Behavioral Health: The Challenge to Care Well
Long-term care providers are largely unprepared to care for residents with serious mental illness, addictions, and complicated psychosocial circumstances. Quality care begins with understanding how the disease affects the resident’s ability to live their best life. This session explores the growing population of long-term care residents living with mental health challenges and the tools necessary to quality care.
Barbara Speedling, Innovations for Quality Living
Barbara Speedling is dedicated to the creation of meaningful, satisfying lives for all those who rely on another’s care. An inspirational and motivational speaker, Barbara is an author, educator and
management consultant at the forefront of person-centered care. An innovator with more than 30 years of practical experience within the adult care community, she is the expert providers turn to when they want to ensure that the services they provide meet not only the physical needs of their residents, but their emotional and psychosocial needs as well.
Working from a core belief in the dignity and individuality of all people, Barbara has helped countless adult care communities implement her unique training and education programs.