25. International Long-Term Care Conference

THE HUMAN SIDE OF LONG-TERM CARE

 
September 26, 2023
18:00
Ceremonial inaugurationCentrum Kulturalno-Kongresowe, Aleja Solidarności 3, Toruń
19:30
Gala dinnerCentrum Targowe Park, ul. Szosa Bydgoska 3, Toruń
September 27, 2023Centrum Kulturalno-Kongresowe, Aleja Solidarności 3, Toruń
9:30 – 11:00
Session 1
What percentage of a person is their health? Mental well-being and dignity of residents and patients
  1. Rethink Aging. Long Term Care Culture Change
    (Dan Levitt, Canada)
  2. Health at the end of life - what else could you want?
    (Paweł Grabowski, Poland)
  3. Dignity in end of life care - practical examples from the evidence                                                                                                                                                (Bridget Johnston, Scotland)
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:30
Session 2
Human work, humane approach - staff as the pillar of long-term care
  1. The Aging Services Workforce Crisis: A Multi-Sector Approach to Challenges and Solution
    (Robyn Stone, USA)
  2. Burnout or professional exhaustion of long-term care staff                                                                                                                                                          (Mariola Głowacka, Poland)
  3. Front Line Leadership: Nurse Management Education on Leading Care Teams
    (Dan Levitt, Canada)
  4. Generational changes in social service staff. Will artificial intelligence help us?
    (Agnieszka Cysewska, Poland)
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:15
Session 3
Medical aspects of caring for dependent persons
  1. Is it a disease or just dehydration?
    (Agnieszka Guligowska Poland)
  2. Controlling chronic pain in partially or fully bedridden patients with the use of customized positions and movements
    (Beata Smela, Poland)
  3. Frailty syndrome – a risk factor in geriatric care
    (Dagmara Wiewiórkowska-Garczewska, Poland)
  4. Quality of life of obese people with incontinence: issues, interventions, solutions
    (Leszek Guga, Poland)
16:15 – 16:45
Coffee break
16:45 – 18:15
Session 4
People in long-term care - managing relationships. Patients, staff, families.
  1. Stationary care - needs and challenges
    (Thomas Kupczik, Deutschland)
  2. A family carer as a partner of the care team
    (Anna Janowicz, Poland)
  3. Admission of patients and settlements of prescriptions in long-term care (in Germany)
    ( Volker Rasche, Deutschland)
18:15 - 19:45
Dinner
20:00
Concert 
September 28, 2023Centrum Kulturalno-Kongresowe, Aleja Solidarności 3, Toruń
9:00 – 12:30
Discussion panel
Practical solutions and examples of changes in management and long-term care culture. (in Polish)
12:30
Lunch