Part Two - A Proactive Approach to Elopement Prevention Virtual, Live Training

Robin A. Bleier RN, HCRM, LNC , has 40 years of health care experience, 30 of which in long term care. Robin's passion is teaching and training with a focus on risk management as a means to help improve quality and resident outcomes while increasing long term care professional's work satisfaction. Robin worked as a nursing assistant, LPN, RN, DON, regional nurse, CCO, and COO. She now owns and operates RB Health Partners, Inc. (RBHPs) a long term care consultancy firm for the past 20 years. RBHPs employs an interdisciplinary team of subject matter experts and consultants to support long term care providers meet their quality improvement goals.

Karen Goldsmith currently serves as Florida Health Care Association's Regulatory Counsel and previously served as the association's Legal Counsel since 1980. She represents a number of providers of nursing home and assisted living facilities. She is active on the American Health Care Association Legal Committee and served as its chairman for two terms. She is active in the American Health Lawyers Association. She speaks often on health care and legal issues and has written numerous articles.

Mary Maloney is the Chief of the Bureau of Field Operations in the Agency for Health Care Administration.  She has been employed at the Agency for over 35 years.  Mary is a Registered and Florida Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist and board certified as a Gerontological Nutrition Specialist.  She is based out of the Clearwater office and her agency experience includes conducting surveyor training, quality improvement activities, assisting with Agency legislation, and health facility surveys.  Her expertise is nursing home regulation, as well as hospitals, assisted living facilities, and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.  Mary earned her master’s degree in public health with emphasis in health education and public health nutrition from University of South Florida.  She has held numerous leadership and board positions with district and state dietetic associations.  She has also given many presentations to a variety of professional organizations and co-authored professional journal articles and textbooks.  She enjoys crafts, learning foreign languages, and cooking international cuisine in her leisure time. 

Michelle Dillehay BSN, RN, GERO-BC has been employed with the Agency for Health Care Administration since 1999. Currently, she enjoys working in the Survey and Certification Support Branch to provide training and quality assurance in Field Operations. She served as a supervisor and preceptor for the Orlando office that includes Orange, Seminole, Brevard and Osceola counties. Michelle was also a Registered Nurse Specialist surveyor and a Quality-of-Care Monitor for nursing homes and assisted living facilities from Daytona Beach to Miami. Michelle received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Kent State University in Ohio in 1988 and has her Certification in Gerontology from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She has over 30 years of experience in long term care."