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Clinical Responsibilities for Care, MDS Compliance, and Quality Christopher Kennedy & Alicia Cantinieri | Zimmet Healthcare Services Group

1:00pm — 4:15pm

As dynamics have changed in the post-acute care environment, SNFs are under the microscope of surveyors, auditors, and consumers, and documentation to support quality care is more important than ever. From admission assessment to care planning and delivery to outcomes and discharges, the MDS and care plan can determine success or failure on various scales. As clinical teams struggle with the provision of care over paper, documentation serves as the communication link required for appropriate plans for care delivery to reimbursement. Facility documentation serves as a litmus test for solid policies, procedures, and organizational strengths. With the addition of PDPM and case-mix elements to the OBRA assessments, the MDS process requires review and evaluation before submission to third parties. This deep dive will highlight: • Core areas of the MDS and Care Planning• Processes that facilities should consider for operational and organizational success• Program will incorporate CMS, QIO and other readily available tools and formats for facilities to utilize in QA and QAPI programs

3.0 CEUs APPROVED BY NAB FOR LNHAs & ALAs

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8:00am — 9:00am REGISTRATION

9:15am —10:30am Recalibrate: Lessons Learned on Grit, Resilience, and Compassion Pam Ressler | Stress Resources | Concord, MA

We have all been changed by the experience of living through the pandemic. As we begin to re-emerge, how might we take the lessons we have learned and begin to transform ourselves and our workplaces to reflect a new understanding of the need for grit, resilience, and compassion in healthcare? Healthcare leader and resilience expert, Pamela Ressler, MS, RN, HNB-BC, will share thoughts and evidence-based strategies that can recalibrate and renew our inner strengths and resources for resilient, compassionate healthcare.

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11:00am —12:30pm Compliance Solutions for Post-Acute Operations Maureen McCarthy | Celtic Consulting | Torrington, CT

This session will review recent Quality Measure changes to 5 Star and other programs and how discharges to downstream users impact skilled nursing facility rating system. Ms. McCarthy will discuss Maintaining Care Plan compliance both comprehensive and baseline care plans; best practice for documentation compliance; Managing budgets, staffing, and census (including balancing costs versus census changes). The session will also discuss how the bedside nurse effects operations and outcomes.

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9:00am — 9:15am WELCOME

10:30am —11:00am BREAK AND VISIT WITH VENDORS

SEPT 30 D A Y O N E • T H U R S D A Y

12:30pm — 1:30pm LUNCH

1:30pm — 2:45pm Reframing the Conversation about Dementia Care Kate Hanley | Old Forge, NY

This session will offer participants a view from the lens of a daughter as her mom journeys through the stages of dementia while residing in assisted living and long-term care health facilities. References to a published guidebook on the cognitive ramp of dementia, dementia behaviors and personal reflections on professional care from nurses, activity directors and caseworkers are woven throughout the presentation.

3:00pm — 4:00pm Management and Retention of Staff Maureen McCarthy | Celtic Consulting | Torrington, CT

During this session, Ms. McCarthy will explain the cost of staff turnover; discuss the value of staff appreciation and describe how reinforcing skill competencies can influence retention. This session will include an open discussion to facilitate ideas on how to motivate staff.

2:45pm — 3:00pm BREAK AND VISIT WITH VENDORS

4:00pm — 4:30pm NURSE SCHOLARSHIP CEREMONY

Let’s Celebrate ... Together!RECEPTION4:30pm — 6:00pm

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8:00am — 8:45am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WITH VENDORS

9:45am — 10:00am BREAK AND VISIT WITH VENDORS

8:45am —9:45am Leveraging Lessons Learned in the Aftermath of a Pandemic Amy Lee | Coretactics Healthcare Consulting | Rexford, NY

For providers, caring for the elderly during a pandemic was filled with bold heroism in the face of unprecedented challenges such as supply chain disruptions, worsened staffing challenges, medical supply shortages, unexpected loss of life and exhausted caregivers.

Over a year later, CMS is still not giving us any indication of loosening regulations for nursing facilities any time soon. In fact, the direct opposite appears to be looming with the push for tougher regulations, loftier non-compliance fines and ongoing national facility closures. This session will bring forward discussion on lessons providers have learned, review recent survey trends and summarize how we can use all of this as steppingstones to prepare our facilities for success in “the new norm.”

