Better mental wellbeing for Nursing Home residents
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QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.

Key components covered in the training:

1. How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
2. How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
3. The common causes of suicidal behavior
4. The warning signs of suicide
5. How to get help for someone in crisis

Registration is limited.

Speaker: Holly Pounders – Hpounders@comcast.net

Connect with the presenter on LinkedIn – Holly Pounders

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In this 45-minute training, nursing facility staff will explore the principles of trauma-informed care and learn techniques for creating a safe environment where both residents and staff can thrive.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define trauma and trauma-informed care
2. What happens to the traumatized body and why trauma behavior is misunderstood
3. The basic concepts of trauma informed care

Speaker: Dr. LaVerne H. Collins, LPC, LCMHC, NCC – lavernehcollins@gmail.com

Connect with the presenter on LinkedIn – Dr. LaVerne H. Collins

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This training will focus on the recent updates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance to surveyors concerning informed consent and the management of psychotropic medications in nursing facilities. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of how to apply principles of medication stewardship in managing psychotropic medications, as well as how to implement a team approach to enhance the quality of care.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the latest CMS guidelines regarding the use of psychotropic medications and the significance of informed consent to ensure compliance and quality of care.
2. Establish and apply protocols for the gradual reduction of psychotropic medications when appropriate, ensuring personalized assessment and ongoing evaluation of the residents’ needs.
3. Promote teamwork among physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare providers to enhance medication management practices and ensure comprehensive care for residents receiving psychotropic medications.

Speaker:

1. Jennifer Massey, PharmD – massey@allianthealth.org; connect on LinkedIn
2. Jacob “Jay” Berelowitz, LNHA, LMSW, CPHQ, CCM – Program Director; connect on LinkedIn
3. Jennifer Goodpaster, BS, RN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, QCP, CPHQ – Program Manager; connect on LinkedIn