Download or read book Essential In Services for Home Health Lesson Plans and Self Study Guides for Aides and Nurses 2022 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential In-Services for Home Health: Lesson Plans and Self-Study Guides for Aides and Nurses 2022 features thoroughly reviewed in-services and examines hot topics such as infection control, COVID-19, dementia and Alzheimer's care, fraud and abuse, hand hygiene, opioid issues related to pain management, telehealth individualized plans of care, patient rights, complaints and service recovery. Offering more home health in-services on more essential topics than any other product on the market, Essential In-Services provides everything you need to train your nurses and aides, satisfying CMS' requirement of completing 12 in-service training hours annually. This resource provides: More than a year's worth of training to satisfy CMS requirements Access to 55 home health competency tests so you can print, copy and give to your aides and nurses Practical education for home health aides and nurses on the important home health topics that impact their work daily Time-saving guidance for educators on conducting lessons Learning activities and games Post-lesson tests to validate comprehension Teacher guidance Lessons that can be used for group- or self-study Includes several in-services to meet CoP training requirements and other key topics, with training on: Skin integrity Communication Hand hygiene Infection control Individualized plans of care Patient complaints and service recovery COVID-19 Fraud and Abuse Telehealth OASIS PDGM Oxygen safety, including Joint Commission requirements Pain management including opioid issues Behavior management and psychosocial care HIPAA Treating the LGBTQ community with cultural awareness Traumatic brain injury Along with dozens more home health topics!

Download or read book 24 Essential Inservices for Home Health written by HCPro (Firm) and published by Hcpro, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home health aide inservice training is vital to quality patient care and is mandated by your state. How can you be sure you're providing the best training possible without spending hours of preparation time?The solution is here. "24 Essential Inservices for Home Health" includes everything you need to provide 24 complete inservices on the most important topics--at the very low cost of just $6 per lesson.A comprehensive training tool For each topic, you'll receive a comprehensive inservice that can be used as a group lessons or for self-study by individual aides and nurses. Each inservice includes an in-depth lesson plan a post-test to document the training, and a certificate of completion for staff. The companion CD-ROM makes the lessons easy-to-customize All materials are in the manual AND on the included CD-ROM--enabling you to modify the lessons to meet the particular needs of your agency or the requirements of your state. Use the inservices over and over again--just print out the materials from the CD-ROM as necessary You'll get everything you need to provide an information-packed 30-minute inservice on any of the 24 essential topics. If you prefer, add your own agency-specific information, demonstrations, and discussion time to extend the training to 60 minutes or more The best value on the market For about $6 per lesson, you'll receive everything necessary to provide CMS-compliant home health aide education on the following 24 topics: Alzheimer's Disease Basic Nutrition: Guidelines for Balanced Meals and Special Diets Behavior Management Bloodborne Pathogens and Standard Precautions Care of the Skin: Guidelines for Ensuring Skin Integrity Caring for Residents with Dementia Depression and Anxiety Diabetes Elder Abuse and Neglect: Preventing, Recognizing, and Reporting End-of-Life Care Guidelines for Providing Personal Care Heart Disease Incontinence and Constipation Infection Control Guidelines: Standard Precautions & Additional Precautions Lifting and Transferring Malnutrition and Dehydration Mental Illness Oxygen Training Psychosocial Care Range of Motion and Positioning Respiratory Disorders Understanding Pain Vital Signs: Guidelines for Measuring Vital Signs and Weight Seizures and Strokes

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Download or read book Improving the Quality of Long Term Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the issues confronting America is long-term care for frail, older persons and others with chronic conditions and functional limitations that limit their ability to care for themselves. Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care takes a comprehensive look at the quality of care and quality of life in long-term care, including nursing homes, home health agencies, residential care facilities, family members and a variety of others. This book describes the current state of long-term care, identifying problem areas and offering recommendations for federal and state policymakers. Who uses long-term care? How have the characteristics of this population changed over time? What paths do people follow in long term care? The committee provides the latest information on these and other key questions. This book explores strengths and limitations of available data and research literature especially for settings other than nursing homes, on methods to measure, oversee, and improve the quality of long-term care. The committee makes recommendations on setting and enforcing standards of care, strengthening the caregiving workforce, reimbursement issues, and expanding the knowledge base to guide organizational and individual caregivers in improving the quality of care.

