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SUMMARY:Free Learning event: AI and Tech Trends in Senior Living @ John Knox Village
DESCRIPTION:AI and Tech Trends in Senior Living \nSummary  \nAI is reshaping senior living by automating tasks\, improving resident engagement\, and enhancing predictive care. This session provides expert insights into AI trends\, governance\, and ethical considerations to help leaders make informed decisions. Participants will learn how AI can optimize operations\, personalize resident experiences\, and maintain data security and compliance. By embracing AI and technology strategically\, senior living communities can drive efficiency while ensuring ethical and responsible implementation. \nLearning Objectives \n\nAnalyze current AI and emerging tech trends including falls prevention\, robotics\, and resident monitoring and their impact on senior living operations and care delivery.\nEvaluate governance and ethical considerations to ensure responsible tech adoption and compliance.\nDevelop strategies for implementing AI solutions that enhance efficiency while maintaining human oversight and trust.\n\nSponsored by Value 1st!  \nJoin us for a fellowship event after the education from 5pm-6:30pm @ John Knox Village \n   Sponsored by: Symbria and U.S. Foods           Hosted by: John Knox Village \n                    
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/free-learning-event-ai-and-tech-trends-in-senior-living/
LOCATION:Meadows at John Knox Village\, 1800 NW O'Brien Road\, Lees Summit\, MO\, 64081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals,Governance,Human Resources,Leadership,Management,Operations
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SUMMARY:Webinar: DEMENTIA CARE 101: Strategies to Assist the Aging Adult with Sensory Changes
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, Carrie Chiusano will leverage her expertise from Dementia Care Centers of Excellence to help caregivers distinguish between normal aging and aging with a dementia diagnosis to apply best practices navigating the environment. Those with Alzheimer’s Disease or related dementias often experience sensory stimuli differently or more intensely as their condition progresses\, and may not be able to identify or communicate needs effectively. Understanding these differences is crucial for providing appropriate care and support to aging individuals in memory care. \nLearning Objectives:\n1. Understand the diverse spectrum of dementia and cognitive decline to enhance diagnostic awareness and intervention planning.\n2. Examine the symptoms\, progression patterns\, and underlying causes of various dementia types\, distinguishing normal aging processes from the early signs of Alzheimer’s and related conditions.\n3. Discover evidence-based strategies for common challenges faced by individuals and caregivers in effectively supporting residents experiencing cognitive decline. \nAbout the Presenter:\nCarrie has 30 plus years of long-term care experience with Presbyterian SeniorCare Network\, most of which have been dedicated to creating and evolving the Woodside Place Philosophy of specialty care for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Prior to being appointed Executive Director for the Presbyterian SeniorCare Network Dementia Care Center of Excellence in January 2016\, Carrie served as the Administrator for Woodside Place of Oakmont\, which opened in 1991 and was one of the nation’s first dementia-specific residential care communities specifically designed to meet the holistic needs of older adults living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. She was instrumental in championing the Culture Change initiative for the Network\, which led to us becoming CARF accredited in 2011 (ongoing accreditation through 2024) in Person Centered Care.\nAs Executive Director\, Carrie is responsible for the integration of dementia care services across the care and service continuum which comprise the Network. In this role\, Carrie:\n• Champions dementia care program development to offer a uniquely innovative and meaningful compendium of options for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The result is a vibrant and fluid interactions which are both personalized by for the individuals while assuring consistent quality across the continuum.\n• Plans and implements ongoing educational sessions which ensure every team member\, at every level of the organization has the deep and rich knowledge and competencies to meet the holistic needs of individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementia.\n• Builds and maintains strategic partnerships to support the Network in our goal of enhancing the quality of life both for the individuals impacted by the disease as well as family caregivers supporting those living with the disease.\nCarrie is the Champion for: the Network’s Dementia Care Integration team\, CARF accreditation in Dementia Care and the creation of the Dementia Care Center of Excellence: Expanding our Reach through the Center for Innovation and Care Transformation. In addition to her service on numerous industry association boards\, Carrie is a certified trainer for the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners in dementia care. \nApproved for 1 PC CEU: TA-015-42-26DL
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/webinar-dementia-care-101-strategies-to-assist-the-aging-adult-with-sensory-changes/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals,Human Resources,Leadership,Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250829T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250829T100000
DTSTAMP:20250728T150358Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: DEMENTIA CARE 101: Delusions\, Hallucinations and Hoarding: When is it Time to Engage?
