Education and Events – 2017

Future of Aging Services Leadership Panel

  • LeadingAge DC in partnership with George Washington University is coordinating the Second Annual Future of Aging Services Leadership Panel. New to the program will be an early careerist panel that will discuss barriers to entry, recruitment and the rewarding aspects of the field. Panelists this year include:
  • C-Suite Panelists:
    • Kathy Anderson, CEO, Goodwin House
    • Chip Burns, CEO, The Asbury Group-IT
    • Tim Cox, CEO, Washington Home and Hospice
    • Neal Kursban, President, Family and Nursing Care​
    • Steve Nash, CEO, Stoddard Baptist Home (Moderator)
    • Manny Ocasio – Executive Vice President, HR, Asbury Communities
  • Early Careerist Panelists:
    • Josh Bagley, Goodwin House
    • Mia McFarland, Asbury Methodist Village
    • Todd Miller Jones, Asbury Solomons
    • Lauren Sims, Falcons Landing
  • Registration and Agenda
  • Date/Time: 9:30 – 12:00, January 25th, 2017
  • Location: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
  • Continuing Education: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 2.25 clock hours and 2.25 participant hours.

Webinar: Riding the Wave of Change in Memory Care – Presented by Perkins Eastman

  • Date: January 30, 2017, 1:30 – 2:30pm
  • Description: Through comparative case studies, the presenters will provide an overview of unique programming, staff training models, operations and environments that support culture change and best practices in assisted living memory care. We will explore how the physical environment directly impacts the quality of care and the quality of life. The two studies will be Abe’s Garden in Nashville and CJE SeniorLife – The Friend Center in Deerfield, IL. Together we will develop take-away strategies on how to implement change within your community.
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2016-2017 Emerging Leaders Series

  • Description: Designed for the new manager or high potential employee, these modules will increase supervisory and leadership skills. Participants can take an individual module or sign up for the series. A mix of in-person and online sessions are geared toward busy adult learners. Participants will get personal training and participate in a cohort exploring people, business, and field leadership.
  • Dates:
    • January 11, 2017 – Field Leadership Model, @ Collington, Mitchellville, MD
    • April 4, 2017 – People Module @ Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg, MD
    • July 19, 2017 – Business Module @ Clifton Larsen Allen, Timonium, MD
  • Registration

SAVE THE DATE: Mental Health and Dementia in Independent Senior Living Settings

  • Date: March 15, 2017
  • Location: Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg, MD
  • Speakers: Marsha Frankel and Caren Silverlieb, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly

SAVE THE DATE: LeadingAge DC, LeadingAge Maryland and LeadingAge Virginia Hackfest 2017

  • Dates: March 31, 2017 – April 2, 2017
  • Location: Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg, MD
  • More information to come

Tuesday Stand-Ups

  • LeadingAge Maryland is pleased to offer to LeadingAge DC Members Tuesday Stand-Up – a clinical learning opportunity held every other Tuesday at 10:00am. The call is designed to be a narrowly focused, 15 minute learning experience referencing a current clinical, regulatory or operational issue associated with geriatric medication management or other related health care topic. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
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PAST EVENTS

 

The Art of Care

  • Description: A program offered through Accessible Programs at the National Gallery of Art in partnership with LeadingAge. By carefully examining and discussing original works of art at the National Gallery of Art, participants will build skills that support visual literacy, communication, and empathy.
  • LeadingAge Members Only
  • Participants are asked to commit to the four workshop dates if possible. Registering for the first September date guarantees enrollment in all four meetings:
    • Wednesday, September 21, 11:00-1:00
    • Wednesday, October 19, 11:00-1:00
    • Wednesday, November 16, 11:00-1:00
    • Wednesday, December 14, 11:00-1:00

UBER and Aging Services, Thursday, December 1, 2016

STRATEGY AND FINANCE SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by Ziegler, November 30, 2016

RoP Phase 1 in 60 Minutes or Less November 22, 2016

  • Presenter: Stephanie S. Kessler, RAC-CT, Partner, Senior Living Services Consulting Group

FALL LEADERS FORUM – My Choices, Right or Wrong: Ethical and Legal Considerations in Person-Directed Living, with Dr. Michael Gillette, Tuesday, October 18, 2016

LeadingAge DC 2016 Annual Meeting, September 15, 2016

Talk and Reception with Francis Njuakom, CDVTA, August 11th from 10am -12pm

  • IAHSA Member, Francis Njuakom, Director of Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance (CDVTA) shared with us the story and work of his organization.

