February 2, 2016: Resident-to-Resident Elder Mistreatment in Nursing Homes: Findings from the First Prevalence Study
Join us for a webinar hosted by Consumer Voice in collaboration with the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) to discuss the prevalence of resident-to-resident mistreatment and learn how to identify, prevent, and respond to these incidents
Click here to register.
January 27, 2016: Navigating Bundled Payment Programs: Lessons Learned
Presenter: Kathleen Weissberg from Select Rehabilitation
Considering the magnitude of participation by skilled nursing facilities in bundled payment arrangements and available data, we have an opportunity to look retrospectively at what has worked well in bundled arrangements and what areas may require improvement. Using this information and “lessons learned” from participation, SNF providers can look to the future of health care delivery with a more positive outlook for success.
This training program will review the background and rationale behind bundled payments. Using available data, this session provides lessons learned from the initiative and strategies and tactics for participating in bundled payment initiatives.
Click here to register – Deadline is January 22, 2016.
February 18, 2016: System Improvement Webinar Series: Safety and Supervision (F323)
Presenter: Liz Davidson from LeadingAge Iowa
F323, Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices, is one of the most frequently cited deficiencies nationally. The intent of the requirement is to ensure that the long-term care (LTC) provider maintains an environment free from hazards and provides appropriate supervision for each resident to prevent avoidable accidents. Implementation of key systems and processes can avert potential accidents, improve quality of care, and boost compliance with the regulation. The implementation of key systems and processes helps improve the quality of care delivered and increase compliance.
Registrants for this webinar will be given the opportunity to submit questions on the topic in advance of the program.
Click here to register – Deadline is February 15, 2016.
March 2, 2016: Interdisciplinary Approach to Continence Improvement
Presenter: Kathleen Weissberg from Select Rehabilitation
All health care disciplines have a role in skilled intervention to treat continence. This webinar provides an overview of anatomy and physiology of normal voiding as well as normal function related to continence. Different types of incontinence are identified and assessment/treatment strategies are offered for each. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to continence improvement and demonstrates roles of each team member. Emphasis is placed on the role of nursing in completing an assessment of voiding, identifying triggers and bladder stimulants, voiding habits and patterns, and implementing individualized care approaches. Restorative and compensatory strategies for continence management are reviewed as well as the unique role of physical/occupational therapy in this program. Documentation and care planning related to behavioral aspects of continence improvement are reviewed.
Click here to register – Deadline is February 29, 2016.
March 17, 2016: Differentiating Stage 2 Pressure Ulcers from Moisture Associated Skin Damage
Presenter: Pamela Scarborough from AMT
This webinar is designed to provide you with knowledge to assist you and your skin team in recognizing the differences between moisture associated skin damage (MASD) and stage 2 pressure ulcers, which often look very similar. Content will also include considerations for putting together a functional plan of care for your patients/residents for the prevention and treatment of MASD.
Click here to register – Deadline is March 14, 2016.
RAI Process from Start to Finish
April 12-13, 2016: Independence, MO
June 28-29, 2016: St. Louis, MO
August 10-11, 2016: Columbia, MO
October 11-12, 2016: Columbia, MO
This workshop will look at the RAI process from beginning to end. The MDS is used for both a clinical assessment and a financial assessment and this workshop will discuss the rules on scheduling these assessments and meeting the requirements individually and combined. Item-by-item coding will be reviewed. From coding the MDS, we will then look at the CAA to care plan process.
Medicare from Start to Finish
March 22, 2016: Columbia, MO
May 24, 2016: Columbia, MO
July 13, 2016: Blue Springs, MO
September 20, 2016: St. Louis, MO
November 15, 2016: Columbia, MO
This one day workshop will begin with how to gain access to and read the MDS reports from CASPER in order to self-audit your RAI process. The completion of the MDS is becoming more and more difficult and confusing. This workshop will help the MDS coordinator and other members of the interdisciplinary team to understand the admitting criteria and the ongoing documentation needs of the Medicare resident. The RAI process in relationship to Medicare is also confusing and errors can be a financial nightmare for facilities. This workshop will help clear up the confusion surrounding this process.