DESCRIPTION:Join Carrie Chiusano as she shares her expertise from working at a Dementia Care Center of Excellence\, focusing on how to effectively assist individuals living with dementia who experience delusions and hallucinations. Learn the importance of balancing your own reality and entering into theirs to provide compassionate and effective care. \nLearning Objectives:\n1. Understand the diverse spectrum of dementia and cognitive decline to enhance diagnostic awareness and intervention planning.\n2. Examine the symptoms\, progression patterns\, and underlying causes of various dementia types\, distinguishing normal aging processes from the early signs of Alzheimer’s and related conditions.\n3. Discover evidence-based strategies for common challenges faced by individuals and caregivers in effectively supporting residents experiencing cognitive decline. \nAbout the Presenter:\nCarrie has 30 plus years of long-term care experience with Presbyterian SeniorCare Network\, most of which have been dedicated to creating and evolving the Woodside Place Philosophy of specialty care for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Prior to being appointed Executive Director for the Presbyterian SeniorCare Network Dementia Care Center of Excellence in January 2016\, Carrie served as the Administrator for Woodside Place of Oakmont\, which opened in 1991 and was one of the nation’s first dementia-specific residential care communities specifically designed to meet the holistic needs of older adults living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. She was instrumental in championing the Culture Change initiative for the Network\, which led to us becoming CARF accredited in 2011 (ongoing accreditation through 2024) in Person Centered Care.\nAs Executive Director\, Carrie is responsible for the integration of dementia care services across the care and service continuum which comprise the Network. In this role\, Carrie:\n•  Champions dementia care program development to offer a uniquely innovative and meaningful compendium of options for individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. The result is a vibrant and fluid interactions which are both personalized by for the individuals while assuring consistent quality across the continuum.\n• Plans and implements ongoing educational sessions which ensure every team member\, at every level of the organization has the deep and rich knowledge and competencies to meet the holistic needs of individuals living with Alzheimer’s and related dementia.\n• Builds and maintains strategic partnerships to support the Network in our goal of enhancing the quality of life both for the individuals impacted by the disease as well as family caregivers supporting those living with the disease.\nCarrie is the Champion for: the Network’s Dementia Care Integration team\, CARF accreditation in Dementia Care and the creation of the Dementia Care Center of Excellence: Expanding our Reach through the Center for Innovation and Care Transformation. In addition to her service on numerous industry association boards\, Carrie is a certified trainer for the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners in dementia care. \nApproved for 1 PC CEU: TA-015-42-26DL
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/webinar-dementia-care-101-delusions-hallucinations-and-hoarding-when-is-it-time-to-engage/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals,Human Resources,Leadership,Management
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SUMMARY:Planetary Science - High-Level Mars Update - Free Activity Event
DESCRIPTION:Talk Title: Robots and the Red Planet: NASA’s Explorers on Mars\nTalk Description: NASA’s robotic fleet\, including orbiters\, landers and rovers\, have enabled key science discoveries on Mars over the course of 60 years. From Mariner 4’s first flyby in 1965 to the Ingenuity helicopter’s historic first flight in 2021\, NASA spacecraft have changed our understanding of Mars’ past and present conditions. Questions about Mars continue to drive NASA’s present and future mission plans\, including whether life ever took hold on the Red Planet\, and whether human explorers will one day take the first steps on Mars.\nSpeaker: Sarah Marcotte (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory)\nSpeaker Bio:\n\nSarah Marcotte is the NASA STEM Engagement Network group lead\, based at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She leads NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors Program\, managing a U.S. nationwide network of 1\,240 volunteer ambassadors who engage communities across classrooms\, museums\, planetariums\, and media with the latest in space exploration and discoveries. \nPrior to this role\, Sarah was the public engagement lead for the Mars Exploration Program. She worked with museums and planetariums across the country on exhibits and programs relating to Mars\, organizing live and virtual events for the media and the public to make complex mission details engaging and accessible to everyone. \n\nWebinar Connection Info:\n\nJoin the meeting now\nMeeting ID: 213 242 567 653 3\nPasscode: 64x7cd7X\nJoin by phone: +1-256-715-9946 (phone conference ID: 114 544 196#)
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/planetary-science-high-level-mars-update-free-activity-event/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals
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SUMMARY:Free Learning Webinar - Bespoke Psychiatry presents: Challenging the Stigma: How Nursing Home Staff Can Advocate for Mental Health Care
