Practical Strategies for COVID-19 & Beyond:
A Clinical Excellence Webinar Series

LeadingAge Connecticut would like to offer our members and subscribers the opportunity to participate in this LeadingAge Texas webinar series. This eight-part weekly webinar series which will explore topics from behavioral health to documentation to self-care....all through the lens of COVID-19.

With a focus on clinical excellence, the sessions featured in the series will provide actionable strategies that clinical staff, administrators, social workers and the like can implement in their community, in their team and in their own lives as we navigate this global pandemic and discover where the field of aging services is headed.

August 12th - 12:00pm to 1:00pm - Behavioral Health: Unintended Consequnces of Social Isolation
Presented by: Kathy Adkins OTR/L, CPC-A, RACT-CT, CDP, Director of Quality; Leta Kant, PT, Director of Quality, RehabCare

This presentation will focus on behavioral health issues that are increasing due to social isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important for caregivers to stay focused on patients to quickly identify changes in mood due to social isolation. Rehabilitation has a role in evaluating the physical issues as well as behavioral health issues that are on the rise due to social isolation. An individualized, person-centered plan is developed by rehabilitation and education is provided to the staff for keeping resident's engaged in meaningful activities to keep them functioning at their highest level and improving quality of life.

Individual webinar registration:
LeadingAge Connecticut Provider Members and Subscribers: $50 per webinar per registration
Non-Members: $75 per webinar per registration

Registration deadlines:
Individual webinars: registration deadline will be 2 business days prior to each webinar date

• A registration is for one sign on link per webinar. Only one computer can use the sign in link but multiple people can watch the webinar at the same time.
• Links to join the webinars are unique and tied to the registrant's name and their individual LeadingAge Connecticut account.
• Registration is a committment to pay in full.
• LeadingAge Texas will apply to have each session approved for 1 total clock hours of credit for Administrators through NAB/NCERS. Approved sessions are as follows:
• "Clinical Excellence Series | Session 1: Behavioral Health: Unintended Consequences of Social Isolation" has been approved for Continuing Education for 1 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS-Approval #20210811-1-A69014-DL