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October 12, 2022

Urge the Governor to Include the DSHS Funding Priorities!

We need your help to encourage the Governor and the Office of Financial Management to include the DSHS funding priorities in the Governor's budget proposal.

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Donate to Support Disaster Relief

Older adults in Florida and along the east coast need our help. As Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida this week, resulting in catastrophic damage and historic flooding in much of the state, some of our member communities were impacted.

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Regulatory Changes & Reminders

MDS Transition to the iQIES System

HELSA Not Among the COVID-19 Emergency Orders Ending October 31st

Invitation to Participate in Upcoming Plan of Care Session (ALF) November 18th

Department of Health-Project Firstline Washington

DOH and RCS Webinar: Enhanced Barrier Precautions October 25th

National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15th * Fire Prevention and Safety. Is Your Facility Compliant?

Other Important News

Deadline Approaching! Applications for our 2023 Leadership Institute Program due by October 14th - Contact our office if you have an application pending!

VA Wants to Work with LeadingAge to Serve More Veterans in Adult Day Health Care

Requirements of Participation – RoP of the Week – Policies and Resources

NIC Report: State of Seniors Housing in Primary Markets

Unpacking the Wage Dilemma in Aging Services

It's Essential -------- 2022 Flu Media Kit

Emergency Preparedness

International ShakeOut Day is October 20th and millions of people in Washington take part each year.

If you only take one day per year to think about how you can be more prepared for your earthquake and tsunami hazards, make it this one!

Ready.gov has a variety of toolkits to help your staff and business prepare for disasters. Make "preparedness" a year round practice for everyone. If your staff aren’t ready, you aren’t ready.

Have the discussions, do the training, make the plans. Be prepared.

Emergency Preparedness App (ePrep)

Have you downloaded LeadingAge Washington’s Emergency Preparedness App? This App has resources, customized for Washington state, that you can use to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. It also enables you to securely host your necessary emergency documents and share them with key team members and community partners. To refresh your communities login details contact Pat

To view the app visit here .

Additional Resources

Infection Prevention and Control: Incorporating Lessons Learned in Managing Special Pathogens, November 7th, 11:00 a.m.

Emergency Preparedness Tags
Emergency Preparedness Plan Checklist
National Preparedness Month 2022: ASPR TRACIE Resources
LeadingAge Washington's Updated 2022 Disaster Resident Relocation Plan - Do you have a relocation plan in place with a neighboring community(s)?

Education

LeadingAge Washington's Fall Leadership Summit

November 10th

DoubleTree by Hilton, Southcenter, SeaTac

Join us to spend some quality time with quality people as together we learn to explore what’s possible, reinforce best practices, and celebrate the wisdom this amazing membership has to collectively offer each other.

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Webinar: Uncopyable Sales Secrets to Energize Your Sales

November 1st, 10:00 a.m.

For the past few years, selling in the Senior Living World has been challenging at best. The good news: there are strategies, ideas and SECRETS.

If you want to make more sales, and have more fun making them, this session is for you. Kay Miller, the author of the new book, Uncopyable Sales Secrets, will lead an action-packed, one-hour sales program with new and creative ideas to rock your sales process, and catapult you to success.

Caregiver Certification Online Series

LeadingAge Washington has partnered with Home Care Pulse to bring online training to your employees across the continuum of care at an affordable cost. Give your team the yearly training they need with Home Care Pulse’s Certified Caregiver Online Training Program!

The first four Learning Paths include: Activities of Daily Living, Safety and Confidentiality, Dementia, Dining and Nutrition Specialists

BOMI Facility Management Training - RSVP Today!

BOMI International is collaborating with LeadingAge WA to deliver systems maintenance and management classes which will ensure that facility professionals have the critical knowledge and skills needed for personal and organizational success.

Additional details Minimum 5

Webinar: Washington State Chapter of NADONA/LTC- Nurse’s Supporting Nurses - October 19, 2022 11:00 a.m.

Expert-Led Education at Your Fingertips

The LeadingAge Learning Hub offers a mix of e-learning opportunities across a wide range of topics to give aging services professionals the ability to choose the level of investment and pace of learning that fits their schedule and budget.

Exclusive "Member Only" Savings

Group Retrospective Ratings Program (Retro)

Smarter Claims Management, Bigger Returns

Improved Purchasing Power Through Premier

Deeper Pricing Discounts and Savings

LeadingAge Washington proudly recognizes our Premier Business Partners. Through our collective power we bring opportunities for increasing member Value, Growth, and Success!

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