September 3, 2015: Reducing the Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Medications (12:00 Noon-1:00 p.m. CT)
Join this webinar to learn more about key interventions, strategies and the importance of reducing antipsychotic medications.
For more information, please visit the TMF website here and sign in. You may also register on the event page here.
September 22, 2015: Tim Prosch presents “The Other Talk”
Location: The Bridge at Florissant, Florissant, MO
Tim Prosch, author of the book “The Other Talk” will give a presentation about decision-making advice designed to help older adults and their kids develop a plan to finance the future. He will discuss legal documents, living wills, living arrangements, and medical expenses.
Please see the brochure and registration details here and on the MC5 website here.
September 21, 2015: Opening Our Eyes to a Person-Directed Culture
October 1, 2015: Communicating in a Person-Directed Culture
October 27, 2015: Rolling Out the Person-Centered Care Tool with Advancing Excellence
November 5, 2015: Learning from the Experts: Using Data to Improve Care with Abramson Center
November 19, 2015: Engaging Lives – It’s So Much More than Bingo!
MOLANE (Missouri Local Area Network for Excellence) is part of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Home Campaign. MOLANE and MC5 are sponsoring this five part webinar series on the topic of person-directed culture. And it’s FREE!
Please see the brochure here or visit the MC5 website here for details including registration and speaker information.
Electronic submission of staffing data for long-term care facilities – Payroll Based Journal (PBJ).
Registration is OPEN and ALL Long-term Care facilities are encouraged to register for the voluntary data submission period. Please use the resources listed below to register:
Registration Training:
Registration:
For technical questions on how to register, please email NursingHomePBJTechIssues@cms.hhs.gov.
Additionally, CMS has posted an updated PBJ Policy Manual Draft and a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) and answers about PBJ instructions and policies. Please visit https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/NursingHomeQualityInits/Staffing-Data-Submission-PBJ.html for more information. For policy related questions, please email NHStaffing@cms.hhs.gov.
October 9, 2015: Disrupt Infections: Creating a Community of Prevention
Location: Meramec Bluffs, Ballwin, MO
This workshop explores how creating commUNITY immUNITY in the care setting can help break the web of infection in simple, practical ways. It also describes a continuum of organizational infection prevention, raising awareness of how acceptance of some current practices inhibits additional practical actions that would better disrupt infections. Attendees will have an opportunity to start developing an organizational plan for infection prevention with elevated steps to apply to their usual infection care routines. Lynda Crandall (CEO of Pioneer Network), Carol Scott (Executive Director of Advancing Excellence), and Dr. Bill Thomas (founder of the Eden Alternative and Green Houses) will be presenting the 2-hour production.
Please see the brochure or the link on Advancing Excellence’s website, or Dr. Bill Thomas’ Disrupt Tour website. You may also go directly to the registration page.
September 16, 2015: Do you…Want your Residents to Remain Mobile?
September 30, 2015: Do you…Minimize Infections & Hospitalizations in Your Community?
October 15, 2015: Do you…Know the Impact of Green House on Medicare Spending and Nursing Home Quality of Care?
October 28, 2015: Do you…Know How High Tech Meets High Touch?
November 18, 2015: Do you…Know Your Residents’ Preferences?
Sign up for the Advancing Excellence 2015 Do You Webinar Series. Latest insights, trends and tips on hot topics in the field to be presented by AELTCC-affiliated power-house thought leaders. Learn from top experts in areas ranging from dementia care to wellness, staff engagement and beyond. Most webinars dig deeper into an Advancing Excellence Goal plus a couple more spotlight some of the hot topics to LTC and LTSS.
Please visit the Advancing Excellence’s at www.AELTCC.org/ for more details including immediate registration.
Not sure you’ll be available for one or more or has the webinar already happened? No worries. We’ll send the link to the webinar to those who don’t get on the live event. Note: no administrator CEUs will be given for those not watching the live event.
November 9-12, 2015: Basic Level – Edition 8
Location: Primaris, Columbia, MO
Dementia Care Mapping (DCM) is a process of evaluating the delivery of person-centered care and, in general, to improve the quality of care delivered to persons with dementia. DCM goes to the real heart of caring by striving to assess care from the viewpoint of the person with dementia and provides valuable, clear and reliable information for those concerned with quality care. This four-day course assists participants becoming thoroughly familiar with the method and theory of DCM in order to immediately apply learning in practical ways. The course is designed for care partners of persons with dementia and those responsible for improving care practice.
