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November 2, 2006
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2007 KHCA Board Elected
KHCA 2007 Board elected!
Jim Klausman -Chairman of the Board, Midwest Health Management
Vice President/Treasurer -Francy Keearns, Heritage Village of Eskridge
Education VP- Christine Jordan, Manorcare Health Services of Topeka
Public Relations VP-Faith Sanders, Osage Nursing and Rehab Center
Resident Satisfaction VP- Tim Allin, Providence Place
Government Affairs VP- Lee Eaton, Midwest Health Management
Membership VP- Jami Colson, Golden Living Centers
Independent Owner VP- Larry Wilkerson, Rose Hill Lakepoint
Multi-Facility VP- Garen Cox, Medicalodges, Inc.
District VP's
District 1- Kathy Lantz, Country Care, Easton
District 2- Karla Baum, Galena Nursing and Rehab
District 3- Wendy Read, Rossville Valley Manor
District 4- Becky Burke, Chase County Health & Rehab Center
District 5- Wade Taylor, Haysville Healthcare Center
District 6- Rodney Whittington, Wheatland Nursing & Rehab
Thank you to all who have stepped up to serve our membership.
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Staff Recognition
Congratulations to ALL of our Winners!
Beth Pulkrabek
Windsor Estates
Certified Nurse Aide of the Year
Troy Myers
Medicalodge of Eureka
Activity Director of the Year
Ken Newcome
CLC Bonner Springs
Environmental Service Worker of the Year
Lisa Smith
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital
Food Service Employee of the Year
Linda Carroll
Plaza West Regional Health Center
Social Worker/SSD of the Year
Jackie Ehrstein
Cherry Creek Retirement
Volunteer of the Year
National Association of Health Care Assistants- Awards given out in Joplin at the 12th Annual Conference
Natasha Baird- Best Attitude...Quaker Hill Manor, Baxter Springs
Joleen Reed-Restorative Care...Medicalodge of Columbus
Ladies congratulations and Thank you for being such great representatives for Kansas.
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PEAK AWARD- Eureka
Peggy Hackett, Medicalodge of Eureka receives her 2006 PEAK Award from Secretary on Aging Kathy Greenlee. Also pictured; Garen Cox, Judy Bagby, Marla Nispel, Bill McDaniels and Dave Halferty.
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KHCA Distinguished Citizen 2006
Teresa Lewis-Leavenworth Medicalodge
Teresa Lewis is very active as a resident of Medicalodge of Leavenworth. Teresa spent her life helping others, first in a hospital then as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps. She continues to focus on helping others as she spends time helping with laundry, planting flowers and hanging baskets around the facilty, and caring for Frank, a cockatiel, and Sabrina, a ten year old Himalayan cat from Animal Rescue. Teresa also participates in Resident Council and was voted Queen of the Senior Prom.
Teresa says, “Take one day at a time, do the best you can that day; and always remember that yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that’s why it’s called the present.”
Congratulations Teresa!!!
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Calling ALL Nurses
KHCA Nursing Advisory Committee workgroup has been meeting on a regular basis to discuss diabetic management and best practices in long term care. Frequent incidence of deficiency including physician notification protocol, have prompted NAC to move forward on this project.
The workgroup, consisting of Judy Bagby, Mary Lou Auer, Amy Higgins, Lydia Fields, Carrie Miller, Lynda Power, Tony Pommier, Carol Feaker, Judy Adams and Betty Cline are developing a campaign to educate physicians, staff, residents and families on best practices for diabetic management.
The following mission statement was developed as the cornerstone for this project:
We believe that respecting personal choice and autonomy is the key to successful diabetic management. We believe that this can be achieved by addressing resident satisfaction through diets and medication management; promoting quality of life through education of physician, provider, resident and family while being mindful of fiscal constraints.
NAC plans to work closely with KDOA and AMDA in creating this best practice.
The next Nursing Advisory Committee meeting will be a conference call November 30th at 9:30. All nurses in all member facilities are members of NAC and are invited to participate in this call.