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, August 20th at 1pm for a webinar facilitated by Dr. Krushen Pillay\, DO\, Board Certified Adult and Geriatric Psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer at Bespoke Psychiatry. He will be presenting on how to advocate for long term care residents to engage mental health and psychiatric services. \nJoin us each 3rd Wednesday of the month for our monthly webinar series: \nVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/qbz-wabi-ibf \nOr dial: ‪(US) +1 754-702-3137 PIN: ‪501 812 005# \n\n\n\nJoin Here\n\n\n\nMore phone numbers: https://tel.meet/qbz-wabi-ibf?pin=7778447725451
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/free-learning-webinar-bespoke-psychiatry-presents-challenging-the-stigma-how-nursing-home-staff-can-advocate-for-mental-health-care/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals,Caregivers,Governance,Human Resources,Leadership,Management,Operations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250731T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250731T190000
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SUMMARY:Planetary Defense - DART Mission - Free Activity Event
DESCRIPTION:DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test—The First Planetary Defense Test Mission\nTalk Description: NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission was a groundbreaking planetary defense experiment designed to test if we could actually “nudge” an asteroid off course. Imagine a small spacecraft\, about the size of a golf cart\, deliberately crashing into an asteroid in space. That’s essentially what DART did! Its target was Dimorphos\, a small moonlet orbiting a larger asteroid named Didymos\, neither of which posed any threat to Earth. By intentionally smashing into Dimorphos at incredible speeds in September 2022\, DART successfully changed the moonlet’s orbital period around its larger companion by 33 minutes—far exceeding expectations. This historic impact proved that the “kinetic impactor” technique\, where a spacecraft directly collides with an asteroid\, is a viable method to potentially alter the trajectory of a hazardous asteroid\, giving us a vital tool in protecting our planet should a dangerous one ever be headed our way.\nSpeaker: Dr. Ramin Lolachi (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Ramin Lolachi is a planetary scientist working for the University of Maryland\, Baltimore Co. (UMBC) based at NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center. He was part of the DART Investigation Team and used images of the impact\, taken by the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube spacecraft as it flew past\, to measure how much mass was ejected. His research interests include looking at dust on airless bodies like the Moon and asteroids (more interesting than you think!) and looking for water in the atmosphere of Mars.\nWebinar Connection Info:\n\nJoin the meeting now\nMeeting ID: 267 145 142 081 9\nPasscode: 4GU9Zu6T\nJoin by phone: +1-256-715-9946 (phone conference ID: 394 308 012#)\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/planetary-defense-dart-mission-free-activity-event/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals
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SUMMARY:Planetary Science - Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) - Free Activity Event
DESCRIPTION:About EELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor)\nEELS is designed to go places no one has ever seen before\, on its own\, without real-time human input. The concept for this self-propelled\, autonomous robot was inspired by the desire to descend the narrow\, geyser-spewing vents in the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in order to look for signs of life in the ocean below. \n\nTalk Description: Our solar system is host to many ocean worlds – moons of Jupiter and Saturn\, among others\, that have liquid water oceans underneath crusts of ice. These worlds may hold clues to the origin of life on Earth\, and whether or not life may be unique or ubiquitous in the universe. At the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, we like to dare mighty things\, and we have built and tested a new robotic design capable of exploring the surfaces and icy depths of these ocean worlds. In this presentation\, Dr. Morgan Cable will summarize the development of the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS)\, culminating in a field expedition to a glacier in Canada\, and discuss lessons learned along the way.\nSpeaker: Dr. Morgan Cable (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory)\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Morgan Cable is the Science Lead for the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor (EELS) concept and Acting Principal Investigator of the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) Instrument aboard the Mars 2020 (Perseverance) rover. She has worked on the Cassini Mission\, is a Co-Investigator of the Dragonfly mission to Titan\, and is serving multiple roles on Europa Clipper. Dr. Cable’s research focuses on organic and biomarker detection\, through both in situ and remote sensing techniques. She has designed receptor sites for the detection of bacterial spores\, the toughest form of life\, and developed novel protocols to analyze organic molecules using small\, portable microfluidic sensors. Currently\, Dr. Cable performs laboratory experiments to study the unique organic chemistry of Titan. She also conducts fieldwork in extreme environments on Earth\, searching for life in places such as the Atacama Desert\, ice fields at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro\, fumarole-generated ice caves of the Mount Meager Volcano in Canada\, lava fields of Iceland\, and cold CO2 geysers of Green River\, Utah.\nWebEx Connection Info:\n\nJoin from the webinar link: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=mf33642b7bd633e07b9ba0f190dfdb777\n\nYou may need to select the “join from your browser” option\n\n\nWebinar number (access code): 2829 939 1623\nWebinar password: KmsPKAt?765 (56775280 when dialing from a phone or video system)\nJoin by phone: +1-415-527-5035\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/planetary-science-exobiology-extant-life-surveyor-eels-free-activity-event/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals
