In Touch With Aging

January 14, 15, 16, 2005

at the
Columbiana Hotel & Conference Center

2100 Bush River Road

Columbia, South Carolina 29210

in conjunction with the

Annual NANMT Members Meeting

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!

800-262-4017

Conference Goals

◆Promote and encourage networking among Nurse Massage Therapists and other professional colleagues.
◆Provide training and competency in professional ethics.
◆Promote awareness of health issues and training in massage for the geriatric client.

Get your educational contact hours, network with colleagues and like-minded souls,

learn new skills, get support, make a difference!

The Classes and Instructors

1. A six hour intensive in two parts, in geriatric massage with Joyce Garland, RN, LMT. Geriatrics is a growing field with growing needs for a high touch approach. Joyce serves as a senior instructor/therapist in the Day-Break Geriatric Massage Project out of California, and has worked exclusively with geriatric patients for over 20 years. Learn important skills from a master!
2. Professional Ethics for Nurses and Massage Therapists with Debra B. Gallup, LMT, NCBTMB. Debra is an instructor in Swedish massage, Ethics, and Anatomy at Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy in Columbia, SC. She also has a private practice in therapeutic massage. "Debra makes her ethics classes shine with relevance and importance." Explore the specific ethical issues of working with the geriatric population.
3. The Keynote address by NANMT Secretary, Ethlyne Davidson, RN, LMT--"Competancy in Aging"--focuses on the geriatric population and a holistic, high-touch approach to their health care. We as Nurse Massage Therapists are important champions in humanizing the medical world! Ethlyne is a visionary when it comes to integrating nursing and massage. Come and be inspired.

The Schedule

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00-12:00 ETHICS PART 1
12:00-1:00 LUNCH*
1:00- 4:00 ETHICS PART 2
4:00-6:00 REGISTRATION
6:00-8:00 HOSPITALITY & NETWORKING

SATURDAY

7:00-8:00 REGISTRATION
8:00-9:00 INTRODUCTIONS & KEYNOTE: Competency on Aging
9:00-12:00 GERIATRIC MASSAGE part 1
12:00-1:00 LUNCH*
1:15-2:00 PANEL: What can NANMT do for you?
2:00-5:00 GERIATRIC MASSAGE part 2
7:00-9:00 BANQUET DINNER**

SUNDAY

8:30-10:30 ANNUAL NANMT MEMBERS MEETING

SUNDAY BRUNCH**

*lunch on your own **Dinner and Brunch included with registration

Application has been submitted to ONA for contact hours. The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91).

Register now online! (click appropriate PayPal "buy now" button to pay---then fill-in registration info on the secure PayPal site)