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Oregon Adult Foster/Care Home Technical Assistance Webinars

These live trainings were recorded, and the recordings are now available online in Workday Learning for continued educational opportunities   

If you have any questions about the trainings in Workday, please email the policy team at apd.afhteam@odhs.oregon.gov or training at afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov.

Webinar Recordings

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Representing the Person in the Care Plan

This workshop will provide AFH providers and staff with guidance and questions to consider when developing or updating a care plan that captures individual residents’ needs, preferences, and encourages independence (Hours: 1.5).

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Regulatory Best Practices

This workshop provides an overview of the most common regulatory deficiencies among adult foster home providers licensed through APD and how to avoid them (Hours: 1).

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Making Time: Documentation is Not a Dirty Word

This workshop provides practical strategies for preparing documents that can improve resident care and inform regulators and care partners. (Hours: 2).

 

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Behavioral Management: Escalation & De-Escalation in AFH

This workshop focuses on understanding behaviors, interventions, and what can escalate and de-escalate behaviors in adult foster home settings (Hours: 2). 

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Small Business Foundations

Participants will gain foundational knowledge in ethical business practices, protecting their business, bookkeeping basics, and Oregon labor law compliance (Hours: 2).

 

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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The goal of these webinar workshops is to offer technical support and guidance to AFH providers. During each webinar, providers can ask specific questions, work on their own documents, and receive feedback in real time. The Institute on Aging will evaluate learning objectives, outcomes, and satisfaction with providers who participate.

ODHS/APD asked AFH providers what they would like to see in future trainings. The top five topics will be the focus of each webinar:

  • Person-centered care planning, including resident activities;
  • Documentation, including MAR charting, incident reports, and narratives;
  • Conflict management/de-escalation strategies for residents, family members, and staff;
  • Regulatory best practices (preparing for a site visit + common citations and how to avoid them); and
  • Business practices, a day in the life, resident rights

Recorded webinars, short highlight videos, and downloadable resources will be available at no cost on Workday Learning. Please contact afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov if you need assistance with Workday Learning.

Yes, these webinars are eligible for training hours. Attendees will receive training hours, to be reflected on their Workday Learning transcript. Each participant wishing to have their participation reflected on their Workday Learning transcript must have a current Workday Learning account, and must register for and attend the workshop individually. 

If you already have a Workday Learning account, you do not need to create another. Please log in using your existing credentials.

Yes, if you attended one of the webinar workshops live, you will receive training hours after successfully creating a Workday Learning account. Please contact afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov for assistance.

Contact afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov for assistance. Learn more about Workday Learning at https://www.oregon.gov/odhs/providers-partners/pages/workday-learning-for-partners.aspx   

Contact ODHS/APD at afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov for assistance!

PSU gave the list of attendees to ODHS/APD program staff. ODHS/APD staff will manually input training hours into transcripts for eligible attendees. Attendees must have a Workday Learning account to receive credit. This process should be complete in the next month. Please contact afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov with questions.

Materials should be uploaded in the next month. Please contact afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov if you have questions. 

Recorded webinars and downloadable materials are available at no cost through Workday Learning. 

As of fall 2023, there were over 6,000 licensed beds located in about 1,370 adult foster/care homes (AFHs) licensed by the Aging and People with Disabilities (APD) program of the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). These AFHs serve an estimated 4,800 Oregonians with significant health and care needs, about 2,500 of whom pay primarily using Medicaid funds.

The Institute on Aging at Portland State University is offering a series of free webinar technical assistance workshops for adult foster home/care (AFH) providers in Oregon. The workshops will cover important topics like keeping residents safe, providing care that is centered around each resident’s individual needs and preferences (person-centered care), and improving quality of care.

These workshops were created based on what AFH providers told the ODHS/APD they wanted to learn. Experienced professionals in the community will lead the workshops. 

Contact

PSU Project Directors
Sarah Dys, PhD, MPA & Paula Carder, PhD
E-Mail: afhworkshopseries@pdx.edu 
Phone: 503-725-9252

Oregon Department of Human Services/Aging and People with Disabilities
E-Mail: afhtraining.spd@odhs.oregon.gov