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1. Tips for Keeping Residents Engaged | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Resources Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Tips for Keeping Residents … Engaged Resource: Tips for Keeping Residents Engaged (PDF, 82.6 KB)  ​​​​This resource … provides tips for nursing home staff to keep residents socially engaged and stimulated with meaningful … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/residents-engaged.html  

2. Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - Effective communication may help residents and family members requesting antibiotics understand … Try using the DESC technique when conflicts develop with residents and/or their family members. … Other posters listed below cover techniques and suggestions you can use in conversations with residents … 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

3. 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

4. Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Cohorting Residents … to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Resource:  Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID … -19 (PDF, 121 KB)  ​​​​​​This document provides guidance on cohorting (separating residents with COVID … -19 from other residents) to reduce the exposure of residents without COVID-19.

5. Taking Care of You: Tips for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2021 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Taking Care of You: Tips for Residents … of Long-Term Care Facilities Resource: Taking Care of You: Tips for Residents of Long-Term … Care Facilities (PDF, 165 KB)  This resource for residents of long-term care facilities provides tips … Page originally created February 2021 Internet Citation: Taking Care of You: Tips for Residents

6. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Final (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents, Educate & Engage Residents, Family … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents, Educate & Engage Residents, Family … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents, Educate & Engage Residents, Family … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents, Educate & Engage Residents, Family … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Engaging Residents, Educate & Engage Residents, Family

7. Engage Residents and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … and Families Resident and Family Engagement brochure for residents ( PDF , 132 KB) Describes … handout ( PDF , 141.3 KB) Describes the role of leaders to support, encourage, and engage residents … brochure ( PDF , 814.2 KB) A brochure to help facility staff communicate with residents and families … Consumer Voice resources Provides resources to train local ombudsmen to educate and engage residents

8. How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in Long-term Care Settings | 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 … Resources Catalog How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents … Summaries How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents … Care Settings Resource:   How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents … Internet Citation: How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents

9. Rural/Inner-City Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Rural residents experience a higher prevalence of substance abuse, smoking, obesity, and chronic conditions … Rural residents also have a higher proportion of injury-related deaths, including drug overdoses, vehicular … Inner-city residents, meanwhile, are more impacted by sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/ … "We grew up in the church": a critical discourse analysis of Black and White rural residents' perceptions

10. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy Ask about the associated antibiotic, timing … Medium risk Residents with isolated hives and/or a reaction severe enough to require hospitalization … High risk These residents should NOT receive penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics in the absence … of mucous membranes • Suggests Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis Approach to Residents

11. Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents … Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents Efforts to slow the spread … of COVID-19 in nursing homes have left many residents socially isolated. … Nursing home leaders and staff can engage residents and reduce isolation while maintaining necessary … about ways to connect residents and families.

12. 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.

13. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation … Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact … HELPING RESIDENTS AND BALANCING RISK Nursing homes can give residents power in decision making by: … • Connecting residents with the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program in their State. … APPROACHES TO HELPING RESIDENTS WHO ARE ISOLATED Some nursing homes have found ways to encourage residents

14. Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents Best … Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents Throughout the COVID … This resource discusses ways nursing home staff can identify residents at high risk for deconditioning … to assist nursing home staff in identifying high-risk residents. … Function-focused care encourages residents to perform tasks for themselves, which can help get residents

15. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics AHRQ Pub. … No. 17(21)-0029 June 2021 Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics The last … member may also have to be put in isolation to prevent resistant bacteria from spreading to other residents

16. Vaccination and Testing series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Topic Learning Modules Emotional & Organizational Support for Staff Nursing Home Residents … for COVID-19 and how the COVID-19 vaccine can protect nursing home staff and residents. … Module 1: When to Test It is important to know the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 before testing residents … This brief video will teach you when it is appropriate to test residents for COVID-19.

17. Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection in the US | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … in the US Resource: Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents … death counts that were 3.3-fold higher than those of facilities with the highest proportions of White residents … Focusing limited available resources on facilities with high proportions of non-White residents is needed … Internet Citation: Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents

18. Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents Before and During Widespread Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Populations Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant ​Early observational studies among nursing home residents … Two doses of mRNA vaccines were 74.7% effective against infection among nursing home residents early … Multicomponent COVID-19 prevention strategies, including vaccination of nursing home staff members, residents … additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine might be considered for nursing home and long-term care facility residents

19. DESC Technique for Conflict With Residents and Families (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - DESC Technique for Conflict With Residents and Families DESC Script. … Unfortunately, residents or family members may not agree with decisions or may be frustrated with the … When this happens, consider using DESC to help resolve conflicts with residents and families. … DESC Technique for Conflict With Residents and Families I do not want to give her an antibiotic if

20. 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