Are we there yet? - Capital Health

The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Your Partner in Learning
Hosted by the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Specialized Geriatrics Program
2006 Geriatric Psychiatry Conference
Are we there yet? Navigating the Highways
and Byways of Geriatric Psychiatry
November 17, 2006
Conference Highlights
This dynamic one-day conference will focus on dual diagnosis,
therapeutic use of self, legal entanglements with capacity and
competence, and family system interviewing. The conference
will utilize key note addresses, concurrent sessions, in-depth
interactive presentations and poster displays.
Keynote Speaker
Charl Els, Psychiatrist, Addiction Specialist, Medical Review Officer,
MBChB, FC Psych, MMed Psych, Cert. ASAM, MRO
Dr. Els is a fellowship-trained psychiatrist and addiction specialist,
certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. He is the
President of the Addiction Medicine Section of the Alberta Medical
Association and the Alberta Director of Physicians for a Smoke-
Free Canada, and is funded by Health Canada and AADAC for
tobacco-related work in the Capital Health region.
Who Should Attend
The conference will be of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists,
social workers, registered psychiatric nurses, registered nurses,
occupational therapists, recreation therapists, pharmacists and
service providers using mental health strategies in their practice
with seniors.
Conference Location
Lister Centre
C102 Lister Centre, University of Alberta
116 Street and 87 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
www.capitalhealth.ca
The 4 th Biennial Geriatric Challenges
Meeting: Update in Geriatric Medicine
Saturday, November 18, 2006
This one-day course is for family physicians, internists, geriatricians, and
other healthcare providers of older adults who seek to improve the quality of
life of their patients. This course is designed to be interactive with key note
speakers and workshops, covering some of the challenging and controversial
areas in the practical clinical management of geriatric patients.
Registration Fee – $100.00
Receive $25.00 off your registration fee for the 2006 Geriatric Psychiatry
conference and the 4th Biennial Geriatric Challenges Meeting by registering
for both conferences. Total savings of $50.00!
For more information please email GRHEdServices@cha.ab.ca or call
(780) 735-8255 or toll-free 1-877-877-8714.

The Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Your Partner in Learning
Program at a Glance
7:15 Registration and Drive Thru Breakfast
8:00 Unfolding the Map: Welcome and Introductions
8:25 Where Are We? Reading the Road Signs of Current
Trends – Dr. Leon Kagan
9:10 Senior Friendly Smoking Cessation: Tobacco Control in
older Adults – Dr. Charl Els
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death,
disease, and disability in Canada. The elderly population
poses special challenges for the healthcare provider when it
comes to tobacco control. This presentation will focus on the
challenges of safe and effective treatment of tobacco
dependence in older adults. A comprehensive approach to
tobacco control in this population will be presented.
10:30 On the Run Refreshment Break and Poster Viewing
11:00 Concurrent Sessions
A1.Stigma: An Ethical Problem – Cheryl Webster, Dipl
Psych Nrs, RN, PhD(c), Capital Health, Edmonton, AB
This presentation will challenge the audience to think about
stigma as an ethical issue. Ethicists using a relational ethic
framework believe that prejudice, oppression, discrimination
and stigma arise due to a lack of a relationship. Very few
researchers have discussed or explored the ethical consequences
of stigma from the perspective of those who do the
stigmatizing. When the stigmatizers are healthcare professionals
the negative effects can result in reduced treatment
efficacy and efficiency.
A2. A Road Less Travelled: Drumming for Health – Darlene
Brandt, BSW, RSW; Faika Satterthwaite, Reg. RTII; Mary Jo
Danko, BMR(OT), Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, AB
Drumming and rhythm reconnects us to that universal rhythm
inside ourselves, the community and the world around us.
This presentation will be an interactive session based on a
specific step by step protocol, that has been used to introduce
drumming to an inpatient geriatric mental health population.
Our efforts are intended to serve as an incentive for others to
integrate group drumming as an adjunctive intervention within
traditional medicine.
A3. Nearing the End of the Road: What’s Important?
