Full Schedule

6:30 AM - 6:00 PM PT

Registration Open

Room: Platinum BR Pre-function Area

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT

Futures Program

Room: Platinum Ballroom 8-9

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT

(CME103) General Session I: Opening Keynote - Tribal Leadership

Room: Platinum Ballroom 5-6

Keynote Speaker:

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Break

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT

Industry Expert Theater - Healthcare Resource Utilization with Pimavanserin Among Nursing Home Residents with Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis

Room: Orange County Ballrooms 3-4

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

(CME104) Clinician’s Guide to Audits: Know the Triggers, Manage the Risks, Stay Ahead

Room: Grand Ballroom CD

Lead Speaker: – Eventus WholeHealth

Speaker: – Eventus WholeHealth

Billing and CodingBusiness & Technology

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

(CME106) Improving Person-Centered Care Through Assessment, Quality Improvement and Education

Room: Platinum Ballroom 1-2

Lead Speaker: – HIGN at NYU Meyers

Speaker: – Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Speaker: – NYU Meyers College of Nursing

Quality Measures

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

(CME105) Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship: What to Measure and How

Room: Platinum Ballroom 3-4

Lead Speaker: – CIMPAR

Speaker: – CIMPAR

Infectious Disease

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

(CME107) Understanding Immediate Jeopardy, Receiverships and Facility Termination: The Medical Director's Role

Room: Platinum Ballroom 5-6

Lead Speaker: – State of Georgia, Healthcare Facility Regulation Division

Speaker: – California Department of Public Health

Regulatory Updates

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT

Break (Lunch on Own)

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT

Industry Expert Theater - Agitation Associated With Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease: Impact and Symptom Management Considerations In a Long-term Care Setting

Room: Orange County Ballrooms 1-2

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

(CME108) Are You Prepared to Address Ethical Dilemmas? Introducing the PALTmed Ethics Toolkit

Room: Grand Ballroom CD

Lead Speaker: – Duke University/Durham VA

Speaker: – University of Rochester

Speaker: – Alan C. Horowitz & Assocites

Speaker: – Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center

Ethical Dilemmas

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

(CME112) Clinical Hits for 2026: COPD, Sleep, and CHF

Room: Platinum Ballroom 5-6

Lead Speaker: – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Speaker: – Post Acute Cardiology Care

Speaker: – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Clinical Topic

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

(CME115) Connected Transitions: Aligning Teams, Tools, and Tech for Seamless Care

Room: Platinum Ballroom 3-4

Lead Speaker: – Vérité Health Collective

Speaker: – Vérité Health Collective

Speaker: – PointClickCare

Speaker: – CommuniCare Health Services

Transitions of Care/Continuity of Care

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

(CME111) Implementing Meaningful Activity Approaches for Residents with Dementia in Assisted Living

Room: Platinum Ballroom 1-2

Lead Speaker: – University of Maryland School of Nursing

Speaker: – University of Maryland School of Nursing

Speaker: – University of Maryland

Dementia Care & Prevention

12:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

(CME109) Train the Trainer: Bring Age-Friendly Substance Use Disorder Education to Your SNF

Room: Elite Ballroom 2 - 3

Lead Speaker: – Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics

Speaker: – University of Louisville

Speaker: – Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

Speaker: – University of Chicago

Behavioral Health

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT

Break

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(INC01) Artificial Intelligence Showcase

Room: Grand Ballroom E

Lead Speaker: – Saisystems Health

Speaker: – PointClickCare

Speaker: – Netsmart

Speaker:

Artificial Intelligence & Tech IntegrationBusiness & Technology

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(CME116) From Policy to Practice: Operationalizing an Effective Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in PALTC

Room: Platinum Ballroom 5-6

Lead Speaker: – CIMPAR

Speaker: – CIMPAR

Quality Measures

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(CME113) Narrative as Medicine: Reconstructing our Humanity through Storytelling in PALTC