Dial in at 1-800-917-9796 and enter passcode: 658145# when promoted.
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Health Information Exchange
As the Federal Administration calls for widespread adoption of health information technology (HIT) and an electronic health record for all Americans in ten years, the need to understand a healthcare stakeholder's ability to exchange health information is of utmost importance. The Kansas HIT/HIE Policy Initiative is fielding the Kansas Health Information Exchange (HIE) Baseline Survey to collect baseline data and evaluate issues associated with the adoption of HIT and the electronic exchange of health information in Kansas.
The survey can be accessed online via SurveyMonkey at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=799382687654 A copy of the survey is attached for your review prior to entering the online survey. Some questions may require collaboration with other departments within your organization. You may leave the survey and come back to complete it, as long as you complete it on the same computer. If a question is not relevant to your organization, please skip it and move on to the next question.
Please share this survey link with anyone you think should participate in the survey. Please note, this survey will only be open for a short time. The last day to participate is November 10th. Once the final results are available and summarized, the Technical Workgroup will utilize the findings to create technical recommendations for HIE in Kansas. Individual responses will not be disclosed to the public.
If you have questions regarding the survey, please contact Gretchen Speer, Kansas Health Policy Authority, at 785-296-8001 or Gretchen.Speer@khpa.ks.gov. For additional information on the Kansas HIT/HIE Policy Initiative visit the workspace at: http://workspace.ehealthinitiative.org/medigent/collaborate/home.aspx (Kansas folder in left column)
Click here for survey
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Advancing Excellence In America's Nursing Homes- NHQI
Did you know that if your facility is already reporting quality measures and is focusing on satisfaction surveys, you are already meeting participation requirements of the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes program? Sign up today. It is the right thing to do for the patients and residents who reside in our nation's nursing facilities. http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/
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Life Safety Code Issues
The Following is on the website under members only Fire Marshal Updates
ITT Water Technology expands recall
CMS Sprinkler Update
Penetration of Fire Barriers
Illumination of Egress Pathways
Emergency Generators
www.khca.org
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| Assited Living News |
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Ruth Channels Elected to National Center for Assisted Living Board of Directors
Ruth Channels, assisted living services coordinator, Medicalodges, Inc. of Coffeyville was elected to the National Center for Assisted Living Board of Directors as an at-large director. NCAL's executive officers for 2006-2007 are:
Chair- Van Moore,Oregon
ViceChair-Marj Shell, Indiana
Secretary-Howard Groff, Minnesota
Treasurer-Nicolette Merino, New Jersey
There were fourteen at-large board members selected also to serve one or two year terms. We are very proud to have a Kansas representative on this very important board.
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CEAL Summit--National event on Assisted Living
The Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL) is hosting is second summit, “Assisted Living: The Next Generation” November 30—December 1 in Crystal City, Virginia. This is an extremely important event where consumers, providers, regulators, researchers, and policy makers will exchange ideas on affordability, assistive technology, leadership, regulation, and resident care. Early bird registration and price is available until Nov. 3 and the hotel is holding special room rates for reservations made by Nov. 8. To register, click on http://www.theceal.org/summit.php.
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Kansas Center for Assisted Living 8th Annual Conference
Housing with Services-The Heart of KCAL!
Dave Kyllo of National Center for Assisted Living will be presenting an overview what is going on at the national level with assisted living and residential services.
Sandi Flores- American Assisted Living Nurses Association will be presenting.
Two breakout sessions on Disaster Planning and HCBS. Dr. Howard Rodenberg with KDHE will be discussing the AL role in community planning around the pandemic issue.
The end of the day...Bill Cordes will be presenting the Effective Communicator with humor and stories.
Plan to join us. Click here for the brochure.
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| National News |
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Independent Owner's Conference
Independent Owner Conference - Sign up Today!