Relationships! – Carol Hoyt, MSW, RSW, Glenrose Rehabilitation
Hospital, Edmonton, AB
Establishing relationships with patients/family is the underpinning
to the work we do as professional health care workers.
Relationships are much more than the “dyad” of health care
worker and patient/family. This presentation will examine what
we as individuals and team can do to enhance our relationships
with patients/family and how we can assist in enhancing
their relationships through our therapeutic interventions.
12:00 Lunch at the Roadside Diner and Poster Viewing
1:00 Concurrent Sessions
B1. What About Me? The Termination of a Senior’s
Psychotherapy Group – Jodey Sharman, OT(C), Rockyview
General Hospital, Calgary, AB
This presentation will tell the story of the ending of a seniors
long term psychotherapy group due to mandate changes
in the department. The group members and therapists’
reactions, the therapeutic impact of the imposed ending, the
group’s attempts to advocate, and the therapists’ struggles
will be presented.
B2. Beginning the Dementia Journey: Support Groups
for People with Early Stage Dementia – Jackie Gendre,
BSc,HEc; Arlene Huhn, BPE; Alison McWalter, M. Phil.,
Registered Psychologist, Alzheimer Society of Alberta and
Northwest Territories, Edmonton, AB
Discover the social and psychological benefits of support
groups for people in the early stages of dementia and their
caregivers. The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest
Territories will share their experience in developing and
facilitating support groups for these clients. Examples of
group work and participant experiences will be included.
B3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Competency Assessment:
Journeying From the Psychological to the Narrative –
Angela Thachuk, PhD Candidate; Dr. Yvonne Legris, Royal
Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB
This presentation will review the psychological assessment of
competency and the complimentary use of a narrative ethics
approach. The integration of both strategies lends itself to a
more comprehensive assessment that illustrates the fluid and
contextualized nature of competency. The simultaneous
application of these strategies will be described as well as the
anticipated results. Previous effects observed demonstrate
that this integrative approach to competency assessments
creates a greater forum for the voice of the patient to be
heard.
2:10 Concurrent Sessions
C1. If I Have to Turn Around One More Time: Why Families
Fight – Dr. Brian Mirtle; Doug Stein, RPN, RSW, Glenrose
Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB
Families and older couples can experience difficulties negotiating
role transitions, shifts in the balance of power, and coping
with multiple losses and bereavements. When identified, these
dynamics can all be focal points for therapeutic interventions
by clinicians who work with elders and their families.

Poster Presentations
C2. The Chimo Project: Animal Assisted Therapy for
Mental Health – Kristine Aanderson, Program Manager,
Chimo Project, Edmonton, AB
The Chimo Project is an innovative non-profit organization
that facilitates the use of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) to
help those with mental illness. With the help of the Chimo
Project, Alberta Hospital Edmonton (AHE) has instituted AAT
as a facility-wide treatment option. Initial evaluations of AHE
geriatric psychiatry clients in animal assisted therapy show
improvements in mood and most clients meeting or exceeding
their treatment goals. From the success of AAT at Alberta
Hospital Edmonton, the Chimo Project is expanding to
provide AAT at the Association of Adult Day Support Programs
(AADSP) and the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.
C3. Taking the High Road: Spirituality-Based Group
Psychotherapy for the Elderly – Dr. William Chimich; Rev.
Ken Herfindahl, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB
This presentation will examine the clinical importance of
existential despair, depression and spirituality in late life.
Clinical observations and empirical findings suggest that
spirituality may facilitate the coping process, enhance quality
of life and serve as a resilient protective factor against
existential suffering and despair. During this session, a novel
spirituality-centered psychotherapy group for depressed
elderly patients will be described. Additionally, a clinical
framework for the enhancement of meaning, integrity and
hope in the elderly will be highlighted.