National Emerging Leadership Summit @ GW, June 21 – 23, 2016

  • The summit targeted Healthcare Administrators in Health and Aging Services who have typically been in the field for under ten years and are identified as emerging leaders.

LeadingAge DC and Maryland Member Only – Conference Call RE: CMS PROPOSED PAYMENT RULE FY 2017 – Tuesday, June 7, 2016

  • LeadingAge DC and Maryland hosted a conference call with Dr. Cheryl Phillips and Evvie Munley to discuss the CMS Proposed Payment Rule of FY 2017

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Rules Impacting Overtime and Exemption Status Webinar – June 16, 2016, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

  • Program Description: On March 14, 2016, the Department of Labor submitted the final proposed overtime rule updates of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to the Office of Management and Budget. As a result, these updates went into effect May 18, 2016.

Free Webinar: Payroll Based Journal – What you need to know – A clinical and information technology perspective – Tuesday, April, 19, 2016, 2:00 pm

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  • Speakers
    • Stephanie S. Kessler, RAC-CT, Partner, Senior Living Services Consulting Group, Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP
    • Chip Burns, President, The Asbury Group IT

Member Only Free Webinar: New Quality Measures and the 5-Star Rating System – March 29th & 31st, 3pm EDT

  • Description: On March 3rd, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced the addition of six new Quality Measures (QMs) to Nursing Home Compare in April and the incorporation of five of the six new QMs into the 5-Star rating system beginning in July. Join us for this timely webinar as we discuss the upcoming changes, define the six new Quality Measures, describe important aspects of each QM and provide an overview of the free tools available to you through LeadingAge that can assist you in tracking and trending your QM data and identifying strategies for improving your results. This is hosted by LeadingAge NY.

Advancing Resident-Centered Care: Leadership Intensive – April 5, 2016

  • Description: Take Resident-Centered Care to the next level with this day long training for mid-level employees and above. Back by popular demand, Jim Kinsey of Planetree, will work with participants on Empowering Staff, Engaging Community, Activating Residents, Listening to the Community and more.

Advocacy Training with the Senior Advisory Coalition

  • Who: Senior Residents and Aging Services Providers
  • Date: March 31, 2016, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Location: Samuel Simmons, 2801 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

Free Webinar: Fair Housing and Aging Services, March 23rd, 2016

Nursing Home Administrators Peer Networking, March 10, 2016

  • Description: Network with local LeadingAge Administrators. Topic Presented: Managed Care – Current Update, Changes and Future Impact to Post Acute Care

LeadingAge PEAK Leadership Summit, March 14-16, 2016

  • Description:The PEAK Leadership Summit is a yearly gathering of C-level executives and business leaders. This unique event will feature top-notch leadership and strategy education, an intimate setting to build a network of peers and a learning experience designed to spur new thinking and creative ideas.

Local and National Regulatory Update, Friday, February 26, 2016

  • Description: A local and national update will be provided on skilled nursing, assisted living, and housing.

Active Shooter Webinar, Tuesday, February 16, 2016

  • Description: Recent events have triggered safety and security concerns across the nation. Unfortunately, the risk of an armed intruder or active shooter is a real documented threat to both the staff and residents of long-term care communities. The response to an active shooter is not the same in every setting; aging services providers can’t tell staff to leave the residents behind to fend for themselves, nor can they set policy to make staff stay and risk their own safety.This webinar will highlight the necessary steps to protect your staff and those you serve.

Webinar: Navigating Bundled Payment Programs: Lessons Learned, Wednesday January 27, 2016

  • Description: Considering the magnitude of participation by skilled nursing facilities in bundled payment arrangements and available data, we have an opportunity to look retrospectively at what has worked well in bundled arrangements and what areas may require improvement. Using this information and “lessons learned” from participation, SNF providers can look to the future of health care delivery with a more positive outlook for success.This training program will review the background and rationale behind bundled payments. Using available data, this session provides lessons learned from the initiative and strategies and tactics for participating in bundled payment initiatives.

