12th Annual Respite and Crisis Nurseries Conference

of the ARCH National Respite Network

September 24-25, 2009

Burbank, CA

  

 

The Conference

This year, the California Respite Association (CRA) had the honor of hosting the 12th Annual Respite and Crisis Nurseries Conference.  Bay Respite Care's Director, Mike Huckins, is also president of the CRA and so BRC had a helping hand in putting on the conference.  It was held at The Pickwick Gardens Conference Center in Burbank, CA.  The Conference Hotel was The Holiday Inn Burbank-Media Center.  Our theme was "Route 66:  The Respite Highway That's The Best".  We hope all the attendees enjoyed themselves and came away having made important network connections and a better understanding of what's going on in today's world of respite.

For the entire Conference Program, click here

For the Conference Schedule At A Glance, click here

For the List of Attendees, click here

 

Thursday, September 24	Friday, September 25
Powerpoint presentation:  Keynote Speaker from Research Plenary- Casandra Firman	Powerpoint presentation:  Keynote Speaker Jill Kagan
Powerpoint presentation:  Keynote Speaker from Research Plenary- Dr. Hilary Arksey	Powerpoint presentation: Keynote Speaker Dr. Margaret Neal
Powerpoint presentation:  Keynote Speaker from Research Plenary- Dr. Dale Lund	Powerpoint presentation: Friday Breakout Sessions
Powerpoint presentations: Thursday Breakout Sessions	Friday's Roundtable Discussion Notes
Thursday's Roundtable Discussion Notes	Pictures from Friday
Thursday's Ice Breaker:  Disaster Preparedness	Video footage from Friday
Pictures from Thursday	Summary of Evaluations for all Breakout Sessions
Video footage from Thursday	Summary of Overall Conference Evaluations

 

The Awards Dinner

On Thursday, September 24, Bay Respite Care sponsored the Awards Ceremony and Dinner at The Holiday Inn Burbank-Media Center.  Mike Huckins and Leo Landeverde were the Emcee's at the Academy Award's style dinner.  Respite Care Provider Sarah Wiggins dressed up as Tippi Hedren from The Birds and took pictures of all the Award Winners.  People enjoyed various movie clips, pictures with the Autograph Hound, and gift boxes filled with goodies like Jelly Bellies, poppers, and fortune cookies.  Everyone also received a Dinner Program which contained a complete list of Award Winners and their presenters.

 

The Summit Meeting

Thanks to generous donations from the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, National Certified Insurance, the California Respite Association, ARCH, and the National Respite Coalition we were able to hold the California Lifespan Respite Summit on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Burbank-Media Center.  Possible stakeholders from California and other interested people from throughout the country came to hear Jill Kagan present on National Lifespan Respite funding.  The second half of the day was spent in breakout groups.  For a summary of the breakout groups' work, click here.