[LTC Information Update] LTC Information Update: June 15, 2012

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LTC Information Update:  June 15, 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS


*       World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Many of our elderly neighbors endure suffering every day.  They are the victims of financial exploitation, neglect and physical or emotional abuse.  The tragedy of elder abuse is a reflection upon all of us.  Our elders have given to us for many years, now it is our turn to give back to them.  If you suspect that someone is experiencing any form of elder abuse, please - Speak Up and Report It Now.  Show the world you care about ending elder abuse and neglect - wear purple on June 15th.  Visit:  http://www.inpea.net/weaad.html for more information.  Working together to make this My World...Your World...Our World…Free of Elder Abuse!



[cid:image009.jpg at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]STOP ELDER ABUSE
To report suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an elderly person or an adult with a disability
CALL 1-800-392-0210.  Visit the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services website:
http://health.mo.gov/seniors/abuse.php



*       2012 Annual Long-Term Care Provider Meetings

Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation (SLCR).

Topics Include:

[cid:image001.gif at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]     SLCR Updates

[cid:image001.gif at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]     Rule Changes

[cid:image001.gif at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]     CPR and Elopement Issues

[cid:image001.gif at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]     2012 Life Safety Code

[cid:image001.gif at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]     New Dining Practice Standards

[cid:image001.gif at 01CD4AF2.1ADAA450]     Update from the Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change (MC5)

[cid:image004.png at 01CD4AF1.FE75A8F0]Please view the flyer attached for a location near you.

Presentation materials to be arriving soon via Special LTC Information Updates!



*       MANHA On-Line Educational Programs

[cid:image005.png at 01CD4AF1.FE75A8F0]The Missouri Association of Nursing Home Administrators (MANHA) is proud to announce the expansion of on-line educational programming!  Available now: RCF/ALF State Study Course----Clinical Supervisor and CNA Instructor/Examiner.  Additional on-line certification programs are in the planning stages.  Please see the announcement attached.

CMS/MDS


*       Section Q Referral Process

Please pass this information along to the social worker/social services individual, as well as the MDS Coordinator, as they are frequently the individuals who are completing Section Q:

DHSS is finding that many homes do not understand the Section Q referral process when a resident has an active discharge plan in place.  If the resident has a plan to return home (as in short stay rehab) then you code a 1 “yes” in item #Q0400.  When you code 1 “yes”, the MDS has a skip pattern that skips asking the resident the question in #Q0500 and leads the assessor to #Q0600 Referral question.  The expectation is that you do not need to refer a person who has an active discharge plan in place, so you would code 0 “No-referral not needed” in #Q0600.  Residents with active discharge plans already have plans/resources in place.  They do not need options counseling to help obtain more information.  Section Q is intended to capture those long stay residents, who no one has ever thought about discharging before.  If you have questions, please contact:  Joan Brundick, State RAI Coordinator, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS), Telephone 573-751-6308 or E-mail:  joan.brundick at health.mo.gov<mailto:joan.brundick at health.mo.gov>


*       QM Workshops

The Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) will be conducting free workshops on the new Quality Measures (QMs) throughout the state.  Please visit:  http://www.nursinghomehelp.org/workshops.html for dates, locations, and registration information.


*       MDS/RAI Process Workshop - July 11 & 12, 2012

RAI Process from Start to Finish
A two day workshop presenting the RAI process and MDS item by item will be held July 11 and 12 in Columbia.
New MDS Coordinators and those who need a refresher are strongly encouraged to attend.
[cid:image006.png at 01CD4AF1.FE75A8F0]Registration information is available at:  http://72.52.200.68/rai-process-workshops/ or see the brochure and registration form attached.


*       Advance Medicare Management Seminar

July 31 - August 1, 2012:  John Knox Village, Lee’s Summit, Missouri

August 7 - 8, 2012:  Orlando’s, St. Louis, Missouri

Advance Medicare Management is a two-day intensive seminar designed to meet the needs of administrators, clinicians and anyone involved in billing who finds themselves mired in the confusing, complex and ever-changing rules, regulations and requirements of Medicare.  This seminar is designed for individuals in long-term care who work with the Medicare program including Administrators, DONs, Billing Staff, Nurse Assessment Coordinators, RNs, LPNs and other Nurse Managers involved in the MDS and billing processes, Therapy Managers and Therapy staff involved in the MDS and billing processes and Regional/Corporate Managers, Consultants and Reimbursement staff.

