Category: Events

Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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April 14, 2016:  Educating the Next Generation of Nurses in Person-Directed Care
Presenter:  Christine Mueller, Ph.D., Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Programs, School of Nursing – University of Minnesota

This webinar will provide specific strategies about how to partner with schools of nursing and engage your nursing staff in being guides and mentors for nursing students in providing person-directed care.  Learn how your organization can be a place to foster enthusiasm in nursing students about working in long-term care.

For more information including registration, please visit the Pioneer Network’s event page here.

TMF Webinar

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April 21, 2016:  Medication Therapy Management: A Pharmacist’s Perspective
Presenter:  Anthony Luedicke, MBA, RPh, Pharmacist, Walgreens

Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to positively impact patient outcomes, adherence rates and reduce readmission rates.  Universally accessible for many patients, pharmacists provide valuable information and follow up after hospital discharge.  Through medication therapy management services, pharmacists can provide an avenue to quantify and track interventions, adherence challenges, potential adverse drug interactions and drug cost saving opportunities.  Continuing education credits will not be awarded for this presentation.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page here.

Introduction to Payroll Based Journal CMS

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April 21, 2016:  Ameristar Conference Center, St. Charles, MO
May 11, 2016:  Ramada Oasis Hotel, Springfield, MO
May 12, 2016:  Stoney Creek Conference Center, Independence, MO
May 18, 2016:  Comfort Inn, Macon, MO

All SNF’s will be required to submit electronic payroll data which will then be used for the CMS Nursing Home Compare and the Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating system.  The counting period will begin in the 4th quarter of this year July 1-September 30 and the first submission will be due by November 14, 2016.  (Note that quarter data is not a typo-for PBJ our fourth quarter will be the July through September period).  Why is this important to you and your facility?

Please see the brochure here or visit MANHA for more details.

Interact Tools 4.0

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April 6, 2016:  Ramada Oasis Hotel, Springfield, MO
April 7, 2016:  Stoney Creek Conference Center, Independence, MO
April 13, 2016:  Comfort Inn, Macon, MO
April 14, 2016:  River City Hotel, St. Louis, MO

Reducing hospital re-admissions is just one of many ways to use the Interact Tools in your facility.  They can also drive the process of assessment, notification, and provide some intervention ideas as well.  Their use can guide your nursing staff on proper physician notification and improve the communication between your charge nurse and C.N.A.’s .  Using the guides can also help improve documentation. We will create a template for a charge nurse guide for each facility to use and develop best practice implementation ideas through group deliberation.

Please see the brochure here or visit MANHA for more details.

Center for Patient Safety Annual Safety Conference

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April 7, 2016:  A Culture at the Crossroads
Location:  Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, St. Louis, MO

The Center for Patient Safety is hosting its Annual Safety Conference on April 7 in St. Louis.  The keynote speaker is David Marx, founder of the Just Culture Community.  Donna Adair, CNA and Professional Development Coach for the National Association of Health Care Assistants will also address culture and empowering front-line staff.  A panel discussion will address the implementation of Just Culture at the organizational level, and the Center’s staff will talk about the important role of safety throughout the care continuum.  Missouri licensed LTC providers have complementary registration, and CPS is applying for administrative clock hours, also at no charge to the attendee

For more information and registration, please visit the Center for Patient Safety’s conference page here.

Conversations with Carmen

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March 18, 2016:  ALARMS: The New Deficient Practice?  Replacing Alarms With Better Practices
Presenter:  Carmen Bowman, co-author of “Alarms: The New Deficient Practice? Eliminating Alarms and Preventing Falls by Engaging with …. Life”

Join the discussion to consider the use of alarms.  Could it be that alarms actually fit CMS’ definition of “convenience,” which is not to be a reason for restraints at Tag F221?  Hear how the use of alarms could be deficient practice on/for at least seven tags.  Although no research shows that alarms prevent falls and there is evidence that alarms cause people physical and psychological harm, they are still used widely.  Eliminating alarms has actually reduced falls in the homes that have done so, committing to the better practices of

  • proactively checking in with residents
  • focusing on mobility
  • anticipating needs and
  • engaging residents with real life.

For more information including registration, please visit the event page here.

