Assisted Living News 2026June12

Assisted Living Member Network – June 17 CANCELLED

The Assisted Living Member Network call that was scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. In lieu of the meeting this month, we will be sending an email to network members requesting feedback on an idea to make assisted living services more accessible. Please keep an eye out for this email – your input will be very helpful. The next Assisted Living Member Network call will take place on Wednesday, July 15, at 2 p.m. ET. A reminder with call details will be sent in the days leading up to the call.

Don’t miss our next Assisted Living Survey Session

LeadingAge Nebraska will be hosting Survey Readiness 365: Staying Ahead of Assisted Living Deficiencies on June 30th. This session is free for members and we will be discussing common areas of deficiency in Assisted Living surveys. This session will provide tips and resources to make your next survey the best one possible! Registration is open now. 

Updates from DHHS Survey Department

Life Safety Code: Doug discussed:

• Ensuring to fill out your POC and be ready for a revisit on any citations. Corrections should be made by the revisit so they do not need to return. There have been instances with multiple follow ups needing to occur. Corrections should be made within 60 days. Those not completed within 90 days may incur penalties or disciplinary actions. 
• Reminders for hot weather and temporary cooling systems- you can see information from Doug on extreme weather conditions here. 
• Heat in attics may cause sprinkler systems to go down. As a reminder, anytime a sprinkler or fire system is down, you must implement a fire watch policy. This is for planned or unplanned outages. This must be implemented if a sprinkler system is down for 10 hours or an alarm system is down for 4 hours. 
• Reminders about safety for 4th of July celebrations- there are severely dry areas in Nebraska. Please keep everyone safe during this time. 

Regulatory Information:

Larissa covered that the state is currently running at a 16.5 months for recertification survey schedule for nursing homes. She also stated they welcome feedback at anytime (before, during, and after a survey). Larissa also announced that Ron Chase, survey supervisor for Omaha and Norfolk will be retiring at the end of the month. We would like to thank Ron for his dedication to the field of long term care and his many years of service. Larissa also covered the following topics this week:

• Assisted Living Staffing Resources including staff for supervision, health and safety as outlined in the service agreement. You must have at least 1 staff on when necessary to provide care and service. 
• Assisted Living RN staff are responsible for medication administration policies, staff training and supervision. RN’s working in AL settings must abide by the scope of the AL regulations and may not be able to practice with all RN criteria. The person responsible for direction and monitoring is the decision maker on holding medications, etc. 

Renewals

We have received confirmation from DHHS that they are still processing renewal applications. Their goal is to have these returned to you by May 30^th. You will be contacted if there are questions or concerns with your renewal. 

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