
9027 Columbia Road, Olmsted Falls
1– CE for Nursing (covers nursing law requirement)
RSVP: 877-597-6348
Approved for 1 contact hour.
This has been approved as a Category A activity.
#1352 Therese Ashie, RN, Nurse Educator, Crossroads Hospice
Sponsored by Crossroads Hospice, Avon Oaks and SJMC
This program is an overview of cardiac disease and specific symptom management.
Tuesday, July 16
8:00 am Registration and light breakfast
8:30 am – CE program
Avon Oaks Caring Community
37800 French Creek Road, Avon
1– CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1353 Vicky Kayatin, RN BSN SJMC
Sponsored by SJMC and Bradley Bay Health Center
The benefits, risks, and consequences of social media for healthcare professionals and the public they serve.
Wednesday, July 24
7:30 am – Registration and breakfast
8:00 am – CE program
#1354 Jackie Gerspacher, LSW, CCM
Sponsored by Life Care Center of Westlake and SJMC
At the end of this program the participant should be able to define culture and race and identify the socio-economic influence of each; be able to identify three levels of barriers in the health care behaviors; identify cultural influences on health care beliefs; and identify ways to break through these barriers.
Thursday, July 25
5:00 pm – Registration and dinner
5:30 pm – CE program
Life Care Center of Westlake
26520 Center Ridge Road, Westlake
1 – CE for nurses, social workers and case managers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1355 Chuck Behrens, M.Div., Hospice of the Western Reserve
Sponsored by Hospice of the Western Reserve, Brighton Gardens and SJMC
This program will:
Thursday, August 22
7:30 am – Registration and refreshments
8:00 am – CE Program
Brighton Gardens
27819 Center Ridge Road, Westlake
1 – CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1356 Heather Ligus, Crossroads Hospice
Sponsored by Crossroads Hospice, Manor Care and SJMC
This program reviews pain management interventions to treat the whole patient.
Wednesday, August 28
5:00 pm – Registration and Refreshments
5:30 pm – CE program
Manor Care of North Olmsted
23225 Lorain Road, North Olmsted
1 – CE for nurses and social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1357 Lori Cook, Safety Advisor for the American Automobile Association (AAA)
Sponsored by Hickman & Lowder Co., LPA, American Automobile Association, Normandy Manor and SJMC
Lori will present a one-hour program that provides an overview of the “senior driver” and outlines possible environmental adaptations to help keep our elder drivers and others safe on the road.
Thursday, August 29
8:00 am – Registration and breakfast
8:30 am – CE program
Normandy Manor
22709 Lake Road, Rocky River
1 – CE for social workers
RSVP: 877-597-6348
#1358 Kris Kuhlman LSW, LNHA, MBA/HCM
Sponsored by West Bay Center and SJMC
How can we use compassion in communicating? Better understand communication and compassion and what is meant by the “communication gap”.
Thursday, August 29
5:00 pm – Registration and refreshments
5:30 pm – CE program
West Bay Center
27601 Westchester Parkway, Westlake
1 – CE for physical and occupational therapist
RSVP: 877-597-6348
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