3:10 Grab and Go Refreshments
3:20 Postcards From the Trip – Janet Reddick, Dipl Psych Nrs,
BScN; Shelley Warnock, RN, BHScN, Capital Health,
Edmonton, AB
3:55 Are We There Yet? Roadside View or Open Highway –
Dr. William Chimich
4:25 Checking Our Bearings: Closing Remarks
Sponsorship
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided for this
conference by:
Relate and Respond: Enhancing Relationships Between Patients,
Families and Care Providers – Mareika Purdon, RN, BScN,
Capital Health Patient Relations, Edmonton, AB
Sifting Through the Sands of Time: A Strategy for Navigating the
Road of Recovery – Janelle Brooks, Psychiatric Nurse, RN; Megan
Kohls-Wiebe, BScOT, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB
The Rosehaven Provincial Program: Albertís Behaviour Management
Resource for Older Adults – Christine Walrod, RN, The
Bethany Group, Camrose, AB
Unique Psychosocial Factors in Capacity Assessment – Andrea
M. Newberry, BSW, MSW, RSW; Arlin Pachet, PhD, R.Psych.,
Calgary Health Region, Calgary, AB
Hotel Accommodations
Special rates have been secured for course delegates at the
following hotels. When making your reservation, please indicate
you are with the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital event.
Lister Centre – Guest Accommodations
C102 Lister Centre, University of Alberta
116 Street and 87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H6
Conference Rate: $85.00 + applicable taxes (limited availability)
When making your reservation please ask the attendant for a hotel
style guest room.
To make reservation: Phone: (780) 492-6057
Email: guest.services@ualberta.ca
www.ualberta.ca/conferenceservices
Campus Tower
11145 87 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6G 0Y1
Conference Rate: $109 + applicable taxes
Please make your reservation by October 18 th to ensure you receive
the conference rate. Lister Centre is walking distance from the
Campus Tower Hotel.
To make reservation: Phone: 1-888-962-2522
www.campustower.com
Varscona Hotel On Whyte
8206 106 Street, Edmonton, AB T6E 6R9
Conference Rate: $125 + applicable taxes
Please make your reservation by October 15 th to ensure you receive
the conference rate. Lister Centre is a 5 minute taxi ride from the
Varscona Hotel.
To make reservation: Phone: 1-888-515-3355
www.varscona.com

2006 Geriatric Psychiatry Conference: Are we there yet?
Navigating the Highways and Byways of Geriatric Psychiatry
Registration Form
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Registration fee for November 17, 2006
Early Bird: On or before October 23 ■ $185
Regular Fee: October 24 – November 10 ■ $235
Late Fee: November 10 – 17, 2005 ■ $285
Registration fee for November 17 & 18, 2006
Early Bird: On or before October 23 ■ $235
Regular Fee: October 24 – November 10 ■ $285
Late Fee: November 10 – 17, 2005 ■ $335
Total Registration fee: $_________
Conference registration fees include all conference materials,
continental breakfast, refreshment breaks and lunch.
If you would like to register for November 18 th only, please complete a
registration form for the 4 th Biennial Geriatric Challenges Meeting:
Update in Geriatric Medicine. To receive this form, contact
GRHEdServices@cha.ab.ca.
Concurrent Sessions
Please refer to the previous page for the registration code for each
concurrent session. Indicate your first and second choice.
Concurrent Sessions A 11:00 – 12:00
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Concurrent Sessions B 1:00 – 2:00
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Concurrent Sessions C 2:10 – 3:10
1 st _____________ 2 nd _____________
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accompany the completed registration form. Cancellations will be
accepted until October 23, 2006. No refunds will be issued after this
date. A $50 processing fee will be charged for cancellations made on
or before October 23, 2006.
Registration Confirmation: A letter of confirmation and receipt of
payment will be sent via email within five working days of receiving
your completed registration form and full payment.
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Information and Protection of Privacy Act”. The information you provide is required to
register you in the course, prepare material for your use and will be used to notify you
of other courses or pertinent information. Financial information is used to process
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Please send registration form and payment to:
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
Education Services
Room 19, 10230 111 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5G 0B7
Phone: (780) 735-7912 Fax: (780) 735-7924
Toll Free: 1-877-877-8714 Email: GRHEdServices@cha.ab.ca