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NCHCFA is sending UPDATE out a day early since our office will be closed on Wednesday in observance of Independence Day. We will be open again during normal business hours on Thursday and Friday (8:00 am – 5:00 pm). We wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July!

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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: Optum Care, PruittHealth, QMX Mobile Health, and Remedi SeniorCare. We appreciate your support!

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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 http://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.

Call the Embassy Suites Resort at (800) 876-0010 to reserve your overnight room. Use group code “HCF” to identify yourself as a NC Health Care Facilities Association Convention attendee! To make your reservation online, visit https://tinyurl.com/ncsummersymposium2018.

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On June 28th, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) announced that 3 long term and post-acute care members across North Carolina were recognized with a 2018 Silver – Commitment to Quality Award by AHCA/NCAL for their dedication to quality care. The AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program honors providers throughout the country that have demonstrated their commitment to delivering quality care for seniors and persons with disabilities.

The National Quality Award Program, implemented by AHCA/NCAL in 1996, is centered on the core values and criteria of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is the foundation of the metric-based AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative. The National Quality Award program assists providers of long term and post-acute care services in achieving the application of continuous quality improvement.

At the Silver level, members develop and demonstrate effective approaches that help improve organizational performance and health care outcomes. 2018 recipients of the Silver award can now advance in further developing comprehensive strategies that meet the criteria required for the Gold – Excellence in Quality Award. At the Silver level, members develop and demonstrate effective approaches that help improve organizational performance and health care outcomes. 2018 recipients of the Silver award can now advance in further developing comprehensive strategies that meet the criteria required for the Gold – Excellence in Quality Award.

Cross Creek Health Care – Swan Quarter
Franklin Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center – Louisburg
Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation – Wilkesboro

The awards will be presented during AHCA/NCAL’s 69th Annual Convention and Exposition in San Diego, California, October 7-10, 2018.

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The NC Health Care Facilities Association presents Act of Violence Response – How to Prepare For and Respond During and After an Act of Violence. Recent tragedies remind us that the risk is real: an act of violence can happen in any place at any time. Preparing for an act of violence in a long term care facility requires a multifaceted approach. Assessing the risk of violence requires a detailed analysis. The risk assessment will facilitate effective policies and plans for response, communication, and recovery. Training staff involves conveying response protocols as well as being attentive to the emotional stress associated with the training and helping staff understand practical methods to protect themselves. The assessment, plans, and training will all be minimized if the organization has no approach to addressing physical, emotional, and operational recovery. This workshop will walk participants through assessing the risk of an act of violence, examine best practices for training staff, and discuss development of comprehensive plans and policies to manage an act of violence in a long term care facility.

About the Speaker

Will Moorhead, J.D., MEP, is President and Owner of All Clear Emergency Management Group. He has served in the emergency management field both as a first responder and in State and local government capacities. He has over 25 years of experience in the fire service and is a FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP). His previous positions as Legal Analyst for South Carolina Emergency Management Division and Director of Public Health Preparedness for South Carolina Division of Health and Environmental Control Region 2 provided many opportunities to see first-hand how legal issues impact emergency management. Will has worked in the consulting arena for 11 years where he has been able to share his expertise in emergency management.

This session will be offered in three locations:
July 18, 2018 – Pennybyrn at Maryfield, High Point, NC
July 19, 2018 – Bradley Creek Health Center at Carolina Bay, Wilmington, NC
July 24, 2018 – Aston Park Health Care Center, Asheville, NC

Click here to view and print the brochure with registration form. Click here to register online now!

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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 and Poyner Spruill LLP. We appreciate your support!

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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 July 19th, from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Webinar details are below:

Title: Roommate Changes and Resident Room Relocations (Under the Revised CMS Requirements of Participation (RoP)
Presenter: Ken Burgess and Iain Stauffer, Poyner Spruill, LLP

This Webinar will focus on CMS’s revised regulations governing notices required before, and limitations on, the relocation of residents within a SNF and roommate preferences- including when residents have the right to refuse a planned relocation from one room to another within a skilled nursing facility. Click here to register now!

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It’s time to 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. The early bird registration deadline is July 20th, don’t miss it!

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This video was filmed during a live presentation. Diana Waugh explains the cycle of communication, how to use the “five W’s” of communication, how to develop techniques to deal with a negative co-worker, and how to communicate across disciplines. The talk includes a discussion of communication barriers such as jargon, mood, expectations, noise, and personal style. Demonstrations give participants a chance to experience communication issues on the spot.

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

Product #8081
AHCA MEMBERS $69.95

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NCHCFA has partnered with nationally recognized speaker, Cara Silletto and her company Crescendo Strategies, to offer you a new online course. Are you having trouble retaining young workers? Do you find it hard to understand Millennials? If you missed our Full Day Workforce Summit, this 90-minute, self-paced online course shows leaders a Millennial speaker’s first-hand stories about the real generational issues on the T.A.B.L.E. (technology, authority, balance, loyalty, entitlement). Course participants will learn critical insights about all of today’s workers in order to bridge the widening generational gaps and reduce unnecessary employee turnover.

How companies use this online course:

• Consistent training across multiple locations
• Catch-up session for those who missed it live
• New supervisor and manager orientation
• Prep for strategic planning or leadership retreats
• Deep-dive diversity training beyond the basics
• Continuing education credits (1.5 NAB-approved credits)

NCHCFA is pleased to offer member discounts! Click here for more information and promotional codes. Click here to start the course (Remember to enter your promo code).

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Turning Top CNAs Into Stars

Provider Magazine Article

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The Declaration of Independence actually began on July 2, 1776 with a letter to Britain’s King George to explain why the Continental Congress voted to declare America’s independence. It was on July 4, that the final wording of the declaration was agreed.

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