The Fundamentals of Quality for Long Term Care

Part 1

by Nora Wellington



Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 23/11/2010

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.25x11
Page Count : 92
ISBN : 9781452068398

About the Book

For all Administrators, Directors of Nursing, and Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Improvement (QI) Directors or Coordinators, this is not only required reading for your facilities, but more important, it is a practical tool to guide you as you prepare for your survey. As the saying goes, “Your facility must be survey-ready 365 days a year.” So use this book to help you get ready—and stay ready.

The Fundamentals of Quality for LTC, Part I gives you the F-Tags, as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Interpretive Guidelines and Guidance to Surveyors. This is a comprehensive monitoring tool for all disciplines to use in an interdisciplinary format. It covers the Federal Long Term Care Regulations 42 CFR §483.10 Resident Rights through §483.20 Resident Assessment. Because this is such a practical tool, it is a book that staff will keep handy at their desks to use for monitoring purposes and for quick reference. It will help the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT)—including one of the most important and busiest groups, the Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs)— maintain awareness of the expectations of the Federal and State Surveyors. It will also keep the staff’s focus on Quality of Care and Quality of Life.


About the Author

As an administrator who routinely spent part of her day with the front-line staff when she operated her nursing centers, Nora Wellington appreciates the hard work of the front- line staff, as well as the importance of the IDT. Alicia Creighton-Allen brought her clinical skills as an Intensive Care Nurse into her Long Term Care (LTC) nursing experience, to co-author the Fundamentals of Quality series (Part I, Part II, Part III). Parts of these tools have been used by staff in some of the nursing centers where Wellington was an administrator, and those staff members have encouraged her to share her hands-on practical monitoring tools with the LTC community. These tools will help you be ready for annual surveys, and also to make you “survey-ready 365 days a year.”

Visit www.nwellingtonassociates.com for more information about workshops, training, and other related LTC resources.

This is the first book in a three-part series.