Balancing Quality of Life with Nutrition 
                                               Management of Residents’ Medical Condition 
                                                                                                                          July 20, 2011 
                                                                                                                                                         
                     Register Today!                     Overview 
                                                         Balancing Quality of Life With Nutrition Management  of Residents’ 
             Wednesday, July 20, 2011                    Medical Condition 
             10:30 – 11:30am, CST                         
                                                         The webinar will  address the challenges of integrating the residents’ quality of 
             Deadline: July 18                           life and their right to self-determination with nutrition management of their 
                                                         medical condition, as well as examine how liberalized diets work. What 
                                                         happened to the 1800 Calorie ADA diet? Is there a return to strict low-sodium 
                                                         diets? What difference will the new US Department of Agriculture MY PLATE 
                                                         have on nutrition choices? Drawing on science-based information from the 
                                                         American Dietetic Association’s Evidence Analysis Library as well as other key 
                                                         resources, we will sort through the overwhelming amount of nutrition information 
                                                         and discuss current clinical guidelines.  We will also briefly review 
           Faculty:                                      recommendations for diabetes management for some long-term care residents.  
                                                          
                             Ann Engles, RD LDN,         Learning Objectives 
                              
                             Vice President & Coor-      •    Be familiar with current clinical nutrition practice guidelines for diabetes, 
                             dinating Dietitian, Cyn-         hypertension, coronary artery disease and kidney disease 
                             thia Chow & Associ-         •    Know the indications for liberalizing and individualizing diets 
                             ates. Financial Services    •    Understand the implications of USDA Dietary Guidelines and MY PLATE 
                                                         •    Discuss how approaches for the management of diabetes may differ in the 
                                                                                           
                                                              long-term care resident
                                                          
                                                          
                                                         Faculty 
                                                         Ann Engles, RD LDN, Vice President & Coordinating Dietitian, Cynthia Chow & 
                                                         Associates 
                                                         Ms. Engles brings years of professional experience as a registered dietitian to 
                                                         dietary consulting. She has spent the last 20 years of her career in long-term 
                                                         care and is known for her commitment to providing quality nutrition services.  
                                                         She currently oversees the operations of a premiere dietary consulting firm that 
                                                         includes 60 associate registered dietitians.  Ms. Engles is a sought-after public 
                                                         speaker and has earned a reputation among her colleagues and within the 
                 Who Should Attend?                      healthcare industry for exemplary communication and teaching skills.   
          Licensed Nurses in all settings, Food          Cathy Nelson, RN, MS, LNHA, Senior Director of Clinical Services at LSN 
          Services Directors, Dietitians, Nutri-         Cathy has more than 20 years experience working and consulting in long-term 
          tionists, Dietetic Technicians and/or          care.  Her experience as a nurse consultant for Wellspring taught her a great 
          anyone responsible for managing the            deal about planning and implementing resident centered care.  She appreciates 
          dietary needs of residents.                    the challenges facilities encounter when balancing successful nutritional 
                                                         management of medical conditions with quality of life and goals for 
                                                         treatment.  During this webinar she will briefly discuss some of these issues and 
                                                         provide resources to assist facilities with addressing some of these challenges.   
           
             
                                                                              Balancing Quality of Life with Nutrition 
                                                               Management of  Residents’ Medical Condition 
                                                                                                                                       July 20, 2011 
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                 Registration  Deadline                       Online Registration Fees: 
                                                              •    Member                    $ 99 
                 Monday, July 18, 2011                        •    Non-Member $199 
                                                              Registration fees provide you with one telephone line and web link per site. 
                         Cancellation                         *Faxed or mailed registration forms will incur a $10 processing fee.  Please e-
                             Policy                           mail meetingservices@lsni.org to request a registration form to register by fax or 
             Cancellations received on or before              mail.  Identify in the subject line “Nutrition Management of Residents’ 
             July 18 will be issued a refund less             Medical Condition”. 
             a $20.00 administrative fee.  No                 Please note – the e-mail address you submit or enter on the registration form will 
             refunds will be made after July 18,              be the e-mail address to access the webinar. The confirmation with the link to the 
             2011. Cancellations must be made                 webinar will be sent to the e-mail provided.  This e-mail must be accessed to 
             in writing and sent to:                          receive all the registration materials. 
             meetingservices@lsni.org and iden-                
             tified in the subject line 
             “Cancellation Nutrition Manage-                  Continuing Education 
             ment” .                                          Life Services Network, as an approved sponsor of continuing education through the 
                                                              Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, will provide the following 
                                                              professionals licensed in Illinois: 
                                                              Nursing home administrators               
                  Continuing Education:                       Nurses 
               Other Professional Groups                      Clinical social workers/social workers 
             All other professionals are encour-              Registered and certified public accountants 
             aged to submit detailed information              Physical therapists/physical therapy assistants 
             on the webinar session(s) attend                 Occupational therapists/occupational therapy assistants 
             (LSN brochure and handout materi-
             als) to your own professional organi-            With up to 1.0 continuing education credit hours for full participation in both courses. 
             zation for consideration of consider-             
             ation of continuing education credit.            Certified Aging Services Professionals (CASP) 
             Credentialing bodies and licens-
             ing boards have the final authori-               This program is approved for continuing education credits for CASP recertification. 
             ty on the acceptance of individual               Certified Dietary Managers 
             courses. 
                                                              Life Services network is awaiting approval for 1.5 general clock hours 
                                                              through the  
                          Questions?                          Certifying Board for Dietary Managers. 
                                                              Registered Dietitians ad Dietetic Technicians/Registered 
             Contact the LSN Meeting                          Life Services network is awaiting approval for 1.0 CPE hours through the 
             Services Department at                           Commission on Dietetic Registration. 
             meetingservices@lsni.org or call                  
             630.325.6170.