Leading Age New Jersey & Delaware

Housing Advisory Group Call
2020-05-04 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
LeadingAge’s Housing Advisory Group Call meets weekly on Mondays at 12:30 pm.

Housing Advisory Group Call
2020-05-11 12:30 - 13:30, 2020-05-18 12:30 - 13:30
LeadingAge’s Housing Advisory Group Call meets weekly on Mondays at 12:30

#TuesdayStandUp: TBD
2020-05-12 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Speaker: Kristy Yoskey of HealthPRO
Topic: To be determined

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Updates
2020-05-13 14:30 - 16:00
To demystify the impact of the still pending VAWA reauthorization (H.R. 1585), LeadingAge of New Jersey and Delaware is pleased to present a live webinar for our housing members. Renee Williams of the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) is a subject matter expert in this area and will give us a brief history on the evolution of VAWA and clarify what the lack of reauthorization means for senior housing providers and the housing protections enacted by VAWA 2013. She’ll end her presentation with a Questions and Answers session.

Sustaining the Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During Coronavirus Webinar
2020-05-14 13:00 - 14:00
Sustaining the Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During Coronavirus Webinar: LeadingAge NJDE is proud to partner with LeadingAge Pennsylvania to bring members this free webinar! Register online.

The PANDEMIC: Today’s Tragedy, Tomorrow’s Liability
2020-05-18 15:00 - 16:00
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is pleased to partner with Schenck, Price, Smith, and King to bring members this free webinar.
REGISTER TODAY!

Housing Happenings: Wellness and Social Connection throughTechnology
2020-05-20 09:00 - 09:30
LeadingAge Maryland and LeadingAge DC are excited to offer this educational teleconference series designed specifically for affordable housing professionals!
Speaker: Scott Code, Associate Director from LeadingAge Center for Aging ServicesTechnology
Topic: Wellness and Social Connection throughTechnology

Housing Advisory Group Call
2020-05-25 12:30
Housing Advisory Group Call meets weekly on Mondays at 12:30

#TuesdayStandUp: Building A Strong Bench
2020-05-26 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Speaker: Bette McNee of The Graham Company
Topic: Building A Strong Bench

Workforce Wednesday - Employee Engagement and Recognition in the 21st Century
2020-06-03

Housing Roundtable
2020-06-04 10:30 - 12:30
The next Housing Round table will take place via Zoom on June 4, 2020.

#Tuesday StandUp - LeadingAge National SNF Resources
2020-06-09 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Speaker: TBD
Topic: LeadingAge National SNF Resources

Train the Trainer Paid Dining Assistant Webinar
2020-06-10

The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Appreciation During Tough Times
2020-06-10 15:00 - 16:00
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is Proud to Partner with DRIVE for:
The Do’s and Don’ts of Employee Appreciation During Tough Times
Wednesday, June 10th 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm (EST)
Appreciation is always vital to your organizational culture and employee engagement, but it is especially so when you are dealing with a crisis. During this session you’ll learn the common traps that organizations fall into and what you should never do when it comes to sharing meaningful appreciation. We’ll also talk about what you should be doing as a leader to spread hope, positivity and thanks to team members who are doing so much.
FREE for LANJDE Members

In Discussion With:
Denise Boudreau-Scott, is President of Drive, which helps aging service organizations measure and improve their culture, resulting in a better resident and staff experience, and bottom-line. A former nursing home and assisted living administrator, Denise is a serial volunteer. She co-founded the New Jersey Alliance for Culture Change, chairs NAB’s Member Relations Committee, is a former member of NAB’s LNHA Exam Writing Committee, and a former board member of the Pioneer Network. Denise received her Bachelor of Science in Gerontology from the University of Scranton and her Master in Health Administration from Cornell University where she is currently appointed as a lecturer and student mentor. She is proud to share that she started off her career as a dietary aide and nursing assistant.
Register in advance for this meeting. Space is limited.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Housing Happenings: Obsessive Compulsive and Hoarding Disorders
2020-06-17 09:00 - 09:30
LeadingAge Maryland and LeadingAge DC are excited to offer this educational teleconference series designed specifically for affordable housing professionals!
Speaker: Dr. Berko of Berko Psychological
Topic: Obsessive Compulsive and Hoarding Disorders

How do we respond and minimize risk as we begin reopening our doors to the public? Protocols and Best Practices in the COVID-19 Environment.
2020-06-18 10:30 - 11:30
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is Proud to Partner with USI for:
How do we respond and minimize risk as we begin reopening our doors to the public?
Protocols and Best Practices in the COVID-19 Environment.
Thursday, June 18 10:30 am – 11:30 am (EST)
Event Description:
We must keep our loved ones and senior population safe. Before reopening your facility to visitors and vendors, join Colby Pellegrini, Mike McGann, and Greg Howson of USI as they walk you through the best practices and protocols that have been most successful with our Life Plan Community clients totaling more than 1,600 communities and 350,000 SNF beds nationally.

