NANMT National Conference

JUNE 7, 8, & 9, 2007

"ATTUNING TO THE ELDERLY PATIENT:
MAXIMIZING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE QUALITY YEARS"
featuring dynamic workshops with
Wayne Phillips, Joyce Garland, Don Campbell, Bonnie Mackey,
Teresa Kelechi, Cam Spencer

in Phoenix, Arizona

An educational opportunity for nurses, massage therapists, and other healthcare providers
interested in a holistic, high-touch approach--
presented by the

Conference Goals

◆Promote and encourage networking among Nurse Massage Therapists and other professional colleagues in related health fields.
◆Provide training and competency in nursing care of the elderly; particularly in modifying touch interventions to optimize quality of life.
◆Promote awareness of health issues and training in massage for the geriatric client.
◆Increase awareness that music, tones, and the human voice can alter the physiologic states of the elder client.
◆Identify current concepts in the physiology of diabetes, skin & wound care, periferal vascular disease and neuropathy with the elder diabetic client, and how massage therapy should be adapted in these clients.
◆Identify and use assessment tools that clarify core motivations for elder clients that can assist in setting realistic goals for high level wellness.
◆Identify changes in the digestive processes occurring in the elderly diabetic and learn how nutriceuticals support improved digestion and assimilation of nutrients.

Get 17 contact hours (for both nursing and massage!),
	network with colleagues and like-minded souls,
		learn new skills, get support, make a difference!

The Classes, Presenters, and Instructors

	1.Wayne Phillips, Ph.D., FACSM is Founder and CEO of AgeWELL Initiatives, a consulting company with extensive international experience and expertise in wellness, wellness program design and health-related fitness. Dr. Phillips , an internationally recognized presenter and author, is an inspirational, humorous and thought-provoking speaker who elicits ‘new thinking’ from audiences about wellness and active lifestyle issues for older adults. Dr. Phillips will deliver his Keynote: Engage with Self, Engage with Life: the Key to Successful Aging, and will be presenting his General Session Workshop: Intrinsic Wellness™ a Meaningful Approach to Health-related Behavior Change.

		2.Don Campbell is a recognized authority on the transformative power of music, listening, and The Mozart Effect®. In Campbell's unique view, music is not only a rich and rewarding aesthetic experience but an easily accessible bridge to a more creative, intelligent, healthy, and joy-filled life. His singular mission is to help return music to its central place in the modern world as a resource for growth, development, health, and celebration. Campbell is the author of nine books, including the 1997 best-seller, The Mozart Effect®. In this book, Campbell provides compelling evidence of the influence of particular sounds, tones, and rhythms on mental performance and spiritual outlook, as well as in the treatment of disease. Interweaving the riveting stories of ordinary men and women with solid research by doctors, psychologists, and music therapists, The Mozart Effect® shows how music can be used to improve memory and learning, boost productivity, soothe jangled nerves, strengthen endurance, unlock creative impulses, sound away pain, and heal the body from a host of ailments.

	3.Nationally known instructor, Joyce Garland, RN, LMT, will be presenting an overview of geriatric massage. Four break out sessions, with guest speakers, will offer in depth coverage on modulating massage with various challenging health issues. Geriatrics is a growing field with growing needs for a high touch approach. Joyce serves as a senior instructor/therapist at the Daybreak Geriatric Massage Institute out of California, and has worked exclusively with geriatric patients for over 20 years. Learn important skills from a master! .

	4.Teresa Kelechi, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, will teach the material on the pathophysiology of peripheral vascular disease and peripheral neuropathy as related to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Kelechi is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist whose clinical practice centers on wound and skin care for high-risk individuals with diabetes and vascular diseases. She's a teacher, a researcher, an innovator. One of her projects involved the use of infrared thermometry to prevent lower extremity leg wounds in patients with chronic venous insufficiency. Dr. Kelechi serves as a great resource and mentor for nurses and massage therapists who work with older adults. For all her scholarly achievments, Cam Spencer says about Dr. Kelechi: "her teaching style is both professional and entertaining".

