Jennifer Jimenez Marana

CEO/Founder
Marana Consulting
Timonium, MD, United States
  • 17-B. Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts: Practical Tools to Address Bias

    • Sunday, November 02, 2025

    2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

    17-B. Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts: Practical Tools to Address Bias

    Addressing everyday stereotypes and biases can create a more respectful and inclusive culture in senior care organizations. This session will provide practical tools and strategies for fostering effective communication and navigating difficult conversations about bias. Presenters will help you identify subtle biases and stereotypes and respond to them constructively. Senior living leaders will share their experiences implementing bias workshops, and you’ll view a video demonstrating workshop best practices and techniques. Explore how culture change can help you challenge stereotypes and build stronger, more respectful relationships among team members and between staff and residents.

Margaret Johnson

Senior Lead Senior Living
Fitch Ratings
New York, NY, USA
  • 41-A. The ABCs of Credit Ratings: A Guide for Life Plan Communities

    • Sunday, November 02, 2025

    1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

    41-A. The ABCs of Credit Ratings: A Guide for Life Plan Communities

    Life plan community leaders, financial officers, and strategic planners must have a solid understanding of credit ratings before they can help their organizations secure financing on favorable terms. During this session, Fitch Ratings, along with a diverse panel of providers from multi-site and single-site communities will present an overview of credit ratings, explain how to obtain one, and offer guidance on incorporating credit rating considerations into your strategic planning. You’ll receive tips for aligning capital projects and funding needs with your community’s credit profile, identifying and mitigating risks that could negatively impact your rating, and implementing practices that enhance credit strength. Prepare to improve your community’s credit profile and secure the resources necessary for growth and sustainability.

Shawn Johnson

Long-Term & Community-Based Care Coach
Alzheimer’s Association
Chicago, IL, USA
  • 101-I. Implementing Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Person-Centered Dementia Care

    • Tuesday, November 04, 2025

    4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    101-I. Implementing Evidence-Based Practices to Improve Person-Centered Dementia Care

    The Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations offer 56 guidelines for professional care providers working with individuals living with dementia. This session will review the report’s recommendations, which are based on a comprehensive review of evidence, best practices, and expert opinions. Presenters will explore several programs across the country that are implementing practices to enhance the quality of care for residents living in residential care settings. You’ll get a close-up look at one coaching program that helps long-term care communities implement system-changing best practices in dementia care. Don’t miss this chance to explore the successes, challenges, and lessons learned from coaching initiatives in both urban and rural communities.

Bruce Jones

Chief Executive Officer
Vicar’s Landing
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
  • 42-A. Meet Future Market Demand with a Satellite Community

    • Sunday, November 02, 2025

    1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

    42-A. Meet Future Market Demand with a Satellite Community

    A life plan community seeking to meet the growing demand for new housing options often encounters a frustrating roadblock: a lack of available space for expansion on campus. Some organizations address this challenge by developing satellite communities to reach untapped or underserved markets. This session will showcase a variety of satellite communities, including those located in walkable neighborhoods and on college campuses, and those catering to residents with specific income levels, cultures, and special interests. Discover how satellite campus planning can help you meet current and future growth demands, capitalize on partnership opportunities, and explore new markets. You’ll learn how to leverage the resources of your main campus to support satellite campus development.

Pamela Joyce

Project Manager
Parker Health Group, Inc.
Highland Park, NJ, USA
  • 97-G. What Family Caregivers Want: Solution-Based, On-Demand Resources

    • Tuesday, November 04, 2025

    8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

    97-G. What Family Caregivers Want: Solution-Based, On-Demand Resources

    In 2023, Parker Health Group in Piscataway, NJ, asked family caregivers of clients enrolled in its adult day services program how the organization could better support them. The caregivers asked for solution-based information, available on demand, to help them fulfill their caregiving responsibilities. During this session, representatives from Parker and Trualta, an online platform for family caregivers, will describe how Parker responded by creating an educational learning platform, integrated with Trualta, that offers information, resources, programming, and services for caregivers and clients. Presenters will outline the initiative’s startup and implementation, staffing resources, operational considerations, and cost.

Cory Kallheim

General Counsel
Covenant Living Communities and Services
Skokie, IL, USA

James Kamau

Executive Director
Evergreen Court
Bellevue, WA, USA
  • 151-J. Improve Your Bottom Line with a Positive Workplace Culture

    • Wednesday, November 05, 2025

    8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

    151-J. Improve Your Bottom Line with a Positive Workplace Culture

    Can a Culture of Excellenceu00ae transform your organization’s revenue streams and financial performance? According to this session’s presenters, the answer is a definitive and enthusiastic “yes.” Representatives from Transforming Age, a leading national nonprofit network offering holistic and integrated solutions that enable older adults to age successfully, will explain how their organization developed a “Culture of Excellence,” a pocket-sized booklet containing guiding principles that have united team members across five service lines, helped the organization solve complex problems, and improved its financial health. You will hear the business case for creating your own Culture of Excellence and receive a framework and data points to measure how your organization’s culture impacts your mission and bottom line.