C-Suite Panel for Aging Services, Friday, January 8, 2015

  • Description: Come out to meet the future leaders of the aging field and hear from local C-Suite executives. This event will bring together future healthcare/aging services leaders and current leaders in the field to discuss the Future of Aging Services Leadership. The event will begin with a panel discussion and will conclude with a networking opportunity for current and future leaders.
  • An event for both LeadingAge DC and Maryland Members, and any local university student.
  • C-Suite Panel Agenda and Biographies

Strategy and Finance Symposium, December 10, 2015

  • Description: This one-day event will give senior living providers the most recent industry trends, highlight innovative case studies from around the country, and provide ample time for networking with your peers. Topics of interest to a broad audience, including finance, administration, marketing, clinical and more.
  • 2015 LeadingAge MD DC Finance + Strategy Symposium Agenda

Webinar: Trends in Population Health Management: Risk or Opportunity? , Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 2-3 p.m. Eastern

  • Presenter: Jill Sumner, vice president of health policy and integrated services, LeadingAge
  • Description: As the health care delivery models in this country continues to move toward population health management, LeadingAge members face growing demands to keep up with a changing field as well as new possibilities for positioning their organizations for long-term sustainability and success.This webinar will provide an overview of what post-acute providers can expect in this new era of service integration and what they can do to effectively reduce health care costs while optimizing quality of care.

Two-Day MDS Training Course – Sponsored by LeadingAge Maryland and OHCQ, November 18 – 19, 2015 (9:00 – 4:00pm each day)

  • The Village at Rockville (formerly the National Lutheran Home), 9701 Viers Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850
  • Description: The two day course provides the history, purpose and underlying systems of the MDS tool. The course examines how and why coding is done. The Maryland Department of Health Care Quality has received positive feedback from both experienced and novice users concerning the Basic MDS Course. If your goal is to become an MDS Coordinator or you are an existing MDS Coordinator interested in learning more about the overall tool, you will benefit from attending the two day educational event offered by LeadingAge Maryland and the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality
  • Coure Requirement: LPN or RN

Webinar: Dementia: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Reduce Behaviors, November 17, 2015, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Speaker: Ashley K Boyle, MS, CCC/SLP, RAC-CT, CDP, CADDCT, Gravity Consulting

25th Annual Gibbs Oration and 9th Annual Coile Lectureship – Sponsored by LeadingAge DC, November 13, 2015, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

  • Presenters included:
    • Rosemary Gibson, Senior Advisor, The Hastings Center
    • Neal Patterson, Chairman and CEO, Cerner Corporation
    • Dennis Delisle, Sc.D, FACHE, MHSA ‘10, Executive Project Director, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

LeadingAge Annual Meeting, November 1 – 4, 2015

LeadingAge DC and Maryland Reception at LeadingAge Annual Meeting, November 2, 2015,

  • Provider and sponsors/ business members gathered from LeadingAge DC, Maryland and Delaware at the Westin Boston Waterfront.

Universal Paid Leave Act of 2015 Conference Call, Tuesday, October 20, 2015

  • LeadingAge DC hosted a teleconference with Joanna Blotner from the DC Paid Family and Medical Leave Coalition

CMS Proposed Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes, Monday, October 5, 2015

  • LeadingAge DC and MD Teleconference with Dr. Cheryl Phillips to review proposed changes

New Nonprofit Senior Living Accounting Standards, Tuesday, October 13, 2015

  • No-Cost Webinar in partnership with LeadingAge Maryland and Marty Kane, CPA/ABV, CliftonLarsonAllen.

LeadingAge DC Annual Meeting: Wednesday, September 30, 2015

ICD-10- CM Coding – Are You Ready?: Lunch and Learn: On August 11, 2015

  • Discuss ICD-10 Coding with Stephanie Kessler of RKL
  • Webinar

Training the Future Leaders of Long Term Care: A Preceptor Training Program: On July 29, 2015

On the Horizon for Affordable Housing: On June 10, 2015:

  • Alayna Waldrum, LeadingAge, discussed the future of afforable housing and provided a federal and local update.
  • Colleen Bloom, LeadingAge, presented on trends and common concerns in senior housing, and shared some helpful resources
  • Dr. Thompson, DCOA, provided an update on “Genesis” an inter-generational community that is helping to create and Age-Friendly City with Mark Dunhan, Generations of Hope Development Corporation.

Working Together: Community-Based Villages and Other Aging Services Organizations: On May 28, 2015, LeadingAge’s Bruce Rosenthal explored the collaborations between aging services providers and Villages. The program concluded with a panel including:

  • Mariana Blagburg, Executive Director, Northwest Neighbors Village,
  • Sandy Douglass, CEO, Forest Hills of DC
  • Gail Kohn, Age-Friendly DC
  • Bruce Rosenthal, LeadingAge

Armed Forces Retirement Home and the Small House Concept : On April 7, 2015, members were given information on the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the small house concept and provided a tour.

