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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting - September 16\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: Fairmount Homes\nFacility Address:\n\n333 Wheat Ridge Drive\nEphrata\, PA  17522\n\n\nContact Person: Deb Fitzwater\nContact Email : debf@fairmounthomes.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 354-1800\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Kevin Goss\nPresentation Topic:  Creative Painting Activities\nPresentation Goals:\n\nUnderstand the scaffolding process for a successful creative activity for the eaderly\nGain insight into the cognitive\, emotional\, physical and social benefits in personal care\, healthcare\, and memory care settings.\nIdentify strategies and opportunities to structure creative activities and professional partners\n\n\n\nBio: \nKevin Goss is a lifelong Central Pennsylvania resident whose love of art began in childhood. With a background in mental health counseling\, 22 years as a public-school visual arts teacher\, and three years at Elizabethtown College helping establish the Art Education major\, he brings both educational and relational depth to his work. He offers private studio instruction for youth and adults and serves as Executive Director of The Lancaster Academy for the Performing Arts. For four years he has led thematic and seasonal painting experiences in Lancaster County retirement communities\, including memory care\, personal care\, and healthcare units.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-september-16-2026/
LOCATION:Fairmount Homes\, 333 Wheat Ridge Dr\, Ephrata\, PA\, 17522\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting – October 21\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: Garden Spot Village\nFacility Address:\n\n433 S. Kinzer Ave.\nNew Holland\, PA  17557\n\n\nContact Person: Marcia Parsons\nContact Email : mparsons@gardenspotvillage.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 717-355–6239\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Christine Loos-Meyers\nPresentation Topic:  The Power of Music for Individuals Living with Dementia\nPresentation Goals:\n\nHow music affects the brain\nKey benefits of using music\nHow to implement music in a dementia program\n\n\n\nBio: \nChristine Meyers is the Dementia Program Director and the Director of Life Enrichment at Sinking Spring Skilled Nursing and Rehab.  Christine is a Certified Dementia Practitioner\, as well as a Dementia Friends Champion.  Christine is a native of Southern Lancaster County.  She graduated from Millersville University with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work.  She has a 30+ year history of working with seniors.  She has worked as a social worker\, senior center manager\, community outreach coordinator\, and Memory Care Director during the course of her career.  She has a passion for working with seniors because she had amazing parents and grandparents who inspired her.  Christine and her husband have 5 sons\, 3 cats\, and two dogs.  In her free time\, Christine enjoys painting\, singing\, and gardening.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-october-21-2026/
LOCATION:Garden Spot Village\, 433 S. Kinzer Ave.\, New Holland\, 17557\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T110000
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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting – November 18\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: Londonderry Village\nFacility Address:\n\nSnell Community Center\n99 Community Ct.\nPalmyra\, PA 17078\n\n\nContact Person: Myranda Mamat\nContact Email : mmamat@londonderryvillage.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 838-5406 ext. 3403\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Christabel Smith\, A.S.\, ACC/MC/PC\, CDP\, CDCM\, CADDCT\, CDSGF\, CMDCPT\, CMDCP\nPresentation Topic:  Montessori Approach for Seasonal Cueing/Programming to Everyday Activity Programming\nPresentation Goals:\n\nUnderstanding what a Montessori approach for dementia support and care is\nHow to plan for and utilize seasoning cueing in everyday activity programming\nThe why in Montessori programming and seasonal cueing\n\n\n\nBio: \nChristabel’s professional experience has included home care\, adult day programs\, independent living\, assisted living\, personal care\, memory care\, memory support\, skilled long-term care\, short term rehab care\, for profit and non-profit senior living organizations with a focus on engagement\, memory care/support\, programming\, behavioral health\, mental health\, intellectual disabilities\, and education and leadership for senior living professionals.  She is also a frequent speaker both in person and virtually to audiences.  In addition to working in skilled long-term care as a Life Enrichment Director\, Christabel has a consulting and education business.  She lives in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania with her family.  She enjoys reading\, country drives\, traveling\, professional research\, walking\, shopping\, cooking\, relaxing\, spending time outdoors\, service\, and spending time with her family and friends.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-november-18-2026/
