Wednesday, February 5, 2020

AHCA ID/DD Congressional Hill Fly-In Event This Month!


AHCA’s Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD) Residential Services Providers annual Hill Fly-In event will occur on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at the AHCA offices in DC.  This important event is free to attend for AHCA/NCAL members.  Breakfast will be provided to registrants.  Congressional speakers are being invited, a legislative update will be provided, and Hill visits will follow in the afternoon.  AHCA will provide one-pagers and talking points for registrants to take to the Hill.  If you would like to attend, please contact AHCA’s Senior Director of Not for Profit & Constituent Services, Dana Ritchie, at dritchie@ahca.org.  If you have any questions whatsoever, please don’t hesitate to let Dana know.  AHCA hopes to see you at this important event!

Quality Summit and Independent Owner Leadership Conference: Act Now To Save on Registration and Hotel


AHCA/NCAL’s 2020 Quality Summit and 2020 Independent Owner Leadership Conference take place consecutively, offering you an excellent week of networking and education at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX.  Register for both and save $50, but don’t delay.  Register and reserve your hotel by February 7 to take advantage of the special AHCA/NCAL room rates.

The Quality Summit is March 9-11 and provides programming for all levels of staff in long term and post-acute care. See the complete list of session topics and descriptions at QS.ahcancal.org.  You can earn up to 11.5 CEs. 

If you’re an owner, operator, or administrator of roughly 10 or fewer facilities, the Independent Owner (IO) Leadership Conference is an outstanding opportunity for you to discuss key issues that are critical to your business.  It takes place March 11-13. This year, the focus is on Solutions to Differentiate Your Business.  You can earn up to 13.75 CEUs.  Visit IO.ahcancal.org to find out more.

Learn New Workforce Recruitment and Retention Strategies in Just 45 Minutes


AHCA/NCAL offers a new instructional webinar titled “Pioneering Solutions to the Workforce Crisis.”  This 45-minute webinar developed in collaboration with PHI delivers practical action steps and strategies assisted living and nursing facilities of all shapes and sizes can take to improve their employee and retention efforts. The webinar also covers ways to improve the hiring process and explains supportive supervision and coaching methods that positively impact employee retention. 

The webinar’s learning objectives include:
  • Explain the key factors contributing to the workforce shortage
  • Identify at least 3 strategies to improve employee recruitment
  • Identify at least 3 strategies to improve employee retention
  • Explain the impact of supportive supervision on retention
The instructor is Sue Misiorski who served as Vice President of Workforce Innovations for PHI and currently serves as the New England Regional Director of Operations for SageLife.  Starting as a CNA, she later held positions as a DON and VP of Nursing in multi-site skilled nursing homes in New England and has supported the construction of several assisted living and nursing facilities.
 
This webinar is part one to a more extensive on-line training for middle managers that will be released in the coming months.  While no CEUs are offered for this webinar, participants can receive a certificate of completion.  The cost of the course is $25 for AHCA/NCAL members and $60 for non-members. 

Follow
this link to read more about this educational webinar and to register for the course:  https://educate.ahcancal.org/products/pioneering-solutions-to-the-workforce-crisis#tab-product_tab_overview.

To access ahcancalED and the Pioneering Solutions webinar, members will need to login with their AHCA/NCAL usernames and passwords.  For assistance obtaining AHCA/NCAL usernames and passwords, please e-mail update@ahca.org with your name and facility contact information.

ICF/IID Reports


AHCA's Research Department has released the following June 2019 updates for use by AHCA/NCAL members (Login Required):

If you have any questions relating to these reports, which include important ICF/IID state and national data, please contact AHCA’s Research Director, Kiran Sreenivas.

Articles and Resources of Interest


Legislative and Agency Corner


National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities


The National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) holds a monthly call or webinar concerning topics of interest to those who work in the field of aging and disability.  One of the past calls focused on resources for people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias and their caregivers.  Information about future calls, and audio recording of previous ones, can be found here.

Upcoming 2020 Events


2020 Health Care Observances


March 2020 marks, among other observances, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Brain Injury Awareness Month, National Nutrition Month and National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.  The 2020 Healthcare Observances Calendar can be found here.