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February 06, 2008
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/6/2008 10:30 AM100 - Opening Keynote & Awards
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PMCancellation Fee
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PMInstitute - Company Registration
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PMInstitute - Individual Registration
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PMInstitute - Non-Exhibiting Vendor Registration
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PMInstitute - MHHA Provider/Associate Member One Day Only Reg.
2/6/2008 8:30 AM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PMInstitute - Feb. 6th Speaker Registration
2/6/2008 10:30 AM - 2/6/2008 10:31 AMExhibits/Food Show - 1 hour
2/6/2008 10:30 AM - 2/6/2008 10:31 AMExhibits/Food Show - 2 hours
2/6/2008 10:30 AM - 2/6/2008 10:31 AMExhibits/Food Show - 3 hours
2/6/2008 10:30 AM - 2/6/2008 10:31 AMExhibits/Food Show - 4 hours
2/6/2008 11:15 AM - 2/6/2008 12:15 PMHousing-with-Services Certificate Holders Networking Lunch
2/6/2008 11:15 AM - 2/6/2008 12:15 PMFacility & Support Services Professionals Networking Lunch
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM101 - Are We "Home Sweet Home?"
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM102 - Red Carpet Customer Service
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM103 - Get Ready Now! A Primer to the New QIS
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM104 - Adopting a Culinary Culture
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM105 - Culture Change: Do More Than Look at Me...Involve Me
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM106 - Bringing Hospice & Palliative Care to Assisted Living
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM107 - News And Views From HUD and MHFA
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM108 - Applications of a Wound Formulary in Aging Services
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM109 - Jump Start! Enlisting Mature Minds in Their Battle
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM110 - Pathways to Greatness: Messages from a Journey
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM111 - Creating Sustainable Funding for Your Organization
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM112 - Planning for a New Project: Strategic Market Research
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM113 - Strategies for Energy Conservation in Aging Services
2/6/2008 12:30 PM - 2/6/2008 2:00 PM114 - Building Quality Incentives into Managed Care Contract
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM115 - Building Community Life for Your Residents
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM116 - Food, Glorious Food! Exploring the Latest Food Trends
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM117 - Time is Money; Payment Issues Challenges & Opportunity
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM118 - Practical Perspectives in Dealing with Revised F-Tags
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM119 - A Change of Roles
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM120 - Making Dreams Come True
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM121 - Infection Control in Assisted Living & Home Care
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM122 - Memories of God: A Creative New Way
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM123 - Protect Yourself! Effective Management of Nursing Home
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM124 - News & Views from the Minnesota Department of Health
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM125 - Engaging Your Board in Creating Sustainable Funding
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM126 - Here's to Your (E) Health! MN's Grant & Loan Programs
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM127 - How to Achieve Cost Savings in Maintenance
2/6/2008 2:30 PM - 2/6/2008 3:30 PM128 - BESTAge: Improving Quality of Life in Long Term Care
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM129 - The County Sheriff Says Evacuate, Now What?
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM130 - You've Decided You Need an EHR: What Now?
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM131 - Say "Aah"..It's Time for Your Annual Check-Up
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM132 - Whitney w/o Walls: Bringing the Senior Center
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM133 - Motorized Assistive Devices: Balancing Individual
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM134 - Extreme Home Makeover on the Cheap
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM135 - Raising the Diversity Benchmark
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM136 - What You Need to Know About Payment Error Rate Measure
2/6/2008 4:00 PM - 2/6/2008 5:00 PM137 - "In the Loop:" Integrating Communication Systems

February 07, 2008

2/7/2008 8:00 AM - 2/7/2008 8:45 AM200 - Interfaith Celebration
2/7/2008 9:15 AM - 2/7/2008 11:15 AM201 - General Session & Awards
2/7/2008 9:15 AM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PMInstitute - Feb. 7th Speaker Registration
2/7/2008 11:30 AM - 2/7/2008 5:15 PMLeadership Intensive Registration
2/7/2008 11:30 AM - 2/7/2008 12:30 PMALNET/Nurse Manager Certificate Holders Networking Lunch
2/7/2008 11:30 AM - 2/7/2008 12:30 PMMarketing, Sales and PR Networking Lunch
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM202 - Growing & Retaining Our Talent: Kansas' Health Support
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM203 - Survey Readiness: Improving Outcomes
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM204 - You are OVER Budget in Dietary: Now Write a Variance
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM205 - A Person-Centered Approach to Falls, Mobility..
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM206 - Creating Relationship-Centered Environments for Living
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM207 - Navigating Consumers' Rights When Receiving Long-Term
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM208 - Callling all Trainers: Meet Me at the Skin Care Fair!
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM209 - Safe Patient Handling Circa 2007
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM210 - Grandma Stole My iPod!
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM211 - Inside Advice on Senior Housing Marketing - Part 1
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM212 - Using Your Leadership Style to Create Retention
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM213 - News & Views from the MN Department of Human Services
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM214 - Maintaining Compliance with the Life Safety Code
2/7/2008 1:15 PM - 2/7/2008 2:45 PM215 - Wellness: The Key to Healthy Aging (Repeated at 3:15)
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM216 - Working in Four Part Harmony?
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM217 - Growing & Retaining Our Talent: Kansas' Health Support
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM218 - Cool Customer Relations for LTC Settings
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM219 - Measuring Your Culture Change Progress
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM220 - Inside Advice on Senior Housing Marketing - Part 2
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM221 - Principles of Medication Administration in Assisted..
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM222 - Ethical Dilemmas in Refusal of Cares
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM223 - Elder Sexual Violence: Awareness, Intervention
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM224 - Can I Bring Something? FAQs about Food Safety
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM225 - Pandemic Influenza - Are You Ready?
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM226 - Fire Safety Codes and Other "Hot" Topics
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM227 - Addressing Issues of Discrimination in the Work Place
2/7/2008 3:15 PM - 2/7/2008 4:45 PM228 - Wellness: The Key to Healthy Aging

February 08, 2008

2/8/2008 8:00 AM - 2/8/2008 9:45 AM300 - General Session & Awards
2/8/2008 8:00 AM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PMInstitute - Feb. 8th Speaker Registration
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:15 AMNew - Minnesota's New Uniform Health Care Billing System
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM301 - An Elder Abuse Shelter: Build It and They Will Come
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM302 - Partnering with Families: The Total Continuum of Care
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM303 - Building Your Senior Housing Occupancy
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM304 - What to Include in Your Service Plan Agreement
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM305 - Transitioning Successfully into Supervision
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM306 - Deaf or Hard of Hearing Customers: Diverse Needs..
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM307 - Treating Chronic Pain Without Drugs
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM308 - Fine Tune Your Assessment Skills to Minimize Risk
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM309 - Super Size Your Way to Rate Gain
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM310 - Critical Thinking Skills for Resident Centered Care
2/8/2008 10:15 AM - 2/8/2008 11:45 AM311 - Case Studies in Aging Services Technology
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM312 - Ethical, Legal and Practical Issues for Social Service
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM313 - Older, Wiser, Stronger: Beyond Mandated Reporting
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM314 - Preventing and Dealing With Resident-to-Resident...
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM315 - Elderly Waiver (EW)/24 Hour Customized Living Policy..
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM316 - Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite! (Really!)
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM317 - Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) Update
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM318 - Nurses in Culture Change: How Will Your Role Change?
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM319 - What Can We Learn From Toyota? An Introduction...
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM320 - Creating Top Performance Under Medicare Part A
2/8/2008 12:45 PM - 2/8/2008 2:00 PM321 - Improving Employee Performance in Today's Workplace