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UPCOMING EVENTS & EDUCATION
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Cancelled: Tomorrow's LeadingAge Texas COVID-19 Discussion Call
NOTICE: Tomorrow's COVID-19 Discussion Call is cancelled as LeadingAge Texas staff will be providing testimony for hearings at the capitol during this time. We apologize for this inconvenience and will continue keeping you up-to-date with the 87th Texas Legislative Session here.
We look forward to our next member discussion on Tuesday, April 20. Have a topic or speaker you'd like to see on the next call? Please submit suggestions here.
Past session recordings, PowerPoints, and additional materials are available here.
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This Week's LeadingAge Coronavirus Policy Updates
What can aging services providers learn from Amazon, Uber, and AHIP about dealing with COVID as an employer? Join the LeadingAge Coronavirus Update call at 2:30 pm CT today to find out. Stephen Massey, who heads up the Health Action Alliance and has created a suite of tools to help with vaccine education, addressing health equity and restoring faith in science. He will give some great examples from others in the business community and provide key resources. Details coming soon about the Wednesday, April 7 call. On Thursday, April 8, we will be joined by Stuart Butler from the Brookings Institute, a long-time proponent of long-term care financing reform who spent the past year talking to experts on systems of care for older adults.
Learn more and register >>
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— LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! —
Don't miss your last chance to register for this week's two-day symposium focused on strategic trends in the aging services sector. This symposium was built to provide industry insight to senior living community leadership (CEOs, CFOs, board members, etc.) about how to not only navigate current trends, but to offer strategies on how to thrive in the current economy and the state of the capital lending environment.
Learn more and register >>
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Legal Aspects of Documentation
April 6 • 1 - 2 pm CT • Webinar
Tomorrow's session will review regulatory requirements and best practices for completing legally sound documentation that supports the facility met the standard of care. Through lecture and mock deposition analysis we will identify critical legal and AHIMA documentation principles to apply in your daily practical operations to promote resident well-being and minimize potential risks.
Learn more and register >>
Register for the full series to save >>
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HHSC CNA Strong Virtual Symposium
April 8 • 8:30 am - 6 pm CT • Virtual Event
Register for this free, full-day symposium for CNAs. There are separate sessions for nurses, administrators and other long-term care leaders.
Learn more and register* >>
*Click the session titles to register
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Special Member Dialogue Call with CDC on Guidance
April 9 • 11 am CT
At LeadingAge’s request, CDC will host a special member call next Friday, April 9 at 11 am CT to discuss the upcoming updates to the Considerations for Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities. CDC leaders from the task forces that write this guidance and the vaccination guidance will be on-hand to talk about soon to be released updates that affect reopening, and to hear member questions and feedback. More information will be available soon.
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Selling During a Pandemic (And We are ALWAYS in a Pandemic!)
April 21 • 12 - 4 pm CT • Virtual Event
Make plans to join us for a deep-dive session into the critical role of selling in the senior living industry. Not marketing, but SELLING. Specifically, we will seek to change our behavior to adopt a “Selling to the Individual” model versus “Marketing to the Collective” model. The participant will learn to develop relationships of trust with both internal and external customers. In addition, effective communication skills will be discussed which again lead to trust-based relationships.
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April 2021 Emergency Preparedness in Long-Term Care Facilities Webinars
Register
April 2021 Life Safety Code and the Maintenance of Nursing Homes Webinars
Register
ALF Webinar on Visitation Rules
Apr 6 • 11 am - 12 pm CT
Register
Overview of Nursing Facility (NF) Visitation Rules Expansion
Apr 6 • 2:30 - 3:30 pm CT
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ALF Provider COVID-19 Webinar with LTCR
Apr 7 • 11 am - 12 pm CT
Register
NF COVID-19 Webinar with HHSC LTCR, DSHS
Apr 7 • 2:30 - 4 pm CT
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Be on the lookout for additional educational opportunities on our event calendar.
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LATEST UPDATES & RESOURCES
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ALF Updates
ALF Emergency Rules: Effective 3/24/2021
PL 21-12
WEBINARS: ALF Visitation Rules
April 6 • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm • Register
SURVEY: ALFs Input Needed on COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
HHSC is asking assisted living facilities to complete a short survey about your interest in having another COVID-19 vaccination clinic. HHSC will use this feedback to identify evolving needs and inform future initiatives.
FAQ: Is it permissible to allow prospective residents and their family members into the facility to take a tour?
