Life Safety Workshop

October 11-12, 2023

Location: Nebraska Health Care Association - Vetter Family Learning Center, 1200 Libra Drive, Suite 100, Lincoln, NE

Sponsored by: 

Content: This program will discuss the most common life safety deficiencies for long-term care and assisted living facilities in Nebraska. The minimum required inspection, testing, and maintenance activities that need to be performed on a facility’s fire protection systems to meet requirements will be discussed. This training will also include a tabletop exercise on workplace violence.

Objectives: At the completion of the training, the participant will be able to: 

1. Understand the top life safety deficiencies in Nebraska
2. Explain what regular inspection, testing, and maintenance requirements apply to a facility
3. Identify what inspection, testing, and maintenance aspects can be performed by facility personnel and what needs to be done by licensed contractors
4. List two updates to the Life Safety Code for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities
5. Describe emergency preparedness for workplace violence in long-term care

Audience: This program is appropriate for administrators and maintenance supervisors in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.

Facilitator: Todd Aerni, Vice President of Real Estate Development and Management, Hillcrest Health Services - Bellevue

Format: Registrants will have the option to attend in person or virtually. Each attendee will designate in-person or virtual format during registration. Registrants must attend in the format in which they are registered.

If you are attending virtually, an internet connection is required. NHCA uses Zoom as the webinar platform. You may participate from any computer and most mobile devices that have internet access. However, to receive full credit, you must be logged into the Zoom app through your computer or mobile device. Visit zoom.us/test to test if your computer is ready for a Zoom session and to download the latest application. The audio portion of this webinar is run through the computer rather than a phone line. A computer with external speakers or headset is needed; a microphone and/or webcam is required. Questions for the instructor can be asked through chat and Q&A functions in the Zoom app. If you need technical assistance, please call 402-435-3551 or email [email protected]. 

 Schedule: 

Registration Information: PRE-REGISTRATION is encouraged. Registration at the door will be accepted if space permits. If you wish to confirm your registration, call the NNFA/NALA office at 402-435-3551.

Registration includes lunch, breaks, and the handout link.

CE Credit: 9.25 hours of continuing education is available. Please defer to your licensing board or agency to ensure courses taken meet your license requirements.

Handouts: Printed handouts will not be provided. Prior to the program, registrants will receive an email with links to view the handouts.

Evaluations: Please provide feedback on the course by completing the evaluation. A link to the online evaluation will be emailed to registrants.

Cancellation Policy: Substitution, cancellation, and refund policies can be found at this link.

Liability Release Statement: Photographs are taken during Nebraska Health Care Association events for use in media releases, newsletters, nehca.org, and social media. By registering for this event, you grant NHCA the right to use your name and photograph for such purposes.

Hotel Room Block: Residence Inn by Marriott Lincoln South, 5865 Boboli Ln Lincoln, NE 68516

Call 402-423-1555 and mention Nebraska Health Care Association to receive the discounted room rate of $95 a night. 

Please make your reservations by September 20, 2023. The discounted room rate is not guaranteed for any reservations made after these dates.