September is National Recovery Month 

 
September 5, 2018
"Pleasure in the job, puts perfection in the work."

Aristotle


The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Each year CHC provides training and consulting to hundreds of agencies, their staff of nurses, therapists, personal care providers, and aides as well as to family and other caregivers who provide in-home services to the infirm, chronically ill and disabled  to improve care, quality and safety. 

CHC received an average rating of 4.98 Stars out of a possible 5 for Learner rating of Quality and Program satisfaction across all live and online training in 2017. Also, 98 percent of CHC's Learners would recommend training sessions to a colleague!
September is National Recovery Month.
 2018 theme: Join the Voices for Recovery: Invest in Health, Home, Purpose, and Community
Drugs are killing more Coloradans than ever. 
Opioids, methamphetamines, cocaine and other substances claimed the lives of 912 Coloradans in 2016, an all-time high, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).
That's more than the 627 Coloradans who died in a car crash in 2016 and more than the 532 who died of flu that year. 


Key Takeaways 2018 Colorado Health Institute Report
  • Colorado recorded 912 drug overdose deaths in 2016, more than in any previous year. And new data, while not final, suggest the deaths increased to 959 in 2017.
  • That translates to a rate of 16.1 drug overdose deaths for each 100,000 residents, up 83 percent from a rate of 8.8 in 2001.
  • There are wide variations across Colorado's counties. El Paso County led the state with 141 fatal drug overdoses in 2016, followed by Denver County at 138. Colorado's populous counties, most located along the Front Range, generally have the highest numbers of overdose deaths, reflecting their larger populations.
  • Huerfano County, with about 6,600 residents, had six overdose deaths in 2016. That's a rate of 152.6 per 100,000, the highest in the state. In fact, nine of the 10 counties with the highest overdose death rates have populations of less than 50,000. 

NEW!
QUALITY MANAGEMENT:  
ALL ABOUT DATA  for  A ll agency types 
with Jennifer Windram, RN, BSN and former CDPHE Surveyor
ONLINE PROGRAM offers 2 CEUs 
October 16, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
This course provides compliance with both Annual Training and Initial Training required of all Administrators, Managers & alternates.

LIVE
CDPHE-approved Basic 8-hour Administrator Training for  A ll agency types 
with Connie McWilliams, MBA, CHC president with 20 years of experience as owner-operator of an accredited Medicare-certified agency.
LIVE PROGRAM offers 4 CEUs each day
October 16 & 17, 10:00 am to 3:00 Pm
This course provides compliance with both  Annual Training and Initial Training   required  of all Administrators, Managers & alternates.

ONLINE
CDPHE-approved Basic 8-hour Administrator Training for  A ll agency types 
with Connie McWilliams, MBA, CHC president with 20 years of experience as owner-operator of an accredited Medicare-certified agency.
ONLINE PROGRAM offers 2 CEUs each day
September 18, 20, 25, 27, 9:00 am to 11:00 am
 This course provides compliance with both  Annual Training and Initial Training   required  of all Administrators, Managers & alternates.

Non-medical Management & Supervisor
Training Parts I & II 
Part 1:  9/20 - 
Part 2:  9/27


Join Laura Neill (Laura@chctrain.com), former CDPHE Surveyor and Case Manager.


  
eLearn available 24/7 $100

CDPHE-approved Behavior Management of the Client with Dementia or Cognitive Disorders

Registrants will learn skills and tools necessary to provide care and services to clients with cognitive and memory impairments.




Introducing the Post-Acute Care Continuity Plan


The push for care coordination improvement, penalties for avoidable readmissions, and consumer adoption of intelligent technologies are trends entrenched in the practice of care. All three are reshaping the healthcare landscape based on one simple fact: It's much less expensive for a patient to embrace self-care strategies to treat new or recurring symptoms than to end up in the hospital.  The solution involves a two-part strategy:

Introduce a self-care post-acute care continuity plan that expands beyond the hospital and is entirely e-transaction focused
Maintain patient oversight at home or other post-acute care setting through a connected care team

Read the full article
eLearn Courses 
2 CEUs
available 24/7
( A ll agency types)
Care about Care Coordination 
- 2 CEUs $100

Our eLearn courses are available 24/7 and offer clear learner progress indicators and unlimited replays of course material. Resume learning exactly where you left off, on your mobile, tablet, laptop or any device.  

Consulting CEUs
 

Agency-centered Training
CEU Consulting 
4 CEUs and up

  • Quality Management Program
  • Complaint, Incident, Occurrence, Grievance Log
  • Provision of Skilled Care & Services
  • Annual Evaluation

 
eLearn Program: Why Home Care Should Care 
about 
HIPAA 
With $2.8 billion being spent on healthcare hacking breaches during 2016, and 81% of IT leaders citing data security as a top business goal, security in healthcare has never been more important.
 
9 am - 11 am
2 CEUs


9/11 Understanding the Survey Process
9/18 Provision of Skilled Care & Services
10/2 Oversight & Operations for Skilled HCAs
10/9 Quality Management
10/16 QMP Data
10/23 Emergency Preparedness

 
CEU Consulting at your offices by appointment & 4-hour minimum.
Join Jennifer Windram, RN, BSN and 
former CDPHE Surveyor.


HCBS or IHSS Home Care: The Standards & Ongoing Compliance 

9/6 HCBS
9/13 IHSS



Laura Neill, former CDPHE Surveyor and Case Manager (Laura@CHCTrain.com)




 

All courses qualify for annual training.
All courses are updated with rule changes.
eLearn available 24/7 
 
24/7 - eLearn Care about Care coordination
24/7 - eLearn Care about Privacy, Confidentiality & HIPAA
24/7 - eLearn Behavior Management of the client with Dementias
 
Live and Online


9/6 HCBS
9/11 Understanding the Survey Process
10/16 & 17 LIVE Basic 8-hour Administrator Training
9/13 IHSS
9/18 Provision of Skilled Care & Services
10/2 Oversight & Operations for Skilled HCAs
10/9 Quality Management
10/16 QMP Data
10/23 Emergency Preparedness

  
CEU Consulting at your offices by appointment & 4-hour minimum.