Please see the brochure here for more information.
February 8-9, 2016: Blue Springs, MO
February 10-11, 2016: Springfield, MO
February 15-16, 2016: St. Louis, MO
February 17-18, 2016: Columbia, MO
This workshop is for long-term care staff, including nursing home administrators, MDS coordinators, medical records personnel, therapists, home health nurses and others who currently assign and/or use ICD-10 codes.
Please see the brochure here for more information including registration.
January 21, 2016: The Braden and Beyond
Presenter: Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, MS, CDE, CWS, CEEAA, Director of Public Policy and Education for American Medical Technologies in Irvine, California
This webinar will outline the components of a pressure ulcer prevention program, distinguish between the process of risk assessment and skin assessment and utilize the Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk © documents to score the resident’s risk for pressure ulcers comprehensively and assign an accurate risk level.
Information about the program and a registration form are available here. Registration closes January 19, 2016.
January 12, 2016: Using Standing Orders to Vaccinate Adults
Join this webinar to learn how to implement standing orders for adult immunizations to help your home be a leader in quality adult care.
More information about the webinar including registration info is available here.
In response to feedback from stakeholders and partners of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes, CMS is sharing the revised survey materials that were developed for the 2014 Focused Dementia Care Survey Pilot and 2015 expansion effort. The intent is that facilities would use these tools to assess their own practices in providing resident care.
Please see the memo and attachments below or you may visit www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Policy-and-Memos-to-States-and-Regions-Items/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-16-04.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=3&DLSortDir=descending.
December 17, 2015: Creating and Shaping Experiences of At-Homeness
Presenter: Sheila L. Molony, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, Associate Professor of Nursing, Quinnipiac University
What does it mean to feel at home? This webinar will define at-homeness and provide ways of fostering quality of living and thriving in all long-term care and living environments by focusing on specific experiences of at-homeness. The discussion will include actions that can be taken to create, shape and maintain those experiences.
Please see the details and registration info on the Hot Topics event page here.
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 flyer here and stay tuned to MC5 for more registration details coming soon.
Alarms: The New Deficient Practice? Eliminating Alarms and Preventing Falls by Engaging with Life
Come on Long Term Care! Be the Best, Smash the Box and get ready for the Baby Boomers
February 10, 2016: Osage Beach, MO
February 11, 2016: Springfield, MO
February 12, 2016: Sikeston, MO
Join Carmen Bowman for an all-day event at three locations as she discusses the use of alarms. See how eliminating alarms has actually reduced falls in the homes that no longer use them. She will also help you find out if your home is really offering the right ways to attract Baby Boomers.
Please see the flyer here for more details.
It has been almost a decade since the last national survey explored how care communities are moving away from more traditional systems of care and adopting individualized care practices. Whether it is a change in how meals are served, daily routines, or an enhanced physical environment, the momentum for change is growing. Even CMS is looking to embed Person-Centered Care much more deeply in their regulations.
Nursing homes that offer short and/or long term care and assisted living communities are invited to participate in the 2015 State of the Art of Person-Centered Care Benchmark Study.
You may access the survey here.
On October 1, 2015 a new version of the RAI Manual became effective, Version 1.13. Most of the changes were minor but there is one important change to point out. Prior to the update, Significant Change MDS’s were required if a resident enrolled in or discontinued hospice. Those rules are still in effect, but now, a Significant Change MDS is also required when a resident changes hospice providers and remains a resident at the nursing home. This new rule is in the RAI manual in Chapter 2 on page 21. A Significant Change MDS may also be required in situations when the hospice providing services is purchased by another hospice provider.
