Honoring Resident Legacies: Preserving Stories to Enhance Care Webinar
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
1:00pm – 2:00pm (EST)

A webinar presentation in partnership with LeadingAge Pennsylvania

Every resident in long-term care has a story worth preserving. This webinar explores how recognizing and sharing residents' life stories can enhance the care experience and foster deeper connections. Learn practical strategies—like legacy journals, storytelling, and personalized engagement—that help caregivers honor residents’ rich histories and contributions. By valuing each individual’s journey, caregivers can create a more meaningful and person-centered care environment.

Target Audience:  Entire IDT

Event Objectives:
•  Recognize the value of legacy in long-term care and understand the importance of capturing and preserving residents’ personal histories.
•  Identify the impact of honoring legacy on resident well-being and caregiver engagement.
•  Implement practical strategies for legacy preservation and develop programs such as legacy journals, oral histories, and personalized memory boards including how interdisciplinary teams can integrate storytelling into daily care practices.

Webinar Pricing:
$75 for LeadingAge Connecticut Members
$150 for Non-LeadingAge Connecticut Members

Registration is a commitment to pay in full.

CEU Information:
• This Webinar Qualifies for Nursing Home Administrator Emergency Preparedness Requirements.
• This program has been submitted but not yet approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participation hours by NAB/NCERS.
• To receive continuing education credit for LeadingAge PA-sponsored webinars or LeadingAge CT, attendees must register under their name, participate through the link supplied after registering and complete the evaluation after the webinar.
• Registration is for ONE computer login access per webinar.
• Recordings of live sessions are included in webinar purchase.

Speaker Bios:
Renee Kinder, Executive Vice President of Clinical Services
Renee Kinder, MS, CCC-SLP, RAC-CT, is the Executive Vice President of Clinical Services at Broad River Rehab. In addition to her leadership role, she is a regular contributor to McKnight's Long Term Care News through her Rehab Realities blog. Kinder brings her expertise to several prestigious organizations, including serving on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Healthcare and Economics Committee. She is also a faculty member of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and provides advisory support to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Editorial Panel. Kinder is also a member of the AMA Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group.

Questions or Concerns? Contact LeadingAge Connecticut at (203) 678-4477 or [email protected].