AHRQ 5-Minute Learning Modules for Frontline Staff: Staff Support, Resident Support, Leadership, Post-Vaccination Practice, COVID-19 Identification and Prevention, Vaccination and Testing (5/22)

Clinical Care Solutions / COVID-19 / DNS / Leadership and Management / Post-Acute Care News

These brief videos offer self-paced learning for those on the front lines of nursing home care. This includes nursing assistants, housekeeping, dietary, and maintenance staff, and others. Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff series This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage …

Q&A: Where can I find the latest guidance regarding health care personnel returning to work after COVID-19?

COVID-19 / DNS / Q&A

Question: Where can I find the latest guidance regarding health care personnel returning to work after COVID-19? Answer: The Work Restrictions for HCP Table on the Center for Disease and Prevention’s (CDC) webpage provides information regarding return to work criteria based on both the staff member’s vaccination status and staffing …

CDC Call Recording: COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation Guidelines Review (1/22)

Clinical Care Solutions / COVID-19 / DNS / Post-Acute Care News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated COVID-19 quarantine and isolation recommendations for healthcare and non-healthcare settings. During this COCA Call, presenters discussed the science supporting these changes, the populations and settings to which these changes apply, and additional precautions people should take at the end …

Q&A: Where can I find resources to assist me with increasing COVID-19 vaccine and booster uptake?

COVID-19 / DNS / Q&A / Survey and Regulatory Compliance

There are several great resources for facility leaders to utilize. The Society for Post-Acute and Long-term Care Medicine (AMDA) has several great resources in their COVID-19 Vaccine Education Toolkit.  These resources are free to everyone, however, you will need to register with AMDA to access them. The Centers for Disease …

Q&A: What are the changes affecting SNFs in the updated blanket waiver that was recently released?

Billing and Reimbursement / COVID-19 / DNS / Q&A

The COVID-19 Emergency Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers that was updated and released on Nov 29, 2021 adds a new waiver that allows more flexibility in the education and training requirements for individuals serving as Directors of Food and Nutrition Services. Want to read more Q&As? Visit the AAPACN …

SNF DNS Indicted re: Fraudulent COVID Vaccine Cards and Lying to Federal Investigators (12/21)

Administrator / COVID-19 / DNS / Post-Acute Care News / Survey and Regulatory Compliance

Case Marks First Charges Brought in District of South Carolina Related to Fraudulent Vaccine Cards Columbia, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia returned a multiple-count indictment in connection with the production of fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards, the …

5-Minute Learning Modules for Frontline Staff: Emotional and Organizational Support (12/21)

Administrator / COVID-19 / Leadership and Management / Post-Acute Care News

These brief videos offer self-paced learning for those on the front lines of nursing home care. This includes nursing assistants, housekeeping, dietary, and maintenance staff, and others. Emotional and Organizational Support for Staff Series This series of three learning modules features strategies to help nursing home teams recognize and manage …

AHRQ Resource Helps Nursing Home Staff Fit Respirators (12/21)

Clinical Care Solutions / COVID-19 / DNS / Post-Acute Care News

Respirators, including N95s and elastomeric respirators, help protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses. Making sure these respirators fit the face properly is essential to maximizing their effectiveness. A new AHRQ guide defines respirator fit testing and explains why it’s important, how it works and how often nursing home staff …

Q&A: Where can I find information on the new CMS COVID-19 vaccination requirements?

COVID-19 / DNS / Q&A / Survey and Regulatory Compliance

Question: Where can I find information on the new CMS COVID-19 vaccination requirements? Answer from Denise Winzeler, BSN, RN, LNHA, DNS-CT, QCP: CMS has developed a FAQ document regarding the Interim Final Rule that answers a lot of questions regarding the 214-page document that was released on Nov. 4. CMS …