Post-Conference Information

Post-Con: Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Adult and Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Projecting Future Needs for the Challenging Case

This one-day post conference will feature multiple medical and neuropsychological presenters who
will address brain injury cases that challenge life care planners in projecting future long term needs.  Consider the following cases:

  • The mild to moderate traumatic brain injury in the child who is 3 or younger: how do you
    project their long-term needs particularly into their adulthood years?
  • The young adult with a traumatic brain injury who has relatively preserved neuromotor
    functioning (near normal outward appearance) yet may have significant executive functioning
    and behavioral issues affecting independent living?
  • The adult with traumatic brain injury with significant physical limitations yet on a cognitive
    and behavioral level is functioning on a near-normal level: how do you project for their future personal care needs?
  • Life care plan projections for future complications of traumatic brain injury, such as late
    onset seizures and progressive dementing conditions

Presenters: David Altman, MD Neurologist , Dr. Richard Fulbright, PhD
Neuropsychologist,Paul Kornberg, MD PM&R, Ronald Savage, Ed.D

Post-Con: Thursday, September 16, 2010   

Amputations of the Upper and Lower Extremities: Applications for Life Care Planning

Join us for a one-day post conference that will provide you with a comprehensive review of the
current concepts of treatment, rehabilitation, prosthetic application and long-term care needs of individuals with amputation.  Latest prosthetic technology, resources, published literature, and longitudinal studies will be presented providing an update for even the most experienced life care
planner.

Please join our experienced amputation rehabilitation presenters: physician and prosthetist for
what should be a valuable day of learning including:


Upper extremity amputations

  1. Shoulder disarticulation
  2. Transhumeral (AE) amputations
  3. Transradial (BE) amputations
  4. Through-the-wrist (hand) amputations
  5. Digit amputations
  6. Bilateral versus unilateral amputations

Lower extremity amputations

    1. Hip disarticulation
    2. Transfemoral (AK) amputations
    3. Transtibial (BK) amputations
    4. Ankle disarticulation (Syme’s) amputations
    5. Midfoot/Forefoot, Lisfranc and Chopart, amputations
    6. Bilateral versus unilateral amputations

Presenters: Alex C. Willingham, M.D., PM&R; Medical Director - Warm Springs
Rehabilitation Hospital San Antonio and Delbert Lipe, CPO, LPO;  Area Practice
Manager – Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, San Antonio; Consultant/Advisor – Brook
Army Medical Center , San Antonio

Post-Con: Wednesday September 15, 2010


Life Care Planning Summit 2000 - 2010
Workgroup for Statement Modification: Review of Historical Relevance
and Collaborating to Ensure Relevance to the Life Care Planning Field

Presenters/Facilitators:  Debra Berens, Cloie Johnson, Jamie Pomeranz
and Karen Preston (Additional Task Force Members to be determined)

In follow up of the Life Care Planning Summit 2010 held in Atlanta, GA, the Summit attendees
completed a review of past consensus statements and majority-view statements for continued
support, modification, or deletion. One of the outcomes of the Summit was the formation of a
workgroup to ensure that consensus statements and majority-view statements, which are
published and form expectations for life care planning practice, are accurate, relevant, and
appropriate.

At the ISLCP Post Con, the attendees will:
 review and understand
        the proceedings of the past 5 Summits,
        the process utilized in the past 5 Summits,
        the outcome consensus statements and majority-view statements
create a methodological design of the analysis of the relevancy of the Summit statements requiring modification as noted by the Life Care Planning Summit 2010, and
present plan of action to modify the statements noted by the Life Care Planning Summit 2010 to be continued as necessary by the Task Force.
Time permitting, implementation of the process and design to begin analysis of the relevancy of
the Summit statements requiring modification.