The 2015 OHCA Annual Convention concluded early this week, celebrating the Oregon Health Care Association’s 65th anniversary in style with best-selling author Ross Bernstein as keynote speaker, Good Day Oregon co-anchor Kimberly Maus as Awards Ceremony emcee, and a service project that made history by making than 3,000 handmade cards to homebound seniors.
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OHCA members are encouraged to take part in a new campaign by AHCA/NCAL called "Faces of Assisted Living", which encourages members to share pictures of special moments with special residents.
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As part of the AHCA/NCAL Quality Initiative, AHCA/NCAL has developed a new questionnaire that has been independently tested and approved as a valid, reliable measure of customer satisfaction in long term care settings. The questionnaire is now available for use by OHCA members.
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As of September 1st, 2015, applicants for new licensure or reactivation of a previously-issued Oregon license will have their fingerprints taken via Livescan, a digital process for fingerprint capture.
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The Oregon POLST Task Force has shared a new video as an educational resource for staff that summarizes what POLST is, what types of care conditions warrant its use and when it should be updated.
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