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Direct Caregivers Conference In February at Nicolet College

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Professional and family caregivers providing direct care at home or in long term care facilities are invited to the Direct Caregivers Conference next month at Nicolet College in Rhinelander.

Sandy Bishop, Director of Workforce Development at Nicolet, says the event is a draw for people providing service in skilled nursing facilities, but the conference is growing as another group of people want to find out more information...

"....we're also seeing more and more people attend from smaller adult family homes, community-based residential facilities, assisted living facilities and other types of caregiving environments...."

This will be the ninth annual conference at the Nicolet campus. Bishop says it provides caregivers a chance to to learn more and network with others providing similar care. The keynote speaker is Geri Heppe, part of a team that opened the first assisted living facility in Wisconsin among other accomplishments. They also have a number of break out session which provide more skills training..

The conference is Friday, February 13. Registrations are being accepted. More information is available by contacting Nicolet College in Rhinelander.

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