LOCATION:Londonderry Village\, 99 Community Ct.\, Palmyra\, PA\, 17078\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270120T110000
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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting – January 20\, 2027
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: Kingston Court\nFacility Address:\n\n2400 Kingston Court\nYork\, PA  17402\n\n\nContact Person: Josephine Rosa\nContact Email : josephine.rosa@genesishcc.com\nContact Phone Number: (717) 755-8811 ext. 243\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Tom Johnson-Medland\nPresentation Topic:  Therapeutic Communication Skills\nPresentation Goals:\n\nEnable workers to see that there are 2 separate pathways involved in resolving issues\nEnable workers to know the difference between communication processes and problem solving processes\nEnable workers to identify the 20 variables of both communication and problem solving and to help them see which variable is suited for which problem\nEnable workers to feel comfortable in communicating either the communication skills or problem solving skills\n\n\n\nBio: \nN. Thomas Johnson-Medland is an American poet\, artist\, hospice leader\, and contemplative writer whose work explores the sacred intersections of landscape\, memory\, grief\, history\, and hope. Over five decades he has authored more than twenty books\, published scores of essays and poems\, delivered hundreds of presentations across the United States\, and devoted his professional life to the spiritual and emotional care of individuals and families at the end of life. His writing and artwork are rooted in the belief that beauty\, compassion\, and attentive presence can transform both ordinary life and extraordinary suffering.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-january-20-2027/
LOCATION:Kingston Court\, 2400 Kingston Court\, York\, 17402\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting – February 17\, 2027
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: Willow Valley\nFacility Address:\n\nCultural Center Ballroom\n900 Willow Valley Lakes Drive\nWillow Street\, PA 17584\n\n\nContact Person: Kristen Everhard\nContact Email : keverhard@willowvalley.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 490-8117\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Mary Schreiber\nPresentation Topic:  Responding to Behavior as Communication through Engagement\nPresentation Goals:\n\nIdentify common unmet needs and environmental factors that may lead to behavioral expressions\nDevelop effective responses to behavioral expressions\, focusing on validation\, connection\, and engagement\nUnderstand the importance of person centered aproaches and how it influences the response to behavioral expressions\n\n\n\nBio: \nMary is the Memory Care Advisor at Willow Valley Communities.  She enjoyed a 45 year career as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist in both behavioral health and long-term care settings.  Mary has a Master’s Degree in Health Education and for a number of years served as adjunct faculty teaching various courses in Therapeutic Recreation at York College. \nIt was in a long-term care environment where Mary spent time working closely with individuals living with dementia and their caregivers\, families\, and friends and learning continuously from every interactions. \nHer responsibilities at Willow Valley include providing Memory Care Education for Team Members\, caregivers\, and volunteers\, and facilitating Memory Care Support Groups and Memory Cafes.  She is a certified Eden Educator\, Certified Dementia Practitioner\, and a Dementia Friends Champion.  At the Marlin and Doris Thomas Memory Center\, Mary works closely with volunteers. \nPlease know that Willow Valley welcomes community members to attend Memory Care Support Groups and Memory Cafe. \nMary looks for any opportunity to be outdoors and travel.  Her best buddy is a mini goldendoodle named Rosie.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-february-17-2027/