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Download or read book The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-11-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the safety, quality, and effectiveness of home health care will be the set of issues encompassed by the field of human factors research-the discipline of applying what is known about human capabilities and limitations to the design of products, processes, systems, and work environments. To address these challenges, the National Research Council began a multidisciplinary study to examine a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues resulting from the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. Its goal is to lay the groundwork for a thorough integration of human factors research with the design and implementation of home health care devices, technologies, and practices. On October 1 and 2, 2009, a group of human factors and other experts met to consider a diverse range of behavioral and human factors issues associated with the increasing migration of medical devices, technologies, and care practices into the home. This book is a summary of that workshop, representing the culmination of the first phase of the study.

Download or read book 40 Essential In services for Home Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 40 Essential In Services for Home Health written by Elizabeth I Gonzalez, RN, Bs and published by Beacon Health, a Division of Blr. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 40 Essential In-Services for Home Health: Lesson Plans and Self-Study Guides for Aides and Nurses Annual home health in-service training is not only required to remain compliant with CMS and state regulations, but it's also vital to providing quality patient care. 40 Essential In-Services for Home Health: Lesson Plans and Self-Study Guides for Aides and Nurses is a completely updated version of Beacon Health's 24 Essential In-Services for Home Health, featuring 24 revised and 16 additional in-services to offer more home health in-services on more essential homecare topics than any other product on the market. Including sections on HIPAA, preventing rehospitalizations, infection control, and managing professionalism and accountability, this resource will help both aides and nurses satisfy Medicare's requirement of completing 12 in-service training hours annually. This resource provides: More than a year's worth of training to satisfy CMS requirements Practical education for home health aides and nurses on the important homecare topics that impact their work daily Time-saving guidance for educators on conducting lessons Downloadable learning activities, games, and quizzes to modify or use as you wish Post-lesson tests to validate comprehension Certificates of completion to document staff training hours Table of Contents: Alzheimer's Disease Amputation: Understanding Barriers and Strategies for Recovery Arthritis Assistive Devices Behavior Management Bloodborne Pathogens Communication Cultural Diversity Dementia Care Depression and Anxiety Diabetes Dysphagia Elder Abuse and Neglect: Prevent, Recognize, and Report End-of-Life Care Ethics Heart Health and Disease HIPAA Incontinence and Constipation Infection Control: Guidelines for Standard and Additional Precautions Kidney Disease Lifting and Transferring Patients Malnutrition and Dehydration Mental Illness Multiple Sclerosis Nutrition: Guidelines for Balanced Meals and Special Diets Oxygen Therapy Pain Management Parkinson's Disease Patient Education Personal Care Professionalism and Accountability Psychosocial Care Range of Motion and Positioning Readmissions: Preventing a Trip Back to the Hospital Respiratory Disorders Seizures and Strokes Skin Care: Guidelines for Ensuring Skin Integrity Tube Feeding and Oral Care Urinary Catheter Care Vital Signs

Download or read book Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health was released in September 2019, before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. Improving social conditions remains critical to improving health outcomes, and integrating social care into health care delivery is more relevant than ever in the context of the pandemic and increased strains placed on the U.S. health care system. The report and its related products ultimately aim to help improve health and health equity, during COVID-19 and beyond. The consistent and compelling evidence on how social determinants shape health has led to a growing recognition throughout the health care sector that improving health and health equity is likely to depend â€" at least in part â€" on mitigating adverse social determinants. This recognition has been bolstered by a shift in the health care sector towards value-based payment, which incentivizes improved health outcomes for persons and populations rather than service delivery alone. The combined result of these changes has been a growing emphasis on health care systems addressing patients' social risk factors and social needs with the aim of improving health outcomes. This may involve health care systems linking individual patients with government and community social services, but important questions need to be answered about when and how health care systems should integrate social care into their practices and what kinds of infrastructure are required to facilitate such activities. Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health examines the potential for integrating services addressing social needs and the social determinants of health into the delivery of health care to achieve better health outcomes. This report assesses approaches to social care integration currently being taken by health care providers and systems, and new or emerging approaches and opportunities; current roles in such integration by different disciplines and organizations, and new or emerging roles and types of providers; and current and emerging efforts to design health care systems to improve the nation's health and reduce health inequities.

