Testimonials from the 2008 IHCA Annual Convention and Trade Show:
I wanted to thank you for the opportunity to speak for the Illinois Health Care Association. The audience was electrifying and my information was enthusiastically accepted and will be put to great use. I have already received glowing email messages and phone calls from several of the participants which I enjoy so much!
I have been so impressed on your professionalism and organization, yet you have the most personable approach that makes everyone feel so welcome and at ease. I appreciate your special touch and all the little things you did to make me feel welcome, comfortable and secure. After such an ordeal during my travels, it really means more than you will ever know. Thank you so much for your kindness!
I consider it a privilege to be able to return and continue to offer my services
Thanks again, kind regards, Camy Richie, speaker
Great job! The convention was another success. The hospitality hop was awesome. What a great turnout. We did more marketing at the hop than in our booth. We want to participate again next year. Thanks again for all your hard work and dedication. Omnicare says thank you.
Kathi Steinkamp, RN, Home Pharmacy Services
New Grant Opportunity from the State of Illinois
Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 1132 into law on February. This bill appropriated $3 million to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) to establish a program for statewide health information exchange (HIE). HFS will invest this initial $3 million to fund Health Information Exchange (HIE) Planning Grants in order to leverage as much federal funding for health information exchange as possible when it becomes available.
HFS is soliciting your active participation in the Illinois HIE Planning Grant process by asking community leaders from all over the state to inform their communities about the availability of the grants.
A formal Request for Grant Applications will be released by HFS on April 1, 2009 and proposals are due on May 15, 2009. Please share this notice with other HIE stakeholders in your community and visit the HFS webpage devoted to HIE at http://hfs.illinois.gov/hie for more information and continuous updates.
To view the HFS letter regarding these grants please click here.
New Report on Pressure Ulcer Prevention Just Released
A new report entitled “International Guidelines - Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Prevalence and Incidence in Context" was recently released. It is to be introduced at the Biennial Conference of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.
To view the report click here.
John W. Maitland, Jr.- Joseph F. Warner
Long Term Care Nurses Scholarship Fund
Each year, the John W. Maitland, Jr.- Joseph F. Warner Long Term Care Nurses Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to individuals seeking to pursue nursing degrees and employment in long-term care in Illinois.
The fund was created to honor Senator John W. Maitland, Jr., and Joseph F. Warner, two champions of long term care in Illinois.
Senator Maitland is considered to have done more to advance the needs of the long term care profession and residents in the General Assembly than any other elected official in Illinois. Warner is credited with spending countless hours educating legislators and elected officials about long term care issues. A former IHCA board president, he truly valued the power of education and his company, Heritage Enterprises, Inc., annually awards continuing education scholarships to employees.
The Maitland-Warner Long Term Care Nurses Scholarship fund will award up to 10 $1,000 scholarships for the 2010-2011school year. To qualify, an applicant:
- Must have completed the prerequisites for an RN or LPN program and be accepted into a nursing program on a full-time or part-time basis.
- Must be working in an assisted living or long term care facility (either full-time or part-time), or be a full-time student in a nursing program and have an interest in long term care nursing.
- Must provide proof of satisfactory completion of the semester for which the scholarship is awarded.
- Should be willing to work as an RN or LPN in an IHCA -member facility/program.
The John W. Maitland, Jr. – Joseph F. Warner Long Term Care Nurses Education Trust was created and accepted by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) in 2004, with the intent of generating sufficient investment income to create a perpetual nurse scholarship fund. Trustees include JoAnne Maitland, Rose Stadel, Bill Kempiners , David Voepel, and Tammy Woolsey.
To go to the scholarship application, click here.
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