LOCATION:Willow Valley Communities – Cultural Center Ballroom\, 900 Willow Valley Lakes Dr\,\, Willow Street\, PA\, 17584\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270310T110000
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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting – March 10\, 2027
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: Homestead Village\nFacility Address:\n\n1800 Village Circle\nLancaster\, PA 17603\n\n\nContact Person: Karen Braun\nContact Email : kbraun@hvillage.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 471-5987\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Daniel Mortensen\nPresentation Topic:  Dealing with Difficult Residents\nPresentation Goals:\n\nRecognize and understand difficult resident behavior and their underlying causes\nApply effective communication and deescalating techniques during challenging interactions\nMaintain professional boundaries while protecting personal well-being\n\n\n\nBio: \nDan Mortensen was raised in Alaska where his family operated a commercial salmon fishing business. After college\, Dan worked for 30 years in executive roles in higher education administration including Student Affairs\, Finance\, Administration\, and Development. Dan has a PhD in Education. For the past nine years\, he has served as the Vice President of Operations for Tandem Living\, which operates three senior living communities in Lancaster\, PA: Trillium Place\, Woodcrest Villa\, and Calvary Homes. Dan and his wife\, Shelli\, have two daughters and four grandchildren. He enjoys road cycling\, and recently published his first novel\, Outside\, which is a story set in the Alaska wilderness.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-march-10-2027/
LOCATION:Homestead Village\, 1800 Village Circle\, Lancaster\, 17603\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270421T110000
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SUMMARY:LADA Meeting – April 21\, 2027
DESCRIPTION:Lunch: 11:00am\nBusiness Meeting: 11:30am\nPresentation for CEUs: 12:00pm – 1:30pm \n\nFacility Name: St. Anne’s Retirement Community\nFacility Address:\n\n3952 Columbia Avenue\nColumbia\, PA  17512\n\n\nContact Person: Hope Long\nContact Email : hope.long@stannesrc.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 285-6193\nLunch Provided? Yes\n\n  \n\nPresentation Speaker: Betty Simora (speaking from 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.)\nPresentation Topic:  The History of LADA\nPresentation Goals:\n\nHow LADA began\nHow LADA became the largest activity director association in PA\nHow LADA linked up to NCCAP\n\n\n\nBio: \nBetty Simora has worked with the senior population for more than 36 years\, beginning with directing senior choruses in senior centers to becoming a senior center manager for 100 participants for several years.  She then began her work in continuum care as an activity director at Saint Anne’s Retirement Community. Working in the field for 25 years. It was at this time she learned about LADA and became an active member. She was president twice and developed the link to NCAP to LADA.  \n \n\nPresentation Speaker: Andrew Hostetter (speaking from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)\nPresentation Topic:  Interfaith Programs\nPresentation Goals:\n\nThe importance of spiritual engagement to health and happiness\nThe speaker’s objectives and planning process for creating multifaith spiritual programs\nOutcomes for this type of work\n\n\n\nBio: \nRev. Andrew Hostetter served as a Director of Youth\, College and Young Adult Ministry at Wayne Presbyterian for over a decade.  After leaving Wayne\, he served as the Pastor at Centre Presbyterian Church in Perry County PA for three years.  In October 2023 Andrew left his church to accept a position as Supportive Living Chaplain at Willow Valley Communities.  He is the chaplain at the Glen which has close to 300 residents between the skilled care floors\, a personal care floor\, and a memory care floor.  He works closely with Recreational Therapy (Life Enrichment) staff with all of his program planning and leading.  Andrew particularly loves getting to hear the stories of his residents and support them and their families during times of transition or loss.  He is married to Rev. Sarah Hostetter\, and has two awesome kids in 1st grade and Preschool\, and enjoys gardening\, playing board games\, and going on family walks or hikes in his free time.
