Members Only: Education Opportunities!
The Wisconsin Health Care Association and Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living offer a variety of educational programs across spectrum of skilled nursing in the clinical, administrative and finance categories. The assurance and improvement of quality care is the driving force behind all WHCA/WiCAL programming.
Workforce Webinar Series Archive
Workforce Webinar Series Archive
Preventing burnout and turnover starts by supporting staff with the right tools for the job. WHCA/WiCAL partnered with mental health service provider Behavioral Care Solutions in 2021 to give our members ready-to-share webinars to support staff’s skill with and understanding of mental health issues in older/disabled adults.
Targeted toward the caregiving audience, these member benefit webinars can be shared directly with your front-line caregivers or be used as a “train-the-trainer” resource for nursing management.
SESSIONS:
Therapeutic Strategies for Resident Mental Health
Click HERE to view the PowerPoint presentation. Click HERE to view the recording of the webinar.
Practical Strategies for Approaching Grief and Bereavement
Click HERE to view the recording of the webinar.
Late-Life Depression and Working with Depressed Caregivers
Click HERE to view the recording of the webinar.
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Agitation in Older Adults
Click HERE to view the recording of the webinar.
Working with Families of Older Adults
Click HERE to view a recording of the webinar.
Self Care, Better Health, and Work Life Balance
Click HERE to view a recording of the webinar.
Psychoactive Medication Guidance & Facility Compliance Best Practices Webinar Series Archive
Psychoactive Medication Guidance & Facility Compliance Best Practices Webinar Series Archive
In this series, Dr. Anthony Bunin and Michael Goldsmith review the modified regulatory changes to psychoactive medications and provide practical and important guidance to facility participants.
SESSIONS:
Webinar Series Part 1: Updated Psychoactive Medication Guidance (Presented by Anthony Bunin):
- The move of psychoactive medications to F-605 (Chemical Restraint) and the potential implications of this regulatory change.
- The updated requirements pertaining to non-pharmacological interventions.
- The necessity of Behavior Tracking and Documentation in order to comply with the modified regulations.
- Schizophrenia Audits and Diagnostic Compliance.
Click HERE to view the recording of the webinar. Click HERE to view the presentation slides.
Webinar Series Part 2: Best Practices for Facility Compliance with Updated Psychoactive Medication Guidance (Presented by Michael Goldsmith):
- Behavioral Tracking and Documentation.
- Care Planning and its effect on psychoactive medication compliance.
- Staff Education. D. BCS Strategies for Compliance (including gradual dose reduction tracking, non-pharmacological interventions, in-service education, and schizophrenia audits).
Click HERE to view the recording of the webinar. Click HERE to view the presentation slides.
PEAL Webinar Archive
The Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living’s PEAL program holds regular webinars to guide members in the development of quality advancement efforts in their facilities. The following webinars have been held as a part of the program.
PEAL Pause:
Tune in to the new Facebook Live Series: PEAL Pause, with Jena Jackson. Hosted at 10 AM CDT on the third Wednesday of each month, Jena will provide support and information to PEAL participants. Each pause is no more than 10 mins, and provides listeners and viewers with quick snippets of information, support, and ideas, covering everything from hot topics to education to marketing ideas.
If you missed the May 17 PEAL Pause, don’t worry! Listen or watch here: https://fb.watch/kCn9rAUaYI/