Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 8:00am to Friday, May 16, 2014 at 5:00pm Annual Conference
The 2014 Annual Conference will be held at Grand Traverse Resort. The theme this year: "There's no Place Like Home."
Description
Who should attend?
Home Care, Hospice & HME Staff, Administrators & Managers, Physical, Occupational & Speech Therapists, Clinical Nurse Supervisors, Finance, Reimbursement & Billing Staff and Human Resources Personnel. You!
Location
The 900-acre resort property is one of the Midwest's finest full-service, year-round, resorts and conference destinations . An award-winning destination resort, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa has been ranked among the Top 20 Mainland Resorts and Top 50 Travel Destinations and Services worldwide by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Additional accolades include honors from Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, Family Circle, Successful Meetings, and many other respected organizations.
Registration
Confirmations are guaranteed to be sent to those whose registrations are postmarked by Friday, May 2, 2014. Early bird registration discount rates apply to registrations postmarked by Friday, April 11, 2014. Agencies will be billed for the difference if early-bird fees are postmarked after Friday, April 11, 2014. The Late rate is for registrations postmarked after April 12, 2014. Agencies will be billed the difference if registrations are received after April 11, 2014.
Registration sharing is strictly prohibited. Attendees may not purchase one conference registration, then take turns attending programming over the conference schedule.
One-Day Registration
One-day registration is available. One-day registration includes: educational programming, handouts, continental breakfast, breaks and any planned meal activities or receptions scheduled for your day of attendance.
Cancellation Policy:
Registration fees, less a $50.00 processing charge are refundable by submitting your request in writing to the Michigan Home Care (fax: 517/349-8090) on or before Monday, April 14, 2014. No refunds will be made, under any circumstances, after April 14th. Substitutions are permitted by faxing your request to the Michigan Home Care, 517/349-8090.
Nursing Contact Hours:
The Michigan Association for Home Care (OH-290, 3/1/2016) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for the educational sessions.
Sponsorship
There are no sponsors for the sessions.
Conflict of Interest
The planners and faculty have declared no conflict of interest.
Criteria for Successful Completion
In order to receive contact hours you must sign in with your barcode labels (obtained at the CE table by registration) at the start of each session. At the conclusion of each session, you must complete your evaluation and put one of your barcode labels on the completed evaluation and turn it in as you leave the room.
Social Work CEs
Applied for to the Michigan SW CE Collaborative
Hotel Accommodations
A room block has been reserved at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa for the evenings of Tuesday, May 13th through Friday, May 16th for the Annual Conference. Book your hotel reservations on line today! Go to Grand Traverse Resort’s web site www.grandtraverseresort.com, enter the group code”MIHCARE14” at the top of the home page under Group/Promo Code or call the resort directly at 800/968-7352 and mention the Michigan Association for Home Care. You will find the pricing/information for rooms in the Attendee Registration Packet (see download button below), or download the rates here.
Dress
For your comfort, please dress casually for the conference.
Meeting Rooms
Will you be warm or cold? The answer is both! Please understand that hotels try to regulate room temperature as efficiently and effectively as possible; however, individual response to temperature differs greatly. It is best to layer clothes…dress for a warm room, but bring a sweater or jacket.
At Your Service
Conference Host
Michigan Association for Home Care, 2140 University Park Drive, Suite 220, Okemos, Michigan 48864, Phone: 517/349-8089, Fax: 517/349-8090.
Conference Hotel
Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, 100 Grand Traverse Blvd., Acme, Michigan 49610-0404 Phone: 231/534-6000
Golf
Golf will be available to attendees on Thursday, May 15, 2014 on the Bear. Cost is $40 a person for 9 holes. 4:00 p.m. start . Call 231/534-6470 to sign up. Credit Card will be asked for. 48 hour cancellation. Deadline for pre-registration is May 8th.
Silent Auction
Plan to attend and participate in the Silent Auction for the Michigan Foundation for Home Care . Shopping right at your door step! The Annual Silent Auction will be set up in the Exhibit Hall starting on May 14, 2014 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and will remain open throughout the conference during scheduled exhibit times. The bids will close at 12:00 noon on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Proceeds will help support the Michigan Foundation for Home Care. If you are interested in donating something to the auction, complete the enclosed donation form.
Note: The Registration button (below) is for registrants that plan to attend all three days. If you plan to register online for only one day, please use one or the following links:
For Wednesday Only Registration Click Here
For Thursday Only Registration Click Here
For Friday Only Registration Click Here
Be sure to download the Attendee Registration Packet (see Additional Resources below,) which contains all of the detailed information about the 2014 Annual Conference. It contains a complete listing of all activities with descriptions and also includes a registration form.
If you are interested in Exhibiting, go the Exhibitor Page.
If you are interested in sponsoring, go to the Sponsor Opportunity page.