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41. Chapter 4. Long Term Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    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.

42. Best Practices for Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
    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.

43. About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/about/index.html
    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.

44. Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents With Family Members and Caregivers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/discuss-family.html
    June 01, 2021 - Discussing Infectious Concerns About Residents With Family Members and Caregivers After viewing … Recognize supportive and comfort care measures for residents who are uncomfortable (which may not involve … 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  

45. Best Practices for Identifying and Managing Deconditioning in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/best-practices-managing-deconditioning.pdf
    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

46. Session 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/facilities/ltc/mod3sess2.html
    October 01, 2014 - Educate residents about how to accomplish their activities in a safe way. … Anticipate the needs of residents. … Round frequently to learn residents' needs. … E ducate residents. A nticipate residents' needs. R ound frequently. … Providing education on falls prevention to staff and/or residents.

47. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/best-practices-empowering-residents.pdf
    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

48. Priority Areas Identified by the U.S.-Mexico Border Commission (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm4.html
    October 01, 2015 - -Mexico Border Part 4: Health Care of Residents of the U.S. … -Mexico Border (continued) Border County Residents Treated at Non-Border Hospitals … By excluding border residents treated at non-border hospitals from the analyses above, we lost about … However, the rate of stays for border residents treated at non-border hospitals was 1.3 times as high … Leading Diagnoses for Inpatient Stays Among Border Residents Treated at Non-Border Hospitals

49. Development of the CAHPS Nursing Home Resident Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/nh/resident/Development-Resident-Surveys.html
    April 01, 2018 - In the early phase of development, CAHPS researchers conducted focus groups with nursing home residents … step in the development process was cognitive testing of the draft questionnaires with nursing home residents … Cognitive testing is a way to ensure that residents can understand and answer the questions as intended … Satisfaction of discharged nursing home residents . … The development of a CAHPS ® instrument for nursing home residents (NHCAHPS) . 

50. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/exercises.html
    December 01, 2017 - #4: Spot Potential Report Inaccuracies     Exercise #5: Prioritize Residents for Followup: High-Risk … How many residents flagged for high risk? … How many of these residents would you review with the team? … What questions are you going to ask your core team about interventions with residents? … listed on the report agree with your clinical knowledge of these residents?

51. AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/5.html
    December 01, 2017 - Report Description The unit-level view displays the number of residents (and percentage of the total … Divide the number of residents on the nursing unit with specified trigger by the total census on the … Divide the number of residents on the nursing unit with specified trigger by the total census on the … Divide the number of residents on the nursing unit with specified trigger by the total census on the … Divide the number of residents on the nursing unit with specified trigger by the total census on the

52. Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-8x11-UTI.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents … For Residents With a Urinary Catheter … for other causes of delirium has been performed and no other cause for delirium is identified For Residents … � For mental status changes (without vital sign changes or urinary symptoms for noncatheterized residents … Development of minimum criteria for the initiation of antibiotics in residents of long-term-care facilities

53. Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-4x6-UTI.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents 0%0% … Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Long-Term Care Residents Signs & … Symptoms of a UTI For Residents Without a Urinary Catheter � Dysuria OR � Fever (>100°F … Suprapubic pain � Gross hematuria � Costovertebral angle tenderness � Urinary incontinence For Residents … � For mental status changes (without vital sign changes or urinary symptoms for noncatheterized residents

54. Understanding Omissions of Care in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/omissions.html
    October 01, 2019 - Adverse events and poor health outcomes are continuing challenges for nursing home residents … Research has shown that many resident harms are avoidable and may be caused by situations in which residents … definition of omissions of care for nursing homes intended to be meaningful to stakeholders, including residents

55. Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) From Multiple Body Sites of Residents at Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article15.html
    June 01, 2014 - A total of 291 residents qualified for the study, and 26 (8.9 percent) residents had at least one body … To obtain consent, the residents were approached by a member of the research team. … sites) ≥1 Culture Positive with MRSA Total Residents Tested Percent Positive Residents Tested/ … Two residents had one different strain type each among their MRSA isolates. … Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in nursing home residents.

56. Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) From Multiple Body Sites of Residents at Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article15.html
    June 01, 2014 - A total of 291 residents qualified for the study, and 26 (8.9 percent) residents had at least one body … To obtain consent, the residents were approached by a member of the research team. … sites) ≥1 Culture Positive with MRSA Total Residents Tested Percent Positive Residents Tested/ … Two residents had one different strain type each among their MRSA isolates. … Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in nursing home residents.

57. Appendix B18: Handout for Inservice #2, How to Reduce Falls in Nursing Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb18.html
    December 01, 2017 - Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families Chapter … Residents' Transfer and Mobility Know which residents need assistance during transfer and walking … For most residents, keep bed in the lowest position at all times. … Do not share wheelchairs among residents. … Psychotropic Drugs Know which residents take a benzodiazepine or an antipsychotic.

58. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Uses AHRQ-Funded I-PASS Tool to Boost Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201903.html
    April 01, 2019 - I-PASS Tool to Boost Patient Safety Search All Impact Case Studies April 2019 Pediatric residents … “With the very strenuous schedules of residents, there are ample opportunities for errors,” she said. … The I-PASS process has been well received by the Johns Hopkins pediatric residents, according to Helen … “The majority of our residents—over 90 percent—recognized that I-PASS is effective in enhancing patient … But by March 2017, residents monitored in the test study were handing off their patients to the next

59. Appendix B1: The FMP Self-Assessment Tool (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb1txt.html
    December 01, 2017 - Information and Training for Staff, Primary Care Providers, and Residents and their Families Chapter … Activity programs for frequent structured supervision of residents?       12. … Staff Training and Information for Primary Care Providers, Families, and Residents (Chapter 5) Yes … Information for families and residents on falls risk reduction?       6. … Chart Audit Instructions: Select the charts of 5 residents who have fallen within the past 6 months.

60. 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