Please see the brochure here for more information including registration details.
September 22, 2015: SESSION ONE – Pain Assessment in Dementia: One Person at a Time
October 20, 2015: SESSION TWO – Pain Assessment in Dementia: One Person at a Time
Presenter: Kristen Swafford, RN, PhD, CNS
SESSION ONE – Using a lecture format with case studies to provide clinical examples, the content in this session will cover key components of assessing pain in the person living with dementia. Clinically feasible, evidence-based observational tools will be discussed, promoting a team approach to addressing pain in this unique population.
SESSION TWO – Using a lecture format with case studies to provide clinical examples, the content in this session will cover key components of managing pain the older adult with dementia. This session provides follow up to the pain assessment session. An overview of options for individualized pain care will be provided, focusing on the importance of analgesic trials, communication, and documenting results.
Please visit www.pioneernetwork.net/Events/HotTopics for more information and to register for these webinars.
Language can have tremendous impact on how people living with dementia feel about themselves and how they are treated and considered by others. Using appropriate language is respectful, supportive, and non-discriminatory. In this issue of Living Fully With Dementia: Words Matter, see the many words that are recommended to use versus those to avoid along with the rationale behind them.
Please see the Dementia Action Alliance’s website here for the full publication and more information.
August 26, 2015: Nursing Home Open Forum (12:00 Noon-1:00 p.m. CT)
Participate in this monthly call to discuss and share strategies toward nursing home quality improvement. Key points and tools from the August webinar, “Improving Immunizations in Nursing Homes,” will be highlighted at the beginning of the call.
For more information, please visit the TMF website here and sign in.
Selfie Tip #9: The Power of Meaningful Activities
We all need to have a purpose: to be needed, to make a difference, to be a part of something. It is no different for those living in long-term care. Helping residents find meaning and purpose in their daily life is not just the Activity Director’s job. Find out what makes an activity meaningful, according to what each resident values.
Please see the flyer here for more information.
September 29, 2015: How to Express Wishes about Health Care Preferences
Location: Ethical Society of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Many people experience uncertainty when faced with having to make medical decisions for a loved one. The Conversation Project is a national initiative created to encourage and assist people to talk with their families and their health providers about their wishes for care if they become seriously ill. The aim of the program is to change the culture from silence about death to one in which end of life care is openly discussed.
Please see the flyer here for more details including time, specific location, and all sponsors.
Please view the quarterly report from the Section for Long-Term Care Regulation here.
The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) has published MDS Tips and Clinical Pearls – Volume 2, Issue 4. Topics in this issue include ICD-10 is Coming!; Tips for Successful Transitions; and The Beauty of Networking. Please visit QIPMO’s website here for this and other previous newsletters.
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Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation
Coming to the following locations:
October 2, 2015: Region 5 – Macon, MO
October 23, 2015: Region 1 – Springfield, MO
October 28, 2015: Region 4 – St. Joseph, MO
October 29, 2015: Region 3 – Kansas City, MO
November 3, 2015: Region 2 – Cape Girardeau, MO
November 4, 2015: Region 7 – St. Louis, MO
November 16, 2015: Region 6 – Jefferson City, MO
As requested, SLCR will be hosting separate meetings for ICF/SNF and RCF/ALF care providers this year! Advance registration is not required. Times for each meeting have been set and added to the flyer. Please see the updated flyer here for more details.
As of August 1, 2015, phone numbers for previous state QIOs will no longer be forwarding to KEPRO’s phone lines as has occurred over the last year. Please make sure that all of your beneficiary notices have been updated with KEPRO’s appropriate area phone number. Should the notice not contain the correct number and the call is late, the skilled services notice (Notice of Medicare Non-coverage) will be deemed invalid. The phone numbers for each area are also listed on the website at www.keproqio.com.
Missouri is part of Area 4. If a Medicare beneficiary has a concern or is not satisfied with the quality of care received, he or she can call the KEPRO Medicare Beneficiary Helpline at 855-408-8557. TTY for all areas: 855-843-4776.