Here’s What We’ll Cover:

Preparing the Workforce
Preparing the Workspace
Managing a physical distancing environment
Adapting your strategy as medical advances develop

A deep dive into antibody testing
Infrared temperature testing
Engaging a third-party vendor for testing
Alternatives to on-site testing

FREE for LANJDE Members

Register in advance for this meeting. Space is limited.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Engagement Technology - Now More Than Ever
2020-06-22 15:00 - 15:30
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is Proud to Present:
Engagement Technology – Now More Than Ever
Monday, June 22 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm (EST)
Speaker: Jack York, It’s Never 2 Late
The Covid 19 crisis has brought to the forefront of senior living the importance of staying connected, and the consequences of being isolated. This webinar will show attendees how technology can help keep residents and families connected in the midst of the crisis. (and beyond). You will see a myriad of resources, many of them free, that will help you use technology to keep the connections alive and blossoming.

#Tuesday StandUp - TBD
2020-06-23 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD

Workforce Wednesday - Leadership Lessons from Gettysburg
2020-07-01

#Tuesday StandUp - Involuntary Discharge
2020-07-07 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Topic: Involuntary Discharge
Speaker: TBD

Housing Happenings: Peer to Peer: Improving Mental Health in Older Adults through Peer Support Specialists
2020-07-15 09:00 - 09:30
LeadingAge Maryland and LeadingAge DC are excited to offer this educational teleconference series designed specifically for affordable housing professionals!
Speaker: Casey Saylor, Older Adult Project Manager from Mental Health Association of MD
Topic: Peer to Peer: Improving Mental Health in Older Adults through Peer Support Specialists

Fearless in the Face of Crisis: A Virtual Leadership Retreat
2020-07-15 14:00 - 15:00
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is Proud to Partner with Drive for:
Fearless in the Face of Crisis: A Virtual Leadership Retreat (5 CEs)
Over five webinars, we will walk attendees through the 5 principles and the 30 behaviors that support exemplary leadership. And this is all tried and true, research-based information. 40 years of research has already shown us what makes great leaders, great. We want to make this information easy for attendees to translate into action.
We want you to take this challenging time and turn it into an opportunity to stretch your skills to be your best, most fearless and exemplary, leader possible. We believe in you and we want you to believe in yourself!
All attendees will learn simple, daily actions, that take no more than five minutes, that can impact their community immediately and make leading through this time of crisis a bit more manageable.
REGISTER HERE
Webinar Details:
Price: $250 for LANJDE & NJHA members; $375 for non members. (NJHA members, please contact ebeck@leadingagenjde.org for assistance with registration).
Webinar Dates: July 15, July 29, August 12, August 26 and September 2
*Please note, all of the sessions will be recorded and available on demand in addition to streaming live. If you are unable to attend any of the webinar dates, you will have access to the recordings.
Webinar Time: 2:00 pm EST
CE: This webinar has been approved by NAB for 5 credit hours

Education
Session / Date
Title

60 Minute Webinar
Includes Q&A Throughout
Module 1: 7/15/20
Encourage the Heart

60 Minute Webinar
Includes Q&A Throughout
Module 2: 7/29/20
Model the Way

60 Minute Webinar
Includes Q&A Throughout
Module 3: 8/12/20
Challenge the Process

60 Minute Webinar
Includes Q&A Throughout
Module 4: 8/26/20
Enable Others to Act

60 Minute Webinar
Includes Q&A Throughout
Module 5: 9/2/20
Inspire a Shared Vision

Learning Objectives

Participate in simple, daily exercises that can be implemented immediately within their communities.
Recognize the importance of praise and appreciation in recruiting and retaining staff during this pandemic and afterwards.
Create a culture where positivity and hope is encouraged by leaders.

Speaker Bios:
Denise Boudreau-Scott is President of Drive, a consulting company that helps aging services
organizations improve the resident and staff experience, and the bottom-line, through more engaged
leaders and employees. A former nursing home and assisted living administrator, Denise is a serial volunteer. She co-founded and was chairperson of the New Jersey Alliance for Culture Change, currently serves as chair of NAB’s Member Relations Committee and is a former member of NAB’s Exam Writing Committee. Denise also served as a board member for the Pioneer Network. Denise received her Bachelor of Science in Gerontology from the University of Scranton and her Master in Health Administration from Cornell University where she was recently appointed as a lecturer and Executive in Residence, the youngest in the history of Cornell’s Health Administration program. She is proud to share that she started her work in senior living as a dietary aide and nursing assistant, and was inspired by her grandmother for whom she was a caregiver.
Arleen Smith is a Leadership and Engagement Consultant at Drive, which helps aging services organizations improve the resident and staff experience, and the bottom-line, through more engaged leaders and employees. Arleen is a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey and is passionate about leadership development. As the daughter of a CNA, she grew up in the senior living field and volunteered at a nursing home from the age of 14. She has returned to our field after 25 years serving in various leadership capacities in healthcare, including global opportunities to lead and develop people. Her diverse experience includes hospital and travel nursing in medical-surgical, critical care, oncology, and emergency room & trauma. Arleen is trained as a 3-star coach in LEAN methodology and is a Six Sigma green belt. Arleen’s area of expertise is motivating and inspiring others to achieve their highest potential through leadership, coaching and performance management. She has served in various leadership positions within the pharmaceutical industry and on leadership councils focused on inspiring others to achieve personal growth.

