The Association continues to work diligently to provide its members the critical information needed to re-engineer their agencies, streamline operations, reduce costs, and develop new product lines and revenue sources while ensuring their patients continue to receive the highest quality of care possible. This area of SCHC’s website is designed to announce events and workshops, or to provide educational resources for use within your organization to help you stay ahead of the curve.

Below is a list of SCHCA’s latest educational offerings. To view program descriptions, dates and locations, or to download registration forms click on the specific event.

SNAP Packets

(H.E.A.R.T) Hospice Education - Aide Resource Teleconferences
February, 2010 - May, 2010

The Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina is proud to present a new teleconference series for your valuable team members - the hospice aides. Each teleconference is an hour in length and will cover topics as diverse as pain management and palliative care, cultural differences regarding end of life and empowering patients and their families. Hospice Volunteers may also find the teleconferences useful. For one fee, unlimited participation is allowed from each individual site.

The popular Clinical Advantage Series has been recently expanded to a 1.5 hour presentation and includes care planning tips and an outcomes focus for the entire home health team.  Each presentation continues to provide a state of the art clinical review but also provides a new “Medicare twist”

The Aide’s Role in HIPAA
A Teleconference February 11, 2010

This workshop will focus on assisting your In-Home Aides in understanding HIPAA and confidentiality guidelines. This workshop will offer practical tips to ensure that the para-professional adheres to the required privacy standards.

OASIS C ROUNDUP PART 2
A Teleconference – February 25, 2010

Now that the implementation of OASIS C has taken place, do you or your clinical staff still have some questions related to OASIS C?  Are there still issues about how to respond to any of the new process assessment items or the plan of care or intervention synopsis?  Are there lingering questions related to the intent or scoring guidelines related to the new and changed OASIS items?  OASIS C ROUNDUP PART 2 will highlight the most frequently asked questions on OASIS C, address and clarify the latest CMS Q&A’s and allow plenty of time for participant questions - so don't be shy!