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TALAHour: Delivering Value Through Healthcare Integration & Collaboration

This webinar will dive into how operators can incorporate healthcare services in their communities—from services driven by analytics and technology to models for how to deliver and pay for them - to meet residents’ needs and driving value across the healthcare continuum. Explore components including addressing unmet needs for ADL care, medication management, and social engagement. Then discover additional value creation opportunities through the integration of [...]
By |2024-07-25T11:21:35-05:00July 10th, 2024|
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TALABook featuring “Did I Remember to Tell You? A Real-Life Guidebook for Dementia Family Caregivers” with Author Pam Kovacs Johnson

Pam Kovacs Johnson has spent most of her life working in long-term care dedicated to meeting the needs of older adults and their families. She is a writer, speaker, and author of Did I Remember to Tell You? A Real-Life Guidebook for Dementia Family Caregivers, based on her [...]

By |2024-07-17T11:32:14-05:00June 28th, 2024|
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HHSC Reports Exceptionally Positive Results from a Quality of Assisted Living Study

In 2021 the Texas Legislature instructed the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to survey Assisted Living communities in the state of Texas and evaluate the quality care and services. The study was conducted in 2022 through a partnership between the HHSC and the University of Texas (UT) at Austin’s Center for Excellence in Aging Services and Long-term Care. Researchers conducted hundreds of on-site visits, interviewed staff, met with residents, and sent out hundreds of questionnaires with over 150 questions.

The impact of the HHSC and [...]

By |2024-05-29T19:21:33-05:00May 29th, 2024|
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TALAHour – Emergency Response Planning and How it Impacts your Building in the Event of a Disaster – with Servpro Team Shaw

Staying current on emergency preparedness is a crucial aspect of running an Assisted Living community. June 1st is the official start of hurricane season and extreme weather has become practically a year-round occurrence across the state of Texas. Get refreshed on the fundamentals of emergency preparedness during this webinar.

By |2024-05-23T15:15:32-05:00May 23rd, 2024|
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Leadership That Waltzes with Assisted Living – by Ty Jones

Ty Jones hosted the Leadership Intensive at the TALA 2024 Annual Conference and Industry Expo.  

First, let me say thank you to Diana, the TALA Board of Directors, and our 2024 leadership intensive sponsor LifeWell Senior Living. It was an honor to conduct the three-hour Leadership Intensive workshop at the 2024 TALA Leadership Conference. A special thanks to all the session attendees for their unselfish and proactive participation throughout the entire duration of the workshop. Collectively, as a group, we dared to do something different and [...]

By |2024-05-16T11:41:35-05:00May 16th, 2024|
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Highlights from 2024 Annual TALA Conference and Industry Expo

TALA’s signature event is the Annual Conference and Industry Expo, typically held each spring. The TALA Conference and Industry Expo brings together professionals from across the state of Texas to learn, network, and grow. The 2024 Conference featured a loaded schedule with industry experts, Nursing, Dementia, and Leadership tracks, Hero awards, an Olympian, and more. Here are a few highlights.

TALA 2024 began at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort with a packed day of engaging nursing track sessions and a leadership intensive presented by a [...]

By |2024-05-09T14:25:13-05:00May 9th, 2024|
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Transparency in Leadership

This article is the fifth of a five-part series Become a Great Senior Living Leader by the TALA Workforce Development Committee. 

Leading with transparency has multiple benefits to an organization and its people. Transparency is often thought to refer to something that is permeable or see though. When it comes to leadership, transparency refers more to integrity, being open and honest. While it is understood that not every aspect of a business can be shared in its totality (i.e. we don’t share our entire profit and [...]

By |2024-03-06T16:24:09-06:00March 6th, 2024|
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Recap: 2023 TALA Conference and Trade Show, Lights, Camera, Assisted Living

The #2023talaconfandtradeshow began with a packed day of engaging nursing track sessions and a leadership intensive presented by Jonathan Fanning. In the evening, industry partners, provider members, board members, and speakers mingled at the board reception where memories were captured at the photo-booth, hors d’oeuvres and drinks were enjoyed, and a celebrity look-a-like, The Queen of Tejano herself- Selena made an appearance!

Day 2 kicked off with coffee and kolaches followed by a record-breaking attendance at the Opening Keynote: “Building Emotional Intelligence,” presented, again, by the [...]

By |2023-05-02T10:50:18-05:00May 1st, 2023|
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