CareCommunity Summit - 8 CE hours

Join us at CareCommunity Summit for a fun, in-person event all about networking with other care home providers and vendors from the industry
About this Event

🌍 2026 Fall CareCommunity Summit

November 10th, 2026 | Lake Oswego, Oregon

📋 What to Expect

The 2026 Fall CareCommunity Summit is a full-day conference featuring expert-led presentations, practical tools you can implement immediately, and meaningful time to connect with fellow providers, vendors, and community partners who share your commitment to quality care.

8 Training Hours on certificate are available for APD, I/DD, and MH Adult Care Homes in Oregon.

👥 Who Should Attend

This summit is designed for everyone who is part of Oregon's adult care home community, including:

•Adult Foster Home (AFH), I/DD and MH owners, administrators and resident managers

•Caregivers and future care home owners, administrators or resident managers seeking to connect with other providers

Disclaimer: This event is intended exclusively for care home providers, caregivers, administrators, and resident managers. The hosts reserve the right to deny entry or remove any individual who is not affiliated with the industry or who attends with intentions inconsistent with the purpose of the event.

Vendor participation is by invitation only. If you are interested in becoming a vendor at future events, please contact us for more information.

Speakers and Topics:

• Alyssa Elting McGuire and Matt Gannon, Oregon Care Home Consulting & Training, Becoming an Employer of Choice
• Noel Nguire, RN, Provider, Importance of Documentation
• Adriana Gavozdea, Smart Property Decisions for a Successful Care Home
• Alex Maresca, Elder Pride Services, Aging in the LGBTQ+ Community
• Ashely Krause, Senior One Source, Working with a Placement Agent
• Raluca Nicorici-Stoica, Mental Health for Providers
• Michael Rose, JD, Rose Elder Law, Understanding Power of Attorney (POA)

🤝 About Your Hosts

Adriana Gavozdea is the founder of Laria Real Estate and a top-producing real estate agent specializing in care home transactions and senior placements across Oregon and Washington and the creator of Laria Care Finder, a nationwide locator connecting families directly with care home vacancies. She is also a co-founder and board member of the Oregon Care Home Council, advocating for better regulations and fair pay for providers, and a published author of Stories Behind Caregiving, a personal account of her own hands-on experience as a caregiver. Adriana brings to this summit a rare combination of lived caregiving experience, business expertise, and a deep appreciation for the multicultural community of providers who make Oregon's care home system extraordinary.

Alyssa Elting McGuire is the founder and Consulting & Training Director of Oregon Care Home Consulting & Training, which she established in 2018 after 12 years of State service with Oregon's Aging & People with Disabilities (APD) program, including roles as a APS investigator and an adult foster home licensing lead. Alyssa also worked as a program manager with the Alzheimer's Association Oregon & SW Washington Chapter. A State-certified Ensuring Quality Care (EQC) instructor, compliance consultant and educator, and recipient of the BBB Spark Award for Oregon, Alyssa brings to this summit nearly 15 years of experience advocating for providers at the State level and delivering the training, compliance support, and community connection that Oregon's care home operators need to thrive, in all their beautiful diversity.

Together, Adriana and Alyssa created the CareCommunity Summit in 2022 which was previously known as Care Home Conference, with a simple but powerful mission: to give Oregon's care home providers the education, community, and connection they deserve. Every summit since has reflected that mission and this spring, we are taking it one step further by celebrating the extraordinary cultural richness that makes this community unlike any other in the nation.