COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment Consolidation Web Site Is On-line For King County and Surrounding Areas - MORE to come!

COVIDWA.COM *  Immediate Launch A COVID-19 vaccine appointment finder website for King County that will ultimately serve all of Washington State has been created by...
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Moving Beyond The Pandemic - Tough Times Call For Innovation, Creativity And Collaboration #Seniors Better Together

    FORWARD Collaboration is Key! Right now, senior living is faced with its greatest challenge and the best way through a problem is together. ...
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MMWR Report: Maximizing Fit for Cloth and Medical Procedure Masks to Improve Performance and Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Exposure 2021

What is already known about this topic? Universal masking is recommended to slow the spread of COVID-19. Cloth masks and medical procedure masks substantially reduce...
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Urge U.S. Senators to Include Provider Relief in COVID-19 Bill

Right now, the U.S. House and Senate are working on the next COVID-19 relief package. The Senate is meeting now to craft their legislation and...
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Congressional Relief Legislation   

Things are moving quickly with relief legislation on Capitol Hill.  The strategy, is to use the budget reconciliation process to quickly and efficiently pass legislation...
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Draft COVID-19 Relief Legislation 

On February 5, the House and Senate passed a Budget Resolution authorizing $1.9 Trillion for COVID-19 relief and directing the committees of jurisdiction to develop...
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FMLA and Paid-Leave Survey

Help LeadingAge National understand your experience with the paid FMLA provisions enacted into law by the Families First legislation and the expanded unemployment benefits from...
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House Committee to Consider Housing Relief 

Fund for rental and homeowner assistance, as well as homelessness prevention, in House Committee's COVID-19 relief package.  The February 5 House and Senate passage of...
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Virtual Fearless in the Face of Crisis 1 Year Leadership Training * Register with DRIVE Today!

We are excited to partner with DRIVE to bring to you a Leadership Break for 2021! Enrollment their brand new Fearless in the Face of...
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ALTSA: ALF #2021-005 * ALTSA: NH #2021-010: COVID-19 Vaccination Information

Residential Care Services has released a Dear Provider Letter regarding the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announcing updates to several COVID-19 vaccination web...
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Webinars: WA Chapter Alzheimer's Association's Online Education Schedule

Our WA Chapter Alzheimer's Association's February online schedule.  Please share with your team! February Education And in Partnership with UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center...
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ALTSA: ALF #2021-006 * ALTSA: NH #2021-011 * Certificates of Parental Improvement and Background Checks

Residential Care Services has released a Dear Provider letter regarding individuals with a founded finding of child abuse or neglect to apply for a CPI...
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ALTSA: NH #2021-012 * QSO-21-11: NEW Platform for Submission of 1135 Waiver Requests & Inquiries - GO LIVE

Residential Care Services released a Dear Provider Letter today to all Nursing Homes, regarding the new platform for submission of 1135 Waiver Requests. When the...
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NHSN Long-term Care Updates for Friday February 5, 2021 * Training Details

COVID-19 Point of Care Test Reporting Tool COVID-19 Resident Impact and Facility Capacity Pathway New COVID-19 Therapeutics Module Weekly COVID-19 Vaccination Data Modules Immediate Action...
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Project Firstline Survey: Interactive Training and Resources for Infection Prevention * Submit by March 26th

To better fight COVID-19, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is working with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to give an infectious...
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SNF Acute Hospital Admit Incentive

DSHS has, effective February 9, 2021, discontinued the $100/day add on for dual eligible new admissions from an acute care hospital.  This is due to a lack of...
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Webinar: NASEM on The Quality of Care in Nursing Homes * Feb. 11th, (Ruth Katz representing LeadingAge)

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is holding a webinar February 11, "The Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: Public Webinar #2." Hosted...
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Complimentary Webinar: Coming Back with Confidence - Creating a Safer & Healthy Environment!  February 17th at Noon

Healthcare facilities depend on a vast network of building system components that must operate consistently and efficiently for everyone’s comfort and safety. Now faced with...
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Online Training MEPAP 1 & 2 for 2021: Required for Certification as an ADC with NCCAP * Begins March 24th

MEPAP 1 - the Activity training class, requirement for all levels of certification with NCCAP (National Certification Council for Activity Professionals) starts March 24th thru  September...
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Nursing Home PBJ Quarterly Data Due Feb. 14

Please remember that your Payroll Based Journal data for October 1 - December 31, 2020 is due into CMS, Sunday, February 14th.  Submissions must be...
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Webinar: Monoclonal Antibodies in the LTC Setting * Feb. 11th 6:00 p.m.

Washington Society for Post-Acute and LTC Medicine (WA-PALTC) will be holding a webinar on the use of Monoclonal Antibody therapy in the LTC Setting on...
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12-part Webinar Series: (1) Standards of Care and (2) Cultivating LTC Leaders by ProActive (includes recordings & NAB credits)

Standards of Care: Master the Core Elements of LTC Excellence - This 12 month webinar series focuses on nursing facility systems of care and managing common...
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Complimentary Webinar Series: Information on the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)

LeadingAge Washington is partnering with the Washington State Hospital Association to try and pass the Nurse Licensure Compact Act in WA State.  We will need...
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