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NCHCFA has exceeded its block of rooms at the Embassy Suites Resort for the Annual Summer Symposium. NCHCFA is working with the hotel to secure a few additional rooms for our event. Please call Allison Dew at the Association office at (919) 782-3827 or email allisond@nchcfa.org as soon as possible if you need an overnight reservation. NCHCFA will do our best to accommodate all attendees for the event within the hotel properties!

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Register today for the seventh annual NCHCFA Summer Symposium, August 8-10, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Resort at Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SC for the most up to date information affecting long term care. You can register and pay on line at NCHCFA’s new Website! Visit https://www.nchcfa.org & click on the Calendar or the Seventh Annual Summer Symposium Registration Banner! Administrators and registered nurses will be able to earn up to 11.5 hours of continuing education.

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NCHCFA Executive Vice President, Polly Welsh, will begin the session by briefly recapping NCHCFA’s initial collaboration with the Health Care Personnel Education and Credentialing Section; North Carolina Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Future Health Professionals, and the North Carolina Community College System. In addition, she will be discussing nursing apprenticeships as well as the Association’s experience attending the 2018 HOSA Leadership Conference.

As the health workforce shortage becomes more severe – studies, theories, and commentary are abundant. This session promises to be outside the box in its discussions of how to examine a different kind of culture, the individual facility’s workforce culture. For example, how can we learn, emulate and benefit from Chick-Fil-A in our workforce culture? What do we mean by “drops in the bucket?”

The session will conclude by examining what members can offer to NCHCFA’s workforce efforts.

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Join your colleagues on the beach for an afternoon of fun! Represent your district in the NCHCFA Volleyball Tournament. Will our Associate Members defend their title? Challenge the NCHCFA staff and Board of Directors in the quest for the Chair’s Cup. If you are not set on volleyball, get a team together for the Corn Hole Tournament or Sand Castle contest. Be sure to bring the family! Additional games will be provided for younger children. Sponsors will provide snacks, beverages, and prizes.

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NCHCFA has an additional benefit of membership, a one-hour Webinar on a timely and relevant topic to its members at no additional charge. There will be no CEUs offered for these Webinars.

The next Webinar is scheduled for August 16th, from 12:00 NOON – 1:00 PM. Webinar details are below:

Title: AHCA National Quality Award Program- Bronze Level
Presenter: Erin Prendergast, American Health Care Association (AHCA)

Join NCHCFA with the National Quality Award program staff in this new applicant Webinar to learn about program benefits and the criteria and application process for the Bronze award level. The AHCA Quality Award team will also announce dates for the 2019 program cycle, recommend helpful AHCA resources, and facilitate a question and answer session.

Click Here to register now!

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Please plan to join your friends and colleagues in beautiful Southern Pines, North Carolina, on September 12th and 13th for the NCHCFA 7th 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. Register for the “Recharge Club” Package and 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). To review registration materials click here. We hope you will join us in Southern Pines in September.

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The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association would like to thank our 2018 Summer Symposium Platinum Sponsors for supporting the upcoming seventh annual Summer Symposium in Myrtle Beach, SC. Stop by the NCHCFA Platinum Sponsor Showcase on August 8th, or set a time to “meet-up” during one of the networking opportunities scheduled throughout the Symposium with our following Platinum Sponsors: Carolina Complete Health, Health Care Services Group, Medline, PruittHealth, QMX Mobile Health, Remedi SeniorCare, and Southern Pharmacy. We appreciate your support!

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The North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association would like to thank our 2018 Summer Symposium Corporate Sponsors for supporting the upcoming seventh annual Summer Symposium in Myrtle Beach, SC: Blue Ridge Pharmacy, Medipack Pharmacy, Mobilex USA, Poyner Spruill LLP, and TridentRX. We appreciate your support!

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Register and make plans to join your colleagues from around the country in beautiful San Diego for the most valuable long term and post-acute care gathering of the year. AHCA/NCAL has a diverse slate of keynote speakers who will share personal stories of challenge and success that will inspire and motivate you.

Choose from more than 70 sessions with topics to support all professional roles in long term and post-acute care! By attending education sessions from Sunday through Wednesday, attendees can earn up to 16 administrator CEs (separate ticketed sessions can increase CEs). Hear from speakers with advanced degrees, advanced experience, and a passion to further the profession. AHCA’s faculty is ready to share their considerable expertise with you. Register today and don’t miss out!

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The Honorable Renee Ellmers, Regional Director, Region IV, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and former Member of Congress from North Carolina, met with NCHCFA representatives and East Carolina University Allied Health Sciences faculty to discuss a proposal to build upon ECU’s long history and expertise in telemedicine toward a grant project that would make telepsychiatry consultation available to participating skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and NORC at The University of Chicago, created the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use to develop and implement a bundle of interventions designed to improve antibiotic stewardship and antibiotic prescribing practices across acute care, long-term care, and ambulatory care facilities across the United States.

Antibiotics are a precious resource and can be critical for improving the outcomes of patients with serious infections. However, antibiotics also have the potential to cause patient harm, including allergic reactions, Clostridium difficile infections, and antibiotic resistance both at the individual patient level and for society as a whole.

Click here, to learn more about Long-term care (LTC) facility registration and register to attend an informational Webinar.

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Metro Atlanta-based Second Wind Dreams received a $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand its Virtual Dementia Tour in nursing homes throughout North Carolina. The non-profit’s Virtual Dementia Tour (VDT) is meant to build sensitivity and awareness for caregivers of those with dementia and improve the quality of life for those with dementia. The tour is a simulation that allows people to experience sensory impairments, vision loss, imbalance and confusion those with dementia often experience. The funds will be used to provide this experience in 200 nursing homes in North Carolina beginning March 2018. Applications are first-come, first-served.

Eligible Nursing Homes will receive:

• VDT conducted by a Second Wind Dreams certified trainer
• Designation as a “Dementia-Sensitive Environment”
• Person-centered assessment of staff performance
• VDT conducted in the local community
• CEU credit for multiple domains
• Staff in-service training

ALL AT NO COST TO YOUR NURSING HOME!

All certified, skilled nursing homes are welcome to apply to participate in the CMP Funds project. Contact Ebony Blanding, Grants Coordinator, at grants@secondwind.org for more information or by calling (470) 242-0170. To download the flyer and application, click here.

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Racial and cultural differences exist in residential communities. You can make a difference through educated and compassionate caregiving staff. This video addresses how diversity (religious, cultural, and sexual) can affect caregiving.

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

Product #8177
AHCA MEMBERS $79.00

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If you were unable to attend one of our sessions on the Requirements of Participation Phase 2 and the New Survey Process, the notebook used in the training is now available for purchase. Email 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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America is running out of family caregivers, just when it needs them most

MSN Article

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The city of Staunton, IL hosts and annual Tour de Donut, a 30 mile bike race where riders take 5 minutes off their time for each donut they eat along the way.

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