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Aging Services and CARF-CCAC seminars

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Note: AS is Aging Services; AL is Assisted Living; CCAC is Continuing Care Accreditation Commission; PCLTCC is Person-Centered Long-Term Care Communities

On-site trainings

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Webinars

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Free educational videos

Preparing for a Successful CARF Survey narrated by Chris MacDonell

View the video (56 min., Windows Media Player)

Communication, Portable Profiles, and an Example: the Siebens Health Care Notebook by Hilary Siebens, M.D.

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If you wish to receive a schedule of the Aging Services and CARF-CCAC events by fax or e-mail, please call:

(520) 325-1044 or toll-free (888) 281-6531 and then press 6 on the main menu.

Or send an e-mail message to education@carf.org.

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About our presenters

Susanne Matthiesen, M.B.A.

Susanne Matthiesen is the managing director of aging services at CARF International, which includes CARF-CCAC. She provides leadership to aging services accreditation, including programs such as assisted living; adult day services; continuing care retirement communities; aging services networks; and person-centered, long-term care communities. She brings more than 16 years of professional experience to CARF-CCAC.

Ms. Matthiesen received her M.B.A., focused on long-term care administration, from The George Washington University. Before joining CARF, she worked in consulting on federal government contracts, providing graduate education on long-term care administration in an academic medical center, and developing long-term care education for a professional association.

Zoie B. Nikov, M.S.A., NHA, CASP

Zoie Nikov, business development executive, CARF-CCAC and Aging Services, has worked in the long-term care and senior living services arena since 1993. She is a licensed nursing home administrator and a certified aging services professional. Prior to becoming the business development executive at CARF-CCAC and Aging Services, Ms. Nikov's career included experience in assisted living residences and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). In her last position, she was the chief operating officer for a faith-based CCRC in Pennsylvania. She previously served as resident services director and health services administrator at Falcons Landing, a CARF-CCAC-accredited CCRC in Potomac Falls, Virginia, for 7 years. Ms. Nikov served as a surveyor for CARF-CCAC prior to joining the staff in 2005.

Ms. Nikov holds a Bachelor's Degree of Science in education from George Mason University and a Master's of Science in healthcare administration from Central Michigan University. She has a passion for working in the aging services profession, which is fueled by the desire to develop, implement, and recognize quality standards for all persons served.

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