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May 12-18
National Skilled Nursing Care Week
Is your facility ready for “Live Soulfully”, this years’ National Skilled Nursing Care Week? View/download the Planning Guide & Product Catalog.
Browse through this guide to get event ideas and order Live Soulfully themed products for your celebration next month! Visit the AHCA Bookstore to order your themed items today!
About National Skilled Nursing Care Week: To reflect how the long term care profession and every skilled care center promotes quality for their residents, patients, families, and staff Organized by: The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) www.ahcancal.org. Click the logo to download graphics to help make the most of your NSNCW. And, don’t forget to use your social media accounts to share your great long term care stories, celebration events, etc. using #BrightenUpLTC!
Take a moment to visit their website to learn about the services/products each provide and how they can help your operations:
NRG Therapies www.nrg-rehab.com
Services: Therapy (physical, occupational and speech)
Netchex www.netchexonline.com
Services: Staffing, Payroll, Human Resources
LeaderStat www.leaderstat.com
Services: Staffing/workforce, Consulting
Jacobson, PLLC www.jacobsonpllc.com
Services: Legal Consulting
FocusOne Solutions www.focusonesolutions.com
Services: Staffing/Workforce
Month of March: National Nutrition Month
2017 Theme: Put your Best Fork Forward Organized by: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign focusing on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. The theme 2017 is “Put Your Best Fork Forward,” which serves as a reminder that each one of us holds the tool to make healthier food choices. Making small changes during National
Month of April: National Occupational Therapy Month
To promote occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and students in practice, education, research, and science Organized by: The Fund to Promote Awareness of Occupational Therapy (AOTA) Address: 4720 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD, 20814 Main Line: (301)-652-2682 Website: www.promoteot.org
April 7-13: National Volunteer Week
To inspire, recognize and encourage people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities Organized by: the Hands On Network Address: 600 Means St., Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30318 Main Line: (404)-979-2900 Website: http://www.pointsoflight.org/handsonnetwork
April 16: 10th Annual National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD)
To take the time to consider your health care decisions and care planning in advance. The theme for 2017:”It Always Seems Too Early, Until It’s Too Late.” Organized by: NHDD Main Line: 650-273-6433 Website: www.nhdd.org Email: advocate@NHDD.org or nkottkamp@mcguirewoods.com
April 21-27: Administrative Professionals Week (April 24th Administrative Professionals’ Day). To show gratitude for administrative professionals Organized by: the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) Address: 10502 N. Ambassador Dr., Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64153 Main Line: (816)-891-6600 Website: www.iaap-hq.com
May 6-12: National Nurses Week
To promote nursing professionals for their dedication and commitment to advancing the health care field Organized by: the American Nurses Association (ANA) Address: 8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3492 Main Line: 1-800-274-4ANA Website: http://nursingworld.org
May 13-19: National Skilled Nursing Care Week
To reflect how the long term care profession and every skilled care center promotes quality for their residents, patients, families, and staff Organized by: The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) Address: 1201 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20005 Main Line: (202)-842-4444 Website: www.ahcancal.org
May 12-18: National Hospital Week
Since 1921, National Hospital Week has celebrated the history, technology and dedicated professionals that make facilities beacons of confidence and care Organized by: the American Hospital Association (AHA) Address: 155 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL, 60606 Main Line: (312)-422-3000 Website: www.aha.org