January 19th, 2025

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing are pleased to announce a collaborative effort to improve long-term care in Texas. This partnership includes updating eight web-based modules delivering best practices education to providers of long-term care in Texas nursing homes.

The Long-Term Care modules are:

-Infection Prevention and Control.

-Reducing Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term Care Facilities.

-Culture Change for Person-Centered Care.

-Quality Improvement.

-Advanced Geriatric Practice.

-Transition to Practice.

-Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

-Mental Health with Aging and Severe Mental Illness.

Each module provides education and resources for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, direct care staff, residents, and their family members and will help guide the decision-making process and improve care using evidence-based best practices.

Continuing education credit is available for: registered nurses, certified nurse aides and licensed nursing facility administrators.

Registration is free.

For more information, visit the Johnson-Turpin Center: Continuing Nursing Education | School of Nursing.