The new manual can be found at: www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursinghomeQualityInits/MDS30RAIManual.html. Scroll to the bottom of the page. The first link is the ENTIRE Manual. The second link is just the pages that have been changed as of October 1, 2015. You will also find a summary of the changes in the second link.
If you have any questions, you may contact Stacey Bryan, BSN, RN, State RAI Coordinator, Department of Health & Senior Services, Telephone 573-751-6308 or E-mail Stacey.bryan@health.mo.gov.
November 17, 2015: Medication Management During the Transition from Hospital to Primary Care
Presenter: Becky L. Armor, PharmD, CDE, BCACP
Join this webinar to learn about a pilot study assessing types of medication discrepancies and adverse drug events in patients recently discharged from the hospital.
Please see the event registration page here for more details.
November 11, 2015: The Impact of the Green House Project and Action Pact;s Household Model
Presenters: Susan Frazier Ryan, BSN, MA, Senior Director, The Green House Project
Megan Hannan, MS, Executive Leader, Action Pact
The Green House model and Action Pact’s Household model both provide self-directed living for the frailest among us. Each has unique characteristics, but also commonalities. Households and Green House homes both result in new physical layout, organizational redesign, and resident directed life. Join Senior Director of The Green House Project, Susan Frazier Ryan and Action Pact’s Megan Hannan, to gain insight into lessons learned about the process for creating deep and sustainable change. High involvement and serious investment from many stakeholders in the organization is the path to changing habits and systems that create new and sustainable culture. Regardless of the current physical layout, it is essential that cross discipline teams are engaged in the process and able to apply what they learn to their day to day work. Participants will leave this webinar with an understanding about the importance of transforming the thinking of the organization first in order to produce those changed behaviors that result in in quality resident directed living.
Please see the Hot Topics events page here for more registration details.
TMF QIN-QIO CDI Webinar now Available
The TMF QIN-QIO’s September webinar, “Key Interventions and Strategies for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infections,” by Robin Jump, MD, PhD, has been posted to the TMF QIN-QIO YouTube channel for viewing. Please click the following link to access the presentation: TMF QIN-QIO Recorded Event.
You can also access this and other recordings by visiting the HAI Recorded Events page.
Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation
November 4, 2015: Region 7
Location: St. Louis, MO
As requested, SLCR will be hosting separate meetings for ICF/SNF and RCF/ALF care providers this year. Advance registration is not required.
Please see the agenda and handouts for this specific location attached. These handouts attached will not be provided at the meeting so please print them and bring them with you.
2015 Provider Meeting Agenda- Region 7
Ameren Missouri
Money Follows the Person
Social Media in Long-Term Care
Path to Safety, Minimal Assistance, More than Minimal Assistance
Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation
November 3, 2015: Region 2
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
As requested, SLCR will be hosting separate meetings for ICF/SNF and RCF/ALF care providers this year. Advance registration is not required.
Please see the agenda and handouts for this specific location attached. These handouts attached will not be provided at the meeting so please print them and bring them with you.
2015 Provider Meeting Agenda- Region 2
Antipsychotic Reduction in Dementia
Money Follows the Person
Social Media in Long-Term Care
Culture Change in Residential Care and Assisted Living
Path to Safety, Minimal Assistance, More than Minimal Assistance
Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation
October 28, 2015: Region 4
Location: St. Joseph, MO
As requested, SLCR will be hosting separate meetings for ICF/SNF and RCF/ALF care providers this year. Advance registration is not required.
Please see the agenda and handouts for this specific location attached. These handouts attached will not be provided at the meeting so please print them and bring them with you.
The agendas and handouts for the other provider meeting locations will be announced closer to their meeting dates.
2015 Provider Meeting Agenda- Region 4
Request Denied- Simple Environmental Changes to Increase Active Engagement
Money Follows the Person
Social Media in Long-Term Care
Path to Safety, Minimal Assistance, More than Minimal Assistance
Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation
October 29, 2015: Region 3
Location: Kansas City, MO
As requested, SLCR will be hosting separate meetings for RCF/ALF and ICF/SNF care providers this year. Advance registration is not required.