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SUMMARY:NISAR: Measuring Earth’s Changing Ecosystems - Free Activity Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our next learning series from NASA outreach: \nTopic: NISAR: Measuring Earth’s Changing Ecosystems \nSpeaker: Dr. Erika Podest (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory) \nWebEx Connection Info: \nJoin from the webinar link: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m2dbadae9496b6ea39ca8293832351f78 \nYou may need to select the “join from your browser” option \nWebinar number (access code): 2832 378 3625 \nWebinar password: NJxh7RuV@27 (65947788 when dialing from a phone or video system) \nJoin by phone: \n+1-929-251-9612 United States Toll (New York City) \n+1-415-527-5035 United States Toll
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/nisar-measuring-earths-changing-ecosystems-free-activity-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals,Leadership,Management
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SUMMARY:NASA's Lucy Mission Update
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an informational free activity! \nOur event will be on \n\n*New Date*: Thursday\, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT. The WebEx connection info is below\, and I’ll send along additional details once I receive them.\n\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Keith Noll (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)\nTopic: NASA’s Lucy Mission Updates\nWebEx Connection Info:\n\nJoin from the webinar link: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m85b4dc8da94d3c1005f53198bc64986b\n\nYou may need to select the “join from your browser” option\n\n\nWebinar number (access code): 2834 496 7973\nWebinar password: 9hFaAsep$89 (94322737 when dialing from a phone or video system)\nJoin by phone:\n\n+1-929-251-9612 United States Toll (New York City)\n+1-415-527-5035 United States Toll\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/nasas-lucy-mission-update/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals
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SUMMARY:Activity Center - "The ESCAPADE Mission to Mars"
DESCRIPTION:This is a free webinar for anyone to attend.  This is a NASA sponsored event to learn from astronauts and their findings. \nPlease see below for additional details about our next senior outreach event\, scheduled for Thursday\, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT. Note that we will have two guest speakers for this program. \n\nTalk Title: “The ESCAPADE Mission to Mars”\nTalk Description: The Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission will demonstrate low-cost planetary space exploration. In this talk\, you’ll discover how the twin spacecraft will study Mars’ unique magnetosphere and how the solar wind contributed to the loss of the Red Planet’s atmosphere.\nSpeakers: Dr. Michele Cash (NASA HQ) and Alan Zide (NASA HQ)\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nDr. Michele Cash is the Program Scientist for the Heliophysics Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission and the Deputy Program Scientist for the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission. Dr. Cash is a physicist whose research focuses on planetary habitability\, geomagnetic storms in space\, and space weather impacts. Previously\, she spent 12 years working at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center\, where she led the research division and served as the technical lead for the operational Geospace model. As a National Science Foundation (NSF) Astrobiology Research Fellow\, she investigated the use of auroral signatures to determine exoplanet atmospheric composition. Dr. Cash enjoys the interdisciplinary aspects of heliophysics and loves collaborations that bridge different scientific disciplines.\nAlan Zide is the Program Executive for the Heliophysics Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) and Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) science missions. He led the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) rideshare implementation and is a member of the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Rideshare Office. Zide also led an international team that launched Solar Orbiter and was the Program Executive for Parker Solar Probe during its operational phase. Previously\, he served in the NASA HQ Chief Technologist Office leading cross-agency teams developing the Strategic Technology Implementation Plan (STIP) and Technology Roadmaps. He began his career in industry at Rockwell Satellite Systems/Boeing as a spacecraft avionics engineer designing spacecraft computer command and data handling systems. Zide has also received the Silver Snoopy award for his key leadership and creative implementation approaches of the commercialization of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the multi-user spaceport.\n\n\nWebEx Connection Info:\n\nJoin from the webinar link: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m0ff4c7a65d48622703662cecb3a1acbb\n\nYou may need to select the “join from your browser” option\n\n\nWebinar number (access code): 2838 722 3928\nWebinar password: UCsB3fpU*23 (82723378 when dialing from a phone or video system)\nJoin by phone:\n\n+1-929-251-9612 United States Toll (New York City)\n+1-415-527-5035 United States Toll
URL:https://leadingagemissouri.org/event/activity-center-the-escapade-mission-to-mars/
CATEGORIES:Activity Professionals
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