Welcome to LeadingAge Missouri
Effective January 25, 2011, our association's name is LeadingAge Missouri. This new name aligns us with our national association and results from a comprehensive study that showed that members believe a new name and better alignment between state affiliates and the national association will create a more effective association.
Becoming LeadingAge Missouri offers us a strong and distinct voice for organizations that serve older adults. We will lead in innovative practices that transform how we care for our aging population, cutting-edge initiatives to develop services that meet older adults' needs and preferences and advocacy efforts to advance the interests of the aging consumer.
What does this mean for you? That the advocacy and networking you valued for years through the Missouri Association of Homes for the Aging will get even better. Be looking for a new website and other exciting changes coming in the near future.
Please feel free to contact Denise Clemonds with any questions. Together, we will expand the world of possibilities for aging.
LeadingAge Missouri is an association of organizations dedicated to providing high-quality care, housing and community services for the elderly. Leading Age Missouri's mission is to create a future where quality of life is optimized. Our programs, services and public policy efforts are dedicated to the achievement of this mission.
MOLANE Sponsoring Series of Webinars on Staff Recruitment and Retention
MOLANE, a consortium of long-term-care partners, is sponsoring a series of six, one-hour seminars that can help you acquire and retain staff. These webinars are free.
All sessions are from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
January 5, 2012 – Staff Retention Resources and Tools
MOLANE had to "reject" 20 participants for the January 5 Staff Retention webinar because the webinar was limited to 100 connections. There will be a live repeat (not an archived version) of the webinar on January 26, 2012 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Click here for registration information on the January 26 repeat of the January 5 webinar, Staff Retention Resources and Tools AND the January 31 webinar, Exploring Causes and Setting Goals.
Click here to access handouts from the January 5, 2012 webinar: Importance of Retention by Matt Younger.
Click here to access handouts from the January 5, 2012 webinar: Advancing Excellence Tools by Carol Benner.
Click here to access handouts from the January 5, 2012 webinar: Tracking by Tammy Rolf.
January 31, 2012 – Exploring Causes and Setting Goals
February 21, 2012 – Recruiting, Hiring, Welcoming New Staff
March 13, 2012 – Attendance, Scheduling, Assignments
April 3, 2012 – Creating a Positive Chain of Leadership
April 24, 2012 – Training
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RAI Process Workshops - 2012
LeadingAge Missouri, in cooperation with several other associations, is co-sponsoring a series of RAI Workshops in 2012.
RAI Process from Start to Finish
This workshop will look at the RAI process from beginning to end. The MDS is used for both a clinical and financial assessment and this workshop will discuss the rules on scheduling these assessments and meeting the requirements individually and combined. Item-by-item coding will be reviewed. From coding the MDS the workshop will then look at the CAA to care plan process. An overview of the Medicare requirements that need to be followed for appropriate reimbursement will be discussed. Finally, the review will cover how to stay up-to-date in this ever-changing world of MDS 3.0.
This workshop is for individuals in long term care who coordinate and/or code the MDS and for the DON or administrator who needs a better understanding of the complexity of the RAI process.
This two-day workshop is approved for 12.5 administrative hours by the Board of Nursing Home Administrators and 12.5 contact hours for nurses.
Cost for this two-day workshop is $295 per person.
February 15 & 16, 2012, Columbia, MO
July 11 & 12, 2012, Columbia, MO
October 9 & 10, 2012, Columbia, MO
CMS Update
This advanced RAI session will help participants identify tools that will facilitate improvements in patient/resident outcomes, both clinically and financially. The new QI/QM Reports are to be available in April 2012, and ways to use the reports for quality improvements through a team approach will be discussed. CMS hot topics and common survey issues will also be reviewed as they pertain to the care of residents.
This workshop is geared towards those individuals working in long term care who have leadership roles such as the administrator, DON, ADON and MDS Coordinator
This full day workshop is approved for 7.25 patient care hours by the Board of Nursing Home Administrators and 7.25 contact hours for nurses.
Cost for the full day workshop is $125 per person.
April 24, 2012, Columbia, MO
November 13, 2012, Columbia, MO
Both the RAI Process from Start to Finish and CMS Updates workshops will be Carol Siem, Clinical Educator, University of Missouri-Sinclair School of Nursing, Joan Brundick, State RAI Coordinator, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Section for Long-Term Care and Denise Mueller, State Automation Coordinator, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Section for Long-Term Care.
Click here for more information and registration material.
LeadingAge Missouri Now an On-Line Provider for NHA CEUs
LeadingAge Missouri is sponsoring two (2) Missouri Board of Nursing Home Administrators approved programs to receive CEUs on-line.
MMS University or MMSU, a program offered through MMS - A Medical Supply Company, offers fifteen (15) courses (administrative and PC hours) for nursing home administrators.
Healthcare Academy offers two (2) courses, MDS 3.0 (17.5 administrative hours) and QIS (13.75 administrative hours) for nursing home administrators.
Click here for more information (page down to On-Line Courses).
SAVE THE DATE - 43rd Annual LeadingAge Missouri Annual Conference & Exposition
The 43rd Annual LeadingAge Missouri Annual Conference & Exposition will be held September 26 to 28, 2012 at Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark Missouri.
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2011 Membership Directory
An electronic version of the 2011 LeadingAge Missouri Membership Directory is now posted in the "Members Only" section.
Printed copies of the 2011 directory are available (to members only) for a nominal charge while the supply lasts. Click here for ordering information.
MDS 3.0 Manuals
Click here to download an order form.
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Our national partner LeadingAge is an association
of 5,500 not-for-profit organizations dedicated
to expanding the world of possibilities for aging.
Together, we advance policies, promote practices
and conduct research that supports, enables and
empowers people to live fully as they can.
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