DESCRIPTION:

Join us for our annual tabletop exercise focused on a critical and growing issue in the home-based care setting: workplace violence!

This interactive, scenario-based session will engage home health and home care providers in identifying risks, coordinating response strategies, and strengthening emergency preparedness efforts in line with CMS requirements.

WHY THIS MATTERS:

"On average, 65% of home care workers have reported experiencing a form of workplace violence" - CDC, 2021

Home-based care providers face unique challenges when it comes to workplace violence, often working alone in unpredictable environments. According to CDC’s NIOSH, threats and incidents of violence are underrecognized and underreported in home care settings—despite their impact on provider safety, patient care, and staff retention.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• A guided tabletop exercise simulating a workplace violence incident in a home care setting
• A review of prevention strategies, response coordination, and after-action planning
• Insights into how to integrate workplace violence into your organization’s emergency preparedness plan
• Fulfillment of CMS’s annual testing requirement under the Emergency Preparedness Rule

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Home health and home care agency leaders
• Emergency preparedness coordinators
• Direct care staff and supervisors
• Quality improvement and risk management professionals

MEET OUR SPEAKER:

Barbara Citarella, is the only internationally recognized expert in disaster preparedness for the home care and hospice industry.

In addition to consulting in all areas of health care, Barbara has worked extensively with local, state, federal government agencies, with regard to business recovery planning, protection of personnel assets, infection prevention, infrastructure protection, all hazards planning and the Incident Command System.

For much of 2019-2022, she worked extensively with government agencies for COVID-19 response. During 2023, edited and revised multiple response guidance documents for U.S. Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response.

Barbara has also served as an expert panel member for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Medical Association and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

She currently serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the Unites States Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response.