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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. Rural/Inner-City Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Children/Adolescents Elderly Low-Income Racial/Ethnic Minorities Rural/Inner-City Residents … Needs Women Information in Spanish Topic: 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/

3. 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.

4. Improving Teamwork and Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - 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

5. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2016 - and Family Members Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members … 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

6. 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

7. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2021 - 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - 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 … soap called chlorhexidine and a nasal swab with povidone-iodine (iodophor) to remove pathogens from residents … No change in MDRO prevalence was detected in residents who lived in the nursing homes that used routine

11. CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - 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

12. Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - Intervention, Measuring Change Collecting Microbiologial Specimens Discussing Concerns About Residents … presentations about appropriate collection of microbiological samples, discussing infectious 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

13. Major Nursing Home Quality Measurement Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - CAHPS ® Measures The CAHPS Nursing Home Surveys assess the experiences of nursing home residents … members: The Long-Stay Resident Instrument captures both quality of life and quality of care from the 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

14. 5-Minute Learning Modules for Frontline Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Topic Learning Modules Emotional & Organizational Support for Staff Nursing Home Residents … Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health This learning module will help you recognize when … and Testing series This series of two learning modules focuses on considerations for when to test residents … for COVID-19 and how the COVID-19 vaccine can protect nursing home staff and residents.

15. 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 - 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

16. 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 - felt this summer when she worried that members of her community held her  responsible for harming the 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. 

17. 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

18. Appropriate Collection of Microbiological Specimens | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Intervention, Measuring Change Collecting Microbiologial Specimens Discussing Concerns About Residents … Detail procedures for collecting urine and respiratory samples from nursing home residents​.

19. Post-Vaccination Practices Series | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - 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

20. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Antibiotics Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Educate and Engage Residents … To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics A key to improving antibiotic use is making sure 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