This is FL-GAPNA's 4th biannual conference with a geriatric focus.

• Held at the Orlando Airport Marriott Lakeside, off route 528.
• Room rate $129 plus tax until April 6th and the link is on the brochure or you can CLICK HERE
• Registration begins Thursday April 26th from 5:00-7:00 pm.
• In 2016 our organization unanimously voted to include PAs and physicians at our next conference.
• AMA Category 1 CME & ANCC CE will be offered.
• There will be product theaters to choose from for Friday Lunch and Dinner and Saturday Lunch

Product Theaters & Special Support

Sponsored by: CaptionCall

Date & Time: April 27, 2018 | 12:05-1:05 PM
Title: Captioned Telephone Service 101
Speaker: Ashley Wiygul, Account manager
Location: Captiva

Program Description:
People with hearing loss are at a distinct disadvantage compared to people with normal hearing when communicating on the telephone. This course discusses eligibility requirements for patients to receive captioning telephone from CaptionCall. This presentation will show the participants how to: identify eligibility requirements from the FCC to receive a captioning phone, demonstrate the functionality of the CaptionCall phone, CaptionCall Mobile, CaptionCall service and submit a Professional Certification Form.

Sponsored by: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Date & Time: April 27, 2018 | 7:20-8:30 PM
Title: COPD in the Long-Term Care Setting: A Case-Based Discussion of Nebulized Therapy
Speaker: Steven Selznick, DO
Location: Captiva

Program Description:
Please join us for a promotional, non-CME program that focus on disease information and management of COPD in the Long-Term Care setting. *Speaker is a Sunovion consultant

Sponsored by: Lilly USA, LLC

Date & Time: April 28, 2018 | 12:15-1:30 PM
Title: Trulicity® (dulaglutide injection) Product Theater
Speaker: Arelis M. Madera, MD, FACE, FACP Endocrinologist, Port Charlotte, Florida
Location: Marco

Program Description:
This program is sponsored by and the speaker is presenting on behalf of Lilly USA, LLC. It is being presented consistent with FDA guidelines and is not approved for continuing education credit.

Join a discussion on the efficacy, safety, dosing, and administration of Trulicity. In addition, obtain information on how to get patients in long-term care settings started on Trulicity. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask the faculty questions about the data presented and refreshments will be provided.

Please see Important Safety Information, including Boxed Warning about possible thyroid tumors including thyroid cancer, the Full Prescribing Information, and Medication Guide provided at the Product Theater.

Sponsored by: Sunovion

Date & Time: April 28, 2018 | 12:15-1:30 PM
Title: COPD Update - Utibron Neohaler
Speaker: Ronnie DePue, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
Location: Captiva

Program Description:
This program is sponsored by Sunovion. Mr. DePue is Director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research and Respiratory Field Team Lead at Sunovion Pharmaceutics, Inc. He will review the burden of COPD from a societal as well as an economic perspective, discuss the unmet needs in COPD, review the updated GOLD guidelines including pharmacological treatment recommendations, describe the safety and efficacy of Utibron demonstrated in pivotal trials, discuss the Neohaler device and review the importance of individualized device selection in the treatment of COPD.

Sponsored by Acadia:

Friday Afternoon Break & Name Card Wallets  

Exhibitors as of March 30, 2018 are:

• Lilly, Sunovion, CaptionCall, Novartis, Acadia, Medical Solutions Suppliers, Smith &Nephew, Boehringer-Ingleheim, Astellas, Avanir, Vitas Healthcare, Expo Enterprise, Inc, Trilogy Home Healthcare, FNPN Network, FMDA, Purdue, Optum Healthcare, FL-GAPNA

Exhibit/Poster time is 4 hours and will be held in the Lobby. Door prizes will be given on Friday morning (must be present to win) and Saturday for early bird registration (prior to March 27, 2018). At end of conference a weekend stay at the Orlando Airport Marriott Lakeside will be given. 

Overwhelming positive comments in 2016. "Great speakers and topics, well organized."

• 12.5 ANCC CE/ Category 1 AMA CME for very low cost.
• Great location, easy access from all areas of Florida.
• Poster presenters wanted and registration will be free.

No refunds after April 1, 2018