2012 46th Annual Convention & Tradeshow
Igniting a Passion for Caring
Boise State University Student Union Building
1700 University Drive
Boise, ID
Board Meeting
Agenda & Highlights
Agenda & Highlights
Attendee Information
Educational Sessions Overview - For your convenience, the Convention/Education Committee has identified sessions that apply to your provider setting. This should simplify the process of selecting which sessions you will attend:
- Assisted Living
- Home Health and/or Hospice
- Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
- Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Marketing (all provider settings)
- Session agenda questions: please contact Jill Rice, Education Coordinator by phone: 208-343-9735 or email: Jill@ihca-ical.org
Exhibitor Information
- Please visit the "Trade Show" tab
- Tradeshow questions: please contact Danette Hunt, Administrative Assistant by phone: 208-343-9735 or email: Danette@ihca-ical.org
Special Events
IHCA Foundation Golf Tournament, Monday, July 30th, 8:00AM
Join us for great golf and a lot of fun at the IHCAF Golf Tournament! In addition to a full round of golf, each golfer will have the chance to win the Hole-in-One prize or have their name drawn to try and sink a 50-foot! Both contests are sponsored by Irwin Rogers Insurance. You can register for the tournament when you complete your convention registration online, or you can register just for the tournament: Online or Hardcopy
Tournament Sponsor: Superior Care Pharmacy
Convention Fun Night: “A Dose of Healthcare Humor”, Tuesday, July 31st, 5:00PM-8:00PM
Tonight’s festivities will include FUNdraising for the IHCA Foundation, great networking, a wonderful dinner, and entertainment guaranteed to satisfy! We are excited to have professional speaker and entertainer David Glickman join us for a comedic performance that will have you rolling in the aisle, and you’ll even earn 1 CEU for it.
Event Sponsor: Gulf South Medical Supply
IHCA-ICAL Awards Luncheon & Closing Keynote, Thursday, August 2, 11:45AM-2:30PM
"Unless someone like you, cares a whole awful lot; Nothing is going to get better, it's not."
This is one of the most highly anticipated convention events! It’s time to recognize individuals who “care a whole awful lot” and are helping resident care and well being get better with each day. During this special luncheon, IHCA-ICAL Award Winners and Schoonover Award winners are honored; IHCA Foundation scholarship recipients are recognized; the new board of IHCA-ICAL will be installed; and we will celebrate and honor the work you do! This is a festivity you don’t want anyone on your staff to miss.
Luncheon Sponsors: Edgewood Vista, McKesson, Peaks & Plains, Willow Park Assisted Living
The Caregiver's Dilemma! | Presented by the “DOC”, Lon Kieffer, RN, BSN, MBA, NHA, President, K&S Consulting Group, Inc.
Meet DOC, the "Defender of Caregivers!" and Lon Kieffer's alter-ego as “they” take you through a humorous journey of "The Caregiver's Dilemma" where obligation and responsibility meet and converge with personality and reality. Learn how to cope and survive through increased AWARENESS and ACCEPTANCE of the emotional traps involved with being a Caregiver!
Speaker Sponsor: Lewis & Clark Risk Retention Group
TradeShow
TradeShow
Exhibitor Information
- Tradeshow Registration Form
- Tradeshow Floor Layout/Booths Still Available
- Associate Membership Benefits & Sponsorship Opportunities
- BSU Campus Map
Events You Can't Afford to Miss!
- Calling all golfers! The IHCA Foundation Golf Tournament will be an early morning shotgun start on Monday, July 30. We are looking for golf teams as well as hole sponsors. The registration form will be available soon, but if you have questions now or would like to participate on the planning committee, please feel free to call our office now.
- Be sure to sign up for the Convention Fun Night (this event follows the tradeshow reception on Tuesday, July 31). This will be a great opportunity for some extra networking with convention attendees. The evening will include great food, entertainment, and the best view of Boise from the Stueckle Sky Center! Buy a few extra tickets to give to your valued customers.
- The IHCA-ICAL Awards Luncheon will be held on Thursday, August 2. This is one of the most anticipated convention events, as this is the time when award winners are recognized and scholarships are awarded. The new IHCA-ICAL board of directors will also be installed. If you want your organization to be on the minds of attendees as they leave convention, we encourage you to consider sponsoring an awards table or even the closing keynote (this session is attached to the Awards Luncheon).
Please contact Danette Hunt, Tradeshow Coordinator, with any questions you may have. You can reach her by phone: 208-343-9735, or email: Danette@ihca-ical.org
Registration Info
Registration Info
Guest Registration
We also have an option available to register guests for the Convention Fun Night, Awards Luncheon, and/or Golf Tournament. If you would like to bring along a family member, friend, or colleague to any of these events, and they will not be attending the convention, please click here to complete the "guest registration" process.
The best way to register for the 46th Annual Convention & Tradeshow is online!
Before completing your online registration, we suggest you review the convention pricing structure to ensure you are receiving the rate you expect. If you have any questions about the registration calculations, please contact IHCA-ICAL before submitting and paying for your registration.
SAVE BIG AND REGISTER EARLY
Get the most bang for your buck!! We highly recommend you bring as many staff as you can and register at the Early Bird Rate! In many instances, your organization will pay LESS than $50/person to attend over 20 hours of continuing education.
