Mass Senior Care is offering a robust calendar of upcoming educational program to provide long term care staff with the most up-to-date information on clinical, regulatory, financial and legal issues. The programs below are now open for registration, please info@maseniorcare.org or 617-558-0202 if you need additional information.
2021 Leadership Convention
Thursday, September 9, 2021- Friday, September 10, 2021
Ocean Edge, Brewster
CMS Five-Star Success: Enhancing Quality Improvement and the Resident Experience (September 10, 2021)
This education session will share the results of a recent national study that bring to light specific strategies you and your team can utilize today to enhance resident care and experience, while increasing your CMS Star ratings. These key strategies will assist in improving your facility’s Five-Star performance and increase consumer preference for your facility. The program is designed for all, but it is particularly geared for nursing facility operations and clinical leaders (CEO, CMO, CNO, Administrators and DNS). Attendees will walk away with specific steps for improving their star ratings, as well as the data and strategies necessary to support clinical quality improvement initiatives.
Speakers:
- Steven Littlehale, Chief Innovation Officer, Zimmet Healthcare Services Group
Steven Littlehale is an internationally known author and speaker on a broad range of health care and post-acute care topics, Steven’s ability to synthesize complex information to inspire strategic and tactical excellence has been the hallmark of his career and has established his renowned reputation as a highly effective and motivating lecturer. With a background in analytics and more than 20 years of clinical quality and leadership experience in the long term and post-acute sectors. - Autumn Kerr, Clinical Consultant Quality Initiatives, Zimmet Healthcare Services Group
Autumn Kerr will illustrate how using data driven information can help identify opportunities for clinical quality improvement.
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Strategies for Success: Building Nursing Leadership – Back by Popular Demand!
Thursdays, 9/9, 9/16*, 9/23, 9/30
Virtual Workshop
Two sessions per day
AM Session: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
PM Session: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
*9/16 session AM Session 9:30 am – 12:30 pm PM session 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Nursing facilities provide quality, sophisticated medical care to diverse populations including rehab and sub-acute patients, long term care residents and those requiring specialty care. At the core of this care is the Director of Nursing Services (DNS), a job that requires dynamic leadership skills and the ability to motivate others to achieve exceptional results. The DNS must also be familiar with the latest changes in clinical care delivery and regulations and be able to manage a multi-disciplinary team model that delivers the highest quality of care to the individuals they serve.
The Massachusetts Senior Care Association is offering a 4-week virtual workshop that provides an opportunity to learn new skills, fine-tune existing knowledge, and operationalize the skills and competencies that are needed to be a nurse leader in the long-term care and sub-acute settings.
This program is geared for nurses who may be transitioning into the role of Director of Nursing in the long-term care or sub-acute setting and for those practicing nurses considering future career development.
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Living Life to the End with Dignity, Respect and Understanding
A five-session series for long term care staff via Zoom
Session Dates: September 22, October 6, October 20, November 10 and December 15
All sessions meet from 2:00pm – 3:30 pm via Zoom
Most nursing home residents will experience the end of their life in the care of nursing home staff, often with the help of a hospice team. Discussions about end-of-life wishes are best to have early on in the person’s admission to the nursing home, before there is a change in condition, so that residents, families, and staff are prepared and unnecessary hospital admissions are avoided.
This five-part series will provide training and tools for nursing home staff to develop the skills necessary for talking about end-of-life care and to document these preferences using the MOLST and ePOLST, as well the medical record. The COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted the need for a team-based, cross continuum approach to communicating end of life wishes across the health care spectrum.
Target Audiences: The caregiving team, including Medical Directors, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and CNAs, Social Workers, Admission Directors, Administrators
Presenters:
- Martha Hayward, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Faculty/Lead for Patient/Public Engagement
- Larissa Lucas, MD, North Shore Physicians Group
Please click here to download a registration form.