Louisiana Nursing Home Quality Improvement Resources

Important Tools & Resources for Nursing Homes

Physical Restraints Tracking Tool - Blank Dashboard - Sample Data Dashboard

Restraint/Enabler Decision Guide (Cue sheet for MDS coding)

WAVE patient safety posters from CMS (Vertical poster, Horizontal poster)

Learning and Action Network: Tackling Healthcare Acquired Conditions (pdf of presentation at LNHA Fall Conference 2012)

Implementation Guide for Reducing the Use of Daily Restraints (from the Advancing Excellence website)

Description of Antipsychotic Medication Quality Measures on Nursing Home Compare
(Link to tool provided on the CMS website)

"Save Our Skin" Pressure Ulcer Prevention Toolkit

Game Plan for Success: Pressure Ulcer Assessment, Interventions and Quality Improvement (PDF file of PowerPoint presentation)

Hands-On Wound Assessment: Ready, Set, Let’s Go (PDF file of PowerPoint presentation)

How to read the Facility Quality Measure Report (FQMR)

MDS National Train the Trainer Conference Video
Link to CMS Product Ordering site. After creating an account you can order the Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE) which demonstrates best practice approaches for implementing the new MDS interviews for cognition, mood, preferences and pain. The video is free and is product #11479-CD

Resources for Residents Discharging from the Nursing Home

CMS Discharge Planning Checklist

Listing of Community Organizations & Resources from the Office of Aging and Adult Services in Baton Rouge

"Skin Care Fair"

PDF of presentation
Instructions*
Train the Trainer (PDF of PPT presentation)
Take-Home sheet*
Braden puzzle pieces*

Eliminating Restraints in Your Home

Fall Risk Assessment Tool

Pressure Ulcer Tracking Tool (Excel Spreadsheet file)

Pressure Ulcer Fact Sheet

Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment

Wheelchair Seating Assessment

Alternatives to Physical Restraints

"BROWN BAG" LUNCHTIME WEBINAR SERIES* (PDF files of the PowerPoint presentations)

Improving Communication Can Reduce Re-Hospitalization (PDF File of 3/27/13 PPT presentation)

Improve Resident Health with Proper Wheelchair Fitting ( PDF File of 2/26/13 PPT presentation)

How to Effectively Use Your AMDA and QIO (PDF of December 20, 2012 Webinar presentation)

The ABCs of QA/PI (Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (PDF of November 15, 2012 Webinar presentation)

Bold Steps Into Quality: Understanding the MDS 3.0 Quality Measures (PDF of May 17, 2012 Webinar presentation)

Antipsychotics: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of Use in Long Term Care - presentation by Trenton James, II, MD, FAAFP, CPE, eQHealth Associate Medical Director (PDF of the April 19, 2012 Webinar presentation)

GAME PLAN FOR PRESSURE ULCERS (PART 1):Assessment and Staging for MDS 3.0 Success (PDF of Nov. 17, 2011 Webinar presentation)
Download for 11/17/11 Webinar: Sec. M excerpt from Minimum Data Set Ver. 3.0

GAME PLAN FOR PRESSURE ULCERS (PART 2):Assessment and Staging for MDS 3.0 Success (PDF of Dec. 8, 2011 Webinar presentation)

Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
Presentation by Tammy Rolfe, RN, LNHA, MS, HPM, Field Operations Manager for Advancing Excellence - 7.21.11

Using AE Tools to Improve Staff Turnover and Consistent Assignment
Presentation by Tammy Rolfe, RN, LNHA, MS, HPM, Field Operations Manager for Advancing Excellence - 8.24.11
Calming the Agitated Resident (PDF)
Presentation by Jeff DeMars, MCCS, CCDC, ACC, NFA, NHA - 8.26.10

EMSTAT Basics and Emergency Event Reporting: Before, During and After
Presentation by Malcolm Tietje, MBA - 7.28.10
DHH-Health Standards Section, Program Manager
Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness

New Updates On The Clinical Practice Guidelines For Pressure Ulcers in the Long Term Care Setting
Presentation by Charles Cefalu, MD, MS - 6.24.10

Pieces of the Nutritional Puzzle: Relating Pressure Ulcers &
Nutrition
Presentation by Tara Baxter Smith, RD, LDN - 6.10.10
Malnutrition Tools for download:
Malnutrition Coding Cue Sheet
Malnutrition Pocket Card

Malnutrition in the Elderly Nursing Home Resident: An Under-Diagnosed ConditionPresentation by Ron Ritchey, MD, MBA - 5.19.10

Understanding Your Casper Data: What Are the Hidden Treasures?
Presentation by Melody Malone, PT - 5.13.10
PDF Handouts that accompany this Webinar - Malnutrition Resource flyer, Facility Characteristics Report, Res Level Chronic Care, Res Listing Chronic Care, QMQI Report, Res Level Post Acute, Res Listing Post Acute, "How To" Cards, QM/QI Reports Technical Specifications: Version 1.1
Link to QM/QI REPORTS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

SAVE OUR SKIN - Coordinating Pressure Ulcer Prevention Across
Health Care Settings
Presentation by Julie Kueker, MBA, MT (ASCP) - 2.25.10

From Defiance to Compliance: The Art of Setting Limits
Presentation by Jeff Demars, MCCS, ADC, NFA, NHA - 11.12.09

CMS's Five-Star Rating System
Presentation Julie Kueker MBA, MT (ASCP)-8.13.09

Effective Ways to Prevent and Manage Falls
Presentation by David Henry, MD, ABFM, CAQ Geriatrics, CMD-5.14.09

Managing Urinary Incontinence - A Review of the Clinical Practice Guidelines
Presentation by Charles Cefalu, MD, MS - 1.19.09

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Or Is It?
Presentation by Susan Wehry, MD - 12.4.08

Rehabilitate Your Way of Thinking: Think Restraint Reduction
Presentation by Melody Malone, PT - 12.6.08

The Continued Public Health Threat: The Emergence and Resurgence of MRSA
Presentation by Catrin Jones-Nazar, MD, MPH - 10/15/08

Falls in Long Term Care and Restraint Reduction
Presentation by David Henry, MD, ABFM, CAQ Geriatrics, CMD - 9/18/08

ADA resource covers use of incurred medical expense (IME) option to cover dental care costs (Link to article published by the American Dental Association)

Reducing Perceived Barriers to Nursing Homes Data Entry in the Advancing Excellence Campaign: The Role of LANEs* (Local Area Networks for Excellence) by Debra Bakerjian, Alice Bonner, Carol Benner, Cheryl Caswell, Alissa Weintraub, Mary Jane Koren JAMDA (Vol.12, Issue 7) http://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610%2810%2900103-9/abstract?source=aemf

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