by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
We are pleased to let you know that the Vaccination Toolkit for Long-term Care Facilities is now available on CDC’s website. For the Long-Term Care (LTC) Vaccination Toolkit and all COVID-19 vaccination toolkits visit: COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkits | CDC You play a...
by Keri McDermott | Dec 28, 2020 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality
Golden ticket: an extremely valuable opportunity or means of access to something desired [Dictionary, Merriam-Webster] The Rolling Hills Healthcare team in Belle Fourche, SD implemented a ‘Golden Ticket’ program as an ‘extremely valuable...
by Keri McDermott | Oct 13, 2020 | Featured, Nursing Home Quality
According to a recent Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) study, the number of individuals reporting mental health symptoms [anxiety or depressive disorders] has jumped from 11% in 2019 to 36.5% in June 2020. This affects us all in one way or another. Nursing homes...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 28, 2020 | Featured, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality
Flu season is here and that means we all need to take the necessary precautions to make sure we stay healthy. The National Healthcare Safety Network offers two new features for long-term care facilities to track weekly influenza vaccination data beginning with the...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 21, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
For maximum flexibility, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now offers three online, self-paced options for COVID-19 infection control training for nursing homes. While completion of any of these trainings is no longer tied to Coronavirus Aid,...
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by Keri McDermott | Sep 3, 2020 | Covid-19, Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality, Nursing Home Quality
National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:30 – 2:00 PM CT Register Today During this call, learn about the unique challenges facing nursing home residents living with dementia...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 18, 2020 | CMS News, Events, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
Starting on August 20, the National CMS/CDC Nursing Home COVID-19 live webinar training series will transition to a pre-recorded, self-paced format. The new CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management training series will include 13...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 11, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
Thursday, August 13, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM CT Get Registered. Advance Registration Required Note: Once you register, you will receive an email with your individual link to join the webinar. The link you receive will only work for one user. Please forward this email to...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 11, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything” – Plato Troyd Geist is a folklorist with the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA). Geist started and developed the Art for Life Program. The...
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by Keri McDermott | Aug 10, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Nursing Home Quality
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality
Project ECHO – A Peer-to-Peer Virtual Community of Practice: Special Session Tuesday, August 4, 2020 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT Get registered. COVID-19: Clinical Rounds Agenda Welcome and Introductions Richard C. Hunt, MD, FACEP [HHS/ASPR...
by Keri McDermott | Jul 28, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Nursing Home Quality
Thursday, July 30, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 PM CT Get Registered Open to nursing home leaders, clinical and administrative staff members and others interested in nursing home infection prevention in the era of COVID-19. Following this call, participants will possess the...
