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2025 PEAK - Person-Centered Care Conference

  • 15 Oct 2025
  • 16 Oct 2025
  • 2 sessions
  • 15 Oct 2025, 8:00 AM 4:20 PM (CST)
  • 16 Oct 2025, 8:00 AM 2:00 PM (CST)
  • Kansas State University Student Union Grand Ballroom 918 N M.L.K. Jr. Drive Manhattan, KS 66506
  • 164

Registration

  • This registration will provide the attendee with 6 hours of continuing education credit towards operator, licensed nursing home administrator or nursing licenses. Lunch is also provided for this registration type.
  • This registration will provide the attendee with full access to all conference education sessions but does not provide continuing education credits towards professional licenses. Lunch is also provided for this registration type.
  • Virtual attendees will not be able to join break out sessions. They will be watching sessions located in the Grand Ballroom. Please review the agenda carefully to learn about the presentations you will have access to before selecting the virtual option.

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2025 Person-Centered Care Conference 




Conference provided through partnership between the KSU Center on Aging and KDADS (Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services) 





KACE will provide CEs for those who select the Continuing Education Credit Registration type.


Those who don't need continuing education credits should select the Non-Continuing Education Registration type. 




October 15 & 16, 2025, 8:00 A.M.

Kansas State University Student Union Grand Ballroom

918 N M.L.K. Jr. Drive

Manhattan, KS 66506



Spots are limited…make your reservations soon!



October 15, 2025 


8:00 - 8:30 AM: Registration, Booths, & Light Breakfast 



8:45 - 9:35: Keynote Speaker: Rethinking Staffing, Christopher Riddenhour (1 Admin CE) 

Grand Ballroom



Morning Breakout Sessions: 9:45 -10:35 AM & 10:45 - 11:35 AM

Each breakout session is designed for anyone (or team) working on person-centered care (PCC) and  interested in improving life for elders in your home. The sessions include practical applications that will help you provide person-centered care. Sessions will be engaging, interactive, and include best practices. Long-term care staff from across the organization, CNAs, nurses, housekeepers, dietary staff, and leadership, will gain practical insights on the PCC topics you care about most.


In-person attendees will be eligible to attend 2 of the following morning breakout sessions. 


Tuning In, Turning Up, or Tapping Out?: The Great Mindset Reset, Christopher Riddenhour (1 Admin CE)

Grand Ballroom at 9:45 AM

Big 12 Room at 10:45 AM 



Understanding Dementia, Margaret Hayden, Michelle Haub, Katie Sigman (1 Admin CE)

Bluemont Room at 9:45 & 10:45 AM



Writing Person-Centered Care Plans, Hayley Young (1 Admin CE)

Big 12 Room at 9:45 AM

Grand Ballroom at 10:45 AM



More Than a Meal: How Three Meals a Day Can Transform Everything, Addie Van Zutpen (1 Admin CE)

Cottonwood Room at 9:45 & 10:45 AM




11:35 -12:30 PM: Taco Bar Lunch & Booths 

Grand Ballroom 

Vendor booths available to visit with during lunch hour


12:00 - 12:30 PM: Parkinson's Exercise, Michelle Kaub, Katie Sigmon, Odun Arogundade (.5 ResCare CE (for admins or operators only) 


12:30 - 2:00 PM: Navigating Complex Resident Decisions: A Panel Discussion, Dawn Altis (KDADS), Laci Cornelison (PEAK Program), Haely Ordoyne (Kansas Ombudsman), Renee Porter (Administrator), Teresa Woods (RN)  Pilates for Older Adults, Presented by Katie Larson (1.5 Admin CE)

Grand Ballroom 



2:10 - 3:00 PM: Main Session: Caring for Caregivers: Building Resilience in Long-Term Care, Brenda Groves (1 ResCare CE)

Grand Ballroom



3:00 - 3:15 PM: Happy Hour

Grand Ballroom 



3:15 - 3:30 PM: Awards

Grand Ballroom 



3:30 - 4:20 PM: Closing Session: The Importance Of A Resident's "Why", Justine Irving (1 Admin CE)



5:00 - 6:30 PM: Social at Goolsby's 

1212 Bluemont Ave Suite 130, Manhattan, KS





October 16, 2025 


8:00 - 8:30 AM: Donuts & Coffee 

Bluemont Room


8:30 - 9:00 AM: PEAK Experience Survey Results, Jamie Boone (.5 Admin CE (for admins or operators only) 

Bluemont Room


9:15 - 11:00 AM: PEAK Roundtables, Jacy Hughes (2 Admin CE)

Bluemont Room 



11:00 - 11:30 AM: Lunch 

Bluemont Room



1:00 - 2:00 PM - Home Tours 

Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community 

Leonardville Nursing Home 




Hotel Information 



Holiday Inn


MAKING RESERVATIONS BY PHONE:

  • Call Hotel directly at (785) 539-7531
  • Call Holiday Inn at (888) Holiday
MAKING RESERVATIONS ONLINE:

www.holidayinn.com/universityks  


Room Rate: $109.95

Cut-Off Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The Conference Room Rate Code is: PCC 


Check-In Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 any time after 3:00 PM
Check-Out Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025 by 12:00 PM Noon


It is important to mention the group code in order to receive the discounted rate.

Direct Link: The Person-Centered Care Conference Block

 

Bluemont


MAKING RESERVATIONS BY PHONE:

  • Call the hotel at (785) 473-7091, press “0”.
  • Let me know you’d like to make a reservation in the Person-Centered Care conference group b764049”.

MAKING RESERVATIONS ONLINE:

  • Go to www.bluemonthotel.com
  • Click on the BOOK ONLINE button at the top of the page.
  • On the top of the page, select Check-in and Checkout date. (you must enter the dates before the promo code)
  • Just below the dates, click, “Have a promo code?” and enter b764049 and click APPLY CODE (Case sensitive, use a lowercase letter b)


Room Rate: $119.00

Cut-Off Date: Monday, September 29, 2025

The Conference Room Rate Code is: b764049



Arrival Date Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Departure Date Thursday, October 16, 2025

Cutoff Date: Monday, September 29, 2025

Breakfast Included









           

Continuing Education Credit:

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT: A total of 9.5 continuing education clock hours are approved for this event for adult care home administrators and registered operators by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (LTS# A1427). This includes 8 hours in the core area of Administration, and 1.5 hours in the core area of Resident Care. 

Kansas Adult Care Executives is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 8.5 contact hours applicable for RN or LPN re-licensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number LT0341-0624. 




**Refunds will not be given for this event, but substitutions are welcome. 


$95 CEU registration

$40 lecture only registration




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