Provider Management Educational Services

News and Information from CEUSite.com
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In this Issue:

Announcing: In-Service course series launched!
Announcing: ACHCA's Professional Certification Programs for Administrators

Upcoming NHA State CEU Renewals

Wishing you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

03/31 New Mexico
03/31 Virginia
04/01 Vermont ( even years )
04/30 New Jersey ( odd years )
05/31 Utah
06/30 Arkansas
06/30 Colorado
06/30 DC ( even years )
06/30 Hawaii ( even years )
06/30 Kansas
06/30 Louisiana
06/30 Maine
06/30 Massachusetts ( even years )
06/30 Minnesota
06/30 Missouri
06/30 Mississippi ( odd years )
06/30 Pennsylvania ( even years )
06/30 Rhode Island ( even years )
06/30 South Carolina
06/30 West Virginia
07/01 Arizona ( even years )
07/01 Oregon
07/01 Wisconsin ( even years )
07/31 Delaware ( odd years )

We are continuously developing new programs and will let you know as soon as they are available. Our list of current programs can be found by browsing to http://www.ceusite.com/courses .

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Thank you!

We would like to thank all of you for your support of CEUSite.com over the past years and Provider Management Educational Services wishes you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year.

If you have any ideas for future updates we'd like to hear them.

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Continuing Education When You Need It!

Convenience in the comfort of your home or office!
Pay when you pass the test.
Printable Certificate of Completion.

You can obtain CEUs instantly, online, and at your convenience; without incurring additional expenses such as travel, lodging and meals, saving hundreds of dollars every year.

NEW! Announcing: We are pleased to announce the launch of a new series of courses. In-Service Courses are now available!

Our current In-Service titles include:

"Antibiotic Resistant Infections"
"Dealing with Death and Dying"
"Dealing with Dementia and Agitation"
"Elopement Prevention"
"Fall Risk and Prevention"
"Getting Along with Difficult People"
"Infection Control Basics"
"Managing the Process of Change"
"Natural Changes of Aging"
"Resident Rights, Dignity & Quality of Life"
"Side Rail Safety"
"Understanding Abuse and Neglect"
"Understanding Restraints"
"Understanding Urinary Incontinence"

This series of In-Service courses have been authored by Kenda S. Beach, R.N., LNC, RAC-CT, CDONA/LTC
Ms. Beach is co-owner of SWK Consulting LLC. Her company specializes in Long Term Care and Assisted Living education, consulting and pre-survey assessment and preparation.

Ms. Beach is an author and presenter for SWK's Long Term Care Leadership Seminars. She maintains active in providing education and services to long term care and assisted living facilities throughout the eastern and mid-Atlantic states.

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Assisted Living Administrators

Nursing Home Administrators

The American College of Healthcare Administrators Professional Certification Program identifies and honors administrators and managers who are performing at an advanced level of skill and knowledge. Certified Nursing Home Administrators may receive licensure reciprocity in participating states.

ACHCA's Professional Certification Programs for Administrators:

Have the goal of defining excellence in the profession.
Include Nursing Home Administration and Assisted Living Administration.
Certify professionals who have demonstrated the knowledge, skills and values consistent with the high standards of management necessary to provide quality care to residents, families and communities.
Provide visible and tangible evidence of public accountability for the efficient delivery of quality health care.
Benefit professional nursing home administrators, assisted living administrators, public and private financing agencies, state licensure boards, state regulatory agencies, employees, and ultimately, residents and families who are served by health care services.

Certified Professionals:

Recognize that they are responsible for creating an organizational environment dedicated to the physical, social and emotional needs of residents.
Are committed to a higher standard of quality care, which includes healing, empathy, and compassion for those in need and for those who love them.

CALA: Assisted Living Administrator Certification

Not all states mandate licensure of assisted living administrators. Those that do have varying eligibility requirements to practice in the profession. With inconsistent administrator requirements across states, experienced assisted living administrators can demonstrate their knowledge and ability through ACHCA Professional Certification. Since the assisted living sector does not have federal regulatory oversight and is regulated by the states, the ACHCA Professional Certification process provides a national standard for assisted living administration. The CALA exam is based on the exam blueprint developed by Subject Matter Experts based on the assisted living administrator job analysis. Subject areas have been identified as core knowledge areas for excellent Administration. ACHCA's CALA program serves as a model for advanced practice in assisted living administration.

CNHA: Nursing Home Administrator Certification

ACHCA began certifying nursing home administrators in 1978 and, through the years, the program has been revised several times to reflect emerging trends in professional credentialing. The CNHA exam is based on the exam blueprint developed by Subject Matter Experts based on the Nursing Home Administrator job analysis. Subject areas have been identified as core knowledge areas for excellent Administration. In an independent study released May 2000 of 17,000 nursing homes, investigators found a strong association between Professional Certification and a higher quality of care on certificants' annual State surveys. The study, Skilled Nursing Facilities Led by Professional Administrators Show Evidence of Higher Quality Care, was carried out by investigators from Rutgers and Harvard Medical School using the Health Care Financing Administration's public access database of State Survey results. It was conducted under the auspices of LTCQ, Incorporated, a Massachusetts-based company providing information services for long term care quality management The LTCQ study showed that facilities led by certified ACHCA members had especially strong evidence of quality care. Certified members' facilities showed strong performance in two areas frequently associated with nursing homes' quality of care: avoiding physical restraints and preventing pressure ulcers.

For more information please visit ACHCA's website at http://www.achca.org/

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