Each year more than one in four older adults, age 65 and older, experience a fall, resulting in about 3 million emergency department visits, 950,000 hospitalizations, and 32,000 deaths.  Falls are often preventable if you know what to screen for and what the risk factors for falls include.  This presentation will include an introduction to evidence-based screening tools, explain why it is important to screen each resident for falls, how to use tools and resources available to you, a live demonstration will be provided on utilizing the Falls Free CheckUp tool.

Objectives: After attending this session, participants will be able to:

1.  Explain the purpose of screening and what to do after the screening process.  
2. Discuss how fall screening tools can be used in assisted living.  
3. Incorporate fall screening tools into assisted living admission processes. Audience: administrators, nurses, and direct care staff in assisted living processes.

Audience: administrators, nurses, and direct care staff in assisted living

Speaker(s):   Tracy Gariepy, MS, CHES – Injury Prevention Project Coordinator with the CDC Foundation   

Daniel Thompson, MPH – Communications and Partnership Specialist with the CDC Foundation Division of Injury Prevention

This webinar is available to AHCA/NCAL provider members only.

The webinar will be recorded and available for access after the live event. 

Follow the Instructions Below to Register: 

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Email educate@ahca.org if you need assistance with registering. 

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Assisted Living organizations have faced numerous challenges over the past decade.  Long term care has shifted to providing care and services to more acutely ill residents than ever before.  Assisted Living Administrators and nurses have the task of knowing and understanding state specific regulations, standards of practice, and how to implement them effectively.  Leaders must balance the technical skills of running an assisted living community with the essential soft skills of being a team leader.  Technical skills and leadership skills are necessary to effectively run a successful organization. It is time to level up your leadership skills.  This course is designed to help you take your leadership skills to the next level by adopting the right mindset and communication practices.  In addition, you will learn the critical role you play in mission, vision, and values for your team and your organization.  Learners will build their knowledge about emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, relationships navigation, and the power that data holds. 

Course Objectives: After viewing this course, learners will be able to:

• Discuss how mindset plays an important role on leadership style.
• Describe the essentials to leadership development.
• Discuss how mission, vision, and values are conducted by the organizational leadership team through their actions.
• Explain how emotional intelligence plays a role in leading and understanding team dynamics.
• Identify strategies for conflict resolution and relationship navigation with employees and other leaders.
• Describe the importance of data in leading successful organizations.

Audience: This course is appropriate for administrators, nurses, and department managers working in assisted living. 

Presenter: Pamela Truscott, DNP/HSL, MSN/Ed, RN, QCP, DNS-CT, RAC-CT, CDP, Director of Quality Improvement NCAL

Cost: $199 NCAL Member | $650 Non-member

CEs: NAB CEs will be available upon completion of all modules in the training series. 

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By Registering for this series, individuals will have access to a series of modules as they are released in 2023. The modules include:

• Module 1: It’s All About the Mindset - AVAILABLE NOW!
• RELEASED IN 2023:
  • Module 2: Leadership Essentials - AVAILABLE NOW!
    
  • Module 3: Mission, Vision, Values – It’s “Mission” Critical
    
  • Module 4: Emotional Intelligence
    
  • Module 5: Conflict Resolution & Navigating Relationships
    
  • Module 6: The Power of Data and Quality
    

NAB CEs will be available upon completion of all modules in the training series. 

What are some of the unique concerns, needs, and strengths of your residents who are also lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender? How can your staff make sure that all residents, including LGBT people, are safe and affirmed in your community? This training will cover the key information and skills that are key to creating an inclusive environment. We will focus on terminology, the history of the LGBT experience, and common questions and scenarios to make sure your staff is skilled at LGBT cultural competency. 

After completing this online learning module, participants will be able to: 

• Describe the unique needs of LGBT older adults. 
• Provide reasons why LGBT older adults may hide their LGBT identities, or be fearful of accessing services.    Identify practices to create a more welcoming and supportive environment

Continuing Education Credit: 1.25 NAB approved CEs upon course completion.

AHCA/NCAL Member Pricing: $150 per individual with continuing education credits (CEs).

Creating Inclusive Communities for LGBT Older Adults is applicable to staff working in any type of senior living setting, in all 50 states. If your state has specific training requirements please view the supplemental materials. 

 Supplemental state materials are available for California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. 

If you have questions or require information specific to your state not listed here – please contact educate@ahca.org

This course was developed in partnership with Sage. 