Cancelation Policy
We understand that circumstances arise to prevent you from attending the convention after you have registered. IHCA-ICAL works to ensure that all registrations are processed in a timely and efficient manner, and we are eager to work with you in the event you have to cancel.
Therefore, if you cancel more than seven (7) business days prior to the event, we will gladly refund your registration fee and retain only the fees charged for add-on events and $25 for a cancelation fee. We are unable to offer any refund within seven (7) business days of the event, for canceled registrations. We encourage you to find someone from your facility/organization to take your place if at all possible.
If you have to cancel at the last minute as a result of a family emergency such as a death, accident or injury, please contact our office and we will consider your situation and try to find the best solution.
Continuing Education
CEUs offered by IHCA-ICAL are approved by the Idaho Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and the Idaho Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators. Education offered by IHCA-ICAL may also be sufficient for other license types as long as licensure requirements are met. It is up to each attendee to determine the appropriateness of a session and whether it will meet the requirements of their license type. Continuing Education hours are offered as 1 CEU for every 60 minutes of lecture/presentation.
Awards
Awards
IHCA-ICAL Quality Award
The recipient of the award will be recognized at the IHCA-ICAL Awards Luncheon, August 2 in Boise, Idaho and will also receive a $500 cash award from Pinnacle Quality Insight.
Nominations should be sent to Danette Hunt at IHCA-ICAL using one of the following methods: Email: Danette@ihca-ical.org; Fax: 208-342-6891; Mail: 1524 W. Cayuse Creek Drive, Meridian, ID 83646, no later than June 13, 2012.
Nomination Categories
- Hall of Fame - Distinguished Resident Award
- Volunteer of the Year
- Assisted Living Employee of the Year*
- Intermediate Care Facility Employee of the Year*
- Skilled Nursing Employee of the Year*
*The winner from these award categories will be entered into a drawing for an all-expense paid American Health Care Association Convention Registration Package! This includes airfare, hotel, meal stipend, and registration. The AHCA Convention will be held in Tampa, Florida, October 7-10, 2012. To learn more about the AHCA Convention, please click here. Thank you to the IHCA Foundation to sponsoring this fantastic prize!!
IHCA-ICAL is excited to recognize and honor members of your team who consistently demonstrate professionalism, a focus on customer service, and dedication to vulnerable adults who live in nursing homes, assisted living communities and intermediate care facilities. We all know of at least one person we work with who goes above and beyond to better the lives of residents and their families. Please honor those individuals by submitting an award application in their name. Please note that nominations are only accepted from MEMBER facilities of IHCA-ICAL who are planning to register and attend the 2012 convention.
Nomination Procedures
In addition to the application form, a nomination letter demonstrating the exemplary action(s) of the nominee should be submitted by someone having knowledge of the nominee’s experience. The nomination letter (not to exceed 1 page, 12-point font) should give specific examples of the actions, activities and behaviors of the individual:
- How does this person increase the quality of life of your residents?
- How does this person increase the employee morale at your facility?
- How does this person enhance the public image of your facility?
Nominations should be sent to Danette Hunt at IHCA-ICAL using one of the following methods: Email: Danette@ihca-ical.org; Fax: 208-342-6891; Mail: 1524 W. Cayuse Creek Drive, Meridian, ID 83646
The association will acknowledge the receipt (via email) of all nominations.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS IS JUNE 13, 2012.
All nominations must be at the IHCA-ICAL office by close of business on JUNE 13, 2012. The nominator will be notified in early July if their nominee was selected as the award winner.
Selection Procedures
The Award Selection Committee will review nominations and select the recipient(s). The Award Selection Committee will consist of members of the Convention/Education Committee, IHCA-ICAL staff, and a guest committee chair.
Award
The award will be presented in Boise, Idaho at the IHCA-ICAL Awards Luncheon & Board Installation on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Time and location will be announced at a later date. Award recipients must be able to attend the awards luncheon held on August 2. Inability to attend may prompt the committee to choose another qualified candidate, unless extenuating circumstances are noted. If this is the case, please contact Danette Hunt at IHCA-ICAL, prior to submitting your nomination.
Housing
Housing
Hotel Accommodations
To accommodate the various preferences of convention attendees, we have secured special IHCA-ICAL convention guestroom rates at the following hotels:
Hampton Inn Boise
3270 South Shoshone Street
Boise, ID 83705
Phone: 208-914-2052
Guestroom rate = $89 (+tax & applicable fees) for Double/King
Fairfield Inn Boise
3300 South Shoshone Street
Boise, ID 83705
Phone: 208-914-2052
Guestroom Rate = $79 (+tax & applicable fees) for Double/King
Courtyard Boise Downtown By Marriott (closest hotel to convention venue)
222 South Broadway Ave.
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: 208-331-2700
Guestroom Rate = $109 (+tax & applicable fees) King; $119 (+tax & applicable fees) Double
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Boise ParkCenter
424 East ParkCenter Blvd.
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: 208-342-1044
Guestroom Rate = $89 (+tax & applicable fees) for Double/King
IHCA-ICAL will not be providing shuttle service to and from hotels to the Convention. Some hotels do have a shuttle service available, but it will up to the attendee to coordinate transportation with the hotel. Free parking will be available to all attendees in the Lincoln Parking Garage on the corner of University Drive and Lincoln Avenue.