Download or read book Home and Community Based Services for Older Adults written by Keith Anderson and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services (HCBS) have risen up to provide care. HCBS span platforms and approaches, from home health care to assisted living to community-based hospice to adult day services. These models are, for most, preferable to nursing homes and allow older adults to “age in place”—live longer in their own homes and communities. Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults examines the existing and emerging models of HCBS, including the history, theory, research, policy, and practices across care settings. Emphasizing the multidisciplinary and interprofessional practice approaches used to deliver care, this book is an essential learning tool for students interested in medicine, nursing, social work, allied health professions, case management, health care administration, and gerontology. As the population of older adults grows, the authors ask, how can we best meet the needs of older adults and their families in the most effective, cost-conscious way while honoring their care choices?

Download or read book Mosby s Textbook for the Home Care Aide written by Joan M. Birchenall and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the essential content and procedures a home care aide needs to know, Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition prepares you for success in this rapidly growing field. A clear approach makes the book easy to use and understand, featuring hundreds of full-color photographs and drawings along with step-by-step procedures for skills performed by home care aides. Updated and expanded in this edition are chapters on meeting the client's nutritional needs and on getting and keeping a job. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this textbook prepares you for the many types of situations you may encounter as a home care aide. Hundreds of full-color photos and drawings depict key ideas and clearly demonstrate procedure steps. Procedures provide step-by-step, easy-to-understand instructions on performing important skills and tasks. UNIQUE! A cast of caregivers, including a supervisor and four home care aides, are highlighted in scenarios that provide realistic examples of the types of situations you are likely to encounter in the home care environment. Guidelines for Observing, Recording, and Reporting (ORR) are highlighted throughout the text, emphasizing the home care aide's responsibilities for observing and documenting the client's condition and care. Key considerations and reminders are presented in color font to emphasize the importance of performing these actions. Objectives and Key Terms in each chapter focus your attention on essential information. Chapter summaries and study questions review the key points in each chapter. Updated/Expanded Meeting the Client's Nutritional Needs chapter includes the new MyPlate food guide and new nutrition guidelines. Updated/Expanded Getting a Job and Keeping It chapter reflects the job prospects and challenges of today, including the realities of moving between states and differences in certification requirements. Updated equipment photos are included. Evolve companion website includes skills competency checklists and an audio glossary.

Download or read book In services for Long term Care written by Kelly Smith Papa and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation 40 Essential In-Services for Long-Term Care: In-Services for Long-Term Care: Education for Frontline StaffKelly Papa, MSN, RN40 Essential In-Services for Long-Term Care: In-Services for Long-Term Care: Education for Frontline Staff is composed of 40 in-service training lessons that help facilities comply with CMS requirements to deliver in-service training for their certified nursing assistants and all frontline staff. The in-services included in this book cover the most essential topics in long-term care and correlate with CMS initiatives, including Alzheimer's and dementia care, infection control F-tags, restorative care, and HIPAA. Each in-service is prescriptive in how to conduct lessons, provides concrete learning activities, and includes a post-lesson test to verify staff comprehension along with a certificate of completion to document participant training hours.This book enables long-term care facilities to:Provide a wide variety of quality, easy-to-access in-service education for CNAs and frontline staffKeep the level of facility education consistent for frontline staffCheck the competency of floor staff for each in-serviceEnsure in-services are linked to quality care and in line with QAPI committee measurementsAddress deficiencies in infection control, QAPI, competency management, etc.This resource provides:More than a year's worth of training to satisfy CMS requirementsPractical education for nursing staff on the important long-term care topics that impact their work dailyTime-saving guidance for educators on conducting lessonsDownloadable learning activities, games, and quizzes to modify or use as you wishPost-lesson tests to validate comprehension Certificates of completion to document staff training hoursTable of Contents:Resident EducationArthritisHIPAATube Feeding and Oral CareCommunicationDysphasiaMultiple SclerosisParkinson's DiseaseProfessionalism and AccountabilityCultural DiversityKidney DiseaseReadmissionsEthicsCaring for CathetersAmputee CareAssistive DevicesAlzheimer'sAbuse and NeglectBehavior ManagementBloodborne PathogensDementiaDepressionDiabetesEnd of LifeHeart ComplicationsIncontinence and ConstipationInfection ControlMalnutrition and DehydrationMental IllnessNutritionStroke and SeizuresSkin CareVital SignsOxygen TrainingPain ManagementPersonal CarePsychosocial IssuesRange of MotionRespiratory Disorders.

