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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/fallspximpl-handouts.docx
November 15, 2017 - Falls are a serious problem for our residents. … While we want to prevent falls in all residents, identifying those residents who are at greatest risk … Your documentation of all your residents goes into creating this report and finding the high-risk residents … The first meeting took us forever because we were now reviewing residents who fell and residents at risk … Reports identify residents with fall risk.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - protect your residents from unnecessary antibiotic exposure and associated harm. … Residents without urinary catheters, who develop new pain with urination, or dysuria, should be evaluated … Slide 4
Case 1: Options for Female Residents
SAY:
Take a minute now to think of some alternative … One of the residents you are caring for in the nursing home has a chronic indwelling urinary catheter … or use a condom catheter for male residents.
· For residents with a catheter, urine culture specimens
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/qdr-ruralhealthchartbook-update.pdf
January 01, 2020 - • More residents of nonmetropolitan areas live in poverty compared with residents of
metropolitan … • Person-Centered Care: Residents of micropolitan areas and residents of large fringe
metropolitan … • Affordable Care: Residents of micropolitan areas and residents of large fringe metropolitan
areas … ■ In 2014, 90.1% of residents of noncore areas and 88.5% of residents of micropolitan
areas had a … ■ Among White children, residents of micropolitan areas were less likely than residents of
large
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=12
January 01, 2022 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … Family Members
(43)
Managers
(224)
Nursing Assistants
(141)
Nursing Technicians
(136)
Residents … the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents … Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents … Tips for Keeping Residents Engaged This resource provides tips for nursing home staff to keep residents
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=12
January 01, 2022 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … Family Members
(43)
Managers
(224)
Nursing Assistants
(141)
Nursing Technicians
(136)
Residents … the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents … Testing Guidelines for Nursing Homes: Interim SARS-CoV-2 Testing Guidelines for Nursing Home Residents … Tips for Keeping Residents Engaged This resource provides tips for nursing home staff to keep residents
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - year, or include common infection-causing organisms even when they were not isolated in nursing home residents … The second column shows the number of residents in the nursing home who had the organism and were included … Yellow highlighting in any row indicates that fewer than 30 residents were included in the set of cultures … 34
* 30
0
# of Residents
37
33
31
*† 23
Penicillins
Penicillin
0
100
Aminoglycosides … Our antibiogram report indicates high rates of resistance among diagnostic isolates from our residents
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man4.html
December 01, 2017 - Monitor for residents who fall in facility or have a history of falls
Falls Assessment for residents … Between 25-50% of all residents is common. … fallers, that is, residents who fall two or more times. … Hip protectors should be used for all frail, ambulatory residents. … Put easily confused residents in small groups for eating or activities.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Borowitz_4.pdf
January 22, 2008 - Night coverage is shared by eight residents—the
three first-year residents, two third-year residents … Residents are on call every fourth night. … Interns and junior residents
learn how to sign-out by observing more senior residents give sign-out.1 … First, did the residents do what they had agreed to do? … Residents’ suggestions for
reducing errors in teaching hospitals.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/872.html
July 01, 2023 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … Improved Use of Telehealth but Overuse of Emergency Departments Found Among Assisted Living Residents … Improved Use of Telehealth but Overuse of Emergency Departments Found Among Assisted Living Residents … Access to care among assisted-living facilities residents is the subject of two AHRQ-funded articles … , potentially placing residents at risk of adverse events and generating wasteful Medicare spending.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhosp-reports-slides.pptx
November 30, 2013 - Total number of residents transferred.
Reasons for each transfer. … Transferred
Total Observation Stays/# Residents
Total ED Visits/# Residents
Total Hospital Admissions … /# Residents
Observation Stays - Reason for Transfer
Observation Stays - # Residents
ED Visits - # Residents … but not in Hospitalizations - # Residents because the ED visit occurred earlier in the month. … Hospitalized (Residents Readmitted to Nursing Home From Hospital) 8 3 10 1 9 8 8 5 7 7 3 5
Residents
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-233-section-7c-table-5.pdf
August 08, 2018 - CHIPRA 233: Section 7.C, Table 5, Residents Living in Poverty
Section 7.C: Table 5. … Residents Living in Poverty
Quantile Percent in Poverty
Maximum 49.9%
99 37.5%
95 28.9%
90 25.7%
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/post-vaccination.html
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 … safety precautions that you take are just as important as the one-on-one care that you give to your residents … This brief video will teach you about protecting yourself, other staff, and residents from infection
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/2-preventablehospitalandedvisits-samplerpts_3.pdf
November 30, 2013 - Purpose
Transfer Risk Reports (high- and medium-risk residents) provide a weekly snapshot of residents … • What are the most common risk factors among high-risk residents? … • How often is polypharmacy seen in residents at risk for transfer? … This threshold represents about 20 percent of
nursing home residents. … of residents transferred to the ED, number of residents with more than one ED
visit in the last 30 days
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/manage-resident-UTI-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - Remember that residents who have positive urine cultures but have NO symptoms of infection do NOT have … Large-scale clinical research studies found no increase in morbidity or mortality among residents with … These residents actually have asymptomatic bacteriuria, and are frequently given antibiotics that they … We have learned that unnecessary antibiotics needlessly put individual residents at risk for adverse … However, recent data suggest that nitrofurantoin is safe for use in residents with reduced creatinine
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/index.html
September 01, 2021 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … Toolkit to Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members helps nursing homes encourage an open and … respectful dialogue between nurses and prescribing clinicians and residents and family members and helps … residents and family members participate in their care. … understand how omissions of care are defined in a way that is meaningful to stakeholders, including residents
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/es/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=9
January 01, 2022 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents … Data Dashboard This page displays national and state-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents … Positive Behavioral Control Checklist for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Interacting with Residents with … to support positive outcomes for both staff and residents.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/816.html
May 01, 2022 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … AHRQ Releases Learning Module for Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health . … Researchers concluded that not expanding Medicaid may have compromised access to care for residents of … a new module to help frontline nursing home staff support their residents’ emotional health. … It also provides ideas on how to support residents in adjusting to COVID-19 related changes and resuming
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/search.html?page=9
January 01, 2022 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … the implementation of evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents … Data Dashboard This page displays national and state-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths among residents … Positive Behavioral Control Checklist for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Interacting with Residents with … to support positive outcomes for both staff and residents.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/long-term-care/nursing-home/index.html
January 01, 2023 - Populations
Children/Adolescents
Elderly
Low-Income
Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Rural/Inner-City Residents … payer for these long-stay patients is Medicaid programs; costs are also often borne by nursing home residents … While some measures are relevant to both short- and long-stay nursing home residents, others are specific … When selecting measures of nursing home quality, keep in mind that for residents, especially long-stay … residents, the nursing home is their home as well as a place for them to get care.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/assess-resident-UTI-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - There are data indicating that treating asymptomatic bacteriuria can be harmful to residents as it increases … Residents with chronic indwelling urinary catheters are likely to have asymptomatic bacteriuria. … For residents who have cloudy or dark urine, you should consider an increase in oral fluids. … While the ideal situation is to avoid them altogether, there will always be residents who will need urinary … In residents with urinary catheters, if they have an acute change in mental status, you may consider