Activities for Resident-Centered Care
Debbie Ohl, RN, LHNA
Product Description:
Surveyors are serious about activities
Newly revised CMS activities F-tags #248 and #249 mean your facility must go beyond one-size-fits-all activities and focus on individual needs assessment. But understanding and complying with these challenging new regulations isn’t easy. That’s where we come in—Activities for Resident-Centered Care will help you provide activities each resident finds enjoyable as well as help you avoid survey deficiencies.
Activities for residents have come a long way. So should how you plan them!
Ensure all of your residents experience meaningful and fulfilling activities while under your care with Activities for Resident-Centered Care, a practical, quick-reference activity planning manual. It’s loaded with fresh programming ideas that will help activity professionals at all levels improve their knowledge, skills, and resident programming efforts.
Keep your residents happy and your facility compliant!
Gain a clear understanding of the relationship between regulatory requirements and activity programming, as well as the role of the MDS in activity planning with Activities for Resident-Centered Care. Not only does this reference manual cover the assessment and care planning process, but it also provides the most up-to-date changes to the recently revised CMS activities F-Tags.
With Activities for Resident-Centered Care you’ll benefit from
- activity ideas for different resident populations, such as those with cognitive issues
- assessment and documentation tips to ensure activity planning is found throughout individual care plans
- suggestions on incorporating activities into the facility’s quality assurance programs
- an explanation of the care planning process and methods for MDS completion
Additional tools and resources available on the companion CD-ROM!
The accompanying CD-ROM features helpful forms and policies that are easy to modify, print, or fill out, including
- quality assessment tools
- activities calendars
- activity assessments
- and more!
About the author
Debbie Ohl, RN, LNHA, is the founder and president of Ohl & Associates, a long-term care education and resources company. Ms. Ohl has had a distinguished career, which began "in the trenches" and has spanned more than 25 years in nearly every facet of the industry. A sought-after consultant, educator, writer, and clinical software co-creator, Ms. Ohl is considered by many to be the preeminent authority on administrative and regulatory issues pertaining to long-term care.
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