Answer: HHSC recommends that facility tours are conducted virtually. However, a facility could provide a combination of virtual and in-person tours if appropriate transmission-based precautions are taken for each tour and the facility has approved general visitation. Such precautions include use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the touring persons. This would indicate a surgical or N95 mask versus a cloth mask to be worn by the staff conducting the tour and the visitors to the facility. The tour must be scheduled, and the facility must maintain visitor information for contact tracing if it becomes necessary. In-person tours should be limited to no more than three individuals at a time and the facility staff must accompany visitors at all times.
Visitors for a tour must be screened prior to entering the facility and should be apprised of facility infection control precautions. The facility should ensure the prospective resident and family member(s) remain physically distanced from residents. HHSC recommends that communal areas be part of the virtual tour. However, if communal areas will be visited in-person, the area should be clear of existing residents and must be disinfected before and after allowing an in-person tour. Larger facilities should use a separate area for the tours to limit the opportunity to cross over into communal areas. For example, a hallway that has a room on the end could be used to show a prospective resident an available room. Tours must be scheduled at times that do not cause an inconvenience to existing residents. Additionally, due to restrictions on occupancy in certain areas, the in-person tour must not include the salon.
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NF Updates
WEBINARS: Visitation Joint Training
April 6 • 2:30 - 3:30 pm • Register
SURVEY: Director of Nursing Training Needs Assessment
DONs of all experience levels are invited to complete a brief survey to identify training needs from your perspective. The survey is open until April 30.
SURVEY: LNFA Training Needs Assessment
Administrators of all experience levels are invited to complete a brief survey to identify training needs from your perspective. The survey is open until April 30.
FAQ: Is it permissible to allow prospective residents and their family members into the facility to take a tour?
Answer: A NF that meets the requirements in rule for permitting indoor visitation may allow in-person tours. The following would apply to in-person tours:
• has no outbreak or only very limited outbreak
• has effective cohorting
• screens all visitors
• limits in-person tours to COVID negative areas of the building
• ensures all visitors wear a facemask or face covering at all times when in the facility and on facility grounds
• ensures all visitors perform proper hand hygiene before and after the tour
• ensures all visitors maintain physical distancing between themselves and all staff, residents, and other visitors
• limits visitors for in-person tours to not more than three persons - the prospective resident and no more than two people they have chosen to accompany them
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CDC Travel Guidance Revised
CDC has revised guidance on travel to state that fully-vaccinated individuals can now travel safely within the US and CDC does not recommend quarantine or testing upon return. CDC notes that individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days are also not recommended to quarantine following travel. So what does this mean for long-term care staff and residents?
• Staff: Staff are permitted to follow the CDC guidance for travel, meaning they are not required to quarantine and would not be restricted from work upon return from travel.
• Residents: CDC travel guidance does not indicate long-term care residents must quarantine after travel, and infection prevention and control recommendations state that fully-vaccinated residents who are out of the long-term care setting longer than 24 hours are not recommended to quarantine upon return. So on both accounts, residents would not need to quarantine upon return
There are a few exceptions, of course. First, staff and residents must continue to follow state guidance. If your state requires quarantine or testing after travel, you must quarantine or test after travel. Secondly, if anyone develops symptoms consistent with COVID-19, they should quarantine and be evaluated, regardless of vaccination status. And lastly, note that this guidance applies only to fully vaccinated individuals. Individuals who are not “fully vaccinated” (at least 2 weeks have past since the final dose in either a 2-dose or 1-dose vaccine series) must continue to quarantine after travel. And EVERYONE should continue to follow CDC recommendations to wear a mask, avoid crowds, maintain social distancing, and practice hand hygiene.
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Training for Healthcare Professionals
CDC updated their information page on different types of trainings available for healthcare professionals. The trainings include information on topics such as vaccinations, clinical care and infection control, PPE and others.
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New LeadingAge Resources for Visitation
As CMS updated visitation guidance for nursing homes, LeadingAge collaborated with Pathway Health on a Visitation during Covid-19 Toolkit for members. The 10 segment toolkit helps an organization navigate visitation guidance through a leader’s guide, implementation checklists, competency tools for managers and all staff, and a pre and post test for all staff. The toolkit can be modified or edited to your organization’s needs. The elements of the toolkit also may be used by various providers and service line in the continuum of care.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Information and Resources
LeadingAge is on top of the latest information on the COVID-19 vaccine approval and distribution. Visit the LeadingAge Vaccine Resources page for the latest updates, analysis and education, and resources, and check out our Vaccination Tips and Tools page for valuable educational resources.
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COVID-19 TESTING, PPE, & RE-OPENING SOLUTIONS
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For more information on PPE and/or if you are in need of additional PPE items we have not yet provided, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Ann Castro, Director of Business Development, at (817) 680-5471 if you have any questions
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