Room: Grand Ballroom CD

Lead Speaker: – Optum Health

Speaker: – George Washington Medical Faculty Associates

Other

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(CME114) Prescribing Memory Loss? From Harm to Healing: Implementing Solutions to Anticholinergic Overuse

Room: Platinum Ballroom 3-4

Lead Speaker: – Eventus Whole Health

Speaker: – Eventus WholeHealth

Deprescribing and Medication Optimization

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

(CME110) Prevention Across the Continuum: Health Maintenance in Post-Acute and Long-Term Settings

Room: Platinum Ballroom 1-2

Lead Speaker: – OPTUM

Speaker: – Apothecon

Clinical Topic

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(CME120) Beyond the Bedside: Powering Physician-Led Outcomes and Enrollment Growth in Post-Acute

Room: Platinum Ballroom 3-4

Lead Speaker: – PointClickCare

Speaker: – PointClickCare

Billing and Coding

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(CME122) Clinical Hits for 2026: Psychiatry, Electrolyte Disorders & BMP

Room: Platinum Ballroom 5-6

Lead Speaker: – University of Colorado School of Medicine

Lead Speaker: – Eventus WholeHealth

Clinical Topic

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(CME119) Creative Strategies using Humanism to Inspire and Support the Geriatrics Workforce Pipeline

Room: Elite Ballroom 2 - 3

Lead Speaker: – Duke University

Medical Education within the PALTC space

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(CME118) Meeting the Needs of People with HIV in Long-Term Care

Room: Grand Ballroom CD

Lead Speaker: – UPMC

Speaker: – University of Pittsburgh

Clinical Topic

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(CME121) Strategies to Enhance Value-Based Outcomes Through Live Analytics

Room: Platinum Ballroom 1-2

Lead Speaker: – Provider Partners Health Plans

Speaker:

Quality MeasuresBusiness & Technology

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT

(CME117) Substance Use Disorder: Resident Rights, Resident Safety- Where is the Line?

Room: Grand Ballroom E

Lead Speaker: – Senior Care Office

Speaker: – University of Washington School of Medicine

Speaker: – Alan C. Horowitz & Assocites

Behavioral Health

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM PT

First Time Attendee and New Member Meetup

Room: Grand Ballroom F

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM PT

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall

Room: Marquis Ballroom

6:00 PM - 6:10 PM PT

(P01) Poster Session: Diabetes Management in Post-Acute Care - A Case Study

Room: Grand Ballroom F

6:10 PM - 6:20 PM PT

(P02) Poster Session: Diabetic Lumbosacral Plexopathy - A Rare but Serious Neurologic Complication

Room: Grand Ballroom F

6:20 PM - 6:30 PM PT

(P03) Poster Session: Early-Onset Mixed Dementia - A Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Approach

Room: Grand Ballroom F

6:30 PM - 6:40 PM PT

(P04) Poster Session: Hidden Rash Behind the Behavior - New-Onset Pustular Psoriasis in Dementia

Room: Grand Ballroom F

6:40 PM - 6:50 PM PT

(P05) Poster Session: Polypharmacy-Related Delirium in Advanced Cancer - Balancing Pain Control and Safety

Room: Grand Ballroom F

6:50 PM - 7:00 PM PT

(P06) Poster Session: Spasticity Management in Long-Term Care (LTC)

Room: Grand Ballroom F

7:00 PM - 7:10 PM PT

(P07) Poster Session: When Dementia Goes Unrecognized: Implications for Geriatric Care Transition

Room: Grand Ballroom F

7:10 PM - 7:20 PM PT

(P08) Poster Session: Trends in Patient Characteristics Associated with Preventable 30-day ER Readmissions

Room: Grand Ballroom F

7:20 PM - 7:30 PM PT

(P09) Poster Session: Utilizing Remote Dielectric Sensing to Reduce Heart Failure Rehospitalizations

Room: Grand Ballroom F