This seminar has been approved for 14 hours (12 administrative and 2 PC) by the Board of Nursing Home Administrators.  For more information, please visit http://www.leadingagemissouri.org/advance-medicare-management/ or contact Pat Hubbs, LeadingAge Missouri, at patricia at moaha.org<mailto:patricia at moaha.org> or 573-635-6244

§  View all upcoming events on the NEW website:  http://www.leadingagemissouri.org/events/

CULTURE CHANGE/FUTURE TRENDS


*       MC5 Hosts:  National Learning Collaborative Webinar Series on Using the MDS 3.0 as an Engine for High Quality Individualized Care - Series Two

You are invited to join Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change (MC5) for a free group viewing of the Pioneer Network’s webinar and facilitated discussion:

Series Two: Clinical Applications, Part Four and Five:
June 19, 2012:  10:00 am - 2:00 pm Location:  Primaris, 200 N. Keene St., Columbia, Missouri

The following topics will be presented through group webinar and facilitated discussion:

Part Four:  Promoting Mobility, Reducing Falls, and Eliminating Alarms Through Individualized Care

Lead Presenter: Joanne Rader, RN, MN, PMHNP, Pioneer Network co-founder, who led restraint elimination efforts, is an expert in understanding behavior as communication, the importance of proper mobility and seating devices, and is the author of Bathing Without a Battle.

Part Five:  Individualized Dining: New Practice Standards

Featuring: Carmen Bowman, MHS, who facilitated the CMS and Pioneer Network's Creating Home in the Nursing Home II:  A National Symposium on Culture Change and the Food and Dining Requirements and the subsequent Pioneer Network Food and Dining Clinical Standards Task Force.



Additional dates and locations have been added for the MC5 group webinar viewings:

June 22         Community Center / Nevada

June 28         Preferred Hospice-Health Systems, Inc. / Ozark

July 6             Alzheimer’s Association / St. Louis

July 6             Missouri Veterans Home / Warrensburg

July 11          Pleasant View Assisted Living / Hannibal

July 16          St. Louis Area / Location TBD



Meetings are free of charge - Space is limited so please RSVP if you plan to attend.

Please go to the MC5 website and download the meeting flyer for your preferred location at www.momc5.com<http://www.momc5.com>.



*       National Learning Collaborative Webinar Series on Using the MDS 3.0 as an Engine for High Quality Individualized Care - Series Three

Pioneer Network's National Learning Collaborative Webinar Series Three

Operationalizing OBRA: A Performance Improvement Approach to Individualizing Care

 *   June 19, 2012: Part Seven MDS and Quality of Life: Operationalizing Customary Routines
 *   July 19, 2012: Part Eight MDS and QAPI: How to Improve Outcomes through Just-in-Time Assessment, Care Planning and Quality Improvement by Staff Closest to the Residents
 *   September 20, 2012: Part Nine Individualizing Care and Environments: Non-pharmacologic Interventions Instead of Anti-Psychotic Medications

Pioneer Network continues its groundbreaking webinar series to introduce why and how to put in place the organizational culture changes necessary to integrate MDS 3.0 so that it contributes to strong organizational performance.  Please visit: http://www.pioneernetwork.net/Events/MDS30_789/


*       MC5 Regional Meetings 2012

Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change (MC5) Upcoming Regional Meetings:



Southwest Group

July 10, 2012

Time: 10:00am - Noon

Location:  Council of Churches, 627 North Glenstone, Springfield, MO

An informal open discussion regarding the regulations and their relevance to culture change.

