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1. Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents With Family Members and Caregivers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents With Family Members and Caregivers – Slides (PPTX, 4.1 … MB) Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents With Family Members and Caregivers – Facilitator … – Video/Audio  (24 minutes) Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics   … (PDF, 216.3 KB) Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections   … (PDF, 115 KB) Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Respiratory Tract Infections

2. About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2023 - Advanced age, underlying frailty, and communal living conditions make nursing home residents especially … Identify residents and staff who have been infected with SARS-COV-2. … Prevent the spread of SARS-COV-2 between staff, residents, and visitors. … Provide safe and appropriate care to residents with mild and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19. … Reduce social isolation for residents, families, and staff during these difficult times.

3. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2016 - and their family members, and (2) help residents and family members participate in their care. … The toolkit includes the following tools: Talking With Residents provides talking points for nurses … to educate residents about antibiotics and encourage them to ask questions or report symptoms (tool … ’ Family Members provides similar talking points for nurses to use when talking to residents’ family … The talking points can be tailored to suit individual conversations with residents and family members

4. Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health Learning Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2022 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Learning Modules Nursing Home Residents … Topic Learning Modules Emotional & Organizational Support for Staff Nursing Home Residents … Resources Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Supporting Nursing Home Residents … Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many changes

5. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Educate & Engage Residents, Family Toolkit To Educate … and Engage Residents and Family Members Tool 1. … Talking With Residents—short checklist version  What are antibiotics? … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents, Educate & Engage Residents, Family … Talking With Residents—short checklist version

6. Improving Teamwork and Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … effectively communicate the potential harms of antibiotics to other health care practitioners and to residents … Improving Teamwork and Communication – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 2.2 MB) Poster – Talking With Residents … and Family Members About Antibiotics  (PDF, 216.3 KB KB) Poster – Talking With Residents and Family … Members About Urinary Tract Infections  (PDF, 115 KB) Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members

7. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Educate & Engage Residents, Family Toolkit To Educate … and Engage Residents and Family Members Tool 2. … Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version  What are antibiotics? … & Engage Residents, Family Family Toolkit/Tool 2 2  What are the risks—or harms—of antibiotics? … Talking With Residents’ Family Members—short checklist version

8. Best Practice Summaries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2022 - It also provides a sample decision tree for monitoring residents during daily encounters for signs and … (PDF, 387 KB) This document highlights ways nursing home staff can help residents and their families … Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents (PDF, 394 KB) … This resource discusses ways nursing home staff can identify residents at high risk for deconditioning … Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents  (PDF, 1 MB) This resource

9. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Frontline staff and prescribing clinicians are encouraged to use the Four Moments framework for all residents … These can also be shared with prescribing clinicians as well as residents and their family members. … Stewardship Team is encouraged to use Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form to review 5–10 residents … The residents reviewed should be individuals who are being evaluated for or treated for an infection.

10. Examples of Nursing Home Quality Measures for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2019 - Patient Safety Measures: Percentage of low-risk, long-stay residents with pressure ulcers. … Percentage of residents with a urinary tract infection. … Effectiveness Measures: Percentage of residents who lost too much weight. … Percentage of residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased. … Percentage of residents with worsening of a depressed or anxious mood.

11. Staff & Resident Well-Being | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2022 - Resident Well-Being Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families to Reduce the … Impact of Social Isolation This document highlights ways nursing home staff can help residents and … Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents   This resource … discusses ways nursing home staff can identify residents at high risk for deconditioning and work with … Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health Learning Module   This brief video will help you

12. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … In nursing homes using the bathing routine, known as decolonization, two residents per month avoided … Nearly 14,000 residents were included in the study. … Nursing home residents are at high risk for HAIs due to age, wounds, medical devices, and other illnesses … No change in MDRO prevalence was detected in residents who lived in the nursing homes that used routine

13. Module 5: Resident and Family Engagement: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Explain the importance of engaging residents and family members. … for residents and families. … Helping residents articulate concerns. … and family members by designating residents as advisers. … Exploring the facility through the eyes of residents and their families by doing a "walkabout" with residents

14. CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Resident Surveys The CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys include two separate instruments for nursing home residents … This survey asks about the experiences of long-stay residents (more than 100 days) currently living in … This survey asks about the experiences of residents recently discharged from nursing homes after short

15. Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Intervention, Measuring Change Collecting Microbiologial Specimens Discussing Concerns About Residents … with health care practitioners, and discussing infectious concerns about residents with family members … Antibiotic Prescribers (presentation and narrated presentation) Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents … and Measuring Change Collecting Microbiological Specimens Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents

16. Major Nursing Home Quality Measurement Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … CAHPS ® Measures The CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys assess the experiences of nursing home residents … The questionnaire asks residents to report on the nursing home environment, care, communication and respect … The Short-Stay Resident Instrument assesses the experiences of residents who stayed less than 30 days … Like the instrument for long-stay residents, this instrument asks the former residents to report on the

17. Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Nursing home staff should use best practices for infection prevention to help keep residents, staff, … Nursing home team members should monitor their own health daily, as well as that of residents. … When potential cases are identifi ed and residents or staff show signs or symptoms of COVID-19, testing … To protect residents and staff, nursing home leaders need to develop and implement effective infection … SAMPLE DECISION TREE: MONITOR RESIDENTS DURING DAILY ENCOUNTERS FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19

18. Protecting the Most Vulnerable Through Partnership: Helping Nursing Homes Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Advanced age, underlying frailty, and communal living conditions make nursing home residents especially … COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 125,000 nursing home residents and nearly 1,500 staff. … The Network is achieving its primary goal: helping nursing homes to protect residents and staff.  … No staff became infected and 28 residents, including two over 100 years old, recovered. 

19. Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Identifying Delirium (PDF, 275.2 KB)   The poster below is intended for health care practitioners, residents … Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About UTIs (PDF, 115 KB)   The materials below … Card – Suspected Urinary Tract Infection in Long-Term Care Residents (PDF, 178.8 KB) Poster – Suspected … Urinary Tract Infection in Long-Term Care Residents (PDF, 202.3 KB)   The materials below are

20. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Antibiotics Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Educate and Engage Residents … Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members Residents and their family members may not … Educating residents and their family members about these issues helps them understand what the nursing … This section contains one toolkit that provides guidance and tools for educating residents and their