Enhancing Resident Care and Reducing Unnecessary Resident Hospitalizations in Nursing Facilities: A 5-Part Virtual Interdisciplinary Hospice Education Series Jointly Sponsored by Mass Senior Care Association and the Hospice & Palliative Care. This 5-part virtual series will focus on incorporating hospice services into nursing facilities to enhance resident care and reduce unnecessary resident hospitalizations at the end of life. Register today!

Massachusetts Senior Care Association is pleased to offer Associate Members sponsorship opportunities and exhibitor booths for the upcoming 2024 Spring Conference & Trade Show on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.

Join us for a dynamic and informative 2024 program! The trade show and lunch will feature 50 sponsors and exhibitors and the opportunity to network with these vendors and your colleagues. Please visit our website to register!

Join the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) and the MassCyberCenter on April 11th at 10 am for our monthly health care provider cybersecurity call.

The NHSN Vaccination team will host a second webinar to detail the changes to the surveillance definition of being up to date with COVID-19 vaccines which goes into effect with April 1, 2024 reporting.

The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum is scheduled for April 2nd, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET.

The DPH has updated its recommendations for the general public to align with the CDC to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses.

MassHealth requires that nursing facilities and chronic disease and rehabilitation inpatient hospitals annually account for the balances of personal needs allowance (PNA) account funds.

Please continue to ask your State Representative and Senator to support Mass Senior Care’s FY2025 Nursing Facility Budget Proposal, which would fund vital workforce investments of $128 million in FY2025.

On March 26th, two former officials of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where 76 individuals died during the COVID outbreak settled their criminal cases originally filed in 2020.