Regulation

The regulations in the resident’s rights subsection of Appendix PP drive many aspects of the resident’s quality of life.  

While there are only seven regulations in the freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation subsection of Appendix PP, they contain a vast amount of information.

Admission and discharge regulations require an interdisciplinary approach to ensure that residents receive effective discharge planning from the day of admission.

This session will review the Administration subsection of the federal regulations including responsibilities of the medical director, staff qualifications, and binding arbitration agreements.

This session will review the quality of life regulations including maintaining the resident’s highest physical and mental well-being such as ensuring the residents maintain their level of independence with activities of daily living, activities that meet the resident’s interest level, and ensuring that the nursing home is providing mental and behavioral health services according to resident-centered care.

Serving food in a safe and sanitary manner is so much more than simply wearing gloves and ensuring food temperatures are warm or cold enough. This regulation has been among the top five deficiencies for several months. This session will review the regulations that relate to food service including staff competencies, ensuring temperatures are safe for the type of food being served, and the portions served are in accordance with the therapeutic menu.

This session will review steps that nursing staff should take to ensure that compliance is maintained in these vital subsections of Appendix PP.

This session will review the regulations in the environmental services subsection of Appendix PP.

Outside services in the nursing home play a vital role in much of the resident’s care including rehab, laboratory, radiology, dental, and pharmacy services. This session will review the requirements for these outside services and what nursing home staff must complete to maintain compliance.