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Full registration: $650 member | $875 prospective member
Partial registration: $225 member | $325 prospective member

Course Overview

Are you looking for training specifically designed for activity professionals?

This in-person week-long course and self-study sessions offer comprehensive training in programming and documentation specifically for activity professionals. You will leave energized with ideas and resources to help you direct the activity program in your facility tailored to the individual needs of those in your community.

Our great line up of speakers includes customer service experts, D.A. “Woody” Brown Award winners, long term care industry consultants, gerontologists, and Alzheimer’s experts.

Course Highlights

• Earn 45-hours of hands-on, engaging training specifically for activity professionals.
• Get advice and practical tips on how to design activities that support positive aging, build a sense of community, promote residents’ rights, and more.
• Explore how art, music, and cooking activities can be tailored to meet the needs of all.
• Take advantage of opportunities to learn from experts in gerontology, dementia care, and customer service.
• Network with other activity professionals and share best practices.

Who Should Attend?

This program is designed for individuals that need to be qualified as an activity professional to work in a nursing center or assisted living center. The training will also meet the needs of activity professionals working in other settings primarily serving persons 55 years and older including sub-acute, specialized care, or adult day services.

Registration Deadline

The registration deadline is January 3, 2023; registrations received after that date are assessed a $25 late fee per facility.

VHCA-VCAL Cancellation & Refund Policies

The administrator of a center may cancel without a penalty if federal or state surveyors/inspectors are in a center. Cancellations for credit card payments are subject to a 10% service fee. Refunds will be granted as follows: full refund if received by the specified registration deadline; one-half of the registration fee if cancellation received three working days prior to the scheduled event. No refunds or credits will be granted if cancellation is received after the three working days deadline. Substitutions are always welcome.

Accommodations

Click here to make your reservation or call the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa/Short Pump at (804) 364-3600. Be sure to mention you are with the VHCA-VCAL room block. The guest room rate for VHCA-VCAL attendees is $137 single/double. The hotel reservation deadline is December 17, 2022.