2025 Annual Conference and Dementia Summit
Thank You for a Successful 2025 MALA Annual Conference & Dementia Summit
Thank you to all who joined us in person on May 6–7 at the Crowne Plaza in Lansing for the 2025 MALA Annual Conference & Dementia Summit. Your participation and engagement made the event a tremendous success. We truly appreciate your commitment to advancing education and care for older adults and individuals with disabilities.
This year’s Virtual Conference sessions can be viewed through the end of June for attendees of last week’s conference. Members which registered for only the virtual event can also view the sessions through the end of June.
In addition, registration for the virtual conference sessions remains open to all members. There is still time to participate virtually and earn up to 16 AFC Continuing Education Credits.
The Virtual Conference offers a completely separate lineup of sessions from our in-person event. Registration for the virtual platform is open through June 30.
You can access high-quality presentations from national and international experts at your convenience. The virtual format allows you to learn on your own schedule—anytime, anywhere.
Click here to view the entire MALA Annual Conference and Dementia Summit schedule (in-person schedule followed by virtual course offerings).
We’re grateful for your continued dedication to professional growth and quality care. Thank you for being part of the MALA community.
For questions, email ekorejsza@miassistedliving.org.
2025 Sponsors
MALA thanks MDHHS for their on-going support through the use of SAMHSA Mental Health Block Grant Funds.
Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) – Platinum Sponsor
www.marshmma.com
For more than 10 years, MALA has exclusively endorsed Michigan Assisted Living Insurance Services, a service of Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA) for its property and casualty insurance programs. MMA has a highly experienced team of insurance professionals in Michigan with access to national Marsh’s risk management and related resources.
Bator Lobb, P.C. – Platinum Sponsor
www.batorlobb.com
BATOR LOBB, P.C. continues its mission of serving the complete needs of corporate clients, with a special emphasis on adult foster care, homes for the aged, and assisted living providers. The depth of the firm’s legal expertise in representing residential, vocational, and senior care providers and facilities is unparalleled. The firm has focused its careful attention on every legal aspect of the care industry and has expanded its expertise to successfully represent businesses in the areas of employment litigation, licensing, mergers, non-profit corporate governance, crisis communications, real estate acquisitions, and more.
Michigan Assisted Living Workers’ Compensation Fund – Platinum Sponsor
www.miassistedliving.org/updated/insurance/mala-workers-compensation-fund/
Michigan Assisted Living Workers’ Compensation Fund – Diamond Sponsor MALA sponsors the Michigan Assisted Living Workers’ Compensation Fund which is in its 22st year of providing a competitive and stable source of workers’ compensation coverage. This self-insured fund continues to experience excellent loss ratios as a result of its expertise in claims management, underwriting, and loss control.
Rx Specialties – Diamond Sponsor
www.rxspecialties.us
Rx Specialties was founded in 1977 to provide pharmacy care services for consumers with special needs residing in a controlled living environment. At Rx Specialties, our goal is to provide each facility and caregiver with the information and ongoing professional judgment needed to utilize the consumer’s medications wisely and safely. Rx Specialties retains the services of experienced clinical pharmacists and staff who specialize in drug therapy education, assessment, and monitoring activities. Pharmacy services are provided to consumers residing in Group Homes, Assisted Living, Adult Foster Care, Sips programs and individuals living on their own monitored by CMH.
Guardian Pharmacy – Diamond Sponsor
www.guardianpharmacymichigan.com
At Guardian Pharmacy of Michigan, we don’t just deliver medication and provide forms – we take the time to get to know you, your residents, and staff so we develop solutions that work best for your community. We see the personal approach as essential for providing the best care and unmatched customer service. Our Guardian team is made of the finest professionals across the pharmacy services process, including: Pharmacists, Licensed pharmacy consultants, Certified pharmacy technicians, Billing experts, Nurse account managers, and Experienced medication couriers. Together, we’re dedicated to providing your community with the highest quality pharmacy solutions ensuring safety, accuracy, and most importantly – resident satisfaction. These values define our character as a pharmacy and inspire us every day.
Kalamazoo Long Term Care Pharmacy – Diamond Sponsor
Kalamazoo Long Term Care Pharmacy (KLTC Pharmacy), privately owned and operated, launched in 2004 with a core focus on superior customer service, driving change for the benefit of those we serve, continuous process improvement, on-time delivery, and becoming an integrated partner to help reduce costs for our customers. We proactively seek out systems and practices that will improve our customer’s way of doing business. As a result, KLTC Pharmacy has made substantial investments in technology to establish new standards in the long term care (LTC) industry. Our state-of-the-art pharmacy was designed to ensure efficiency, accuracy and continuity of service. This allows us to hold the highest standards of quality, and give you a system that provides residents industry-leading patient safety.
Neurocrine Biosciences – Diamond Sponsor
www.neurocrine.com
Our dedication to discovery remains unwavering after more than 30 years of investigating potential life-changing treatments for patients with neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Science is in our DNA—our founders were scientists, and their drive to discover is still felt as we continue to investigate potential treatments for rare diseases and conditions.
NCCAP – Gold Sponsor
www.nccap.org
The National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP) offers certification programs for life enriching activity professionals in assisted living and long term care facilities.
Zinnia TV – Gold Sponsor
www.zinniatv.com
Zinnia TV offers videos that reduce agitation, foster connection and engagement, and ease daily activities for people with dementia or developmental disabilities and their care partners.
Emmanuel Hospice – Gold Sponsor
www.EmmanuelHospice.org
Emmanuel Hospice is an interfaith provider of compassionate, person-centered hospice care to patients and their loved ones in West Michigan. Serving the community since 2013, the nonprofit draws on a team approach that focuses holistically on mind, body and spirit, working to enhance each patient’s life with a combination of expert medical care, spiritual counseling and complementary therapies and services – because hospice is more about living than dying. Emmanuel Hospice has expanded to serve all of Kent and Ottawa counties and portions of Allegan, Barry, Newaygo, Ionia, Montcalm and Muskegon counties.
Therap – Silver Sponsor
www.therapservices.net
Therap Services offers person-centered solutions to your organization can use to support agency workflows, communication, compliance, organizational outcomes, and revenue management.
LTC MedEx Direct – Silver Sponsor
LTC MedEx Direct offers personalized prescription services to Michigan facilities through our dedicated pharmacy staff. Our team provides exceptional service and proactive refill management for each and every resident. We specialize in serving different facility types such as AFC, ALF, iDD, HFA, and other group home settings. Our enrollment team also offers a complete assessment of each facility by providing customized solutions for workflow efficiency, medication safety, and regulatory compliance along with other options like our personalized multi-dose adherence solution, the MedEx Pack.
Center for Applied Research in Dementia – Silver Sponsor
The Center for Applied Research in Dementia develops, innovates, and applies its Montessori Dementia methodology with a specialized team of diverse scientific professionals.
Beacon Specialized Living – Silver Sponsor
For over 50 years, Beacon Specialized Living has provided coordinated care for individuals with disabilities and mental health needs. Our mission is to provide high-quality, gentle, compassionate, evidence-based care to help the people we serve reach their goals and live rich lives. By supporting their self-directed goals with compassion and best practices, Beacon provides the highest level of support — not only meeting their needs, but helping people live their fullest lives.