One common challenge for care partners of people living with dementia is repetitive behaviors. Procedural memory is the ability to learn a task using motor skills, habits, and other forms of [...]
AGEISM is prejudice against someone due to their age. It affects both the young and the old. ABLEISM is prejudice against someone based on their abilities, including someone’s physical, [...]
Supervisors play a key role in ensuring that trauma-informed practices are used throughout an organization. Supervisors are leaders. When treated and supported as such, supervisors help set the [...]
Many providers consider a trauma-informed approach to be appropriate for individual work, but it is also an excellent framework for organizational development. Administrators can use a [...]
In 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added F-Tag 699 Trauma-Informed Care to the regulations for nursing homes. While largely focused on resident care, this guidance [...]
Under the federal Older Americans Act, every state is required to have a Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) to promote and protect the rights of residents living in licensed long-term care [...]
The Quality Improvement Organization Program is one of the largest federal programs dedicated to improving health quality for Medicare beneficiaries. It is an integral part of the U.S. Department [...]
Federal regulations for nursing homes require that a Comprehensive Person-Centered Care Plan is created for every resident “that is consistent with their resident rights” (CMS § 483.21) and “that [...]
Consistent or Dedicated Assignment means that residents have the same staff caring for them every day whenever these staff are working. This includes the Certified Nursing Assistants (or CNAs), [...]
The Federal Nursing Home Reform Law requires nursing homes to “promote and protect the rights of each resident” and stresses individual dignity and self-determination. Person-Centered [...]
