CIL-NET Presents…

A National Teleconference & Webcast

Paving the Way for Nursing Home Transition

Monday, August 18, 2008

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Are you a new transition coordinator?  Has your CIL started a new program to help individuals plan their move back to the community?  Then you may already know that the most difficult steps in the transition process can be your first.  Join us on Monday, August 18 to learn valuable tips and concrete steps to get every transition off to a positive start.  We’ll teach you how to find consumers that want to leave; how to build positive, trusting relationships with consumers, their families, and even facility staff and doctors; and, most important, how to work with the consumer to teach them how to achieve what they want and need to regain their freedom in the community!

DON’T MISS THIS SPECIAL OFFER!!! 

This CIL-NET presentation, Paving the Way for Nursing Home Transition, and the upcoming SILC-NET teleconference and webcast, Expanding the Availability of Accessible Housing are both being offered at no charge to all individuals that register for IL NET’s National Mini-Conference on Transition & Housing, scheduled for October 21 – 24, 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! 

To take advantage of this special offer, please mark the appropriate check-box on the attached registration form and submit it with the registration fee for the Mini-Conference, $125.00.   Want to attend both teleconferences and webcasts and the Mini-Conference?  It’s still just $125.00, but you will need to fill out the separate registration form for Expanding the Availability of Accessible Housing.    

Can’t attend the Mini-Conference on Transition & Housing?  You will need to mark the appropriate check-box on the attached registration form and submit it with the regular registration fee for Paving the Way for Nursing Home Transition of $75.00. 

Questions about this special discount offer may be sent to Tim Fuchs at 202.207.0334 or tim@ncil.org.  Thank you! 

Target Audience:

The primary target audience for this introductory training is IL personnel who are NEW to nursing home transition.  Transition facilitators, independent living specialists, program coordinators, and other core IL staff who work with consumers who wish to move out of nursing homes may also find this course helpful in understanding the issues of nursing home transition.

Training Objectives:

Through participation in this webcast, you will be able to:

• Describe strategies for locating and making the connection with individuals who want to transition out of nursing homes;

• Explain how to build rapport with consumers for productive and effective interactions;

• Describe the importance of the initial assessment of the individual’s needs and the critical role of planning to ensure success; and,

• Identify strategies for building good working relationships with institutional staff, family members, and others who either support or challenge the transition.

Your Presenter:  Judy Roy

Judy Roy is Project Coordinator for Partnerships to Independence, a nursing home transition project of Independent Living Resources of Greater Birmingham.  Judy is the PAS Subcommittee chair for the National Council on Independent Living.  She is the Chair of the Alabama Long Term Care Coalition and contact for the ADAPT Chapter of Alabama.  Judy serves on the Board of Alabama Arise, a coalition of 132 religious, community, and civic groups that promote state policies to improve the lives of low-income people.

Important Note:  This presentation is being offered at no charge to all individuals that register for IL NET’s Mini-Conference on Transition and Housing scheduled for October 21 – 24, 2008 in Milwaukee, WI.  The registration fee for that four-day onsite training is $125.00.  Please mark the following check-box to indicate that you will pay the $125.00 registration fee for the Mini-Conference on Transition and Housing and attend the Paving the Way for Nursing Home Transition Teleconference and Webcast at no additional charge!

Paving the Way for Nursing Home Transition Registration Form

You may also register via traditional mail or fax by using this printable registration form.

PRESENTED BY CIL-NET: A program of the IL NET national training and technical assistance project for Centers for Independent Living (CIL-NET) and Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILC-NET). The IL NET is operated by ILRU, Independent Living Research Utilization, in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL).