NOTE: Due to the volume of submissions, HCAM will not provide feedback on sessions that are not selected for the convention program.
Bring Your Expertise to HCAM’s Events
HCAM is continously accepting presentation proposals for our major conference and for standalone seminars, workshops and webinars. Join us in shaping the future of long term and post-acute care by sharing your expertise, innovations, and real-world insights.
Major Events:
- Annual Convention & Expo
- Spring Leadership Conference
- UP Education Conference
- MI-NADONA Convocation & Expo
We’re seeking engaging, practical sessions that address the challenges and opportunities in skilled care, assisted living, and long term care. If you’re passionate about advancing outcomes, supporting staff, or improving resident care, this is your platform.
Do you have an innovative idea that has had promising results for the long-term care community? Do you have clinical expertise that could help improve the health and well-being of the residents we serve? Have you implemented a program that has contributed in a positive way to the delivery of high quality healthcare and supportive services to Michigan seniors? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we encourage you to submit a presentation proposal.
Health Care Association of Michigan’s (HCAM) education curriculum includes a wide range of professional development programming—virtual education courses, issue-specific seminars and workshops, discipline-specific forums, certificate courses, regional meetings, spring leadership conference, and annual convention and expo.
Presentation Proposal Requirements
AUDIENCE CHARACTERISTICS: HCAM represents long term care facilities, providing care and services to more than one million elderly and disabled people.
When selecting sessions, reviewers are looking for:
- Who is the session applicable to? (AL, SNF, SNF & AL)
- What is the expertise level of the session? (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
- Interactive Element: How does the speaker plan on engaging with the audience outside of Q&A?
- Current information and high-quality training.
- The content of the presentation should match the description and learning objectives.
- Key takeaways/action steps
- Visual appeal (consistent formatting, high quality visuals, uncluttered slides)
- Clear and concise slides (consider a single idea per slide)
- Logical flow
- Practical and immediately implementable information and ideas.
- Use of case studies, stories, and other techniques.
- Peer-to-peer learning; attendees appreciate hearing from fellow providers.
- No sales pitches.
TOPICS: The following is a list of topics of interest to providers and will be sought by reviewers. A bulleted description of possible session topics that might be included in that track are also listed; additional session topics are welcome.
Assisted Living- Workforce
- Affordable AL
- Behavioral health, bullying, aggression, grief, trauma, and Dementia Care
- Marketing, including lead and referral generation.
- Building design
- Culinary, activity, ancillary services
- Care technology, AI, innovation in AL
- Emergency planning in AL
- Infection prevention and control in AL
- Person-centered care, level of care, medication management in AL, customer satisfaction
- Data, quality improvement, Quality Awards in AL
- Population in Health Management, integrated networks
- Rising acuity in AL, risk/liability management
- Innovative or successful practices in caring for individuals diagnosed with:
- Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
- Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
- Co-Occurring Disorders (COD)
- Innovative care models or practices for individuals living with dementia
- Alternatives to medication use/Non-pharmacological interventions
- Managing resident to resident interactions
- Application of technology/telehealth in treating these disorders
- Managing staff and resident safety amidst behavioral challenges
- Addressing clinical issues, such as:
- Wound care/pressure injuries
- Falls
- Weight loss
- Depression
- Rehospitalization
- Medication management including psychotropic meds
- Sleep issues
- Pain management, including non-pharmacologic practice
- Functional outcomes
- Care planning
- Transitions of care
- Meaningful conversations for end-of-life decision making
- Infection prevention and control
- Any updated CDC guidance
- Methods to increase consistency of use
- MDRO and C.Auris
- Enhanced barrier precautions
- Antibiotic-stewardship
- Telehealth and technology, including the use of AI in clinical practice
- Developing & maintaining positive relationships with families and residents
- Turning complaints into compliments
- Using satisfaction data to market your organization
- How to improve customer experience scores
- Managing customer reviews, including online reviews
- Customer engagement
- Managing satisfaction in a time of crisis
- LTC participation in Health Care Coalitions
- Surge planning
- Incident command training
- All hazards approach
- Staffing modifications
- Natural disasters
- Rapid evacuations
- Communicating with families and staff including visitation
- Impact of staff turnover on the EP plan
- Local coordination models
- Resilience
- Overcoming challenges
- Motivation
- Developing a personal mission
- Data management, including:
- 5-Star
- State Reporting
- Payroll Based Journal (PBJ)
- LTC Trend Tracker
- SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)
- SNF VBP
- Innovative technology trends in LTC, including artificial intelligence
- Reducing social isolation and loneliness, including use of technology
- Use of technology to improve resident engagement and quality of life
- Preventing abuse and neglect
- Trauma informed care & cultural competency
- How to be person-centered during times of workforce shortages
- Innovative approaches to resident councils, family councils
- Modernizing facilities such as household type models
- Quality improvement basics
- Use of data to inform practice
- Root cause analysis
- Improvement methods, such as Plan-Do-Study-Act
- High reliability practices
- Just culture
- Interrelationship of systems, processes, culture and communication
- Technology to support continuous quality improvement
- Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM)
- Census
- Population health
- I-SNPs, SNPs, networks, etc.
- SNF Value-based purchasing
- Clinical Integration of a Network
- Emerging supporting technology
- Change of ownership
- Creatine effective systematic processes
- Best practices for survey preparedness
- Top 10 survey tags and deficiencies
- Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process/Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (IIDR) Processes
- How to prevent citations for abuse and neglect
- Drug regimen review
- How to effectively write a Plan of Correction
- Facility assessment and staffing competencies
- Substance Use Disorders
- Past Noncompliance
- Workforce recruitment, development, and retention
- Staffing planning and competency
- Pipeline planning and leadership training
- Resiliency and stress management
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace
- Supporting staff dealing with grief and trauma
- Technology and innovations related to successful workforce practices
- Creating a workforce focused culture
To have your presentation proposal considered by our education committee, you must complete our presentation proposal form. To be considered, you must provide all of the following information:
- Speaker Contact Information
- Session Logistics (event, time required, etc.)
- Session Description
- Financial Requirements
- NOTE: HCAM has a very limited budget for speaker reimbursement. All speakers are provided with a complimentary full package registration to the event, and 1 night lodging. Additional compensation (travel/honorariums) will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Target Audience