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Don't Wait or Be Late... Be An Early Bird Nominee
Nominate Your Special Employees for the CHCA
Spotlight On Excellence Awards 01/27/2012
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 It is time to start considering those special staff members that go above and beyond the call of duty by nominating them for CHCA's highest honors in the long term care profession, the Spotlight On Exceelnce Awards. Finalists will be honored at the 2012 Annual Banquet in Colorado Springs. Download the forms here or click on the logo.
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CHCA Implements e-Handouts for Programs 1/27/2012
The Colorado Health Care Association and Center for Assisted Living is going green with our training programs. In order to save costs and better use our resources in other areas to benefit our members, we will no longer provide hard copies of handouts. E-handouts will be emailed to participants, so when you register for a program, be sure you receive and print out your e-handouts before you attend the program.
"Emergency Champions"
Congrats To The Following Communities For Completing NIMS Compliance Training 01/24/2012
Amberwood Court Care Center
Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center
Forest Street Care Center
Life Care of Westminster
North Shore Care Center
Rio Grande Inn Nursing Home
All Colorado Nursing Homes can qualify for a $1500 grant from the Colorado Health Care Association for completing National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Tratining. Click on the Emergency Preparedness bar for complete details.
Updated NFPA Life Safety Code
Includes Major Revisions 01/19/2012
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has published the 2012 edition of its Life Safety Code (LSC), including comprehensive technical changes proposed by NCAL to the LSC’s Chapter 33, Existing Residential Board and Care Facilities. While maintaining high safety standards, the revisions will help assisted living facilities stay in a residential life safety category and avoid expensive retrofitting to comply with institutional standards when residents become incapable of evacuating a building without assistance. Most states have adopted the LSC as the basis for their assisted living fire safety regulations. Copies of the 2012 edition are available for sale.
GOV HICKENLOOPER DELIVERS
2011 STATE OF STATE ADDRESS 01/12/2012
DENVER-- Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered the 2011 State of the State address Thursday at the state Capitol.
“A lot of people don’t think the state can operate in a nonpartisan way for the benefit of Colorado,” Hickenlooper said during the speech. “We don’t agree.”
Hickenlooper talked about multi-year budgeting for the state; including a regulatory impact statement to business on new legislation; implementing health care exchanges; consolidating functions of state government where appropriate; Congressional redistricting; working with lawmakers to create a venture capital fund for small businesses; the importance of water to Colorado; protecting the state’s environment; and education reform. READ MORE.
CHCA Is About People
Hildebrand Care Center and the
Colorado Centenarian Society Recognize Elder’s
May Owens (left) and Mildred Anderson. Their names have been added to the centenarian plaque at Hildebrand, which is proudly now has 41 names of people that have lived at Hildebrand over the years, that have reached age 100 or older.
Steve Bender with the University of Southern Colorado at Colorado Springs on behalf of the Colorado Centenarian Society and Lawrence Cowan, Administrator of Hildebrand Care Center, families, fellow Elder’s and staff, recognize two ladies whom have achieved wonderful mile stones in their lives. May Owens age 105, (she will be 106 on February 28, 2012 and Mildred Anderson age 105 and will turn 106 on December 12, 2011, each were recognized with flowers, a special cake and awarded certificates from Steve Bender, recognizing this wonderful accomplishment.
May Owens was born on February 28, 1906 in Pittsburg, Ks. the daughter of James and Mary Weakley (her mother passed away when she was 7 months old). She completed the 10th grade, married, and raised 6 children (two are deceased). May went to work outside the home in her 60’s after taking care of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, she enjoyed a 17 year career in Dietary at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City. May was first runner up for the Colorado State Fair Silver Queen contest in 2008 at age 102 and still talks about that today. May is a lovely lady who is out and about the facility daily, concerned about other Elder’s and what she can do to help them.
Mildred Anderson was born December 12, 1905 in West Bend, Iowa to James and Anne Spencer, she was one of eleven children and the only one still living. Mildred graduated from High School and Western State College, she then taught 2nd grade for many years, once being named Teacher of The Year. Mildred was married to Elmer Anderson for many years until his passing and has three daughters. Mildred loves to play the piano, all kinds of oil paintings, crocheting and watching TV. She came to live at Hildebrand Care Center in February 2011, after living with her daughter for many years. Her favorite past time now is socializing and drinking coffee.
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MEDPAC Votes to Lower the Boom
on Skilled Nursing Providers 01/12/2012
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted Wednesday to recommend that the way skilled nursing providers are paid by the government be drastically overhauled within two years. MedPAC commissioners also voted to recommend that they receive no Medicare inflationary pay increase during the next fiscal year. READ MORE.
2012 Directory: Life Is A Song
The 2012 Colorado Health Care Association and Center for Assisted Living Resource Director is in the mail. This year's theme "Life Is A Song: Sing It."
Additional copies are available for sale. If you wish extra copies please call CHCA at (303)861-8228.
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