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