The beneficiary may also download a quality of care complaint form, English or Spanish, to complete and fax or mail to:
Beneficiary Helpline Fax: 844-834-7130
5201 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 900
Tampa, Florida 33609
Attention: Beneficiary Complaints
Complaints may also be emailed to beneficiary.complaints@hcqis.org.
August 11, 2015: 2:30-4:00 pm ET (1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. CT)
This Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Connects National Provider Call provides an overview of the proposed rule to reform the requirements for long-term care facilities. These requirements are the federal health and safety standards that long-term care facilities must meet in order to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. This presentation provides background for updating these requirements and briefly walks through many of the changes included in the proposal. A question and answer session follows the presentation.
Agenda:
The registration page is located here: www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies/register/8c43349f-8523-4e24-b48f-4c70f0ad8480.
The call detail page is here: www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/National-Provider-Calls-and-Events-Items/2015-08-11-Long-Term-Care.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=0&DLSortDir=descending.
The link to the proposed regulations is here: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-16/pdf/2015-17207.pdf.
Why it is important to have an emergency plan in place. This article focuses on October 22, 2012 and sometime following, when the largest Atlantic hurricane on record left the East Coast in a state of emergency. Read and understand what it was like as nursing homes were evacuated. You also get a description of some challenges crews faced as well as the lessons learned from the experience.
Please see the full article from Long Term Living – July/August 2015 here.
August 6, 2015: Improving Immunizations in Nursing Homes (12:00 Noon-1:00 p.m. CT)
Join this webinar to learn how nursing homes can improve in immunization quality measures and processes. You will hear nursing home leaders discuss best practices that can be implemented, as well as the Texas MDS clinical coordinator who will present additional information about MDS coding for these measures.
For more information, please visit the TMF website here and sign in.
Can’t make the 2015 Pioneer Network Conference in Chicago? Tune-in via livestream video August 3-4 for select education sessions brought to you by ChangingAging with support from Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
The livestream feed will be available FREE to the public from the Pioneer Network website. The Pioneer Network Annual Conference is the premier event of the year showcasing the latest developments in the long-term care culture change movement.
Click here to view the full Livestream broadcast schedule, including sessions by Karen Schoeneman, Glenn Blacklock, Megan Hannan, Peggy Brenner, Susan Frazier, Loretta Downs and more!
October 11-13, 2015: MALA 2015 Fall Conference
Location: Camden on the Lake, Lake Ozark, MO
This fall conference agenda includes several speakers and presentations over a three-day time frame. The option to attend all or just one day is included on the registration form.
Please see the tentative conference agenda and attendee registration form attached or visit the Missouri Assisted Living Association’s conference web page here.
August 19, 2015: Sedalia, MO
Senior Day at State Fair Mathewson Building, Sponsored by the Area Agencies on Aging and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: Several activities are planned this day in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. Please see the flyer attached for activities and times.
Senior Appreciation Day, Sponsored by Sedalia Democrat: Each adult and senior presenting a special Sedalia Democrat front-page fair banner will receive $2 off their gate admission, valid today only.
August 17-19, 2015: “Set Sail for the Future”
Location: The Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, MO
Step aboard a conference voyage that focuses on the opportunities and challenges facing Missouri’s senior population. Workshops on aging strong, combating burnout and caregiver stresses, building health and well-being, innovative ideas and achievement, peer mentoring, and the future of senior services are a few of the ports of call. Exhibit Hall opportunities will display services, products, and information with daily drawings for prizes. There will also be special presentations by respected businesses and senior service leaders.
Please see the brochure attached or visit the Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging’s announcement web page here.
October 14-16, 2015: Oktoberfest 2015
Location: Hilton Branson Convention Center, Branson, MO
This conference will assist the attendee in acquiring knowledge and skills to better care for the elderly. Expert speakers will get you recharged while providing the latest information on hot topics in long-term care.
Please see the brochure attached or visit the Missouri League for Nursing’s conference web page here.
September 2-4, 2015: Cheryl Parsons, RN, LNHA – presenter
Location: MANHA Training Facility, Jefferson City, MO
Individuals who attend this training will meet the 24 hours of training required to fill out and sign ALF Assessment forms. Attendees will understand the process of aging, be able to assess those problems/issues and complete the planning and documentation required by SB 616 regarding the training needs for the Assisted Living Assessor.
Please see the brochure or visit the Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators’ Facebook events page.