National Senior Citizens Day, 8/21/2012

On August 19, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5847 to declare August 21 as National Senior Citizens Day.  He stated in his address,

"For all they have achieved throughout life and for all they continue to accomplish, we owe older citizens our thanks and a heartfelt salute. We can best demonstrate our gratitude and esteem by making sure that our communities are good places in which to mature and grow older."

We support this statement.  Please go out and celebrate our elderly people everyday.  Do anything, no matter how large or how small to support a cause for senior citizens.  Most of all, encourage children to do the same.

Share the Love!

   If you're new to Tuesday's With Tom (TWT) then you might not know that Community Care Options is a big supporter of the Alzheimer's Association.  The rest of you are well aware.  So it should be no surprise that I am about to ask you ALL to do one simple little thing to make a difference in Alzheimer's research.  Follow the link to the Subaru Sharethe Love Event on Facebook.

 

It's simple, there is nothing to "Like", no information to share, and you can do it daily.  Just click on the "Select me" button and then click "Vote Now".  Subaru will then split a donation of $5 million between the top 5 charities.  Once you've voted, share it with your social media friends.  Thanks.

Good Neighbor Guide + Licensing Updates

This week I have two items to share with you.  We are about to start a live course on Business & Hospitality.  These two things go hand in hand, but more so for the residential care business.  In preparing for this course I came across a nice little guide that can be very useful in helping your facility become hospitable in the neighborhood.  Please view these "good neighbor" guidelines HERE.
It's also important for you to know that there is a new Licensing Update for Spring 2012.  These updates were released a few weeks ago and can always be downloaded from our website.

 

Highlights of this update include the following. 

• RESOURCES ON THE CCLD WEBSITE
• PROPOSED EVICTION REGULATIONS
• TWITTER AND FOOD SAFETY ALERTS
• PRIVATELY PAID PERSONAL ASSISTANTS
• ADVERTISEMENT AND FACILITY LICENSE NUMBERS
• WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS
• REORGANIZATION
• STAFF CHANGES 

Click the link below download and print your update.  

Adult & Senior Care Update - Spring 2012

Aerosol Tranmissable Diseases Standard (ATD's)

During the presentation at RENO 2012 by Michael Schedler of Morris & Garritano on Cal/OSHA compliance the question was raised regarding ATD's.  This is a relatively new standard set forth by Cal/OSHA and two different owners of RCFEs who were in attendance shared briefly that they were fined for not having a plan to prevent ATD's.  As I promised I am sharing a paper with regard of the application of this standard.  Please download a copy from the link below.

Cal/OSHA Guidance for the 2010-2011 Influenza Season regarding the Application of the Aerosol Transmissable Diseases Standard (Issue Date: 11/15/2010) 

CCLD Adult & Senior Care Reorganizatiion

Community Care Licensing Division just posted an announcement on their website about their plans to reorganization the ASCP assignments to CCL staff.  Click here to view the map.  Here is a copy of the statement:

"The Adult and Senior Care Program (ASCP) is reorganizing to maximize its ability to meet its mandates and protect health and safety. The reorganization will generalize facility category assignments so that all ASCP employees will work with both the adult and senior care facility categories. The reorganization will also realign the current Adult and Senior care regional lines to combine them and more equitably distribute workload. These changes will improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase flexibility.  

 

These improvements will provide greater assurance of health and safety to vulnerable persons residing in or receiving services at adult and senior community care facilities. Implementation is planned for early 2012. Please check back periodically for updates."