Stuart Kaplan

Chief Executive Officer
Selfhelp Community Services
New York, NY, USA
  • 98-H. International Perspectives: Ageing Stages Aligning Healthspan and Lifespan

    • Tuesday, November 04, 2025

    3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    98-H. International Perspectives: Ageing Stages Aligning Healthspan and Lifespan

    Imagine a future in which health span the years an individual spends free of significant disease or disability aligns more closely with a person’s lifespan. During this session, presenters from Australia and the United States will unveil new, previously undefined stages of ageing and explore how an understanding of these stages could guide you in implementing innovative care solutions and forward-thinking policies that address the biological, social, and psychological changes that older people experience. You’ll gain a new perspective on aging that will help you challenge traditional care models and create new opportunities for your organization and the people it serves.

Keith Kasin

Chief Operating Officer
Hillcrest
La Verne, CA, USA
  • 7-E. How Data Exchange Benefits Your Care and Your Business

    • Monday, November 03, 2025

    3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

    7-E. How Data Exchange Benefits Your Care and Your Business

    Interoperable data exchange among health and service providers is becoming increasingly common nationwide. How can your organization maximize the business- and care-related benefits of data exchange? This session can help. Presenters will demonstrate how data exchange can support your organization’s work, whether you’re sending care plans and treatment goals to a resident’s healthcare providers, sharing diagnoses and medication management information during care transitions, or receiving alerts about a hospital discharge. They will also explore the unique considerations you should prioritize as you develop your data exchange ecosystem. You’ll learn how to influence national and state data security policies and address common challenges that might arise as you integrate new systems and practices into daily workflows.

Dana Keilman

CEO/Co-Founder
Morning Light Strategy
Naperville, IL, USA
  • 57-A. Messaging Roadmap: Aligning Corporate and Community Branding

    • Sunday, November 02, 2025

    1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

    57-A. Messaging Roadmap: Aligning Corporate and Community Branding

    It can be challenging for a marketing team to strike the right balance between promoting a provider organization’s corporate brand and advancing the brand identity of one of its senior living communities. During this session, a multi-site senior living leader and a marketing consultant will team up to present primary research on how prospective residents perceive corporate senior living brands compared to the brands of individual communities. Presenters will share a roadmap to help you refine your brand identity, boost occupancy, and create a unified, compelling message that reflects both corporate values and local charm. You’ll take home tips for ensuring your brand stands out in a competitive senior living market.

Jenna Kellerman

Senior Director, Workforce
PHI National
New York, NY, USA
  • 147-G. Designing Home Care Roles to Better Support Workers and Clients

    • Tuesday, November 04, 2025

    8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

    147-G. Designing Home Care Roles to Better Support Workers and Clients

    Direct care professionals are essential to long-term care, yet this workforce faces persistent challenges, including high turnover, low wages, and limited career advancement opportunities. This session will introduce a Universal Worker framework that enhances job quality and client outcomes by providing direct care professionals with advanced roles. Representatives from PHI, a national workforce organization, will describe one such role: a Care Integration Senior Aide (CISA) who observes, documents, and reports clients’ clinical conditions to their care team. Home care providers will explain how they partnered with PHI to implement the CISA role. Discover how to use the Universal Worker framework and CISA role to transform workforce challenges into opportunities that ensure sustainable, high-quality care delivery.

Gates Kellett

Founder
Gates Development Group, LLC
Atlanta, GA, USA
  • 78-F. RAD for PRAC in Senior Housing: Are You Ready to Convert?

    • Monday, November 03, 2025

    4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

    78-F. RAD for PRAC in Senior Housing: Are You Ready to Convert?

    In 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) updated the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program so providers could convert HUD 202 Project Rental Assistance Contracts (PRAC) into 20-year Section 8 contracts. These conversions enable RAD participants to secure new financing, maintain surplus cash flow, and receive higher rents in exchange for providing additional supportive services. This session will offer an overview of the RAD for PRAC program, explain why Section 202 housing providers might want to participate, and outline the program’s rent-setting rules. Presenters will identify the program’s advantages and disadvantages, suggest refinements to address program challenges, and lay out the steps you can follow to determine if your property should participate.