Long-Term Care Survey Alert

CMS Survey and Certification Memo 13-35-NH. This is CMS’s updated survey guidance on Dementia Care in Nursing Homes. It is available at http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-13-35.pdf.

Improving Dementia Care and Reducing Unnecessary Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Homes, a CMS-sponsored series of three web-based training sessions for surveyors and providers, is available at surveyortraining.cms.hhs.gov/pubs/AntiPsychoticMedHome.aspx.

AMDA — The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine offers two free courses, “Dementia in the Long-Term Care Setting, Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribers” and “Dementia in the Long-Term Care Setting, Clinical Practice Guideline for Non-Prescribers.” Developed by AMDA with assistance and funding from an Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality grant, the courses can be accessed at https://amda-training.com/.

Awakenings Workshops and Training Classes. Ecumen Awakenings professionals offer a number of workshops and consulting services for providers interested in initiating Awakenings programs of their own.  In-person workshops and webinars are both available. For more information, visit www.ecumenawakenings.org/consulting-training/workshops-classes.