Attendance is free.  Please RSVP to Cindy Butler at cindybutler at mchsi.com<mailto:cindybutler at mchsi.com>

2012 Southwest Meetings Dates:  July 10, 2012 and October 16, 2012.



NEW Poplar Bluff Group

July 13, 2012

Time:   Registration 9:30am, Program 10:00am - Noon
Location:  The Family Worship Center, 1217 Highway 53, Poplar Bluff, MO
“Creating a Culture of Person-Directed Care - Culture Change 101”.  Presented by Sam Plaster, State Culture Change Coordinator, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services.  Board of Nursing Home Administrators CEUs Pending (2 Administrative).  This is the Poplar Bluff region's first meeting.  If you are interested in helping with the leadership of this group, please contact the regional representative:  Shirley Scherer, Administrator, The Manor, 2071 Barron Road, Poplar Bluff, Missouri  63901.  Telephone 573-686-1147 or E-Mail:  manorad at mycitycable.com<mailto:manorad at mycitycable.com>.



East Group

July 13, 2012

Time:  8:00am - 10:30am

Location:   Alzheimer's Association, 9370 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, MO

“2012 Life Safety Code Changes”.  Presented by Mary Collier, Regional Manager, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services.  RSVP:  There is no charge to attend but registration in advance would be appreciated - special parking arrangements may be necessary, please contact Ruthie at: ruthie.rochman at alzstl.org<mailto:ruthie.rochman at alzstl.org> or telephone 314-801-0446



To RSVP and access the most current information for all regions in Missouri, please visit:  http://www.momc5.com/id2.html



*       Paradigm Busters Webinar Series

The Eden Alternative(r) and Pioneer Network will co-host a four-part webinar series designed to explore the power of boldly busting our paradigms in the quest for meaningful change.  Person-directed care challenges teams to push further, think out of the box, and re-create themselves.  As advocates for change, we know that true well-being for elders and their care partners depends on questioning and redefining  every choice, habit, and system that may compromise this goal.

§  July 11, 2012:  Transforming Job Descriptions and Performance Evaluations to Promote Culture Change

§  September 18, 2012:  Redefining "Activities" Culture and the Role of the Activity Professional

§  October 23, 2012:  Well-Being Strategies: Reframing Policies and Procedures for Person-Directed Care

§  November 28, 2012:  Recreating the Role of the Therapy Professional in Person-Directed Care

For details, please visit: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs022/1101511475155/archive/1110045476347.html

EVENTS CALENDAR


*       Missouri Assisted Living Association (MALA) Training - July 2012

§  July 11, 2012:  Level I Medication Aide / Insulin Administration (Train the Trainer Workshop)

For more details and to register, please visit: http://www.malarcf.org/train_the_trainer.html

§  July 23-25, 2012:  ALF Resident Assessment Training

For more details and to register, please visit: http://www.malarcf.org/alfassessment.htm

§  View all upcoming events at:  http://www.malarcf.org/schedule.html

Continuing education courses are offered by MALA, an approved Training Agency for the Missouri Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators: http://www.aquiretraining.com/mala/



*       Long Term Care Educators Association (LTCEA) Announcement

July 13, 2012:  C.N.A. Appreciation Day
Time: 8:00am - 11:30am.  Location: Saint Louis Community College Forest Park Campus.  Nurses/Administrators:  Bring your “shining star” C.N.A. to learn about professionalism, stress management, diet management, and more.  CEU Hours:  2.75 AC, MO BNHA.  RSVP to:  mstassi at stchas.edu<mailto:mstassi at stchas.edu>, space is limited to 50 participants.  Please visit the website for more information about LTCEA:  http://ltcea.org/meetings.htm



*       9th  Annual Show Me Summit on Aging and Health - August 2012

August 22-24, 2012:  Location:  Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, Missouri

“Aging, Awareness and Advocacy ‐ Let’s Stand Together”  The Summit will feature training tracks relating to advocacy, senior center management, chronic disease management, exercise, falls prevention, stroke rehabilitation, resource development, and care transition topics.  The event will kick off with a keynote address from Martha Roherty, Executive Director of the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities.  Margaret Donnelly, Director of the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, will provide the state perspective on aging, advocacy, and awareness.  A complete program and list of events, as well as general information about the entire conference including exhibit and sponsorship information is available on the website at: http://www.ma4web.org/ (click on the SUMMIT tab) or contact:  Catherine Edwards, Executive Director, MA4 at:  cedwards at MA4web.org<mailto:cedwards at ma4web.org>.