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/lada-meeting-april-21-2027/
LOCATION:St. Anne’s Retirement Community\, 3952 Columbia Ave.\, Columbia\, PA\, 17512\, United States
CATEGORIES:LADA Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270526T074500
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SUMMARY:2027 Annual LADA Conference
DESCRIPTION:Date:  Wednesday\, May 26\, 2027\nTime:  7:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.\nCEUs:  4 sessions with 6 hours of CEUs\nRegistration Cost:\n\nLADA Member Fee:  $85\nNon-Member Fee:  $100\n\n\nFacility Name: Tandem Living\nFacility Address:\n\nWoodcrest Villa Viva Centre\n2001 Harrisburg Pike\nLancaster\, PA  17601\n\n\nContact Person: Ramona Little\nContact Email : rlittle@tandemlivingpa.org\nContact Phone Number: (717) 735-2688\nContinental Breakfast (assorted pastries\, fresh fruit\, yogurt\, granola\, beverages) and Lunch (Soup & Salad\, Hot Buffet\, Assorted Desserts\, beverages) are included with your registration\nDeadline to register:  Friday\, April 30\n\nDownload the LADA Conference Flyer – Coming in the Near Future \n\nPurchase Tickets Below\n\n\n\n \n\nSession 1:  8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (1.5 CEU’s) \n\nPresentation Speaker: Christabel Smith\nPresentation Topic:  Dementia: It’s All About Approach\nPresentation Goals:\n\nE\n\n\n\nBio: \nChristabel’s professional experience has included home care\, adult day programs\, independent living\, assisted living\, personal care\, memory care\, memory support\, skilled long-term care\, short term rehab care\, for profit and non-profit senior living organizations with a focus on engagement\, memory care/support\, programming\, behavioral health\, mental health\, intellectual disabilities\, and education and leadership for senior living professionals.  She is also a frequent speaker both in person and virtually to audiences.  In addition to working in skilled long-term care as a Life Enrichment Director\, Christabel has a consulting and education business.  She lives in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania with her family.  She enjoys reading\, country drives\, traveling\, professional research\, walking\, shopping\, cooking\, relaxing\, spending time outdoors\, service\, and spending time with her family and friends. \n \n\nSession 2:  10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. (1.5 CEU’s) \n\nPresentation Speaker: Laura Crocker\nPresentation Topic:  TBD\nPresentation Goals:\n\nE\n\n\n\nBio: \nN \n \n\nSession 3:  12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. (1.5 CEU’s) \n\nPresentation Speaker: Bill Schober\nPresentation Topic:  Yoga\nPresentation Goals:\n\nE\n\n\n\nBio: \nN \n \n  \nSession 4:  2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (1.5 CEU’s) \n\nPresentation Speaker: Kevin Goss\nPresentation Topic:  Art\nPresentation Goals:\n\nE\n\n\n\nBio: \nKevin Goss is a lifelong Central Pennsylvania resident whose love of art began in childhood. With a background in mental health counseling\, 22 years as a public-school visual arts teacher\, and three years at Elizabethtown College helping establish the Art Education major\, he brings both educational and relational depth to his work. He offers private studio instruction for youth and adults and serves as Executive Director of The Lancaster Academy for the Performing Arts. For four years he has led thematic and seasonal painting experiences in Lancaster County retirement communities\, including memory care\, personal care\, and healthcare units. \n \n  \nConference Schedule: \n\n7:45 a.m. – Registration\, Continental Breakfast\, and Raffle Sales\n8:15 a.m. – Welcome by Ramona Little\, ADC\, CDP\, LADA President\n8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – CEU Session 1\n10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Break (Raffle Sales)\n10:15 am. – 11:45 a.m. – CEU Session 2\n11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – Lunch and Raffle Sales\n12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – CEU Session 3\n2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Break (Raffle Sales)\n2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – CEU Session 4\n4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Gift Basket Raffle Drawings and Closing Remarks\n4:15 p.m. – Distribution of Certificates\n\nRaffle Tickets for Gift Baskets to benefit LADA: \n\n1 Ticket for $1.00\n6 Tickets for $5.00\n15 Tickets for $10.00
URL:https://joinlada.org/event/2027-annual-lada-conference-2/
LOCATION:Woodcrest Villa – Viva Centre\, Gamber Auditorium\, 2001 Harrisburg Pike\, Lancaster\, PA\, 17601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Conference
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