OHCA DEI Leadership Intensive Training

OHCA has secured funding from the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) to launch the 2024 Oregon Health Care Association DEI Leadership Intensive Training on November 13-14, 2024. The purpose of this two-day training is to build a strong foundation and provide tools for launching sustainable DEI initiatives in respective long term care communities. By offering a safe space for this cohort of individuals, the training will allow participants to workshop through any barriers to implementing DEI objectives in their community.

During this two-day in-person training, participants will work with professional DEI consultants and facilitators to:

• Establish a baseline understanding of the importance of DEI in long term care
• Understand the primary challenges (staff and resident challenges) around DEI in long term care settings
• Review solutions and roadmaps to address these challenges
• Devise individual action plans to address DEI challenges in each participant’s community/organization

Participants are selected through an application process. The application is open to all long term care leaders working in Oregon-licensed nursing, skilled nursing, assisted living, and residential care facilities; independent living; and home health and in-home care agencies.

Apply for this training here.

Please contact Rosie Ward at rward@ohca.com or Maggie Walter at mwalter@ohca.com with any questions.

Course Information

When: November 13-14, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on both days
Where: OMEF Event Center (First Floor)
11740 SW 68th Parkway
Portland 97223
*Lunch and refreshments provided
Who: Oregon-licensed nursing, skilled nursing, assisted living, and residential care facilities; independent living; home health and in-home care agencies; administrators and administrators in training; department heads; regional directors and operations; nurse leaders; owners and executive team members; home office team members
Cost: FREE
*This course is funded through a generous grant from the Oregon Department of Human Services

Program Outline

Day One: Establishing an Effective Culture that Values Differences (Culture Building)

• Differentiate the meaning of diversity, equity, and inclusion and how they interact within the context of your organization
• Explore the history of race, gender, gender identity, and other disparities within long term care
• Formulate a vision of the environment leaders want to create for employees and residents
• Identify, respond, and assess how unconscious bias, microaggressions, and privilege can deter DEI initiatives in organizations and facilities
• Examine the most effective strategies to promote equity within your organization

Day Two: Developing Sustainable Changes

• Recognize diversity, equity, and inclusion work is an ongoing, non-linear process and explore processes for sustainability
• Develop a plan to conduct DEI assessment processes within the organization and your facility.
• Develop a comprehensive DEI strategic plan to improve cultural competence and trauma-informed care in your organization
• Create organizational mechanisms to hold leadership accountable for DEI efforts
• Build a DEI network to share best practices, strategic efforts and challenges, and additional resources
• Review of applications, onboarding, training, resident-facing documents, and other documents for inclusive language
• Develop diverse leadership pipelines

About the DEI Facilitators