Mar 2011 March 2011

NorthWest Senior & Disability Services
Vol. 16 No. 1
March 2011
WE APPRECIATE YOU!
As 2010 passes into memory, NorthWest Senior and Disability
Services wants to extend our warmest wishes for the coming
year. Your hard work, passion and commitment in serving
seniors and people with disabilities touches many lives.
Training
Opportunities
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Most of your residents have families and loved ones who trust you to
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provide the care they cannot. For those residents who don’t have
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others involved in their lives, many of you make special events such
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as birthdays and holidays warm. Many of your residents have
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professionals such as doctors, home health nurses and hospice
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workers involved in their lives. These other professionals know they
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can rely on your partnership to provide quality care. You provide
positive alternative living options, often at times of crisis. You continually step up to meet
the needs of new residents in your homes.
While you provide care to meet the physical, spiritual, social and emotional needs of your
residents, you also operate a business, and balance a healthy personal and family life of
your own. For all this we thank you, and salute you.
P.S. As a result of careful stewardship of funds, our Agency is
adding a third permanent AFH Licensing Specialist position in
March. Details below.
~~~ Licensing Staff Notes ~~~
Many of you have had the opportunity to meet
over the past year and
a half as she visited your homes or helped you on the phone. Kelli has been in the Licensor
position as a temporary reassignment from the Quality Assurance and Improvement Unit.
February 28th will be Kelli’s last day with the Agency, as she takes a pause from working
outside her home to spend some time with her family. We have all benefited from Kelli’s
work and know her future will be bright.
Hello from
! I am delighted to be joining Tom and Katie as part of the
AFH Licensing team and look forward to meeting and working with all of you. I have been
at NWSDS for over 5 years, assisting units agency-wide on a variety of projects and
gaining a wide scope of knowledge to better serve our agency and communities. I have been involved in our Long Term Care Program, Information &
Assistance, and Adult Protective Services, as well as AFH Licensing, providing
dministrative and technical assistance. I am grateful for this opportunity and
excited about working with all of you!
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Training Opportunities
ANNUAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Now you can find out about trainings approved for annual training credits at a new website.
The site includes listings of classroom, on-line and self-study trainings, and conferences
which have already been reviewed for approval for credits. Look for “APD” – “Aged and
Physical Disabilities” – another term for “Seniors and People with Disabilities” listings.
You can also sign up to get free updates whenever a new item is added to the approved
trainings. Go to http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/spd/provtools/training/index.shtml.
If you attend a training that is not listed in this website you may not get training credit for it.
Ask the trainer to email AFHTraining.spd@state.or.us before the training to find out about
getting their presentation approved for credits.
The trainings listed below are already approved for credits for you.
ONLINE
Please see the specific websites for details on
schedules and costs.
SPD NETLINK TRAININGS
Topics available include:
Fatal Four and 9-1-1
Spotlight on Infection
Control
Spread the Word
Not the Germs
Mandatory
Reporting
RN Delegation for AFH Providers
On-going courses offered by SPD Health
Support Unit. Approved for 0.5 - 2 credit
hours per course. Register on-line in advance at https://dhslearn.hr.state.or.us
On the day of your class, a “Join” link will
appear on your Learning Center
Homepage next to the course title. Click
“Join” to launch the NetLink application.
For login help: DHS Service Desk 503945-5623. For NetLink Technical Support:
503-378-5885.
MedCEU topics available include Grief
and Bereavement 1 credit; Nutrition 2011
5 credits. Contact www.medceu.com.
Online Nursing Continuing
Education topics available include
Alzheimer’s Disease 3 credits;
Communicating with Cognitively
Impaired Patients; Cultural
Competence in Healthcare 1 credit.
Contact www.rn.org.
MyFreeCE topics available include
Alzheimer’s Disease: The Brain’s
Enemy 4 credits; Diabetes
& Psychological
Disorders 2 credits; Falls
1 credit; Aging, Sleep and
Medication Challenges 3
credits. Contact
www.myfreece.com.
Caregiving Careers Inc topics
available include Clients Rights, Abuse
and Neglect 3 credits; Personal Care
and ADLs 2 credits.
Contact www.caregivingcareers.net.
More ...
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More Training Opportunities ...
CLASSROOM
EQC Refresher Trainings
topics available include: Chronic Illness; Screening,
Admission and Documentation; Communication Skills & Working with Challenging
Behaviors; Safety in the Home; Personal Care; and Nutrition.
Times and locations vary. Approved for 2– 4 credit hours per course, $10 per course.
Instructor: Corrynne Purdy, 541-971-0092.
Oregon Home Care Commission Trainings topics available include:
Protect Against Sprains & Strains; Preventing Disease Transmission; Provider
Grief; Stress Management & Relaxation Techniques (S.M.A.R.T.); Diabetes by the
Numbers, Taking Responsibility in Personal Safety (T.R.I.P.S.); Bathing &
Grooming; Heart Healthy; Dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Times and locations vary. Approved for 2 – 4 credits per course. For information call
503-378-3957 in Salem, or 1-877-867-0077 toll-free.
