Thanks to everyone who came out to the Regional Roundtables in Wichita, Dodge, Oakley and Olathe. We had a great time together. Thank you to our hosts: KMH, Manor of the Plains, Logan County Hospital and Aberdeen Village.
Hot topics members wanted to discuss:
- Temporary staffing agency problems
- Trauma-informed care
- Fire Marshal madness
- Problems with PEAK (some said scrap the program- others said major revision needed)
- PDPM
- Corporate Compliance
- Staff competencies
- The sort time frame between long-term care surveys and the very long time-lag between assisted living and homes plus surveys
- The need for more training and resources to meet the increasing mental health needs of residents (and staff).
- A member noted that local Mental Health Centers may be a resource for mental Health First Aid training for staff and communities.
Workforce, Foundation and Education
Dana provided updates on what’s going on with our workforce initiative, info about our Foundation scholarship program, the call for applications for the Center for Leadership, the ongoing work on the CNA Curriculum revision, and the need for high quality clinical sites.
Members shared with each other about the continuing shortage of workers across all disciplines. She highlighted the upcoming TeamSTEPPS Training program, which will combine evidence-based teamwork improvement and antipsychotic reduction. In addition she went over a number of free tools and resources available to members such as the Staff Competency Toolkit, wage information on our website, the Trauma Informed Care webinars and toolkit, and the upcoming Workforce Conference. She also led a quick discussion about the need for quality Clinical Settings for nurses and CNAs.
Questions? Contact Dana dana@leadingagekansas.org
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Rachel provided updates on survey and enforcement trends (beware medication-related, antipsychotic and ANE citations), legislative matters, the need for all members to have their state legislators out in the next few months, the status of the multiple receiverships going on in the state, KDHE plans and timeline for transitioning the Medicaid eligibility process back to the state.
Fire Marshal Issues
Fire Marshal issues were discussed. Rachel encouraged members to contact her first with questions about compliance, rather than going to the Fire Marshal’s office, to avoid having a complaint filed for investigation by KSFM. “Customary Use” was discussed.
She also noted that she will by pulling a group of members together this summer to discuss temporary agency maters and to draft possible legislation for introduction next Session (let her know if you want to be on the task force.)
Questions? Contact Rachel rachel@leadingagekansas.org
Benefit Solutions
Debra reported on the Association-sponsored Heath plan for member employees (EBI). 1300 covered lives, several unique features to help improve medical care, health outcomes and control costs. LeadingAge Texas will go live with their plan, modeled after EBI, in January. For more info on EBI contact
- Sharon searlenbaugh@integritywithbenefits.com
- Jennifer jmartinez@integritywithbenefits.com
- Mary mhyman@integritywithbenefits.com
or phone them at 1-816-216-1979.
Group Purchasing Solutions
Dave Auch, our group Purchasing Advisor, went over some great savings available through Value First such as $40/day wound vac rental, an outstanding fresh fruit and produce contract for metro areas of Kansas and outstanding contracts on food (US Foods and Sysco.)
Reach out to Dave for more information at 316-253-7807.
Movies We Can Watch Over and Over Again
And, just for fun, finally – here is the list of movies our roundtable participants said they have watched over and over:
Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, Fight Club, Shawshank Redemption, Elf, Christmas Vacation, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, Ace Ventura Pet detective When nature Calls, Cloud Atlas, You’ve Got Mail, 16 Candles, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Book Thief, any Doris Day movie, Notting Hill, The Graduate, any Daniel Craig Bond movie, Sweet Home Alabama, Twister, Shrek 1, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Aladdin, any Disney movie, Pride and Prejudice, One Fine Day, Godfather 123, Fried Green Tomatoes, sound of Music, Mamma Mia, Shall We Dance, Pure Country, Titanic, Pulp Fiction, any Hallmark movie, Forrest Gump, any John Wayne movie, Grease, Star Trek (2009 version), Holes, PS I Love You, For the Love of the Game, Greatest Showman, the Curious case of Benjamin Button, Lion King, Top Gun, The Notebook, Eight Seconds, Footloose, The Shining, The Italian Job, Pillow Talk, The Hangover, White House Down, Step Brothers, Hercules, Hot Fuzz and Meet Me in St. Louis.
Quite a line-up!
We look forward to seeing you during our next set of Round Tables in November.
