Updates

Facilities
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Villa Healthcare Updates
Villa Healthcare purchased a many Long Term Care (LTC) facilities around Michigan. The name changes have been cascaded through the MIHAN. Please forward this information to those that need to be made aware.

LARA Surveyor Contacts per County
This link contains the Bureau of Community and Health Systems, LARA Federal Survey and Certification Division Team Survey Regions and contact information:http://www.michigan.gov/documents/lara/Federal_SC_Division_2-22-16_515966_7.pdf. Thank you to Region 1, for finding and sharing this information.

Tools

* NEW * Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide for Nursing Homes
During the Regional Leadership Conference Call on December 9, 2016, a discussion was held on conducting two Long Term Care (LTC) train the trainer workshops led by Dr. Brown. Dr. Brown serves as the Director of the Trauma Program Risk and Resilience Research Lab at Palo Alto University. Her 2nd Edition Field Operations Guide, “The Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide for Nursing Homes” may be found at the following link: 
Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide for Nursing Homes, 2nd Edition

Emergency planning

Courses and Events
CMS Planning Checklist
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CDC Long Term Care Resources
MI Dept of Health & Human Services
MDHHS has many resources available to Long Term Care Agencies. Such resources include Regulations and Waivers, Regional and Local Contact Information, Upcoming Trainings, Developing Emergency Plans for Your Facility , Evacuation Planning Tools & Checklists, Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Templates, Communications and Response Systems, Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) or Mutual Aid Agreements (MOA), Incident Command System (ICS) Training Modules, Exercise Templates, Helpful Articles, LTC Staff Resources,Long Term Care Disaster Planning and much more. To see these resources in more detail, please visit the Long Term Care Disaster Planning Resources page of the MDCH website.
CDC Publishes Long-Term, Home Health, and Hospice Care Planning Guide
CDC has posted a Long-Term, Home Health, and Hospice Care Planning Guide for Public Health Emergencies at http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/healthcare/planning2.htm. This Planning Guide was developed to help improve planning efforts of these healthcare entities and their coordination and integration within the community. This Planning Guide focuses on six topic areas: situational awareness, continuity of operations, facility or agency operations, crisis standards of care, staffing, and fatality management. Each topic area is presented in a manner that allows the user to develop needed sections in a facility or agency’s emergency preparedness and response plan.
MI-TRAIN Incident Command Course
Long Term Care (LTC) Incident Command Course on MI-TRAIN | The ICS Training module for LTC facilities is ready for distribution to LTC partners. This learning module will provide introductory level information about the Incident Command System, as well as the relevant functions of LTC facilities in the ICS structure. (Read More...)