Download or read book No Place Like Home written by Karen Buhler-Wilkerson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-03-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes information on Mary Beard, black nurses, blacks, Boston (Massachusetts), Charleston (South Carolina), homecare, Ladies Benevolent Society, race, nursing salaries, tuberculosis, visiting nurse associations, etc.

Download or read book Who Will Care For Us written by Paul Osterman and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of elderly and disabled adults who require assistance with day-to-day activities is expected to double over the next twenty-five years. As a result, direct care workers such as home care aides and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) will become essential to many more families. Yet these workers tend to be low-paid, poorly trained, and receive little respect. Is such a workforce capable of addressing the needs of our aging population? In Who Will Care for Us? economist Paul Osterman assesses the challenges facing the long-term care industry. He presents an innovative policy agenda that reconceives direct care workers’ work roles and would improve both the quality of their jobs and the quality of elder care. Using national surveys, administrative data, and nearly 120 original interviews with workers, employers, advocates, and policymakers, Osterman finds that direct care workers are marginalized and often invisible in the health care system. While doctors and families alike agree that good home care aides and CNAs are crucial to the well-being of their patients, the workers report poverty-level wages, erratic schedules, exclusion from care teams, and frequent incidences of physical injury on the job. Direct care workers are also highly constrained by policies that specify what they are allowed to do on the job, and in some states are even prevented from simple tasks such as administering eye drops. Osterman concludes that broadening the scope of care workers’ duties will simultaneously boost the quality of care for patients and lead to better jobs and higher wages. He proposes integrating home care aides and CNAs into larger medical teams and training them as “health coaches” who educate patients on concerns such as managing chronic conditions and transitioning out of hospitals. Osterman shows that restructuring direct care workers’ jobs, and providing the appropriate training, could lower health spending in the long term by reducing unnecessary emergency room and hospital visits, limiting the use of nursing homes, and lowering the rate of turnover among care workers. As the Baby Boom generation ages, Who Will Care for Us? demonstrates the importance of restructuring the long-term care industry and establishing a new relationship between direct care workers, patients, and the medical system.

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Download or read book Health Care Comes Home written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, health care devices, technologies, and practices are rapidly moving into the home. The factors driving this migration include the costs of health care, the growing numbers of older adults, the increasing prevalence of chronic conditions and diseases and improved survival rates for people with those conditions and diseases, and a wide range of technological innovations. The health care that results varies considerably in its safety, effectiveness, and efficiency, as well as in its quality and cost. Health Care Comes Home reviews the state of current knowledge and practice about many aspects of health care in residential settings and explores the short- and long-term effects of emerging trends and technologies. By evaluating existing systems, the book identifies design problems and imbalances between technological system demands and the capabilities of users. Health Care Comes Home recommends critical steps to improve health care in the home. The book's recommendations cover the regulation of health care technologies, proper training and preparation for people who provide in-home care, and how existing housing can be modified and new accessible housing can be better designed for residential health care. The book also identifies knowledge gaps in the field and how these can be addressed through research and development initiatives. Health Care Comes Home lays the foundation for the integration of human health factors with the design and implementation of home health care devices, technologies, and practices. The book describes ways in which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and federal housing agencies can collaborate to improve the quality of health care at home. It is also a valuable resource for residential health care providers and caregivers.

Download or read book Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1986-02-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As more people live longer, the need for quality long-term care for the elderly will increase dramatically. This volume examines the current system of nursing home regulations, and proposes an overhaul to better provide for those confined to such facilities. It determines the need for regulations, and concludes that the present regulatory system is inadequate, stating that what is needed is not more regulation, but better regulation. This long-anticipated study provides a wealth of useful background information, in-depth study, and discussion for nursing home administrators, students, and teachers in the health care field; professionals involved in caring for the elderly; and geriatric specialists.