	5. Cam Spencer, RN, LMT, former NANMT President, will provide the Nurse Massage Therapist's approach to nursing care of clients with peripheral vascular disease. A wonderful adjunct to Teresa Kelechi's insights into pathophysiology of diabetes and peripheral vascular conditions. Don't miss this workshop! Ms Spencer serves as a shining model of how a nurse can fully integrate massage skills into nursing care. She has a wealth of clinical experience with the elderly, currently holds the position of Wellness Coordinator at the Canterbury House (a seniors' facility), and four years of experience as an instructor at the Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Therapeutic Massage in Charleston, SC.

	6. Bonnie Mackey, PhD, MSN, ARNP, AHN-BC, MTC, and Health Advocate-Educator™, former NANMT Education Director, and founder of the Mackey Health Institute of West Palm Beach, Florida, will present on nutritional, herbal, and neutraceutical considerations for blood glucose regulation. Dr. Mackey holds a PhD in Nutrition, and has studied integrative therapies in Europe and the U.S. She has been empowering boh clients and caretakers for over 30 years, to expand their knowledge as they implement new tools to move them beyond the conventional model of healthcare. Bonnie has been a core player of NANMT since its beginnings, and remains an inspiration for all Nurse Massage Therapists in her entrepeneurial spirit, scholarly expertise, and practical hands-on know-how when it comes to healing. Prepare to be pleasantly overwhelmed with her wealth of information.

This is an educational offering partially supported by an education grant from Atlantic Philanthropies, and administered by the American Nurses Association
to enhance knowledge and skills in geriatric nursing, particularly with massage.

Space is limited! Please register asap to reserve yours. Credit cards, checks or money orders accepted. Register through the toll free number:
1-800-262-4017 or mail your registration to: NANMT, 6749 Willow Creek Dr, Huber Heights, OH 45424-2490. Or register online below.

The Schedule (tentative)

THURSDAY
12:00-6:00 pm Registration
6:00-6:10 pm Welcome & Conference orientation

6:10-7:20 pm Keynote Introduction

Advancing the Practice of the Nurse Massage Therapist in Care of the Elderly: an Overview by Andy Bernay-Roman, NANMT founding member

7:20-8:50 pm General Session Workshop for all attendees:

"Geriatric massage: Overview and demonstration" with Joyce Garland

9:00-10:30 Hospitality reception/Self introductions, w/light refreshments

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 Doors open/late registration/more schmoozing
9:00-9:05 Greetings and opening ceremony
9:05-10:30 General Session Workshop for all attendees:

"The harmony of health: Using Music To Tune Yourself and Your Clients" with Don Campbell

10:30-11:30 Book signing/vendors/book sales
11:30-1:00 Buffet lunch provided
1:00-2:00 FACILITATED NETWORKING w/roundtables!

2:00-5:15 General Session Workshop for all attendees:
(with break midway)

Nutritional, herbal, and neutraceutical considerations for blood glucose regulation for patients with diabetes. w/ Bonnie Mackey (includes open Q & A session)

5:15-7:00 Dinner on your own
7:00-8:30 NANMT Annual Meeting!

SATURDAY
8:00-9:00 Doors open/informal networking
9:00-10:00 Keynote address

Engage with Self, Engage with Life: the Key to Successful Aging by Dr. Wayne Phillips

10:00-10:15 Break
10:15- 12:15 General Session Workshop for all attendees:

"Intrinsic Wellness™ : a meaningful approach to health-related behavior change" with Wayne Phillips

12:15-12:30 Break with book signing/ vendors/ book sales
12:30-2:00 Enlivened buffet lunch (provided!)
2:00-4:00 General Session Workshop for all attendees:

Diabetes as a Rapid Aging Disease: PVD, foot assessment and care w/ Teresa Kelechi

4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:15 General Session Workshop for all attendees:

Demonstration of modifying massage with the elder diabetic client with serious physiologic alterations, w/Cam Spencer

5:15-5:45 Question and Answer session w/NANMT Board
5:45-6:00 Closing remarks by Andy Bernay-Roman, and distribution of CE credit

certificates and evaluation forms

(info subject to change! Check back here for updates.)

Continuing Ed:	Fees:
17 CE's for both nurses and massage therapists!	$275 member earlybird (by 2/28) $325 non-member earlybird (by 2/28)