Assisted Living Update : On February 2, 2015 Sharon Mebane, DC Department of Health, and Steve Maag spoke about the local and national trends in Assisted Living.

MDS 3.0/RUGS IV Webinar Series Kick Off : January-May 2015, in keeping with the success of their previous highly-rated distance learning education offerings, LeadingAge state affiliates and Plante Moran teamed up to offer a series of affordable, up-to-date distance learning educational sessions about the process of completing the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0, and the impact of its accuracy.

2015 PEAK Leadership Summit : On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, LeadingAge DC Members visited the offices of Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton.

LeadingAge Maryland, DC and Delaware Reception
On Monday, October 20, 2014 nearly 200 people attended the LeadingAge Maryland, DC, Delaware reception and the conversation was lively. Many thanks to reception sponsors Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, Warfel Construction and Perkins Eastman!

Green House Project Briefing Highlights DC Efforts
On February 20, 2012, DC LeadingAge members joined the Green House team to brief attendees on the national and local efforts to expand this innovative, small house model of long-term care. Green Houses are operating around the country with 146 homes currently open and over a hundred more in development. Read more

Spring Networking Breakfast Meeting: Non-Profit Philanthropy: Reform & Mission
On April 20, 2012, non-profit leaders from throughout the District joined us for breakfast, networking and the opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing non-profit organizations. They discussed if congress will make changes to the charitable deduction in tax reform as well as the impact it will that have on philanthropic efforts. Also discussed was how can you expand your organization’s mission in light of growing demand and decreased funding.

Trends in CCRCs
On June 26, 2013, Steve Maag, Director of Residential Communities at LeadingAge, spoke about the most recent trends in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and what’s driving those trends. Lunch was served at this event and the attendants got a great opportunity to learn valuable information that has helped their organizations stay ahead of the curve.

Community-Based Health Education and Services For Seniors
Here in Washington, DC on June 27, 2013, Michael Thompson, Senior Director of Community Partnership and Development at Providence Hospital, spoke about improving the health of the people in our communities. Also speaking at this event was community organizer for the DC Office on Aging, Courtney Williams. This event offered attendants a unique opportunity to learn more about health services and how they benefit those in our communities.

LeadingAge DC 1st Annual Meeting
LeadingAge DC held its first conference on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at the LeadingAge headquarters in Washington DC. This one day education event offered sessions on home and community based services expansion, resident transitions & fair housing and emerging service coordination issues in senior housing.

Making it Work: Quality Measures in Nursing Home Care
On Friday, April 11, 2014, presenters looked at Advancing Excellence tools as a core base, with QAPI as the framework for assessing quality care. In addition, this session looked to develop the person-centered culture of safety that providers, residents and families look for in skilled care.

HUD Preservation Training for Affordable Senior Housing
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and LeadingAge DC and LeadingAge Maryland hosted a 2-day training for board members, owners, and managers of affordable senior housing. This training was based upon HUD’s Partners in Housing: Basic and Advanced Preservation trainings that were taught throughout the country in 2012 and 2013. Targeted to non-profit owners and providers of affordable senior housing that have been financed with HUD 202 or 236 loans with rental subsidy, the training equipped attendees with the tools they needed to understand how to preserve and improve their valuable assets. The course was facilitated by Vince O’Donnell and Gates Dunaway, both of whom facilitated the HUD courses in 2012 and 2013 and have decades of experience with affordable housing preservation strategies.

Future of Aging Services Leadership Panel

  • LeadingAge DC in partnership with George Washington University is coordinating the Second Annual Future of Aging Services Leadership Panel. New to the program will be an early careerist panel that will discuss barriers to entry, recruitment and the rewarding aspects of the field. Panelists this year include:
  • C-Suite Panelists:
    • Kathy Anderson, CEO, Goodwin House
    • Chip Burns, CEO, The Asbury Group-IT
    • Tim Cox, CEO, Washington Home and Hospice
    • Neal Kursban, President, Family and Nursing Care​
    • Steve Nash, CEO, Stoddard Baptist Home (Moderator)
    • Manny Ocasio – Executive Vice President, HR, Asbury Communities
  • Early Careerist Panelists:
    • Josh Bagley, Goodwin House
    • Mia McFarland, Asbury Methodist Village
    • Todd Miller Jones, Asbury Solomons
    • Lauren Sims, Falcons Landing
  • Registration and Agenda
  • Date/Time: 9:30 – 12:00, January 25th, 2017
  • Location: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
  • Continuing Education: This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 2.25 clock hours and 2.25 participant hours.