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We have been in contact with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and they will be sharing a wide range of information to us, including professional associations who represent Medicare providers. This information will have weekly updates filled with items of interest that will be posted on our website starting in the next couple of weeks.

The Illinois Nursing Home Administrator's Association is a professional organization dedicated to:
 • Providing timely and quality educational programs and relevant publications for the long term care profession.
 • Work closely with health care related agencies, health care associations and legislators statewide for the benefit of all health
care providers, personnel and residents of our facilities.
INHAA is the only Illinois Association designed specifically to support the Nursing Home Administrator.
                                      Contact INHAA
The Illinois Administrator’s Association is highly interested in your thoughts and comments.  It is through increased communication that the profession of Nursing Home Administrator will be enhanced.  The link will open a mailbox window to our general mail reception area.
If you are interested in contacting a member of the association's Board
of Directors, please see the Board web page.

      Keys to a Good Attitude, Keys to a Good Life
1. Believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason.
2. Force yourself to see the good in people no matter how hard it is.
3. Believe there is meaning in all of creation.
4. Believe there is an opportunity to learn something in every situation.
5. Give thanks for everything you have and everyone you love and do this at least once a day, even if you have to schedule it.
6. Refuse to see your self-worth in your physical appearance no matter how beautiful or how ugly you think you are.
7. Don’t make a habit of looking in the mirror.
8. Focus on how your spirit looks to other people, not your body.
9. Refuse to see your identity in what you do for a living, the people you know and the things you own.
10. Know that no one thing can define you—whether it be fortune or misfortune.
11. Know that it is not the times we mess up that make us who we are, but the times we grow.
12. Accept that you are not perfect. Take some time out of each day to examine your behavior and attitude towards people and admit to yourself when you are wrong.
13. Reflect on the day each night before you go to bed what you said to people, how you said it, and how you could have treated people better.
14. Say please and thank you habitually.
15. Don’t give in to the temptation to feel sorry for yourself. Instead, help somebody—it’s the best way to forget about your own problems.
16. Realize that the things that happen to you may not always be your fault, but the way you react to the things in your life is ALWAYS your responsibility.
17. Demanding your rights is a weakness. Acknowledging your responsibilities is a strength.
18. Don’t make excuses—EVER.
19. Quit complaining and bite your tongue if you do.
20. Don’t blame other people—EVER.
21. Understand and believe that the people you interact with do the things they do for a reason, no matter how much you don’t understand them.
22. Value kindness over cleverness.
23. Value compassion over self-promotion.
24. Refuse to see yourself as a victim. Take responsibility for your own actions.
25. Resist judging people.
26. Resist criticizing people.
27. Identify your fears and refuse to live by them.
28. Surround yourself with people who you think have a good attitude.
29. Don’t initiate or participate in gossip—it’s the #1 killer of dignity.
30. Understand that by and large, your attitude is a byproduct of your beliefs. So, the best way to change your attitude is to change what you believe in.
31. Understand that whatever you believe, you achieve. By this principle you create both everything you want and don’t want.
32. Identify the ways your upbringing shaped how you are now.
33. Live by the philosophy that the more you give, the more you get. This goes for your money, your time, your talents, your skills, and your heart.
34. Receive blessings in your life freely and with humility. By nature we receive much more than we give, so it’s important to accept blessings and to be thankful.
35. Think of ways to be less selfish.
36. Encourage someone everyday. Encourage children the most.
37. If ever you are in a bad mood, look for a way to compliment somebody. It will take the focus right off of you.
38. Do things that take the focus off of you. It's the only way to find yourself.
39. As difficult as it is sometimes, you can never say somebody made you feel a certain way—you alone make the choice of how you will react to people and life.
40. If you are controlled by time, don’t wear a watch. If you put the things you think you have to do before your relationships, you are controlled by time.
41. If you worry about money or tend to overspend, don’t wear your wallet/pocketbook. Don’t let your money be your master.
42. Give up thinking you have control over people and things or the thinking that you can have control over people or things. There is no more ineffectual of a mentality than this. In effect, the more control you think you have, or think you can have, the less you really do.