Using A Positive Approach to Dementia Care
2020-07-21 08:00 - 15:30
LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is proud to partner with LeadingAge Kentucky Foundation for:
Using A Positive Approach to Dementia Care
Program Description:
Coping With Challenging Situations in Dementia Care
The session is designed to help care partners better under-stand why the person they are trying to help may at times exhibit ‘challenging behaviors.’ It will focus on looking be-yond the disease to recognize other possible factors. This problem-solving approach will be presented to help reduce the intensity, frequency, or occurrence of challenges. This will also help develop better communication skills when working with people living with dementia by emphasizing the value of empathetic and supportive communication. The overall goal is to reduce or minimize unproductive conversa-tions and resistive behaviors by using effective verbal and physical skills. It will also focus on helping develop better observational skills to recognize and intervene effectively when behavioral challenges occur. The session will empha-size the value of matching helping behaviors to the person’s needs and retained abilities to promote a sense of control and self-direction. Grading and providing helping behaviors based on the person’s abilities and needs will assist in fos-tering positive interactions during care activities rather than struggles.
This session will include:
1. List of six factors that may be used to determine what may be contributing to ‘challenging behaviors’
2. Discuss the value of knowing the person and their histo-ry in effective communication efforts.
3. Describe & use empathetic & supportive communication techniques when interacting with a person living with Dementia.
4. Identify the degree of involvement the person with de-mentia is experiencing
5. Discriminate between helping at the ‘just right’ level and neglect or ‘taking over’
Agenda:
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Registration/Dial In ………………… 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM
Program ……………………………… 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lunch ……………………………….. 12:00 PM – 12:40 PM
Program ……………………………… 12:40 PM – 3:30 PM
Presenter:
Teepa Snow
Positive Approach to Care

Teepa Snow is one of the world’s leading advocates and educators for anyone living with dementia. Teepa’s philosophy is reflective of her education, work experience, medical research, and first-hand caregiving experiences. Her advo-cacy efforts led her to the develop-ment of the GEMS dementia classi-fication model and the Positive Approach to Care training strategies. Teepa is an occupation-al therapist with 40 years of rich and varied clinical and ac-ademic experience. She presents with extraordinary exper-tise and humor to audiences large and small throughout the world. Her user-friendly approaches provide guidance and leadership to national efforts to promote best practices.
Continuing Education:
This session has been approved for Continuing Education for 6 total participant hours from NAB.
You must attend entireprogram and complete a speaker/seminar evaluation form to receive a contact hours certificate.
For more information:
Emilie Beck
Membership & Events Associate LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware
Phone: 609-452-1161
Email: ebeck@leadingagenjde.org

#Tuesday StandUp - Safe Care for Seniors
2020-07-21 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Topic: Self Care for Seniors
Speaker: TBD

Fearless in the Face of Crisis: A Virtual Leadership Retreat (5 CEs)
2020-07-29 14:00 - 15:00

#Tuesday StandUp - Nursing Documentation: Refresh & Update
2020-08-04 10:00 - 10:15
#TuesdayStandUp is a 15 minute, clinically focused educational teleconference which explores a variety of clinical, regulatory, and operational issues and best practices associated with providing care, supports, and services for older adults. Each call will offer listeners actionable advice designed for hands-on clinical team members, healthcare leaders and clinicians.
Topic: Nursing Documentation: Refresh & Update
Speaker: TBD

Workforce Wednesday - Finding Justice: A framework for building trust and improving safety
2020-08-05

JKJ Senior Living “Vendor” Happy Hour - with Brian Lawrence
2020-08-05 16:00 - 17:00
JKJ Senior Living “Vendor” Happy Hour – with Brian Lawrence
Please join JKJ on Wednesday, August 5 at 4pm, for their next session of the Senior Living “Vendor” Happy Hour, where they’ll be joined by the fearless leader of Fellowship Senior Living, Brian Lawrence.
Please be sure you REGISTER PRIOR TO THE EVENT: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtc-uqqT8iH9IJRSnnmsxYSvEqGjM1Denw

Housing Advisory Group: COVID-19 supplement payments, extended absences, mask requirements
2020-08-10 12:30 - 13:30
LeadingAge is holding Housing Advisory Group calls on Mondays at 12:30 p.m. ET. Join us for updates from policy experts and discuss ideas and issues with other members.
Contact ebeck@leadingagenjde.org for access info.
