Join This Free December 12 Webinar About Emergency Preparedness Decision-Making | https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/Join-This-Free-December-12-Webinar-About-Emergency-Preparedness-Decision-Making.aspx | Join This Free December 12 Webinar About Emergency Preparedness Decision-Making | | | | | 11/28/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p></p><div>HealthCap® is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, December 12 at 2 p.m. EST titled <a href="https://riskmanagement.healthcapusa.com/products/emergency-response-evacuate-or-shelter-in-place" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">Emergency Preparedness: Evacuate or Shelter in Place?</a> The webinar will discuss emergency response plans including the critical decision-making criteria for making timely and effective decisions when nursing homes and assisted living facilities are facing emergencies. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Communities are experiencing more hazardous events that may require decisions about evacuating or sheltering in place. These decisions are complex, often made under stressful circumstances, and can have life or death consequences. To prepare for these situations, nursing facilities and assisted living providers should assess their risks, devise a comprehensive evacuation plan, and test the plan. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">The featured speaker is Jen Salter, MS, LNHA, CPHRM, who is Director of Operations at Century Care Management. The learning objectives for this webinar include: </span></div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Improve your decision-making on sheltering in place or evacuating residents and staff <br><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Compare criterial for risk assessment and guide response during sheltering or evacuations <br><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Understand after-action reviews for improvement in future emergencies. </span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Attendees will be awarded 1.0 ANCC contact hours and 1.00 NAB CEs for completing the webinar. Register for the free webinar <a href="https://riskmanagement.healthcapusa.com/products/emergency-response-evacuate-or-shelter-in-place" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">AHCA/NCAL has embraced <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://www.healthcapusa.com/&data=04%7c01%7candrea.haupt%40chelsearhone.com%7ca06de39d68734186308f08d99e0475be%7c780a31273c7141dbbc3809e32ef3e62a%7c0%7c0%7c637714564287907466%7cUnknown%7cTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7c1000&sdata=4IpeRHUcTTtcM7ZIkOV%2BEt0L9dMuq%2BX/iuFPs3Y7ntg%3D&reserved=0" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">HealthCap</a>® for more than a decade as a premier provider of liability insurance that is solely dedicated to serving senior care communities. HealthCap® clients have the fewest liability claims in the industry, and HealthCap® settles claims below the industry average. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;"></span></div><p></p> | HealthCap® is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, December 12 at 2 p.m. EST titled Emergency Preparedness: Evacuate or Shelter in Place? | |
Utility Failures in Health Care Toolkit by ASPR | https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/Utility-Failures-in-Health-Care-Toolkit-by-ASPR-.aspx | Utility Failures in Health Care Toolkit by ASPR | | | | | 11/20/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p></p><div><strong>U</strong><strong>tility Failures in Health Care Toolkit by Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)</strong><br><br></div><div>Utility failures are a major concern for health care and may cause substantial harm to patients, staff, and facilities. Threats include infrastructure damage due to natural disasters and other incidents, planned outages to relieve stress on services or prevent other hazards, and malicious acts such as physical and cyber sabotage. It is also important to note the cascading effects a failure of one utility may have on others; more than one utility may fail simultaneously or sequentially. <a href="https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/utility-failures-in-health-care-toolkit-summary.pdf" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">This suite of tip sheets</a> from Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) can help health care facility managers and emergency planners identify issues to consider when planning for and responding to various types of utility failures. Access the related <a href="https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/technical-resources/resource/12050/utility-failures-in-health-care-toolkit" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">Utility Failures Topic Collection </a>for additional resources. <br></div><p></p> | | |
U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24 | https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/U-S--Antibiotic-Awareness-Week-November-18-24.aspx | U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week November 18-24 | | | | | 11/14/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <p></p><div>The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/week/index.html" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW)</a> will take place next week, November 18-24. The purpose of USAAW is to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate antibiotic and antifungal use and the threat of antimicrobial resistance. </div><div><br></div><div>Long term care professionals can support USAWW by learning about the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. For example, did you know that: <br></div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>You can do harm by prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed. </li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria should not be treated with antibiotics in most cases. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Antibiotics are only needed to treat certain infections caused by bacteria, not viruses like those that cause COVID-19. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Optimizing the use of diagnostic tests is critical for improving treatment of conditions like sepsis and stopping the spread of infections. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Always remember to prescribe the right antibiotic, at the right dose, for the right duration, and at the right time. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Reassess antibiotic therapy to stop or tailor treatment based on the patient/resident’s clinical condition and diagnostic test results as appropriate. </span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt;">Use of the shortest effective duration of antibiotic therapy is a key antibiotic stewardship strategy. Optimizing duration of therapy, especially in care transitions, is an important target for improvement. </span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>For more information and ways to engage, see the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/pdf/USAAW-2023-toolkit-508.pdf" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) toolkit</a>. <br></div><p></p> | The U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week will take place next week, November 18-24. | |
OCCHE Launches Program to Ensure Access to Financial Assistance | https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Blog/Pages/OCCHE-Launches-Program-to-Ensure-Access-to-Financial-Assistance-.aspx | OCCHE Launches Program to Ensure Access to Financial Assistance | | | | | 11/14/2023 5:00:00 AM | | <div>The Department of Health and Human Service’s Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) is launching a “catalytic program” in 2024 to support health care providers, especially safety net organizations, in taking advantage of the tax credits, grants and other supports made available by the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Investments and actions potentially facilitated by the IRA include energy efficient building improvements, transportation, on-site renewable energy generation, increased building resilience and increased community resilience. Details on the tax credits, grants and other supports can be found <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/climate-change-health-equity-environmental-justice/climate-change-health-equity/quickfinder-ira/index.html" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">More details on the initiative will be provided during a November 30th information session which you can <a href="https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_t9jLj5_eTNSY65uNNJq0AA#/registration" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">sign up for here</a>. The session begins at 12pm EST. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Questions and feedback can be sent to: <a href="mailto:OCCHE@HHS.GOV" data-feathr-click-track="true" data-feathr-link-aids="["60b7cbf17788425491b2d083"]" target="_blank">OCCHE@HHS.GOV</a>. </span></div> | | |