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Conflict Management:
What’s Your Style?
Conflict is normal, natural, and critical to the development of a community. While conflict can be challenging and uncomfortable, there are ways to have difficult conversations and develop skills to serve you. Most people think conflict is a negative thing, but healthy conflict can result in growth, learning, and understanding.
Join Dr. Brein Haugen to learn more about your conflict style and ways to navigate difficult interactions within the workplace.
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When: Thursday, January 18th at 12pm (Central)
- Length: 40 minutes
- Where: Online
- Cost: $0
- Registration is limited so register today! Everyone that registers for the webinar will receive a link to the recording of the session.
- REGISTER HERE
KHCA members receive up to a 15% grant on tuition. Select Kansas Health Care Association for employer.
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Many skilled nursing operators will need to reclassify their existing relationships with independent contractors and rethink future ones in the wake of a final rule issued by the Department of Labor on Tuesday. READ MORE
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Four Tips Provided To Help Facilities Ensure Accuracy Of Section GG Items
American Association of Post-Acute Care Nursing Curriculum Development Specialist Jessie McGill, RN, BSN, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA, writes in Provider Magazine (1/9, 151K), "To ensure the accuracy of section GG’s self-care and mobility items, interdisciplinary team (IDT) involvement and a process to determine usual performance are essential." It might "seem preferable to streamline the process and assign the nurse assessment coordinator or therapist to complete this section, but it will likely lead to an inaccurate result." McGill offers four tips to "help facility teams develop a process to ensure the accuracy of section GG items."
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Rural Nursing Homes Struggling Amid Ongoing Financial, Staffing Challenges
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News (1/8, Marselas) reports on the impact that financial and staffing challenges are having on rural nursing homes. There is "an increasing concern that those who need rehab or long-term care will end up going instead to facilities at least 30 miles away, even if many of those buildings are restricting admissions." Furthermore, "many of the technology options that have helped metro-area nursing homes transform the kind of care they can provide still present hurdles for old buildings in far-off locations." The "alternative payment models that have started to pump some much-needed staffing and financial resources into nursing homes in population hubs have in large part left rural nursing home operators out of the mix." And "what staff can be lured to rural locales or from competitors in the same geographic regions – especially the travel or agency nurses needed to plug constant holes – are demanding pay that undercuts facilities’ long-term financial sustainability." The greatest "concern for many providers is the federal government’s planned staffing mandate, which virtually no rural nursing homes could meet, according to" CMS estimates. The rule, American Health Care Association President and CEO Mark Parkinson "said at a recent event exploring rural health care needs, is ‘literally a death sentence for nursing homes in rural areas.’" The article adds, "Rural nursing homes made up 31% percent of all nursing home closures since 2020, according to AHCA data."
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Nursing Home Leaders To Oversee Efforts In 2024 To Increase Funding
Skilled Nursing News (1/5, Siddiqi) reported, "Nursing home leaders from across the nation, including the largest advocacy groups for the sector, plan to oversee efforts in 2024 to increase funding – both from the federal government and through improved revenue streams as operating pressures ease slightly." At the center of such "efforts is an attempt at influencing the political will and countering an unfairly negative public image of nursing homes." American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson "said 2024 represents a milestone of sorts for the industry." Parkinson told SNN, "There are so many reasons to be optimistic about the future of our work and the opportunities that lie ahead. At the same time, long-term care continues to face one of the biggest threats to our profession: the ongoing workforce crisis. ... A priority of AHCA/NCAL will be ensuring that the Administration, policymakers, and stakeholders understand the full consequences of the proposed mandate." Parkinson added, "I am confident that we will emerge from these challenges with a clear path forward in 2024. AHCA/NCAL will continue our mission to deliver solutions for quality care, and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t witness providers across the country putting in the passion, time, and energy required to make this happen."
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Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar
There are some very interesting infection control issues occurring related to a rise in COVID cases, and a reduction in COVID vaccine rates and the governments change in reimbursement for the vaccines.
Per a Provider Magazine article, the vaccine rates in nursing home residents was “lowest in the most socially vulnerable counties”. CDC attributes the low rates in nursing homes involves: “vaccine fatigue, inaccurate health information, and vaccine hesitancy”. They make no mention that finding reimbursement for the vaccines is very difficult for nursing facilities, thus putting the cost onto the facilities themselves. READ MORE
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Are you a current AIT Preceptor or are you interested in becoming one?
We have a high need for Preceptors in the KC area!
If you are a current Preceptor we would love to have you on our list. Please contact Teresa with your Preceptor number at tkeating@khca.org. Are you interested in becoming an AIT Preceptor and shaping the future of the profession? Our team is happy to walk you through that process. Click here for the KDADS information and give Teresa a call at 785-267-6003.
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Call for presentations
An essential service to our association is offering high quality training and education to our members. We invite you to join us in our commitment to delivering timely, relevant, and engaging information as we prepare for our 2024 Education Calendar.
We are looking for topics that fit skilled nursing, assisted living, home plus and residential health care communities.
Click here to learn more on our needs and how you can submit a proposal.
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Join us for Aging Services Day 2024!
Aging Services Day is a collaborative event put together by Kansas Health Care Association/Kansas Center for Assisted Living, LeadingAge Kansas and Kansas Adult Care Executives where Long Term Care Providers gather at the State Capitol to champion the needs of our elderly in Kansas. We will meet in the morning for education then walk together across the street to the Capitol for a full afternoon of legislative advocacy on issues that are crucial to the LTC Profession with our Kansas Legislators. It’s a powerful opportunity to allow your voice to be heard and influence positive change for LTC providers and the population we care for. Be part of the movement for better aging services.
Priority deadline to ensure a meeting with a legislator is January 22, but registration for the remainder of the day’s events will remain open until the day before the event.
𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:
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Webinar: Documentation in Depth: Supportive Documentation for Falls and Accidents
1/16/24 - 1:30PM-2:30PM
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Webinar: Survey Trends in Assisted Living
1/18/24 - 1:00PM-2:15PM
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Webinar: Care Plans for SSD's
1/23/24 - 1:00PM-2:30PM
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RAC-CT Certification In-Person Workshop
1/29/2024 8:00AM - 1/31/2024 5:00PM
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Aging Services Day - 2024
2/1/2024 8:30AM - 4:00PM
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Administrator in Training (AIT) Program
Looking for an AIT Program? Click here for more details on KHCA's Program.
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Kansas Health Care Association and the Kansas Center for Assisted Living
1100 SW Gage Blvd. | PO Box 4770 | Topeka, KS 66604
PH: 785-267-6003 FAX: 785-267-0833
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