January 2021 Work Force Newsletter

Health Care

Workforce Updates

January 2021

Workforce survey data collection complete

Thank you to all who spread the word and responded to our health care workforce survey! We received 122 responses organizations in 27 counties. We will share our draft insights at the Health Care Workforce Consortium meeting in the spring and will share a full report later this year.

If you would like to be added to the report distribution list, please email Melissa Pennise.

Finger Lakes COVID Vaccine Volunteer Task Force

Clinical and general volunteer support is needed for the largest public health response in our lifetime: getting the public vaccinated for COVID-19. Apply to be part of the Vaccine Volunteer Force so that you can be ready to help with various roles as vaccines arrive and new distribution sites are added.

Volunteer opportunities will be available throughout the 9-county Finger Lakes Region and you can select which counties you prefer to volunteer in: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates. Shifts will be available day and evening, 7 days a week.

Click here to learn more and apply today.

Virtual dementia education series for health care professionals

There are 4 sessions remaining in the virtual dementia education series for health care providers hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association, Rochester/Finger Lakes Chapter and the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center (FLGEC). Sessions are held on Thursdays at 8 AM in February. Dates and topics are as follows:

• February 4: Keeping the End in Mind: Planning for Care in the Final Stage of Alzheimer's Disease
• February 11: Primer on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Mental Health & Utilizing Medications in Dementia
• February 18: Health Disparities in Neurodegenerative Disease
• February 25: Current Approaches to the Diagnosis and Management of Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Continuing education credits are available for physicians and social workers. Click here to register.

Chamber Counsel webinar on COVID vaccine issues for employers

The Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce is offering a webinar on organizational vaccine policies, including updated EEOC guidance and considerations for determining whether to mandate employee vaccines. The webinar will be held on February 11 at 10 AM. 

The webinar is free for Greater Rochester Chamber members. Click here to register.

New resources on telehealth approaches to therapy and recovery

UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence has compiled evidence-based and emerging best practices for adapting therapy and recovery programs to COVID-19 regulations. Materials are provided in various formats including webinars, toolkits and articles. Topics include:

• Preserving Group Therapy through Videoconferencing
• Telemedicine as a Path to Primary Care Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder
• Touchless Nalaxone Delivery in Rural Communities

Click here to access these and other resources.

Please share your health care workforce updates

If you have a training opportunity or workforce update you'd like us to share, you can send it to: melissa.pennise@commongroundhealth.org, and we will add it to the next newsletter.

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