Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT, president of Senior Providers Resource, LLC, recalls being a new nurse and noticing that while facility staff do everything they can to make the environment safe and prevent falls, they often don’t do enough to prevent the real reason for the falls: …
The revisions to Appendix PP focus on resident’s rights for person-centered, individualized care. The resident has the right to: Be informed and participate in his or her treatment in a language that he or she understands Be informed about their total health status, including his or her medical condition Be …
The Final Rule revising the Medicare/Medicaid conditions of participation (aka the Mega Rule) requires that a nursing assistant who has responsibility for the resident participate on the interdisciplinary team that develops the comprehensive person-centered care plan, including the discharge plan, for each resident. “Industry leaders have been trying to get …
