Ohio Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (ODONA/LTC)

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ODONA Regional News

REGION 1: (Central Ohio)

Directors, Lisa Maleszewski, RN, and Rose Marie' Smith, RN

Greetings, everyone. Our local group, CODONA, continues to flourish, with monthly meetings at Bravo's restaurant at the Crosswoods Center at 270 and St Rt 23, in Central Columbus. Meetings are usually scheduled on the third or fourth Friday of the month, form 11am-1pm. We continue to strive for interesting and relevant speakers, to present on topics that reflect Central Ohio's ever-changing best practices. Recent topics and speakers have included our August meeting, sponsored by Forrest Pharmaceuticals, with Phar-D Lisa O'Hara, speaking on antihypertensive identification and treatment in the geriatric population in LTC. Our September meeting was sponsored by Acclaim Hospice, with speaker Kim Lanning, and a CEU program on Ethics vs Client Responsibilities. Our October meeting will be sponsored by AdvaCare, with a presentation of AdvaCare's newest products. Our November meeting will be sponsored by Heartland Hospice, with a speaker on current treatment advances for epilepsy in the LTC population. We are working on arranging our sponsor/speaker for our annual Christmas meeting/celebration. In the coming months, we have even more exciting speakers and topics in the works! We are always interested in what topics our members want, and tailor our meetings to suit the needs of the group dynamic.

Our meeting structure continues to be informal-an interesting presentation, a delicious free lunch at a great restaurant, and time to relax, unwind, and network with your fellow nurse managers who really understand the crazy role that we all fill. We are proud to continue on this mission without the need to charge dues, and CODONA is truly a warm, supportive group, where everyone has a voice!

ODONA membership is not compulsory to join our CODONA group, but we highly recommend it, to take advantage of all of the member benefits to ODONA! We always have information regarding ODONA membership, as well as a discussion regarding current events with ODONA at the local chapter meetings!

We are also available to assist anyone else in the ODONA community start a local DON group in his or her area. If you are interested in attending a CODONA meeting and would like to be added to our mailing list, or if you want some help to organize a local group of your own, we'd be very happy to help! Contact me at lmaleszewski@ltcoh.com for more information!

Lisa Maleszewski, RN DON
The Columbus Alzheimer Care Center
ODONA Recording Secretary, Director, Region 1

REGION 2: (Northwest Ohio)

Kristin Jenkins, DON at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky, is interested in starting an ODONA regional meeting in Region 2 (especially, the Erie County area). Is there anyone in this region interested in forming a meeting group?? If you are interested please contact Kristin at kmjenkins@ovh.state.oh.us Thank you.

REGION 3: (Northeast Ohio)

Directors, Renee Ashby, RN and Vicki James, RN
Rena O'Hara, RN

Cuyahoga County ODONA
Rena O'Hara, RN.

The Cuyahoga County ODONA group had their last meeting August 12th. Cheryl Paul RN, CIC, Infection Preventionist at Regina Health Center, spoke on Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care. Two facilities had zero deficiency QIS surveys and they shared their experience. Our next meeting is October 21st at The Heights in Broadview Hts. at 12pm. All are welcome. Please RSVP to Rena. Rena O'Hara RN, Director of Nursing Cedarwood Plaza 12504 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44106, (216) 371-3600 Fax (216) 371-6766. You can also reach me at odonaltc@gmail.com

Lorain, Medina, Summit and Wayne Counties
Vicki James, RN
This group is ready to start up again and meet regularly to review issues and new directions that relate to Long Term Care. We would like you input, so please contact vjames@ohiomasonichome.org or call Viki James (330) 721-3284. Look for future meeting information in the newsletter or contact Vicki to be added to the list to receive the notices.

The Four County DON Association (Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties)
Larraine Leyda, RNC
Anyone who wishes to attend a meeting should call Deb Doan at Rose Lane Health Care Center (330 833-3174) for the time and location.

REGION 4 (Southwest Ohio)

Directors, Linda Poe, RN and Marty Spriggs, LPN

An area meeting for Butler, Claremont, Hamilton, and Warren counties is being planned. ODONA members and facilities in these counties will receive a meeting notice with details. If you like to be added to the mailing list, please email ODONA at odonaltc@gmail.com or call the ODONA office, (866)226-3662. Please remember that you do not have to live in one of the above counties to attend.

REGION 5 (Southeast Ohio)

Directors, Krysta Berkfield, RN, and Peggy Kish, RN.

The region held their monthly meetings the last Thursdays in April and May with a two part series on Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and related behaviors. Dr. Hall spoke to the group in April about behaviors and pharmacological interventions and Lisa Maleszewski RN ,BSN, DON from Columbus Alzheimer Care Center gave a presentation on the clinical aspects of dementia and non pharmacological interventions in May.
Region 5 meets the last Thursday of every month from 11:00am-1:00pm. We invite any DON's with interest to attend. For information, please contact us at 1-800-866-226-3662 or via email at, odonaltc@gmail.com. You may obtain additional information at the ODONA website: odonaltc.org.

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