Improving nursing home resident safety, dignity, & financial integrity: Recommendations for CMS
The Long Term Care Community Coalition issued a new policy brief with focused recommendations for addressing the longstanding gaps in nursing home quality assurance and accountability that have harmed vulnerable residents and devastated families across the United States. The brief focuses on steps that Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can take to improve nursing home resident safety, dignity, & financial integrity.
Family Presence Policy Decision-Making Toolkit
This decision-making toolkit released by Planetree International and the American Nurses Foundation was developed to help healthcare leaders implement hospital and nursing home visitation policies that balance safety and infection control with the importance of in-person family presence. The decision-making toolkit guides nurse leaders and other users through a process of considering a range of variables when establishing visiting parameters. These include local conditions, resource availability, equity, and current evidence about potential harms and benefits of family presence.
Embedding interprofessional education in the curriculum
Drawing on experience and international research this guide, published by the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, provides theoretical and practical models to design, embed and evaluate interprofessional education. The guide includes practical advice on leadership of interprofessional education, planning interprofessional curricula, designing, assessing and evaluating interprofessional learning experiences, professional development for staff facilitating interprofessional education and case studies from Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the globe.
Designing an Interfaculty Education Program
The design of interprofessional education activities benefits from the use of formal education frameworks. This 45 minute module has been prepared by a team of academic and clinical staff, to share our learnings from the design and delivery of an interprofessional medicine, nursing and pharmacy education program. In this module the Lee et al. (2013) four-dimensional curriculum framework was used to assist educators in the implementation and analysis of an interprofessional education programs, making explicit the why, the what, the how and the where.
Interprofessional Education: Findings of a survey of HPAC Forum Members, April 2020.
This report discusses survey findings on Interprofessional Education (IPE) accreditation processes of the Health Professions Accreditation Councils’ Forum (the Forum). The Forum is a coalition of 15 accreditation authorities for the regulated health professions in Australia[1].
Paying Family Caregivers through Medicaid Consumer-Directed Programs: State Opportunities and Innovations
Family members provide significant amounts of care to relatives with complex needs who live independently. Programs that pay family members to provide care can help support home- and community-based care for Medicaid enrollees and help states address demand for long-term services and supports.
The Impact of the Older Adult Mental Health Workforce Shortage on the Public Mental Health System
This paper created by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors discusses the impact of the older adult mental health workforce shortage on the public mental health system. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the current landscape and to offer recommendations on how the public mental health system can respond to the behavioral health needs of older adults while addressing the workforce shortage to the extent possible.
TAC Assessment Working Paper: Improving Community Options for Older Adults
This paper created by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors discusses a variety of ways to improve community care facilities and options for older adults. It describes the relationship between two federal programs: the Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) program and the Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs).
Screening Practices to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 5 Ways Hospitals Prioritize Family Caregivers Who Need Extra Support
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses different screening practices used to improve patient and family engagement. It also lists and describes five ways hospitals prioritize family caregivers who need extra support.
Pharmacy Innovations to Improve Patient and Family Engagement: 10 Ways Hospitals Help Family Caregivers Prepare to Manage Medications
This paper is part of the AARP Supporting Family Caregivers Providing Complex Care series. It discusses pharmacy innovations to improve patient and family engagement. It also lists and describes ten ways that hospitals can help family caregivers prepare to manage medications.