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!
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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.
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.
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):
- LTC Stats: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Standard Health Survey Report, June 2019
- LTC Stats: Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID), Facility and Resident Characteristics, June 2019
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.
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
- ID/DD Congressional Hill Fly-In Event – February 26, 2020
- Quality Summit – March 9-11, 2020
- Independent Owner’s Conference – March 11-13, 2020
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.
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