Please see the agenda and handouts for this specific location below. These handouts attached will not be provided at the meeting so please print them and bring them with you.
The agendas and handouts for the other provider meeting locations will be announced closer to their meeting dates.
2015 Provider Meeting Agenda- Region 3
Money Follows the Person
Social Media in Long-Term Care
Path to Safety, Minimal Assistance, More than Minimal Assistance
December 3, 2015: Caregiver Award Luncheon
Location: Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, St. Louis, MO
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of VOYCE at the Annual Caregiver Awards Luncheon. The day will begin with a special reception for nominees and sponsors at 10:45 am with lunch and program beginning at 11:45 am as exceptional caregivers in long-term care are honored.
Please visit the Caregiver Awards Luncheon page here for more information including registration.
Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation
October 23, 2015: Region 1
Location: Springfield, MO
As requested, SLCR will be hosting separate meetings for RCF/ALF and ICF/SNF care providers this year. Advance registration is not required.
Please see the agenda and handouts for this specific location below. These handouts attached will not be provided at the meeting so please print them and bring them with you. **The Partnering for the Protection of the Vulnerable Population presentation handouts are not included but will be provided at the meeting.
2015 Provider Meeting Agenda- Region 1
Path to Safety, Minimal Assistance, More than Minimal Assistance
Social Media in Long-Term Care
Money Follows the Person
Partnering for the Protection of the Vulnerable Population
November 19, 2015: History of Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care: Past, Present, & Future
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) is proud to announce that World Wide Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day will be November 19, 2015. The objective of World Wide Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day is to increase national awareness for pressure ulcer prevention and to educate the public on this topic. NPUAP has developed a free, extensive media materials package appropriate for all healthcare settings and organizations.
In honor of World Wide Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day, the NPUAP is pleased to offer a free webinar, hosted by NPUAP Director Dr. Jeffrey Levine, titled “History of Pressure Ulcers & Wound Care: Past, Present and Future.” Please visit the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s webinar page here for more information.
October 9, 2015: Aging: Life’s Most Dangerous Game
Location: Kranzberg Arts Center-Black Box Theater, St. Louis, MO
Join Dr. Bill Thomas and musical guest Nate Silas Richardson for an entertaining and highly disruptive evening exploration of aging as part of his national Age of Disruption Tour. His message is invigoratingly simple – the transition into our elder years should not be spent in frenzied disharmony. In order to play “life’s most dangerous game” successfully we need to re-imagine and create clear and satisfying purpose to how we spend the rest of our lives.
Please see the flyer attached for more information or visit Dr. Bill Thomas’ St. Louis events page here to register.
December 3-4, 2015: MU Gerontology Clinical Update
Location: Peachtree Banquet Center, Columbia, MO
This gerontology conference is two days of evidence-based and application-oriented educational programming based on a combination of suggestions from past participants, current literature and hot topics suggested by the conference planning committee. Experienced gerontology nurses from hospitals, LTC settings, rehabilitation, home and community health, as well as gerontology nursing faculty, a licensed nursing home administrator, social worker and a LTC facility surveyor, have determined the topics for this year’s event. Every effort has been made to translate the latest evidence into practical and useful knowledge for the gerontology practitioner.
Please see the brochure attached or visit the MU Gerontology Clinical Update conference page here for more information.
October 27, 2015: MANHA’s Compliance & HIPAA Workshop
Location: Ameristar Convention Center, St. Charles, MO
Whether new to compliance or a pro looking to fine tune your program, this workshop will help you take it to the next level. Identify strategies for avoiding and responding to compliance falls. Learn practical approaches for developing and keeping an effective approach to compliance. And problem solve and strategize to improve your compliance program and keep it effective.
Please see the brochure for more details or visit the Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators Convention & 1 day Seminar’s page.