October 12, 2017: Ramada Oasis Hotel, Springfield
October 17, 2017: Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, Independence
October 18, 2017: Comfort Inn, Macon
October 19, 2017: Courtyard by Marriott, St. Peters
Please see the full brochure and registration information at www.mlnha.org/educational-offeringsconventions/.
Tip #12: “Person-Centered Care and QAPI”
Person-Centered Care is one of nine Advancing Excellence goals — aligned with QAPI –which provide tracking charts and trend graphs to help your home monitor progress on your chosen goals. While Advancing Excellence supports the QAPI approach, participation does not automatically mean you are implementing QAPI.
Please see the flyer here for more information.
This seminar puts the process improvement portion to work utilizing case studies based on MO 2013 top 10 deficiencies.
October 3, 2014: Macon, Mo.
October 7, 2014: Springfield, Mo.
October 8, 2014: Blue Springs, Mo.
October 14, 2014: St. Charles, Mo.
Please view the flyer here: MANHA – Utilizing Process Improvement QAPI Part 2
Visit the Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators at www.mlnha.org.
July 9, 2014: Advancing Excellence has a new website. While the new site contains all the information from the old site, things have moved. Join the webinar for a cruise around the website, including:
Plenty of time will be available for questions and answers. To learn more, please visit www.nhqualitycampaign.org.
Discussion groups for nursing home professionals interested in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
View more upcoming events on Primaris’ website at http://primaris.org/calendar.
Your participation in Show-Me Quality: QAPI in Action, grants you an all-access pass to national learning events!
June 19, 2014: Live Online Event: Learning Session #6
Outcomes Congress, Report-Out of Successful Strategies and Lessons Learned
Target Audience:
Please visit Primaris at http://primaris.org/calendar/outcomes-congress-report-out-of-successful-strategies-and-lessons-learned-nnhqcc-learning-session-6.
Please view the flyer here: Building-the-Capacity-for-QAPI April-May 2014
April 22, 2014: Primaris, 200 N. Keene St., Columbia, Mo.
April 30, 2014: Four Points by Sheraton, KC Sports Complex, 4011 Blue Ridge Cutoff, Kansas City, Mo.
May 16, 2014: The Library Center, 4653 S Campbell Ave., Springfield, Mo.
May 22, 2014: Mary Queen and Mother Center, 7601 Watson, Rd., St. Louis, Mo.
Discussion groups for nursing home professionals interested in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
View all upcoming events on Primaris’ website at http://primaris.org/calendar/categories/show-mequality.
Developed by The Eden Alternative, presented in association with Pioneer Network
A 3-part webinar series to strengthen and support person-directed care
This 3-part webinar series will highlight how implementing person-directed care actually strengthens and supports efforts to improve aspects of clinical care, and in turn, alignment with QAPI guidelines. Participants will learn how to work smarter, not harder, by creating a fully integrated quality improvement strategy that honors quality of life and overall well-being for all involved in the care relationship.
To learn more, please visit http://www.pioneernetwork.net/Events/Upcoming/.
Click here to register for all three events
Discussion groups for nursing home professionals interested in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
View all events on Primaris’ website.
Discussion groups for nursing home professionals interested in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
View the events calendar on Primaris’ website.
March 6 – 8, 2014: Lake Ozark, Mo. Please view the brochure here: 23rd Annual MLN NHA, or visit www.mlnmonursing.org/Institute%20for%20NHAs.
The Section for Long-Term Care has published New Generations – Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2014. This issue is now available on our website, along with an archive of previous newsletters. Please visit http://health.mo.gov/seniors/nursinghomes/providerinfo.php.
Discussion groups for nursing home professionals interested in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
Additional dates and locations are posted on Primaris’ website.
Building the Capacity for Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Plans
View all events on Primaris’ website at http://primaris.org/calendar/categories/show-mequality.
Discussion groups for nursing home professionals interested in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI).
Show-Me Quality – QAPI in Action
There are currently 481 homes at the Copper level, and we challenge you to achieve the Bronze level in just two easy steps! Send your team photo to tfisher@primaris.org, and attend two Show-Me Quality educational offerings. To learn more, please visit http://primaris.org/services/quality-improvement-organization/show-me-quality-qapi-in-action and download the Show-Me Quality Games Program Guide.
The Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change (MC5)
by Sam Plaster, State Culture Change Coordinator
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed by Congress in 2010 requires that all nursing homes develop Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs, ensuring that homes continuously identify and correct quality deficiencies as well as sustain performance improvement. While the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has yet to promulgate the specific regulatory requirements, many homes are already initiating or improving their QAPI processes… to read more and view photos click here: MC5
Your participation in Show-Me Quality: QAPI in Action grants you an all-access pass to national learning events! Coming up next:
Stay up-to-date on the latest collaborative QAPI news and events – visit Primaris at http://primaris.org/
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes national campaign coordination group developed a set of common questions and answers for nursing homes, in order to clarify how some of the many initiatives relate to and are aligned with each other. The purpose is to help nursing homes better understand how to participate in and benefit from various initiatives.
Questions include:
Find the answers to these questions and more – click on the link below
This document is also available for download by visiting http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/.
Music & Memory: Bringing Joy to Persons with Dementia Through Personalized Music
Location: Brentwood Community Center, Rm. 104, 2505 South Brentwood Blvd., Brentwood. RSVP to Ruthie at 314-801-0446 or rrochman@alz.org.
Using MDS 3.0 as an Engine for High Quality Individualized Care
In 2012, Missouri was selected by Pioneer Network to participate in the National Learning Collaborative: Using MDS 3.0 as an Engine for High Quality Individualized Care. In Missouri, 19 homes completed the 16-month collaborative, putting in place four foundational practices – consistent assignment, huddles, involving CNAs in care planning, and Quality Improvement closest to the resident – and then using the practices to individualize care for improvements in high priority clinical areas, such as reducing falls, alarms, rehospitalizations, antipsychotic medications, and pressure ulcers. View the video documenting some of the incredible results experienced by Missouri homes that participated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8teFIKGLHg.
The national collaborative has concluded, but it is not too late for your team! MC5 and Primaris are partnering to bring the learning collaborate tools to the East Central Region. Monthly meetings will be facilitated by Primaris Program Manager Nursing Home Services, Alexis Roam, MSN, RN. To learn more and join the collaborative, plan to attend the next East Central MC5 meeting. Your home does not have to be in the East Central region to participate. Location: Presbyterian Manor, 1200 Homelife Plaza, Rolla. RSVP to Mary Ehrenreich at 314-801-0462 or mary.ehrenreich@alz.org; or Tracy Rosenow at 573-265-3271 or tracy.rosenow@mvc.dps.mo.gov. View the flyer here: MC5 and Primaris – Using MDS as an Engine for High Quality Individualized Care.
Durable Power of Attorneys and the Appointed Decision Maker – presented by Attorney Doug Tschauder. Appointed Decision Makers in Long-Term Care – presented by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation Supervisor Jamie Dixon.
Location: East Hills Library, 502 North Woodbine Rd., St. Joseph. RSVP to Karen Fletchall at wccc.karen@yahoo.com or 660-564-3304, or Freda Miller at fmiller@nwmoaaa.org or 660-822-6209.
Location: Loch Haven Senior Living Community Apartments, New Activity Room, 701 Sunset Hills Dr., Macon. RSVP to Wendy or Katie at 660-385-3113.
Visit the NEW Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change (MC5) website at www.momc5.com/
Stay up-to-date on the latest collaborative Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) news and events. Visit Primaris at http://primaris.org/services/quality-improvement-organization/show-me-quality-qapi-in-action.
September 25, 2013: Show-Me Quality – QAPI in Action Webinar Series
This program will help QAPI and operational leaders understand how the survey can support their program. Learn more about the survey itself and how the Center for Patient Safety can provide a web-based version which requires very little administrative time. Visit http://primaris.org/node/1746 or Click here to register.
Nursing homes are using antipsychotics less and instead pursuing more patient-centered treatment for dementia and other behavioral health care, according to new data released on Nursing Home Compare in July by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Please read this press release on the CMS website: www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Press-Releases/2013-Press-Releases-Items/2013-08-27.html.
NEW! Event for Long-Term Care Providers! 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
October 3, 2013: Join Dr. G. Allen Power, internationally acclaimed gerontologist, author and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester.
CEUs available! Location: Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road, St. Louis.
Please view the flyer with registration form here: Enhanced Well-Being – Dr. Power October 3, 2013, or visit www.primaris.org/node/1746.