*       43rd Annual LeadingAge Missouri Annual Conference & Exposition - September 2012

September 26 - 28, 2012:  Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark, Missouri.  This year’s conference theme is Inspire…Serve…Advocate.  The theme is a shared promise from LeadingAge, our national partner, from LeadingAge Missouri and from our members to…Inspire by continuing to expand the possibilities…Serve seniors, staff, our organizations and the broader community with a strong commitment to quality in all we do…Advocate on critical issues by building relationships with local, state and federal officials to work towards the right policies that make this state and country a better place to grow old.  It reflects our commitment to better ideas and models for improving the lives of the older adults we serve, the staff with whom we work and the community we are all a part of.  Please visit:  http://72.52.200.68/43rd-annual-leadingage-missouri-annual-conference-exposition/



*       October is Residents’ Rights Month

Residents' Rights Month is designated by the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care and is celebrated in October each year to honor residents living in all long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, sub-acute units, assisted living, board and care and retirement communities.  This year’s theme “My Voice, My Vote, My Right” is designed to call attention to residents’ rights to vote and participate in the political process.  The Resident’s Voice is an opportunity for residents from facilities across the country to share their ideas about this year’s Residents’ Rights Month theme with other residents, ombudsmen, families, community members and nursing home staff.  Residents are encouraged to think about and respond to the following questions:  What was the most memorable election you voted in and why?  What does it mean to be politically active?  Why is it important for you to have the right and ability to vote?  Residents can respond to the questions in writing (poems, stories), through art of any kind or with videos /recordings.  We encourage facilities/families to frame resident entries and hang them in residents’ rooms or other areas of the facility.  All submissions are due July 13, 2012.  Please see the submission criteria and photo release forms on the Consumer Voice website<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ZIERwuORta4VVEQ7IYp%2BvcCIsH%2BuOhJE>.  Send entries electronically to Tina Steier at csteier at theconsumervoice.org<mailto:csteier at theconsumervoice.org>.  For more information, please visit: http://www.theconsumervoice.org/resident/nursinghome/residents-rights#Residents-Rights-Month


RESOURCES


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Missouri Nursing Homes Have Happy Clients, MU Researchers Say
Nursing home residents, family members pleased with long-term care facilities throughout the state
Visit:  http://munews.missouri.edu/expert-comment/2012/0326-for-expert-comment-missouri-nursing-homes-have-happy-clients-mu-researchers-say/ to view the entire article
The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services funded the survey that was developed by My InnerView<http://www.myinnerview.com/index.php>, a national research firm that evaluates long-term care facilities.  An executive summary of survey results can be found at http://nursinghomehelp.org<http://nursinghomehelp.org/>.

My InnerView Reporting Refresher:  Free Webinar
June 28, 2012  Time: 11:00 a.m. Central
Register today for this insightful webinar and in less than 60 minutes you will refresh on how to build, read, and understand your surveys and reports.  Plus, keep up to date on the latest reporting tools and features.

When you attend this webinar, you can expect to:

Find out how to create pages within your employee, family, and resident reports

Gain valuable knowledge of data-driven performance improvement plans

Learn how to improve efficiency with useful survey elements like the comment analyzer

Join in a live, interactive Q&A session to boost your performance improvement efforts

Can't make it on June 28?  Register<http://www.SwiftPage2.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2U13THGXI4M86U0C03XRWG> at: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/showReg?udc=hl0tl068uws and gain access to the on-demand recording for 30 days to view at your convenience.  If you have questions about webinars for My InnerView clients, write to info at myinnerview.com<mailto:info at myinnerview.com?subject=My%20InnerView%20Webinar> or call 800-601-3884.  My InnerView http://www.myinnerview.com/index.php  is a product of National Research Corporation.





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