Creating Home: The New Quality of Life Revisions to LTC Surveyor Guidance
Follow Up to the Webinar Series for Providers
Presented
by Pioneer Network, American Association of Homes and Services for the
Aging (AAHSA) and American Health Care Association (AHCA)
June 10 & 11 and June 17 & 18, 2009
Additional information is available in our Resource Section.
The
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new survey
and certification letter that revises guidance to surveyors for several
requirements related to quality of life and environment. As a result,
surveys after June 17, 2009 will be conducted with a sharpened focus on
elements of quality of life. These revisions were developed following a
national symposium on person-centered living environments,
Creating Home in the Nursing Home, co-sponsored by CMS and Pioneer Network.
The new guidelines
enhance instructions to surveyors on how to evaluate compliance with
areas such as resident choices about daily schedule, (including when to
get up, go to bed, eat, and bathe) visitation issues, homelike
environment, food procurement, and expand significantly on guidance
related to lighting.
The series offered a unique, valuable and
timely opportunity for providers to hear directly from CMS Division of
Nursing Homes Deputy Director, Karen Schoeneman, MPA, who developed,
wrote, and oversees the enforcement of these new guidelines. Ms.
Schoeneman participated in both Webinars and provided participants with
the background, intent and implications of the new guidelines for each
of the F Tags. Debra Swinton-Spears, MS, Nurse Consultant with CMS
Division of Nursing Homes who authored both F371 and its revision,
provided additional clarification on the food procurement portion and
its revision. Ms. Schoeneman and Ms. Swinton-Spears were joined by
nationally recognized consultants
with significant experience helping nursing homes adopt the
resident-centered care delivery systems and personalized physical
environments that are the focus of these new guidelines who shared
proven methods and processes for incorporating these culture change
practices into every day nursing home life.
Session One
Making Choices and Adapting the Physical Environment
June 10 or 11
Click here for follow up Questions & Answers from Session One
- F242 Self-Determination and Participation
- F371 Sanitary Conditions (food procurement revision only)
- F246 Accommodation of Needs
- F461 Private Closet Space
- F256 Adequate and Comfortable Lighting
- F463 Resident Call System
To register to view the recording of this webinar click here. The cost is $89 per session.
SESSION HANDOUTS
Resource Section
| Session Two
Feeling At Home
June 17 or 18
Click here for follow up Questions & Answers from Session Two
- F172 Access and Visitation
- F175 Married Couples
- F241 Dignity
- F247 Notice Before Room or Roommate Change
- F252 Safe, Clean, Comfortable and Homelike Environment
To register to view the recording of this webinar click here. The cost is $89 per session. (will be available shortly)
SESSION HANDOUTS
Resource Section |
Meet the PresentersBarbara Frank, MPA, Co-founder B and F Consulting
Karen Schoeneman, MPA, Deputy Director of the Division of Nursing Homes at CMS
Debra Swinton-Spears, MS, Nurse Consultant, CMS Division of Nursing Homes
Betsy Brawley, IIDA, AAHID, CID President, Design Concepts Unlimited
Kim Clayton, BA, NHA, Senior Policy Analyst
Sue Misiorski, BSN, Director of Organizational Culture Change, PHI
LaVrene Norton, MSW, Executive Leader, Action Pact, Inc.
HostsEvvie Munley, Senior Health Policy Analyst for American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
Diane De La Mar, Vice President for Regulatory Services for American Health Care Association
With special thanks to The Commonwealth Fund.