Activity Director Workshop

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March 7-11, 2016:  Jefferson City, MO
October 10-14, 2016:  Jefferson City, MO

This course, brought to you by the Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators, is designed to teach the long-term care activity director how:

  • To stimulate physical and physical and psychosocial abilities in residents and how to promote selfworth and usefulness in the resident.
  • To explain the activity director’s role within the long-term care team and
  • Enhance the activity director’s career through the sharing of ideas and programs.

Please see the attached flyer and registration page for more information.

Nursing Home Quality Improvement Webinar

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March 3, 2016:  Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative: Learning Session 3
Presenter:  Melody Malone, PT, MHA, CPHQ, TMF Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement (QIN-QIO) Quality Improvement Consultant

Please join this webinar to hear nursing home representatives share their experiences with implementing strategies for antipsychotic medication, pain and incontinence reduction, as well as improving composite scores and motivating staff. Additionally, TMF QIN-QIO staff will discuss best practices that can be implemented.

For more information on registration, please visit here.

Readmissions/Medications Safety/Behavioral Health Open Forum

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March 2, 2016:  Open Forum
Attend this free WebEx event to meet with TMF QIN-QIO Readmissions, Medication Safety and Behavioral Health quality improvement consultants who will be available to answer questions and provide technical assistance. During this monthly Open Forum, your team can network with other providers and TMF QIN-QIO staff, ask questions and problem-solve on topics such as:

  • Care Transitions
  • Readmissions Reduction
  • Medication Safety
  • Adverse Drug Events
  • Behavioral Health
  • Other issues your project may have

The TMF QIN-QIO Readmissions, Medication Safety and Behavioral Health teams will be available from noon – 1 p.m. Central Time.  You can plan to attend the full hour to participate in the discussion and hear other providers’ issues and questions, or you can pop in to ask any questions you may have.  In addition, the TMF QIN-QIO Readmissions, Medication Safety and Behavioral Health teams will be available at any time during the call to provide a brief demonstration on using certain features of on the TMFQIN.org website.  They can also provide more information about project goals and milestones.

Please visit the event page here for more information.

Hot Topics Webinar

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March 17, 2016:  Palliative Care for Persons Living with Advanced Dementia: Why Comfort Matters!
Presenters:  Tena Alonzo, Director of Education & Research, Beatitudes and Ann Wyatt, Residential Care Policy & Strategy Consultant, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, New York City, Inc.

Comfort Matters™ is a comprehensive, palliative approach to caring for persons living with advanced dementia, developed by the Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.  This webinar will describe some assumptions that exist about persons in different stages of dementia and the principles and practices embodied in this approach to their care as well as the organizational adaptations needed in order to support comfort practices in residential long-term care settings.  The Alzheimer’s Association, NYC Chapter, worked with three nursing homes to adapt and implement these practices and their findings, processes and challenges will be shared.

Please see the Hot Topics Event page here for more information and to register.

 

MC5 2016 Annual Conference – Registration Now Available!

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May 3-5, 2016:  Honoring the Past: Challenging the Future of Culture Change
Location:  Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia, MO

As the leader in promoting person-centered care and personal choice, MC5 provides this annual opportunity for care professionals and businesses to network in an exciting, and partnership-building event to bring the best ideas and services to the seniors of our state.

Please see the brochure on the MC5 conference & events here page for more details.

TMF Quality Innovation Network Annual Conference

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April 7, 2016:  Be the Change: Strategies for health care transformation

Mark your calendar to join the TMF Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement Organization for our free, one-day virtual conference.  We are planning a dynamic event to give health care providers from all care settings innovative tools, top case study scenarios and in-depth demonstrations of how to make needed changes within your organizations to better engage patients, establish successful processes and use health information technology to improve patient outcomes.  Please save the date to attend this event.  All health care providers, partners and stakeholders are invited.  We will provide additional information about this event, including information regarding continuing education credits, in the coming weeks.  Visit www.TMFQIN.org and follow @TMFQINQIO for the latest updates.

ALF Resident Assessment Training

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March 21-23, 2016:  Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO
June 27-29, 2016:  Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO
November 7-9, 2016:  Best Western Capital Inn, Jefferson City, MO

Anyone who wants training on issues relating to the elderly, aging, certain people with mental illness, and community-based assessments can attend this training.

Please see the brochure and registration information on the Missouri Assisted Living Association’s event page.