Registration is now open for the AHCA/NCAL Independent Owner (IO) Leadership Conference, February 27 - 28, 2006 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
The IO Leadership Conference has been the premiere annual gathering of independent owners in long term care since 2000. Each year hundreds of professionals gather for two days of outstanding education and networking opportunities.
* Attend Executive-Level Education Sessions
* Exchange Ideas and Best Practices on Running Your Facility
* Discover Independent Owner Business Opportunities earn Seven Continuing Education Units
This conference has been designed to highlight the issues and challenges facing the IO constituency. By attending this conference, you will ensure a continued focus on issues affecting the long term care community. Special "early bird" registration rates are now in effect until January 24, 2007. Register now and save $75 off the standard member rate. For more information, click to email www.ahca.org/events/io.html
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AHCA continuing education certificates
If you attended the American Health Care Association annual convention and took continuing education classes, you go to www.ahcaconvention.org, log in and print your CEU certificate(s). You'll need your convention badge number (which begins with 06A), and if you have more than one license, there is a line for you to fill in the additional license information after you print your certificate.
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Flu Update from the CDC
Flu season is upon us. Here are the recent guidelines we have received from the CDC. Let the Association staff know if you are having difficulty in acquiring your flu vacine. We have contacts in most counties and could offer assistance if needed. Please let Cindy know at the office, cluxem@khca.org.
Click here for update.
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| MISC topics |
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Addressing intimacy in long-term care facilities
Policy guidance developed by Center for Practical Bioethics
Residents of long-term care facilities need and desire privacy for intimate relationships and sexual expression. Supporting such relationships is easier said than done, considering the tension often evident in the judgments and social values held by long long-term care staff and residents’ families, to say nothing of the concerns about the facility’s role in providing protective oversight.
Into such a complex venue stepped the Center for Practical Bioethics nearly a year ago, at the request of leaders of long-term care facilities seeking practical, ethically informed policy guidance to address these issues. The result is a guidance document, Considerations Regarding the Needs of Long-Term Care Residents for Intimate Relationships and Sexual Activity.
“This document provides guidance on the intersection between institutional protective oversight and the ordinary privacy rights of individual residents for self expression and intimacy,” says John Carney, vice president for aging and end of life at the Center for Practical Bioethics. “It’s not about investigating aberrant or abusive behavior. The guidelines do not prescribe a one-size-fits-all resolution, but a conceptual framework and methodology that will help long-term care facilities address these sensitive matters.”
Follow the links below for the complete article and the clinical guidelines
http://www.practicalbioethics.org/cpb.aspx?pgID=961&newsID=82&exCompID=142
Here also is the direct link to the document itself.
http://www.practicalbioethics.org/FileUploads/Intimacy_Guidelines_101606.pdf
Contact: Lorell R. LaBoube, (816)221-1100 Ext 239
llaboube@practicalbioethics.org
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Subject: Kansas Nursing Facility Project - Year 3 Report
by Annette M. Becker, M.A.
The link for our project is below. To access the report click on the PDF document of the Year 3 findings (at the end of the 5th paragraph).
http://www.nursingoutcomes.org/knfp.htm: <http://www.nursingoutcomes.org/knfp.htm>
Please feel free to pass the link on to anyone you think would be interested and thank you for your continued support of our project. Annette
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Help Wanted
Pratt Regional Living Center- Positon Available- Long Term Care Licensed Administrator
51 bed facility. They are in a state of transition and will be converting part of the facility to skilled beds and changing the focus from complete long term care to partial long term care and part skilled services with extensive rehabiliation services. Pratt Regional Living Center is a department of Pratt Regional Medical Center (PRMC). The Administrator reports to the Vice-President of Patient Care Services of PRMC. If you have any questions please contact Jenny Larrison, at 620-450-1229.
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Hopefully everyone had a chance to visit with Kevin Corcoran from Heartland Publishing at our annual KHCA conference. To make sure you have listing in this guide for Consumers across the state of Kansas, contact Kevin at kcorcoran@heartlandpublishing.net or call 1-402-292-8480.
Click here for other KHCA resources
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