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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/faqs-visitation-celebrations.html
June 01, 2022 - FAQs About Visitation Considerations for Nursing Home Residents
Resource: FAQs About Visitation … Considerations for Nursing Home Residents
This document answers questions related to nursing home … Topic(s): Safe Operations, Infection Control & Prevention
Audience(s): Family Members, Visitors, Residents
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/vaccine-access-jurisdictions.html
September 01, 2021 - How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in Long-term Care Settings … Resource: How Jurisdictions Can Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Staff and Residents in … long-term care administrators and managers to consider when coordinating access to COVID-19 vaccines for residents
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/booster-access.html
July 01, 2022 - Booster Shot Access for Residents and Staff: Vaccine Toolkit for Long-Term Care Settings
Resource … : Booster Shot Access for Residents and Staff: Vaccine Toolkit for Long-Term Care Settings
This LeadingAge … and community-based services organizations and affordable senior housing) increase vaccine access for residents
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/post-vaccine-considerations.html
August 01, 2022 - Post Vaccine Considerations for Residents
Resource: Post Vaccine Considerations for Residents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - ge of
residents was top-coded at 89 years, and NH quarters with fewer than 11 residents with obesity … Rate of falls was highest among
underweight residents (23.8%) and lowest
among residents with class … male residents. … injury than were White residents. … Black residents, Hispanic residents, and residents of other racial/ethnic groups had significantly
lower
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/pressure-ulcers.html
the occurrence of in-house pressure ulcers through the use of various reports that identify and track residents … Clinical reports provide information about the number and types of pressure ulcers that residents have
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module5/engage-checklist.html
March 01, 2017 - Completed
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Opportunities To Engage Residents and Family
Responsible Party
Notes
… This can also include a preference collection tool that helps your facility understand what residents … Invite residents and families to present at staff orientations and in-service programs. … Explore the facility through the eyes of residents and their families by doing a “walk-about” with residents … Include residents/family in team celebrations.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/engage/leader.html
March 01, 2017 - Encourage residents and families to participate actively in care plans. … Share concerns and needs of residents and families with the care team. … Ask residents and family members to provide feedback on their experiences. … Formally engage residents and families. … Recruit, orient, and support residents and family members to serve on councils.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/coburn-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly Residents. … SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly Residents. … SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly Residents. … SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly Residents. … SAFER: Standardizing Admissions for Elderly
Residents.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/exercises2.html
December 01, 2017 - How many residents have high nutritional risk? … Should these residents also display on the High-Risk Nutrition Report? … How many residents have changes in behaviors from the previous week? … How many residents have a new ulcer, as documented on nurse wound assessment? … What questions will you ask your team about interventions for residents?
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/learning-modules/vaccination-testing.html
December 01, 2022 - 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. … 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. … will explain how being vaccinated against COVID-19 can protect everyone around you—especially your residents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/pocket-cards-4x6-skin-infections.pdf
June 01, 2021 - Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents
Signs and Symptoms Associated
With … Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing
Home Residents
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man4.html
December 01, 2017 - and 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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/promoting-emotional-wellbeing.pdf
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.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/man5.html
December 01, 2017 - Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families … Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families
Chapter … Information for residents and their families. … This chapter contains three modules for orienting staff, primary care providers and residents and their … program to reduce the fall risk of their residents.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheter-use/catheter-insertion/unlicensed-staff/unlicensed-catheter-slides.html
March 01, 2017 - Urinary Catheter Types and Care for Residents With Catheters
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term … Care: CAUTI
Slide 1: Urinary Catheter Types andCare for Residents With Catheters
Slide 2: Learning … Objectives
Upon completion of this module, clinicians and staff who care for residents with catheters … Certified nursing assistants are daily hands on the "front line" between residents and families, and … Resources for educating residents and families can be found on the following Web sites:
Centers for
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb17.html
December 01, 2017 - Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families
Chapter … Falls Engineer Instructions
Facts
About half of all residents in nursing facilities … fall every year.
30-40% of the residents who fall in nursing facilities fall at least twice. … One in every ten residents has a serious injury from a fall, such as a fracture, laceration, or serious … There are many reasons why residents fall. These reasons are called fall risk factors.
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/discuss-concerns.html
June 01, 2021 - Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents
Effective communication may help residents and … 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
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/supporting-nursing-home.html
August 01, 2022 - Supporting Nursing Home Residents' Emotional Health
Resource: Supporting Nursing Home Residents
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/monitor-residents.html
April 01, 2022 - Closely Monitor Residents for COVID-19
Resource: Closely Monitor Residents for COVID-19
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