The following announcement was released on Friday, July 7 from the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Quality Monitoring Program Bulletin regarding Dementia Care Training for HCSSAs.
"The Money Follows the Person program has received grant funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand the Texas OASIS: Dementia Care Training to the community setting. The training will be available to assisted living facilities, home and community services agencies and day activity centers free of charge.
During each two-day conference, participants will receive in-depth information on dementia care, the Texas OASIS training manual, a flash drive with the training materials and the DVD “Bathing Without a Battle”. After completing Texas OASIS: Dementia Care Training, participants will be able to teach the curriculum to their own staff.
Dates and locations for the training will be available in the Fall of 2017, with conferences beginning in the Winter of 2017-2018.
Please send any questions related to this training to
QMP@hhsc.state.tx.us."