Nebraska Health Care Association

SAVE THE DATE! ⛳️ Mark your calendars for the 2024 Nebraska Health Care Foundation benefit golf tournament, Thursday, July 18 at Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln. Get ready for a totally tubular time as we radically raise funds for long-term care workforce initiatives, scholarships, and emergency response with the theme Boomboxes and Birdies. Start planning your 80s themed outfit and cart decorations now! Keep an eye on your inbox for information on showing your support for Nebraska’s long-term care professionals by sponsoring, volunteering, or golfing. 📺👾🎮

Good Samaritan Society - Auburn was the second location filmed for our upcoming documentary, produced in partnership with Peter Murphy Lewis and Golden Gen Movement. 🎥 The documentary will showcase the variety of career opportunities and rewards of working in Nebraska’s nursing homes and assisted living communities, thanks to funding from Nebraska Health Care Foundation. These behind-the-scenes photos were shot by Amber Lihs of Golden Gen Movement. 💙

It was an honor to join New Cassel Retirement Center at their Honoring Our Veterans ceremony yesterday! 💙

Join us in congratulating the 2024 NNFA-NALA Business Associate of the Year award recipient — Cheryl Strickland of Choice Rehabilitation! 🌟 With more than 35 years of experience in the rehabilitation industry, Cheryl and her company understand the issues faced by Nebraska’s long-term care providers. Cheryl steps up to address challenges such as workforce, which is why her company readily supports NHCA’s leadership development program, Nebraska Health Care LEAD. Choice Rehabilitation is a long-time member, exhibitor, Tier Sponsor, Care PAC contributor, and Nebraska Health Care Foundation supporter. Cheryl’s consistent presence over many years in Nebraska demonstrates her company’s unwavering support for the profession. She has cultivated a network of strong, longstanding relationships that are a testament to her genuine care and investment in others. Through her leadership, Choice Rehabilitation is not just a business member and sponsor, but a cornerstone of Nebraska’s long-term care community. Cheryl was presented her award at the 2024 NNFA-NALA Spring Convention in Kearney. Congratulations, Cheryl! 🌟

Please join us in congratulating the 2024 nursing facility and assisted living programming award recipients! 🌟 🌟 National Assisted Living Week Programming Award: Legacy Retirement Communities 🌟 National Skilled Nursing Care Week Programming Award: Brookestone Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center These awards were presented in Kearney at the 2024 NNFA-NALA Spring Convention.

Register now for NEW Nurse Leadership Webinar Series! 🩺 🖥 » https://lnkd.in/gRK6eZ3Y Join us for a 3-week webinar series that focuses on skill building for serving effectively as the Director of Nursing with emphasis on effective leadership and staff engagement, nursing operations and systems of care for common conditions treated in the long-term care setting. Six CEUs available. Each session is two hours in length. 🔹 May 23, 1:30 p.m. CT | A Day in the Life of a DON 🔹 May 30, 1:30 p.m. CT | Survey Readiness and QAPI for the DON 🔹 June 6, 1:30 p.m. CT | MDS/RAI Processes, Leadership, and Essential Resources for the DON For all nurses AND leaders in the long-term care setting! Although this webinar series is called Dynamic DON, charge nurses, nurse leaders, unit managers, administrators, and corporate staff will also benefit from this training. Details and registration » https://lnkd.in/gRK6eZ3Y *This series will not be offered on-demand.*

NHCA is thrilled to share that filming for our upcoming documentary, produced in partnership with Peter Murphy Lewis and Golden Gen Movement, wrapped last week! 🎥 The documentary will showcase the variety of career opportunities and rewards of working in Nebraska’s nursing homes and assisted living communities, thanks to funding from Nebraska Health Care Foundation. Enjoy a few behind-the-scenes photos from the first filming location, The Grace Space in Lincoln, by Amber Lihs of Golden Gen Movement. 💙

New Voter ID Requirements 🗳️ What Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities Need to Know The new photo identification requirements for voting will apply to the statewide primary election on May 14, 2024. Be prepared to support your residents’ right to vote by understanding the new requirements. Detailed Voter ID information, including acceptable forms of identification and answers to frequently asked questions, can be found on the Nebraska Secretary of State website: https://lnkd.in/gZTVeQxD. NNFA-NALA members can access NHCA's presentation on the new requirements here: https://lnkd.in/gtrpqbt9. (Member login required.)

Join Nebraska Health Care Foundation in congratulating 2024 annual scholarship and grant recipients! 🌟💙 Each year, NHCF offers more than $60,000 in educational scholarships to Nebraskans launching or advancing a career in a Nebraska nursing home or assisted living community. Annual scholarships include: nursing scholarships; dietary scholarships; event scholarships to attend national conferences; and training scholarships for Alzheimer's and dementia care, activity directors, social service designees, assisted living administrators, and nursing home administrators. Thank you to the following organizations for making these scholarships possible: Nursing – Health Care Information Systems and The Vetter Foundation; Dietary – Sysco Lincoln; Congressional Briefing – Nye Health Services, The Olson Group, Inc, and Gallagher, formerly Quality First Insurance, LLC. Thanks to the support of West Bend Insurance Company, NHCF awarded four facilities with Safe Resident Assistance Grants to subsidize the cost of safe resident assistance equipment. Congratulations to grant recipients Clarkson Community Care Center, Gold Crest Retirement Center, Harvard Rest Haven, and Regional West Garden County!

Please join us in congratulating the 2024 Nebraska Nursing Facility Association Resident of the Year — Connie Williams, resident of South Haven Living Center - Vetter Senior Living in Wahoo! Through her involvement with Resident Council and Food Council, Connie has changed the fabric of activities at the nursing home. She initiated a red hat group and is active in the facility’s Grandmas and Grandpas Give Back program, which makes tie blankets for those in need. Connie is a poet with a beautiful singing voice and shares these talents with her fellow residents. She sends cards to active and veteran military personnel and writes notes to facility team members on their anniversaries and birthdays. At breakfast, she reads the daily activity sheet, creating excitement for the day’s activities and encouraging residents to join in the fun. She’s a true philanthropist, organizing numerous raffles and contests to raise funds for various charities, including One Tree Planted, where she walked the halls calling all to action through bell ringing, songs, and rhythmic poetry. Connie serves as a voice for others, advocating for quality of life and ensuring that residents’ needs are heard and addressed. Congratulations Connie and South Haven Living Center! 🌟 Connie was presented her award in Kearney last week at the 2024 NNFA-NALA Spring Convention.