Upcoming Trainings from COE-NF and DOH

(Feb. 18, 2025) Nursing home, adult care facility (ACF)/assisted living (AL), home care, and hospice providers should note the following upcoming trainings from the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) and the NYS Department of Health (DOH):

COE-NF Training: Utilizing In-Service Toolkits to Expand Behavioral Health Capacity

On Tues., Feb. 25, 2025 from 2-3 p.m. ET, the COE-NF will host a training to showcase their new in-service toolkits and demonstrate how to use them effectively to enhance team training in nursing facilities. The toolkits address essential topics such as de-escalation, substance use disorder, and major depressive disorder. Designed to guide facility education leads, the toolkits provide comprehensive support for every step of the training process, from scheduling and promoting to hosting and facilitating behavioral health education sessions.

Through participation in the training, providers will discover how a multipronged training approach promotes engagement, increases competency, and reinforces different learning styles; learn the purpose and key features of the COE-NF in-service toolkits; and understand how to utilize these innovative toolkits to simplify the behavioral health training process.

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DOH Trainings: Save These Dates!

Health Commerce System Navigation for Home Care, Hospice, ACF, and Nursing Home Providers – Val Shuba, Informatics, March 5, 2025, 12 p.m.
Center for Hospice and Palliative Care – Kara Travis, March 6, 2025, 12 p.m.
Pressure Injuries – IPRO (Quality Improvement Organization (QIO)), March 12, 2025, 12 p.m.
Hospice/Nursing Home Panelists – March 26, 2025, 12 p.m.
DOH Office of Drug User Health – Clara DeSanctis, April 9, 2025, 11 a.m.
Enhanced Barrier Precautions – IPRO (QIO), April 16, 2025, 12 p.m.
Use of Psychotropic Medication-Understanding Gradual Dose Reduction – IPRO (QIO), May 14, 2025, 12 p.m.