Programs

The program for each education event can also be viewed and saved in each of LNHA’s online registration event descriptions. We encourage you to download and save the program for future reference.

September 30, 2020, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT.

LNHA invites long-term care professionals to attend a virtual training on the challenges in cybersecurity on September 30, 2020, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT via Zoom. Cyber threats can occur at any time in any organization. While the United States is facing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, malicious actors and cybercriminal groups exploit known vulnerabilities and heightened public fear through phishing campaigns causing users to open documents and click links before properly investigating their legitimacy. This presentation is ideal for 1) staff members responsible for allocating resources for their organization’s physical security and cybersecurity and 2) physical security and cybersecurity professionals of all experience levels.

Representatives from the New Orleans FBI Field Office Cyber Task Force, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange (LA-SAFE) and the Louisiana National Guard will provide information regarding the physical and cyber threats to the healthcare profession. The presenters will also share tools, products and resources to help facilities mitigate threats.

Upon completion, participants will have the knowledge and tools to develop a clear plan to continually improve the physical and cybersecurity capability at their long-term care facility. Register today to hear timely information from cybersecurity experts and learn about the policies, procedures and best practices facilities should implement.

Click here to view the program for more information. The deadline to register has been extended to Sept. 29 at 5 p.m. CT.

Thank you to our sponsor, Brown & Brown Gulf States. Visit their website here.

October 1, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT

The Louisiana Nursing Home Association (LNHA) will host a series of five webinars presented by experts at Myers & Stauffer. Each webinar may be taken as a standalone session. Session 3 will provide an overview of Chapter 3 and Sections J, K, L, M, N, and SDR. This session is recommended for both beginners and those with decades of MDS experience.

These webinars will be independent of each other and each session will be recorded. Registering for one webinar does not provide access to all in the series as they standalone. You must register for each webinar that you want to attend within the series.

Seminar Objectives

• Identify prior surgery(s) in the last 100 days including recent surgery(s) requiring active SNF care

• Identify resident receiving nutritional approaches by artificial route and record percent and volume of intake

• Identify the definition of any staged pressure ulcer or eschar

• Identify when a drug regimen review is required

Click here to view the program for more information. The deadline to register is Sept. 28. Thank you to our seminar sponsor, The Lancaster Group, LLC. Visit their website here.

October 8, 2020, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT

The Louisiana Nursing Home Association (LNHA) will host a series of five webinars presented by experts at Myers & Stauffer. Each webinar may be taken as a standalone session. The fourth webinar in the series will provide an overview of Chapter 3 and Sections O, P, Q, V, X, Z and SDR. There will also be an overview for Chapters 4 and 5. This session is recommended for both beginners and those with decades of MDS experience.

These webinars will be independent of each other and each session will be recorded. Registering for one webinar does not provide access to all in the series as they standalone. You must register for each webinar in the series that you want to attend.

Seminar Objectives

• Identify special treatments, procedures and programs both while a resident and not a resident
• Identify the number of days and minutes of licensed therapy and restorative nursing programs provided during the observation period
• Identify the frequency of physical restraints applied
• Identify CAA and care planning processes
• Identify the MDS correction policy and procedure
• Identify the federal correction policy mandated by CMS including when a special manual assessment correction is required

Click here to view the program for more information. The deadline to register is October 5.

Thank you to our seminar sponsor, The Lancaster Group, LLC. Visit their website here.

October 15, 2020, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. CT

The Louisiana Nursing Home Association (LNHA) will host a series of five webinars presented by experts at Myers & Stauffer. Each webinar may be taken as a standalone session. The fifth and final webinar in the MDS/RAI series will be October 15, 2020, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Session 5 will discuss the Medicare Prospective Payment system as outlined in Chapter 6 of the RAI manual. The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will also be covered. This session is recommended for more experienced participants.

These webinars will be independent of each other and each session will be recorded. Registering for one webinar does not provide access to all in the series as they standalone. You must register for each webinar in the series that you want to attend.

Seminar Objectives

• Identify the SNF PPS eligibility criteria.
• Identify the calculation of the Payment Driven Payment Model (PDPM) requirement for Part A
  reimbursement.
• Identify the calculation of the PDPM cognitive level.
• Identify the calculation of the functional (activity) score.
• Identify the calculation of the PT and OT payment component.
• Identify the calculation of the SLP payment.
• Identify the calculation of the nursing payment component

Click here to view the program for more information. The deadline to register is October 12.

Thank you to our seminar sponsor, The Lancaster Group, LLC. Visit their website here.

This event is now a virtual seminar.

October 12-15, 2020, from 8 a.m. to noon CT each day.

LNHA invites those who desire to become a certified activity director to attend a four-day virtual course on October 12-15 via Zoom. The certification course, presented by Jeff DeMars, LNFA, ADC-EDU, ACC-BC, CDCS, CDBS, will teach attendees how to identify the activity needs of each resident and will share creative techniques and strategies to implement when planning, developing and delivering quality life-enriching activities for residents in a nursing facility. During the seminar, attendees will complete an onsite clinical practicum at a licensed nursing facility. Click here to view the program for more information. The deadline to register online is October 2.

November 12-13, 2020, from 8 a.m. to noon CT each day.

LNHA invites social service directors (SSD) in the long-term care profession to attend a virtual Social Service Director Workshop on November 12-13, 2020. This two-day training program is a structured educational curriculum that fully orients, educates and prepares each SSD to work in Louisiana nursing facilities as a social service designee/director. The workshop will be presented by Jeff DeMars, BSW, MCCS, LNFA, CDCS, CDBS, CCDC, ADC/EDU, ACC-BC with guest speaker Tazya Bailey, MSW, CSW.

Each SSD participant will be qualified to officially apply for professional certification as a long term care social service designee with the Louisiana Certification Registry for Healthcare Ancillary Professionals, Inc. once they complete the eight-hour training program and pass the post-test administered by JAJ Health Care Education Consultants, LLC. The deadline to register is November 6. Click here to view the program for more information and an agenda on page 2.