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Program Agenda

10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

This Audioconference, presented by The New York State Department of Health (DOH) in conjunction with Long-Term Care provider associations, and sponsored by HANYS, provides nursing homes with information about modifications in the Standard Content Elements (SCEs) of evacuation plans for nursing homes, guidelines in interfacing existing emergency preparedness plans with the SCEs, and an evacuation planning template that leaders can use in the plan process. DOH expects providers to review and make evacuation plan revisions that must be submitted to DOH by September 9, 2009.

Who should attend

Professionals working in the following areas are appropriate for this:

• Nursing Facility Administrators
• Nursing Facility Department Directors
• Nursing Facility Plant Managers

What you will learn

The purpose of this program is:

• To orient nursing home staff to the project.
• Define the template and how to use it.
• Outline expected outcomes.
• Offer assistance.

Faculty

Katharine Logan, DOH, HEPP

Continuing Credits

This Audioconference has been approved by the New York State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators for CEUs.

Registration Deadline/Cancellation

Registration is ongoing. Substitutions are permitted and encouraged. To register, please contact Judy Carl at jcarl@nyahsa.org.

Materials

Materials and login instructions will be e-mailed to you a few days before each of the conferences.