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The sixth annual NCHCFA Summer Symposium will be August 9-11, 2017 at the Embassy Suites Resort at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. To view the Schedule of Events click here. Brochures will be available soon! Please call the Association at (919) 782-3827 if you need additional details.

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In a recent survey of our member providers, the number one issue noted was staff retention and reducing employee turnover. We have been fortunate enough to secure a nationally recognized speaker on this topic, Cara Silletto, MBA, President of Crescendo Strategies. Crescendo Strategies is a firm committed to reducing the unnecessary employee turnover by bridging generational gaps and making leaders more effective in their roles. Cara currently sits in a unique spot for her specialty of bridging the great generational divide, because she is an early Millennial herself, born in 1981, yet she is equipped with an MBA and more than 14 years of experience learning the unwritten expectations of older managers and business owners in order to advance her own career. Workforce Magazine named Cara a “Game Changer” and Recruiter.com named her in their “Top 10 Company Culture Experts to Watch.” Cara is also the co-author of “What’s Next in HR.”

Click Here to watch a short video from Cara!

About the Program

Join us for our Workforce Summit, where we’ll tackle your staffing challenges head on! Come learn insights about the shifting demographics of the workforce, employees’ evolving expectations, and strategies for improving staffing stability and reducing unnecessary employee turnover. We’ll also dive into the mindset of your Millennial workers, those under 37, to explain exactly why they think and work so differently than previous generations. By the time you leave this workshop, you’ll discover the true cost of employee turnover, know how to assess your brand as an employer and walk away with realistic plans for improving your workforce woes.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the current and shifting workforce demographics
• Discuss the evolution of employee expectations over the past decade
• Learn how generational differences impact the workforce and why today’s youngest generation of workers thinks and acts differently than previous generations
• Discover strategies for reducing unnecessary employee turnover and increasing staffing stability

Dates Offered:

June 27th – Charlotte, NC
June 28th – Raleigh, NC

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE BROCHURE!

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Make plans today to join your colleagues for the sixth annual NCHCFA Summer Symposium. The three-day event will be August 9-11, 2017 at the Embassy Suites Resort at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. Call the Embassy Suites Resort at (800) 876-0010 to reserve your overnight room. Use group code “HCA” to identify yourself as a NC Health Care Facilities Association Convention attendee! To make your reservation on-line, visit http://tinyurl.com/summersymposium2017.

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Make plans today to attend the sixth annual NCHCFA Summer Symposium August 9-11, 2017, at the Embassy Suites Resort at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC. Mark Gogal is an enthusiastic, energetic, and passionate leader and presenter who truly enjoys developing others to reach their fullest potential both professionally and personally. Mark has facilitated two Empowerment Leadership workshops for NCHCFA that have both sold-out!

Mark is a Human Resources Leader with over 25 years of progressive, global, and diverse human resources experience, practical business partnering expertise, strong organizational and analytical skills, and proven strategic management experience. He has a multi-faceted background in developing and implementing core HR policies/practices to meet the changing business, legal and labor compliance environment. Mark has worked in a variety of industries in the public and private sectors including healthcare. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this informative program on Friday, August 11 aat 9:00 AM.

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Please plan to join your friends and colleagues in beautiful Southern Pines, North Carolina, on September 14 and 15 for the North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association (NCHCFA) 6th Annual Autumn Classic. The event will be held at the world famous Pine Needles Lodge and Resort. Built in 1928, the Donald Ross course at Pine Needles has been host to three U.S. Women’s Open tournaments in 1996, 2001 and again in 2007.

You do not have to play golf to participate. In addition to the “Cabana Club” Package, we are pleased to announce we are offering a new “Recharge Club” Package at this year’s event. Come enjoy lunch and spend the afternoon relaxing at The Spa at Pinehurst. This 31,000 square foot facility is a Forbes Four-Star Spa that offers a wide variety of treatments and services. This package includes access to all areas at the spa, which features a heated, three lane saline lap pool, eucalyptus steam rooms, a spacious fitness center, and much more. Transportation will be provided to and from the Village at Pinehurst.

The Autumn Classic is hosted by the NCHCFA to benefit our political action committee (PAC). Click here to review the information about the scheduled events and to register. We hope you will join us in Southern Pines in September.

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The latest newsletter for post-acute care providers from KEPRO, the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) for North Carolina, is now available. Click here to access the latest issue.

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It’s here and it’s hot! This year’s AHCA/NCAL Convention & Expo Preliminary Program is now available on-line! You can even read it on your mobile devices. Take a look at what Las Vegas has in store for you October 15-18, 2017 in this easy-to-access, easy-to-read flip book.

This year’s Convention & Expo offers national keynote speakers, valuable education, professional networking and exciting exhibits staffed with experts ready to help your company excel. The Gala Dinner & Show (separate ticketed event) is going to be a fantastic night of music, food, and fun that you will remember long after the Las Vegas night ends with Huey Lewis and the News headlining! Register early and save! Early bird registration and savings continue through July 21.

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NCHCFA Districts have scheduled their spring meetings. The agenda will include the following topics/presentations:

Alliant Quality (QIN-QIO) – Alliant Quality will present an update on NC’s facilities’ quality measures including pressure ulcers, restraints, etc. They will also discuss the facility composite score.