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Fluctuating demand for PPE along with the expanded use of PPE as a result of COVID-19 and other infectious agents (e.g., multi-drug resistant organisms) coupled with the fluctuating availability of PPE has created the need for a robust PPE inventory management program. This also applies to COVID-19 point of care testing equipment and supplies.

The PPE and POC testing Inventory Supply Management training is a case-based learning program that incorporates technical skills with real-life examples to illustrate the critical component that inventory and supply management brings to the facility and its success during day-to-day operations as well as when outbreaks occur.  Through this training, participants will identify how to predict conventional use inventory needs versus outbreak status when contingency or crisis capacity may be needed.  Facilities will identify how regular workweek needs versus weekend or holiday needs may differ in terms of how to navigate the changing environment of PPE and COVID-19 testing needs.  Participants will gain knowledge and insight on inventory rotation to prevent supplies from expiring as well as the unique needs of stand-alone facilities versus those of corporate chains.  Case examples will be utilized to engage learners in assessing the situation and identifying best practices moving forward.  Participants will gain knowledge and skills on how to predict when acute shortages may occur and how to navigate the process of accessing facility needs and adjusting based on the assessment findings. 

4.50 NAB approved CEs and 4.50 contact hours for nurses through the Iowa Board of Nursing will be awarded upon successful completion.

Cost:

• $199 AHCA/NCAL Members
• $650 Non-members

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Welcome to the Grief, Trauma, & the Impact of COVID-19 on Residents & Staff course for facility groups. Since this is an option designed for group/team viewing, only one person from a facility should register as the facility representative. This can be the facility Administrator or Director of Nursing. Once the course has been purchased, you will receive an email confirmation with next steps. Please note: this course does not offer CE upon completion and access expires one year from purchase.

COVID-19 has rocked the country and the globe.  With tens of millions of confirmed cases, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and countless people who have been directly and indirectly impacted it is no wonder why trauma and grief are so high.  COVID-19 is not choosey as to who it targets but is like a wildfire burning out of control.  Regardless of whether you are in the trenches battling against the war or seeking isolation to prevent the virus from reaching you every person has been impacted.  This three part training will provide a comprehensive overview of COVID-19, as well as grief and trauma and the impact it has on residents and staff.  The first part will review COVID-19 and the impact it has on the grief process. Participants are encouraged to review all three parts to gain the full insight of the impact COVID-19 has had and the connection to grief and trauma.  The second part will review COVID-19 and the impact it has on trauma as well as providing trauma-informed care to both residents and staff.  The third part will review the core practices for providing care to both residents and staff and the relationship to trauma, grief, and COVID-19.

 
Total course objectives/outcomes include:

1. Explain the basics of how COVID-19 spreads and how to reduce potential spread.
2. Describe the grief process.
3. Identify the five common stages of grief and how they apply to COVID-19.
4. Discuss anticipatory grief and the relationship to COVID-19.
5. Explore methods to manage grief during COVID-19.
6. Explain trauma as it relates to COVID-19 and its impact.
7. Explore trauma-informed care and the correlation to COVID-19.
8. Discuss the Core Practices and the relationship to COVID-19 care.
9. Describe the process for bringing it all together to provide care to residents and staff.
10. Discuss the Core Practices and the relationship to COVID-19 care.

Cost:

$250 for AHCA/NCAL Members

$650 for general public/ non-members

Audience:

All staff and leadership in long-term care facilities

How to Register:

1. If you are new to this site, you will need to CREATE AN ACCOUNT. AHCA/NCAL members will need to add the facility name to their profile at the time of creating an account. If you cannot locate your facility by name, then search by zip code. Non-Members, you are welcome to add your company name. If you do not see it listed, please email educate@ahca.org and we will help you. 
2. Members who have an existing account can login using their existing AHCA/NCAL username and password. Once you are logged in to the website you will be able to register. If you have forgotten your password click here. If you are new to the site you can create an account here. After doing so, you will be able to register for the webinar.
3. After you create your account, go back to the course and click REGISTER. You will then be prompted to complete the payment process in your cart.
4. Once you have purchased the course, it will be conveniently located in your "My Dashboard". To begin the course, click the Course contents tab. Then click on the first item and complete it. You can move through the course at your own pace, stopping and returning to where you left off anytime.
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6. If you need assistance, please e-mail your questions to educate@ahca.org. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

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