This page provides links to training material given to nursing home providers and surveyors.
The purpose of this training is to offer providers clear guidance about how to use the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) correctly and effectively to help provide appropriate care. The RAI consists of three basic components: The Minimum Data Set (MDS) Version 3.0, the Care Area Assessment (CAA) process and the RAI utilization guidelines.
The RAI helps nursing home staff look at residents holistically—as individuals for whom quality of life and quality of care are mutually significant and necessary. Interdisciplinary use of the RAI promotes this emphasis on quality of care and quality of life.
These one-day training sessions will be offered March 9 and 10, June 21 and 22, September 20 and 21 and November 29 and 30.
Each participant will need to print and bring the following to the workshop. We are not providing hard copies at the workshop.
In preparation for the training session, please listen to the August 23, 2011 National Provider Call Audio Transcription (MP3).
For registration information, please contact Linda.Hansen@dhhs.nc.gov.
Related Links
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued new guidance for F323 Hazards and Accidents. The Division of Health Service Regulation presented this information at conferences around the state to surveyors and nursing home providers in the fall of 2007. The links below contain the handouts and the power point presentation used at the conference.
Accidents and Supervision Handout (PDF, 195 KB) (PPT, 195 KB)
Other helpful resources include:
Self Survey Module: Tag F323 Accidents (PDF, 111 KB)
Self Survey Modules were developed by the Licensure and Certification Section, State Long Term Care Ombudsman and Nursing Home providers. The Modules allow consumers, surveyors, ombudsman and providers to determine if facilities are providing quality care.
The Ride Safe publication (PDF, 503 KB) was prepared by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheelchair Transportation Safety, University of Michigan Health System, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, initially funded through a grant from the FRIENDS of the University of Michigan Hospitals in 2005. It provides research-based guidance for securing a resident in a wheel chair during van transportation.
The Division of Health Service Regulation presented information to surveyors and nursing home providers on the new regulatory guidance that was provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This was presented during conferences in the fall of 2007. The link below contains the power point presentation used at the conference.
Paid Feeding Assistants (PDF, 169 KB)
The Division of Health Service Regulation presented this information at conferences around the state to surveyors and nursing home providers in December of 2006 in response to changes in the federal regulations on pharmacy issues. The links below contain the handouts used at the conference.
Handouts
Other helpful resources include:
Regulatory Focus Bulletin: Pharmacy (PDF, 79 KB)
The Regulatory Focus Bulletin RFB is designed to provide clarification of state and federal law, and Nursing Home Licensure and Certification policy in matters relating to the state's nursing facilities.
Self Survey Module: Tag F329 Unnecessary Drugs (PDF, 135 KB)
Self Survey Modules were developed by the Licensure and Certification Section, State Long Term Care Ombudsman and Nursing Home providers. The Modules allow consumers, surveyors, ombudsman and providers to determine if facilities are providing quality care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is implementing the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) which is a computer assisted long-term care survey process used by selected state survey agencies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine if Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes meet the federal requirements. Effective June 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected the North Carolina state agency as an expansion state for the QIS survey process. The links below provide a description of the QIS process, a resource manual and electronic forms and worksheets.
This presentation was given to surveyors and nursing home providers in the fall of 2006 at conferences around the state. Several participants contributed to the training:
The links below contain the handouts used at the conference.
Restraint Handout (PDF, 72 KB) (PPT, 58 KB)
Other helpful resources include:
Regulatory Focus Bulletin: Restraints (PDF, 86 KB)
The Regulatory Focus Bulletin RFB is designed to provide clarification of state and federal law, and Nursing Home Licensure and Certification policy in matters relating to the state's nursing facilities.