Healthcare Preparedness Coalition – The Coalition will provide a brief presentation covering the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule, to be implemented by November 2017, basic information regarding key considerations that challenge providers, and differences between urban and rural provider issues will be discussed.

NC Culture Change Coalition – The Coalition is involved in several activities, including a grant program with the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR). Information will be presented concerning how to apply for grants, the application process, eligible projects, and more.

NC Works – NC Works will present information on how NC Works may assist facilities in filling positions and keeping employees and how facilities can become more involved with NC Works.

District I
Silver Bluff Village
100 Silver Bluff Drive
Canton, NC 28716
June 8, 2017
10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
For registration, click here

District meetings allow participants to interact with peers in a comfortable atmosphere, promoting valuable and productive conversation. Space will be limited to 50 individuals but, unlike the previous district meetings, this will be open to any employees of your facility who may benefit from attending. There is no cost to participate.

These programs will offer 4.0 contact hours for nursing home administrators. The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association is a Registered Sponsor of continuing education with the NC State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators. Comments regarding the Registered Sponsor Course may be addressed to: NCBENHA, 3733 National Drive, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC 27612.

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Alliant Quality wants to encourage SNFs to keep signing up for the National Collaborative – or SPACE. Alliant recommends having as much time as possible to get started on Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) work and improving facility quality measures in a systems approach to improve their five star and composite scores.

Alliant Quality is the Medicare Quality Innovation Network (QIN)-Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for North Carolina. Under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Alliant Quality invites your nursing home to participate in a collaborative designed to ensure that every nursing home resident receives the highest quality of care.

The Collaborative offers an exciting opportunity to learn from high performing nursing homes regarding their processes as they pertain to consistent/permanent staff assignment, teamwork and communications, leadership, regulatory compliance, clinical models, and quality of life indicators. The Collaborative aligns national nursing home quality initiatives and partnerships such as the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes Campaign, The Partnership to Improve Dementia Care, and QAPI. Targeted focus areas will include increasing mobility, decreasing unnecessary use of antipsychotics in residents with dementia, decreasing potentially avoidable hospitalizations and decreasing healthcare acquired infections and conditions.

To register, click here for the Participation Agreement and fax or e-mail it back to Lisa Klemis, contact information is on the Participation Agreement. For more details, e-mail Leighann Sauls at Leighann.Sauls@area-F.hcqis.org or call (919) 745-4730.

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Alliant Quality, the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for North Carolina is seeking central North Carolina skilled nursing facilities interested in collaborating on the Special Innovation Project (SIP) Improving Access to Palliative Care in the Long Term Care Facility.

Palliative care focuses on comfort and improving quality of life. A team of professionals helps residents and families navigate through the health care system and make health care decisions that are right for them. Goals of this project not only include providing quality of life and satisfaction for residents of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), but also provision of services that minimize risks of potentially avoidable transfers to acute care.

Often, nursing home residents lack advance directives that would assist them at the end of life. When a resident, without an advanced directive, suffers a worsening of their clinical condition, a cascade of care is put into motion and can trigger unwanted emergency room visits and admissions, which can lead to other complications. The provision of palliative care services for SNF residents supports person-directed care in a proactive way to honor the patient and their choices.

Alliant Quality, in partnership with SNFs and palliative care organizations, will develop customized education and learning sessions for SNF leaders to better understand palliative care and its beneficial role for the residents whom they are caring for each day. This educational offering will be pilot-tested in central North Carolina with SNFs who are interested in this Special Innovation Project offered through the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services

Participating SNFs will have the opportunity to:

• Receive free training programs designed to improve their SNF staff competency and knowledge related to end-of-life care
• Join a learning network with experts on palliative care in the SNF setting
• Partner with palliative care providers in order to improve the quality of life of their residents
• Implement low-burden measurement strategies that monitor resident and family satisfaction with end-of-life care
• Improve rates of avoidable acute care transfers and hospital admission and readmission rates

For more information, contact:
Jennifer Judson RN, BSN
Project Lead, Palliative Care
Office: (678) 527-3473
Jennifer.Judson@alliantquality.org

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While the scope of long term care settings has expanded from nursing homes and home care agencies to assisted living facilities and community-based health services, the training for nurses, managers and administrators, medical directors, and other professionals who work in these facilities is often fragmented. This book was developed to fill a widely-recognized gap in the management and leadership skills of RNs needed to improve the quality of long term care.

To order, visit http://www.AHCApublications.org or call (800) 321-0343. Fax orders may also be placed at (800) 869-5605.

Product # 8398
AHCA Members (on-line price) $85.00

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If you were unable to attend one of our sessions on Updated Regulations with Cindy DePorter, the notebook used in the training is now available for purchase. E-mail Donna Snyder to order a notebook for your facility at donnas@nchcfa.org. The cost is $25.00 plus tax and shipping.

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Alarming results in latest study

http://www.mcknights.com/daily-editors-notes/alarming-results-in-latest-study/article/665045

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When you hit spacebar, 600,000 people in the world did just the same. Doing math, it turns out that every 1/10th of a second on Earth, the spacebar is used. So, when you hit the space, you’re doing it at the exact time as 600,000 other people.

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