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Annual Meeting Updates
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Follow us on Twitter! The LeadingAge Texas staff will be tweeting throughout the conference and will be using #LeadingAgeTX2012 as the hashtag for this year's Annual Meeting and Trade Show. If you're attending, please join in the conversation by tweeting (using the #LeadingAgeTX2012) and by posting to Facebook throughout your time at The Fairmont!
Print Your Annual Meeting Handouts
In an effort to "go green" and help reduce excess paper, several session handouts are available online only and may be downloaded and/or printed in advance of the Annual Meeting. To download the handouts, please click here. If you do not see handouts for your sessions listed, speakers may choose to bring them on site and/or make them available online after the conference. Presentation materials will remain accessible online for two weeks after the conference (until June 8).
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Just Announced!
Life Safety Code & Environmental Services Symposium
July 11-12, 2012 - Austin, TX
Join us in July for our annual Life Safety Code & Environmental Services Symposium hosted by Fred Worley, Architectural Unit Manager with DADS. This year's sessions will include a wide variety of topics on upcoming changes for your communities, and you'll receive the latest information from Fred, joined by a pool of experts. Just a few topics will be the Top Ten Deficiencies for FY 2011, changes in 2012 Life Safety Code, 2012 TAS, fire stopping, energy efficiency, essentials for first-time maintenance directors, and operational trends.
Back by popular demand, there are two days of this training being offered this year (July 11 for Nursing Facilities; July 12 for Assisted Living). Those involved with both are encouraged to attend throughout; there is a discounted price for those attending both days.
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Promoting Leadership In Our Field
Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to address health administration students at Texas A&M about the field of aging services. These were primarily graduate students who are studying to become future leaders in healthcare. I was asked to speak by a hospital administrator who I've known for over twenty years and who now teaches at the university.
I must say I was somewhat surprised that the language we use in our field was foreign to the students. We sometimes take for granted that people will know what a CCRC is or what a PACE program is - but what struck me was the pretty large disconnect between acute and long-term care. These very bright students hadn't really thought about the field of senior living or long-term care, let alone how care for the elderly is often a mix of both acute and long-term care.
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We Are LeadingAge Texas
TAHSA (Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging) is now LeadingAge Texas! This name change reinforces our commitment to leading the charge for change in the way our state and country views aging services.
LeadingAge Texas is a trade association representing the full continuum of mission-driven, not-for-profit aging services providers by rendering up-to-date information, advocacy, education, representation, group services, and networking to aging services professionals to fulfill our promise:
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