The 2015 LeadingAge DC Annual Meeting will be held on September 30, 2015. Continue to check the LeadingAge DC website for updates. Sponsorship Opportunities are still available. This year’s highlights include:

• 9 unique breakout sessions with topics including: Viritual Senior Centers, Person Centered Care, Cognitive Health, Technology, Policy Updates and more.
• A two part Board Engagement session.
• Key Note Speaker – Christie Hinrichs, President and CEO of Tabitha Health Care, will challenge the “current one size fits all” health care system
• Closing Speaker – Larry Minnix, President and CEO, LeadingAge
• A new registration category available for trustees of member organizations, administrators-in-training, employees of government agencies and full-time students/faculty of accredited universities and colleges.

• Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation
  Carroll Manor is a state-of-the-art skilled nursing center providing short-term and long-term medical, nursing, and rehabilitation services. Accredited by The Joint Commission and Medicare/Medicaid certified, the center has private and shared accommodations available for up to 252 residents. Carroll Manor offers Dementia Care, Intermediate Care, Skilled Care and Sub-acute care.
• Washington Center for Aging
  Washington Center for Aging Services, located in Northeast DC, is a community with a great history of providing care to over 200 seniors in Washington, DC.

LeadingAge DC, DC Board of Long Term Care Administrators and DC Health Care Association Host Preceptor Training
Training the future generation of long term care administrators is critical for the aging services industry. Over sixteen Administrators from the District of Columbia came together on July 29th to complete a Preceptor Training which will assist them in becoming Certified Preceptors in the District of Columbia. To become a Nursing Home Administrator in the District of Columbia, an individual must complete an Administrator-in-Training program under the guidance of a certified preceptor. For more information, contact Christy Kramer at ckramer@leadingage.org.

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District of Columbia Update

• Conflict Free Case Management. On Friday, July 10, DHCF’s Conflict-Free Case Management Services Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking was published in the DC Register.
• DHCD to Release Request for Proposals on Affordable Housing Projects DHCD and partner agencies will release a Request for Proposals (RFP) on July 29 and will hold a kick-off meeting on July 30. Applications must be submitted online and will be due October 5.
• UDC Elder Law Project Establishment Amendment Act of 2015. This bill clarifies the requirements of providing legal representation to low income persons and to income eligible senior citizens through the training of law students at the University of the District of Columbia Law School. income-eligible seniors will gain access to free legal assistance by supervised law students at the University of the District of Columbia.
• Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults Amendment Act of 2015 Introduced on July 14, 2015, by Councilmembers Bonds, Evans, Nadeau, Grosso, Allen, Orange, Todd, and Silverman, the act redefines vulnerable adults to include persons aged 65 and over and establishes financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
• Health Care Decisions Act of 2015. Currently under Council Review is the Health Care Decisions Act of 2015. If passed, this legislation would establish a MOST Form to capture patients’ wishes for medical intervention. This is similar to the MOLST form currently being utilized in Maryland. Read LeadingAge DC’s recommendations