# Upcoming senior living events and webinars

Come meet the LifeLoop team at the next industry conference or register for one of our high-value digital events.

## Upcoming events

### ICAA
  
**Date:** April 27, 2026  
**Location:** Le Méridien / Sheraton Charlotte, Charlotte, NC  
**Event Details**  
Don't miss LifeLoop at ICAA Spring Forum! Our team is looking forward to meeting with industry leaders to discuss industry needs and brainstorm solutions.  
- [More event details](https://www.icaa.cc/conferenceandevents/forums.htm)

### NAAP
  
**Date:** April 27, 2026  
**Location:** Sheraton Suites Chicago O’Hare, Chicago, IL  
**Event Details**  
Our team is looking forward to meeting with industry leaders to discuss industry needs and brainstorm solutions at NAAP in Dallas.  
- [More event details](https://naap.info/)

### Living Longer, Better | Myth-busting resident engagement: Translating programming into evidence-backed health interventions
  
**Date:** May 12, 2026  
**Time:** 12:00 PM CT  
**Event Details**  
Life enrichment professionals are at the center of fostering connection, purpose, and belonging in senior living communities, yet engagement programming is often viewed as “activities” rather than meaningful health interventions. Research tells a different story.

This session will reframe life enrichment through a research lens, drawing on current research linking social wellness to cognitive health, emotional well-being, health outcomes, and longevity. **In this myth-busting session, the presenters will highlight the measurable relationship between social wellness and loneliness, dementia risk, emotional health, and overall health outcomes.** A senior living life enrichment leader will translate these research insights into everyday practice, sharing how intentional engagement strategies influence resident well-being and how teams can recognize engagement patterns as early indicators of risk.

The session will close with a practical overview of how communities can operationalize and measure social wellness, including examples of tracking engagement trends and identifying meaningful risk signals over time. Attendees will leave with research-backed validation, actionable strategies, language to advocate for the impact of life enrichment within their organizations, and a stronger understanding of how life enrichment supports whole-person wellness.

**Learning objectives:**  
1. Attendees will be able to describe the evidence linking social wellness to cognitive health, emotional well-being, loneliness, and overall health outcomes, and articulate how life enrichment programming contributes to whole-person wellness.  
2. Attendees will be able to apply strategies for designing and delivering intentional engagement that supports resident well-being.  
3. Attendees will be able to explain practical methods for tracking engagement trends, identifying meaningful signals over time, and using data to advocate for the value of life enrichment within their communities.

**Speakers:**  
- Lydia Nguyen, PhD, Principal Researcher, LifeLoop  
- Simona Zappas, Director of Engagement, Merrill Gardens

_Attendees can earn up to 1 free CEU._  
- [Register now](https://in2l.zoom.us/webinar/register/2717725530918/WN_Xc6VQdKhTtGdjZgjFvm2WQ)

### LeadingAge PA
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**Date:** May 11, 2026  
**Location:** Hershey Lodge, Hershey, PA  
**Event Details**  
Don't miss LifeLoop at LeadingAge PA! Stop by booth #173 to meet the LifeLoop team and learn how our solutions can help differentiate your community.  
- [More event details](https://s1.goeshow.com/leadingage_pa/annual/2026/index.cfm?utm_source=LeadingAgePA&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=annual-2026-Homepage&utm_id=AC)