Conversations with Carmen

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February 19, 2016:  Facing Risk: Care Planning for Resident Choice
Guest:  Karen Shoeneman, Retired Deputy Director CMS Division of Nursing Homes

Are you holding back on offering true choice to residents, even though you want to – for fear of deficiencies being cited, possible legal action or other negative outcomes?  We challenge you to think again.  It is possible to hone our skills in order to honor resident choice.

Please visit the Conversations with Carmen event page here for more details including registration.

Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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February 11, 2016:  Building Community Through Meaningful Engagement
Presenters:  Angie McAlister, Director of Cultural Transformation-Hometown, Signature HealthCARE and Linda McDaniel, Director of Clinical Care-Hometown, Signature HealthCARE

How can you build true community by engaging elders and the care team in new and innovative ways?  Join us for this webinar as we discuss concepts that have worked in our homes to build vibrant communities that promote growth for all.  We will discuss new ways to strengthen individualized approaches to protect and honor personal preferences through innovative programming methods.  We will also define intentional spontaneity and outline the benefits and discuss how to build flexibility into the day.

Please visit the Hot Topics event registration page here for more details.

CMS National Database Extended Downtime

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All QIES systems will be down from Wednesday, March 16 after 7:00 P.M. (Central) through Monday, March 21 2016 at 10:49 (Central).  This downtime will affect all QIES connectivity and systems.  The National database will not be available.  CASPER reports will not be available.

An email blast regarding this extended downtime was sent out to the provider community on January 21, 2016.  The email recommended that providers plan their business needs around this downtime and submit their resident assessments early.  Notices have also been posted on the QIES Systems for Providers webpages regarding the extended downtime.

If you have any questions concerning this information, please contact the QTSO Help Desk at help@qtso.com or 1-888-477-7876.

MHCA Webinar

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February 16, 2016:  Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Presenter:  Jennifer Rohen, CliftonLarsonAllen

In this session you will learn about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).  This tax credit allows employers to reduce their federal tax liability.  Join us to learn about the impacts of tax liability, the qualifying groups, eligibility, and the process for computing and reporting the tax credit.

Please visit MHCA’s event here to register.

TMF QIN Event

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February 4, 2016:  Conducting a Standardized Nursing Home Resident Assessment of Activities of Daily Living and Bowel/Bladder Continence Using the Minimum Data Set

Please join this webinar for a dynamic discussion about Minimum Data Set (MDS) requirements for clinical assessment to improve activities of daily living (ADLs) and bowel/bladder continence for nursing home residents. Attendees will hear an experienced MDS clinical coordinator describe the process to evaluate each aspect of ADLs and bowel/urinary continence to include MDS coding.

Please visit the event page here to register.

On the Road…to Culture Change: NHC Healthcare, Maryland Heights

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NHC Healthcare, Maryland Heights
In early August 2015, I attended the national culture change conference hosted by the Pioneer Network in Chicago, Illinois.  During one of the training sessions, someone asked if nursing homes could keep live chickens…to read more and view photos, click here: NHC Healthcare, Maryland Heights

63rd MLN Annual Convention

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April 20-22, 2016:  Gateway to Empowered Service
Location:  Sheraton Plaza Westport, St. Louis, MO

The MLN conference theme this year is “Gateway to Empowered Service!”  MLN strives to provide educational opportunities to help you and your organization design and deliver evidence based person centered care in all settings. MLN believes that through commitment to the organizational values of caring, integrity, diversity and excellence, they are able to empower you to provide extraordinary service to your communities, residents, and their family members who deserve no less.

Please see the brochure including registration information on MLN’s Conferences web page here.

Hot Topics: Culture Change in Action

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February 11, 2016:  Building Community Through Meaningful Engagement
Presenters:  Angie McAlister, Director of Cultural Transformation-Hometown, Signature HealthCARE and Linda McDaniel, Director of Clinical Care-Hometown, Signature HealthCARE

How can you build true community by engaging elders and the care team in new and innovative ways?  Join us for this webinar as we discuss concepts that have worked in our homes to build vibrant communities that promote growth for all.  We will discuss new ways to strengthen individualized approaches to protect and honor personal preferences through innovative programming methods.  We will also define intentional spontaneity and outline the benefits and discuss how to build flexibility into the day.

Please visit the Hot Topics event registration page here for more details.