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Friday, December 20, 2019

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Home Health

Health care providers must follow new standards for handling hazardous drugs

Health care providers must follow new standards for the safe handling of hazardous drugs effective Dec. 1, 2019. The U.S. Pharmacopeia Chapter 800 indicates how to handle hazardous drugs with a risk of exposure to patients, healthcare workers and the environment. Hazardous drugs are regulated through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Hazard Communication Standard. …

Skilled Nursing Facility

The benefits of treating SNF residents as guests

The following is an excerpt from the 2017 book SNF Risk Management through Person-Centered Care by Carol Marshall, MA, available for purchase here. The long-term care industry learned a valuable lesson from the hotel industry: Treat residents as guests. Long gone are the days of the “old-folks home” in place when my great-great-grandmother needed longterm …

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Monthly In-Service: December issue of CNA Training Advisor

Understand depression and sleep disorders in residents. Get the latest issue to receive a new lesson plan, including course materials, a 4-page in-service, and a quiz targeted to address the unique needs, interests, and concerns of CNAs.

Private Duty

Improve your agency’s Facebook and social media strategy to obtain more referrals

Set goals and objectives for the use of Facebook and create strong content to reap the benefits of increasing referrals, networking opportunities and becoming an influencer in the community. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to have a presence on Facebook,” says Jason Lewallen, vice president of marketing for Home Care Sales in …

Private Duty

New rule clarifies how perks affect overtime rate calculations

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new final rule covering how benefits affect employees’ regular rate of pay provides clarity for employers that offer the innovative benefits packages that have become popular in recent years. The new final rule, announced December 12, clarifies which perks must be included and which ones can be excluded when …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

Cultivating a culture of trauma-informed care

Because SNFs are occupied by residents with varying backgrounds, there can be many kinds of trauma lurking in their pasts. Trauma-informed care aims to create an understanding of the role trauma plays in a resident’s well-being, according to CMS.