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Hearts and Hands 2019

Langley is SOLD OUT
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Please note: The Langley Hearts and Hands conference is currently sold out.
If you would like to be added to a waitlist, please email: info@safecarebc.ca

About Hearts and Hands

With the goal of celebrating, educating and inspiring, the Hearts and Hands conference has become the must-attend event for health care assistants in BC.

The conference is an opportunity to thank and acknowledge the work health care assistants do, and provide them with a fantastic educational program.

This year, SafeCare BC is pleased to announce Teepa Snow, one of the world’s leading advocates and educators for dementia care, will be delivering the keynote presentation and a breakout session at both conferences. .

The 2019 conferences will be held at the Coast Langley City Hotel & Convention Centre in Langley on October 22, and the Songhees Wellness Centre in Victoria on October 24.

Pricing

Before September 1: $40

After August 31: $50

Issues with registration? 

Send us an email to info@safecarebc.ca (our staff are ready to help) or call us at (604) 630-5572 (Ext. 242)

Langley Conference

Hearts and Hands Conference in Langley will be held at the Coast Langley City Hotel & Convention Centre on October 22.

Attendees will be given the opportunity to listen to the world-renowned Teepa Snow deliver the event’s keynote presentation. After the keynote, attendees will take part in a Teepa Snow-lead breakout session.

Additionally, the Langley conference will be host to two other unique breakout sessions that will add diversity and richness to the day.

Langley Breakout Sessions

Civility Matters

Presenters: Dr. Heather Cooke, Rhonda Croft, Trish Giesbrecht

 

Taking Care: Finding a New Balance in Work and in Life

Presenter: Dan Levitt

 

Sold Out

Victoria Conference

Hearts and Hands Conference in Victoria will be held at the Songhees Wellness Centre on October 24.

Attendees will be given the opportunity to listen to the world-renowned Teepa Snow deliver the event’s keynote presentation. After the keynote, attendees will
take part in a Teepa Snow-lead breakout session.

Additionally, the Victoria conference will be host to two other unique breakout sessions that will add diversity and richness to the day.

Victoria Breakout Sessions

Resilience Strategies for Continuing Care Workers: Tools To Use Right In The Moment

Presenter: Shayna Hornstein

 

Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say With Respectful Communication

Presenter: Shannon Kenning

 

Tickets are limited, so register now to secure your spot!

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Presenters

Teepa Snow
Teepa Snow is an occupational therapist with 40 years of rich and varied clinical and academic experience. She presents with extraordinary expertise and humor to audiences large and small throughout the world. Her company, Positive Approach® to Care (PAC) provides on-line and in-person services, training, and products to professionals, family members, the lay public, and people living with brain changes internationally. Her GEMS® State Model for understanding progression and change in ability, combined with her PAC™ Skills, form practical and effective strategies and techniques for individuals and agencies seeking to optimize care and support for those living with dementia and their care partners. These user-friendly approaches provide guidance and leadership to national efforts to promote best practices. PAC is collaboratively working to change the culture of dementia care, one mind at a time in over 30 countries worldwide.
Shayna Hornstein
Shayna Hornstein, B.Sc. (Reg. P.T.) is an adult educator, a body-focused counsellor and registered physical therapist. She’s worked in the health care system for many years alongside continuing care workers and has a deep appreciation of the critical role they play in the health and lives of the people they serve. Her organizational training improves employees’ resilience and communication. In her clinical practice she helps people lessen the impact that stress has on their bodies.
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Shannon Kenning is a licensed practical nurse, who has worked in long-term care for the past 13 years. She has a passion for providing high-quality person-centred care, and with her team at Castleview, as Director of Care has achieved Accreditation with Exemplary status and great quality indicators for its residents including zero restraints and low anti-psychotic use. When not working, Shannon loves to camp and spend time at the lake with her family. It's all about balance. Our approach at Castelview says it all, "our residents do not live in our workplace, we work in their home."
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Dr. Heather Cooke has more than 20 years’ experience working in dementia care, in both a front-line and research capacity. She is passionate about improving staff members’ quality of work life and residents’ quality of life, which she views as interconnected. Heather has a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies and is a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee and Alzheimer Society of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at the UBC School of Nursing. Her current research focuses on the workplace relationships of care staff, including workplace incivility and bullying, which is supported by an Innovation at Work grant from WorkSafeBC.
Rhonda Croft
Rhonda Croft has been a Registered Nurse and activist in the BC Nurses’ Union (BCNU) for more than 25 years. A life-long learner, she completed her Masters degree in 2011, which focused on exploring horizontal violence and bullying within the nursing profession. The topic of civility in the healthcare workplace resonates with nurses throughout BC. Rhonda provides workshops and presentations around the province for BCNU members to discuss civility, respect and the need for self-awareness and self-care.
Trish G
Trish Giesbrecht is the Program Director at Columbia Bible College. She previously served as the Manager of Care and Quality Improvement at Menno Place, a campus of care in Abbotsford serving over 700 seniors. She is a licensed practical nurse by training and has a Bachelor's Degree in Leadership. Trish has been a valued member of the nursing leadership team at Menno since 2009, where she works with both union and contracted staff. She has a wealth of experience in long-term care, ranging from Independent Living/Assisted Living Manager to key Quality Improvement initiatives. Recently, Trish has become more involved with adult education, playing a central role in the development of a new Health Care Aide training program set to open in Abbotsford in 2020.
Dan Levitt
Dan Levitt is an acclaimed international speaker, elder care leader, writer, and gerontologist, specializing in helping others to create better lives for seniors. Dan’s purpose is to teach millions of people how to transform the lives of older adults across the globe. As a popular speaker, he has delivered inspiring keynote speeches impacting thousands of people on four continents. Dan doesn’t tell people where to go, but guides them in the direction of where they need to go. His talks leave the audience with a new mindset on aging needed to thrive in the 21st century.

Last Year's Feedback

  • 84% of respondents would attend another Hearts & Hands Conference conference
  • 98% would recommend the conference to their peers

What they said:

  • “Amazing conference!”
  • “We are going back home with lots of great information, happiness, and excitement to share!”

Sponsors

Health care assistants are the unsung heroes of our health system, and we rely on organizations to help ensure a reasonable conference registration fee, while providing a rich program lower the conference registration fee, and provide a program that aims to celebrate, educate, and inspire.

An organization’s participation not only shows their support for health care assistants, but also allows them to positively position their brand with conference attendees. Organizations will receive recognition and promotion leading up to, during and following the event.

There are several sponsorship opportunities available. See how you can support what are likely to be sold out events by viewing our sponsorship prospectus.

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