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1. Rural/Inner-City Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Topic: Rural/Inner-City Residents Rural and inner-city populations each face unique healthcare challenges … 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/ … of healthcare disparities and differences in health outcomes, particularly when compared to suburban residents

2. Tips for Keeping Residents Engaged | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2021 - 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

3. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
   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

4. Falls | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people in the United States fall in the hospital, and about 1.3 million residents … Homes: On-Time Falls Prevention These tools help nursing homes with electronic medical records identify residents

5. 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

6. Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2021 - Cohorting Residents to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Resource:  Cohorting Residents to Prevent … 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.

7. 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 - Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection … in the US Resource: Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents … COVID-19 Infection in the US ​In this study, nursing homes with the highest proportions of non-White 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

8. 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
   www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-effectiveness-delta-variant.html
   August 01, 2022 - Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents … Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection 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

9. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2016 - Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members Overview of the Toolkit Why Should … and their family members, and (2) help residents and family members participate in their care. … The toolkit provides ways to educate residents and their family members about antibiotics and the risks … 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

10. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    The Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members is one of four toolkits in the Nursing … nursing home encourage an open and respectful dialogue between nurses and prescribing clinicians and residents … and their family members and helps residents and family members participate in their care.

11. DESC Technique for Conflict With Residents and Families (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/DESC-technique.pdf
    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

12. Engage Residents and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Engage Residents and Families Resident and Family Engagement brochure for residents ( PDF … handout ( PDF , 141.3 KB) Describes the role of leaders to support, encourage, and engage residents … Stewardship educational video This 5-minute educational video promotes antibiotic stewardship among 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

13. 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 - 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 … National Consumer Voice Topic(s): Staff and Resident Well-being; Patient-Centered Care Audience(s): Residents

14. Best Practices To Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families To Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Best Practices To Help Nursing Home Residents and Their Families To Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation … Resource: 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 families … Audience(s): Managers, Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing Assistants and Technicians, Support staff, Residents

15. Positive Behavioral Control Checklist for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Interacting with Residents with Cognitive and Emotional Challenges | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Positive Behavioral Control Checklist for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Interacting with Residents with … Resource: Positive Behavioral Control Checklist for Long-Term Care Facility Staff Interacting with Residents … care staff and leadership can consider when administering vaccines or conducting COVID-19 testing for residents … Leaders; Clinicians; Managers; Nursing Assistants; Nursing Technicians; Support Staff; Family Members; Residents

16. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/topics/antimicrobial-stewardship.html
    This toolkit uses collaborative and evidence-based approaches to improve antibiotic use by getting residents … Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members : This toolkit helps residents and their family

17. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-antibiotics.pdf
    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

18. COVID-19 Vaccines for Long-term Care Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/covid-19-vaccines-long-term.html
    August 01, 2022 - COVID-19 Vaccines for Long-term Care Residents Resource: COVID-19 Vaccines for Long-term Care … Residents This webpage discusses the value of vaccination in the long-term care setting for residents

19. Best Practice Summaries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents … 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

20. Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents Resource … : 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