Fall Winter 2017

4 The Oregon Caregiver Fall/Winter 2017 11740 SW 68th Pkwy, Ste 250, Portland, OR 97223 Phone: (503) 726-5260 • Fax: (503) 726-5259 www.ohca.com OHCA STAFF James A. Carlson • President & CEO Janienne Alexander, CPS • Member Resource Specialist Philip Bentley, J.D. • Senior VP of Government Relations Walter Dawson, D.Phil • Director of Research & Analytics Gwen M. Dayton, J.D., CHC • Executive VP & General Counsel Carol Grebin • Office Manager Melodie King, CMP • Director of Education Linda Kirschbaum • Senior VP Quality Services Chris Madden • Government Relations Associate Lori Mueller • CFO Nanette Pyatt • Staff Accountant Rosie Sontheimer • Director of Marketing and Communications BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Fee Stubblefield , The Springs Living VICE CHAIR Steve Fogg, Marquis Companies, Inc. TREASURER Dr. Mauro Hernandez, Concepts in Community Living IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Harold Delamarter , Prestige Care, Inc. NON-PROPRIETARY REPRESENTATIVE JoAnn Vance , Providence Child Center NON-PROPRIETARY REPRESENTATIVE Kathleen Parry, Maryville Nursing Home AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVE Kathy Levee , Marquis Companies, Inc. MULTI-FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE Dale Patterson , EmpRes Healthcare Management LLC NON-PROPRIETARY REPRESENTATIVE Gary Wart, Avamere Health Services RESIDENTIAL CARE REPRESENTATIVE Mark Kinkade , Gateway Living Residential Care ASSOCIATE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE Gabriela Sanchez, Lane Powell, LLC ASSOCIATE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE Scott Reese , Alliance Insurance Group INDEPENDENT NURSING FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE Mark Remley , Aidan Health Services, Inc. IN-HOME/SENIOR HOUSING REPRESENTATIVE Kevin Call , Adeo In Home Care ALF/RCF REPRESENTATIVE Randy Cyphers, Brookedale Senior Living Communities, Inc. ALF/RCF REPRESENTATIVE Todd Woollard , Woollard-Ipsen Management LLC OC EDITOR Rosie Sontheimer • rosies@ohca.com OC PUBLISHER LLM Publications • www.llmpubs.com Advertising Sales • David Gambill (503) 445-2231 • davidg@llmpubs.com Design & Layout • Spencer Seastrom James A. Carlson President and CEO Oregon Health Care Association LETTER FROM THE CEO Stay connected with OHCA! Contact Rosie Sontheimer, rosies@ohca.com, to be added to our email lists.  Improving lives by advancing quality care in Oregon since 1950 T he theme of this magazine, “Collaboration Drives Quality,” recognizes the importance of partnerships and teamwork. All of us in the long term care sector are dedicated to improving the quality of care for residents, and this doesn’t happen in a vacuum or by pointing fingers at methods that haven’t worked in the past. It happens by working together and sharing successes, ideas, and solutions. The feature story looks at collaborations facilitated within the long term care community between the Oregon Health Care Association, HealthInsights, the Oregon Patient Safety Commission, the Alzheimer’s Association of Oregon, and CareOregon. Collaborations and idea-sharing will become an important aspect of the roll-out of HB 3359 which was passed in the 2017 Oregon Legislative Session. Linda Kirschbaum tackles the new metrics assisted living and residential care facilities must soon collect as a requirement of this bill and explains how facilities can start using existing tools and partnerships now to prepare. Phil Bentley examines the federal and state political health care landscape, and Walt Dawson digs into the latest long term care services scorecard and Oregon’s rankings. Gwen Dayton addresses some additional aspects of HB 3359 that focus on conditions on licensure and penalties. Oregon Speaker of the House, Tina Kotek, is featured in our policymaker profile. In our leader profile, Amanda Rice and Ariana Lopez Morales, who were featured in our Better Care Oregon grassroots campaign videos this spring, talk about their experiences working as caregivers in long term care. New to this issue is a profile of a resident, Addie Wallace, who lives at Marquis Piedmont. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet Addie and her daughter at the Vanport Commemoration Ceremony at the Capitol in May. In our profile, Addie talks about her experiences at the ceremony, living in Vanport in the 1940s, and living in a care facility. We also have a roundup of photos from the Annual Convention and information about upcoming special events that will provide training and education for caregivers and facility staff. I appreciate you taking the time to read this important issue of the Oregon Caregiver, and I hope you come away with a few new ideas for collaboration in your own workplace. Read the magazine anytime on our website, www.ohca.com, or on the magazine app “OHCA Caregiver,” which is available for Android and iPhone.  Using Collaboration to Drive Quality and Better Results