SELF STUDY
Lifeworks Self-Study Programs Topics available include:
Understanding Anxiety; Borderline Personality Disorder; Managing
Stress On and Off the Job; Caring for Residents in the Last
Stages of Life; Dementia; Depression; the Dying Process;
Mental Health and Older Adults; Schizophrenia, Bipolar
Disorder & Depression; Pain Management; Parkinson’s; Psychoactive
Medications; Recreational Activities; Substance Abuse. Most approved for 3 credit
hours, $60 per course; some for more hours. To request materials call 503-641-1475 x 0 or
1-888-645-1666
SPD Self-Study Classes topics available include New Topic: RN Delegation (for nonnurse providers); Aspiration; Constipation; Dehydration; Documentation; Fall Prevention;
Infection Control; Medical Terminology; Medication Safety; Pain Management;
Pneumonia; Pressure Sores; Quality Care without Restraints; Working with Challenging
Behaviors, Parts 1 & 2; Your Body Changes Through the Years.
Approved for 2 credit hours, $5.00 per course. Purchase study materials and complete test
at home. Return test for grading; a certificate of completion is mailed to you 4-6 weeks
later. New contact:
contact Call Deborah Cateora at 503-947-5163 to order forms, booklets and get
tests. Website option: www.oregon.gov/DHS/spd/provtools/training/index.shtml.
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&/or
* American Red Cross, Willamette Chapter
Salem area 503-585-5414
* American Red Cross, Oregon Trail
Chapter Clatsop County 503-325-4721
* Tillamook County General Hospital
503-815-2499
Available to come to your foster home:
* Aletha Gibson 503-560-2288
* Carolyn Betlinski 503-812-8667
* CPR Express: Sue Millsap 503-763-9662
* Marion County CPR & 1st Aid: Joe Dafoe
503-580-3101
* Scott Law 971-237-1842
Need Forms, CG Study
Guides or Workbooks?
Now there are two ways for you to get more
whenever you need them:
AFH ORIENTATION for prospective
licensees is held monthly at NWSDS,
3410 Cherry Ave NE, Salem.
1) Call 503-304-3400 and leave a
message for Tom or Katie: Tell us what
Friday, March 11, 8:00 am – Noon
you need, how many, and if you want
Thursday, April 7, 8:00 am – Noon
to pick them up at our office, or have us
Tuesday, May 10, 8:00 am – Noon
mail them to you. We’ll have them
Wednesday, June 8, 8:00 am – Noon
ready for you within a few days.
Call AFH licensing staff at 503-304-3400 to
2) You can access state Adult Foster
register for AFH Orientation.
Home forms from the Internet!
www.oregon.gov/DHS/admin/forms
word or phrase.
PDF under the form name
you wish to download.
NWSDS Forms are not available on-line.
REMEMBER: You MUST use the current
Background Check Request 301 AD form
from our office. Call Kathy Lane anytime you
need a blank form: 503-304-3428
Wonderful Website!
Check this out! View & print the new AFH
Administrative Rules, get the latest
approved training courses, find out current
rate (payment) schedules, get emergency
preparedness guide-lines, print your own
Caregiver Study Guide and Workbooks and
more!
Go to http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/spd/
provtools/afh-apd/index.shtml
More ...
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Resources Continued ...
CHANGES IN “ENSURING QUALITY CARE” (EQC)
NWSDS is not currently offering EQC courses. But don’t worry! We’ve made arrangements with Corrynne Purdy, a state-certified EQC instructor, to provide EQC courses in
the Salem area. In addition, EQC courses are offered by other trainers in other areas of
the state. Call the contact listed for information on schedules, cost and manual.
Salem, Albany & Eugene Classroom courses. Contact: Corrynne Purdy at 541-971-0092
or email cpurdyeqctrng@q.com. Registration in her Salem courses is limited to Licensee and
Resident Manager applicants in Clatsop, Marion, Polk, Tillamook & Yamhill Counties.
Oregon City Classroom courses. Contact Laurie Barrett, RN: lbarrett4afc.@comcast.net.
Portland* Classroom or Online. Contact Sherry at www.mhcc.edu/training/#ACHBT or
503-491-7235 at Mt Hood Community College.
* Note: If you take the classroom or online course in Portland (Multnomah County), be sure to indicate
when you register that you plan to operate or work in an AFH in another County. After you complete
their course, you will need to arrange to take the EQC exam. For Clatsop, Marion, Polk, Tillamook or
Yamhill Counties, contact NorthWest Senior & Disability Services (NWSDS) Licensing Staff at
(503) 304-3400.
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GOT VACANCIES?
Update your vacancy listing!
Call 503-304-3454, or fax 503304-3464, Attn: AFH Vacancy List
Tell us:
*Name of AFH Provider (“Joe
Smith”, not “Smith’s Care”)
*Number of vacancies
*Single or shared room
*Male, female or either
Update at least once a month –
once a week is best!
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You can now choose to have your checks from the State
deposited directly into your bank account. Just complete
the enrollment form (7262H) you received in the mail a
few months ago. You can also download the form at
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/spd/provtools/afh-apd/index.shtml.
It can take up to 30
days to complete the
Quality Assurance &
enrollment, including a
Improvement Unit (QA&I)
pre-note to verify your bank/credit union and
Regional Manager:
account information is correct. In the meantime
Cheryl Wells
you will receive paper checks in the mail. Once
Licensing Specialists:
the direct deposit is working for you, you will
Katie Howe, Tom Ouweleen
continue to get a monthly remittance advice. It
& Debbie Greeley
will show whether your payment was by check or
Administrative Assistant:
direct deposit.
Kathy Lane