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Published on Sun Jun 11, 2006

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REVISED SURVEY GUIDANCE:
Get With CMS' Plan--Integrate Activities Into The Resident's Total Plan Of Care
Hint: Think of activities as part of the big picture.

As John Donne famously said, "No man [...]

QUALITY OF LIFE:
Help Your Facility Make The Grade With Its Activities Programming
Use this checklist to get your program in shape before the next survey.

You want your [...]

WOUND CARE:
Boost Positive Outcomes For Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Outline and follow the do's and don'ts for this expensive therapy.

If your facility uses negative [...]

RISK MANAGEMENT:
Cognitive Impairment QI On The Rise? Give Your Overall Care Approach And Environment A Check-Up
If you don't, you're setting your facility up for a survey fall.

Think of a high [...]

MDS ACCURACY:
Undo Inaccurate MDS Coding That Skews The Cognitive Impairment QI
Before you start chasing a high QI, take a deep breath and a step backwards.

Your [...]

RESIDENT ASSESSMENT:
These Best Practices Will Help You Evaluate, Care Plan A Resident Triggering On The Cognitive Impairment QI
Identify what's wrong so you can help.

If you don't assess and care plan each resident [...]

RAI COMPLIANCE:
Determine Whether To Do A Sig Change
Here's what the RAI manual says to consider.

If surveyors see you've coded a resident on [...]

YOU BE THE SURVEYOR:
Determine The Level Of Severity For These Negative Psychosocial Outcomes
Find out how surveyors might cite 3 common scenarios.

Here are the answers to last month's [...]

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Use This Calendar Form To Capture A Resident's Activities
Back-up documentation can head off survey woes.

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