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Use This Calendar Form To Capture A Resident's Activities
Back-up documentation can head off survey woes.
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- REVISED SURVEY GUIDANCE:
Get With CMS' Plan--Integrate Activities Into The Resident's Total Plan Of Care
Hint: Think of activities as part of the big picture.
As John Donne famously said, "No man [...] - QUALITY OF LIFE:
Help Your Facility Make The Grade With Its Activities Programming
Use this checklist to get your program in shape before the next survey.
You want your [...] - WOUND CARE:
Boost Positive Outcomes For Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Outline and follow the do's and don'ts for this expensive therapy.
If your facility uses negative [...] - RISK MANAGEMENT:
Cognitive Impairment QI On The Rise? Give Your Overall Care Approach And Environment A Check-Up
If you don't, you're setting your facility up for a survey fall.
Think of a high [...] - MDS ACCURACY:
Undo Inaccurate MDS Coding That Skews The Cognitive Impairment QI
Before you start chasing a high QI, take a deep breath and a step backwards.
Your [...] - RESIDENT ASSESSMENT:
These Best Practices Will Help You Evaluate, Care Plan A Resident Triggering On The Cognitive Impairment QI
Identify what's wrong so you can help.
If you don't assess and care plan each resident [...] - RAI COMPLIANCE:
Determine Whether To Do A Sig Change
Here's what the RAI manual says to consider.
If surveyors see you've coded a resident on [...] - YOU BE THE SURVEYOR:
Determine The Level Of Severity For These Negative Psychosocial Outcomes
Find out how surveyors might cite 3 common scenarios.
Here are the answers to last month's [...] - CLIP 'N' SAVE:
Use This Calendar Form To Capture A Resident's Activities
Back-up documentation can head off survey woes. - CLIP 'N' SAVE:
Continued - SURVEY & CLINICAL NEWS
Ready for a new F tag for deficiencies in posting nursing staffing information? The Centers [...]
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