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11:30am — 12:15pm �e Fabulous Four: Inspiring the People You Need to Succeed and �rive Amy Pearl | Work Ignited | Buffalo, NY

Smart leaders like you know they can’t do it alone. That’s why they intentionally look for four people to support their vision and achieve their goals. In this presentation, you’ll meet those four people in order to find them on your own team. Then, you’ll learn the secrets to setting the stage for their success. Most importantly, you’ll learn how once you have that team firing on all cylinders, you’ll find time for those big ideas you’ve been putting off and, who knows…maybe even some time for some self-care!

One of the most distressing and powerful events any person can experience is learning that the death of someone they know occurred as a result of suicide. One of the darkest sides of the human experience is when a person’s suffering and hopelessness leads them to end their own life. Healthcare professionals can be challenged by their own capacity to engage and work with someone experiencing such extreme despair. Dealing with individuals who find themselves in such a dark place creates powerful emotions in others leading to feelings of helplessness and being confused about how to respond. As healthcare workers, you can play an important role in early identification, intervention, and prevention of such a catastrophic event.

This session will focus on increasing the knowledge of attendees regarding the prevalence of suicide in our community and the nursing home setting. Specifically, information about why individuals move towards suicide as a solution to their suffering will be discussed. Participants will learn about risk factors that contribute to an increased chance of a suicide attempt, as well as interventions to reduce the risk of such attempts, and institutional protocols to help your team respond to residents at such an extreme level of despair. Participants will leave the session with increased knowledge about risk factors for suicide, ways of responding, and helping the individual cope with this dark moment in their life.

10:00am —11:30am Understanding and Responding to Suicidal Ideation & Risk in a Long-Term Care Setting Dr. Robert Figlerski | CHE Behavioral Health Services | Islip, NY

1:15pm – 2:00pm LUNCH

12:15pm — 12:45pm Key Findings from 2020 Annual Health Care Workforce Survey Kristen Stiegler, MPA | CHWS | Rensselaer, NY

Recruiting and retaining high-quality health care professionals is one of the cornerstones to providing quality health care, and yet it remains as one of the biggest challenges facing health care today, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kris Stiegler, MPA, from the Center for Health Workforce Studies will be discussing the findings from the 2020 Annual Recruitment and Retention Health Care Workforce Survey of nursing homes and adult care facilities. Ms. Stiegler will also share insights from the survey about the impact from the pandemic on the healthcare workforce in long-term care.

12:45pm — 1:15pm NYS Department of Health SNF Update Mary Jane Vogel | NYS Department of Health | Albany, NY

This session will provide updates on recent survey activity and COVID 19.

12:45pm — 1:15pm NYS Department of Health AL Update To Be Announced | NYS Department of Health | Albany, NY

This session will provide updates regarding licensure and surveillance activities, regulatory updates and other activities occurring in 2021.

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100% of your registration fee will be refunded.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN YOUR CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE • All Education Sessions • Reception on September 30th • Electronic Conference Handouts & Welcome Gift • All Coffee Breaks • Large Vendor Trade Show • Lunch Both Days

Call Turning Stone Resort & Casino at (800) 771-7711 and mention you are attending the NYSHFA / NYSCAL Nurse Leadership Conference and receive the group rate.

Reservations are required before September 8, 2021 to secure the group rate. Please note that hotel rooms might be sold out prior to the cutoff date.

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INDIVIDUAL ROOM CANCELLATIONS:Individual room reservations may be canceled 48 hours prior to arrival with no

cancellation penalty. Cancellations within the 48-hour period will cause forfeitureof the deposit if the room cannot be resold.

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Take I-90 (NYS Thruway) to Exit 33 (Verona); through the tollbooth travel straight to the stoplight. Take left onto Route 365, and the next left into the Resort.

NYSHFA | NYSCAL’S CANCELLATION POLICYWritten cancellations MUST be received five (5) business days prior to the conference.

Cancellations should be sent via email to earmstrong@nyshfa-nyscal.org. Telephone cancellations will NOT be accepted. Cancellations received after the five (5) day deadline will be assessed a $50.00 administrative fee per person. No shows will

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