Several things that our facility was sided on
1. No mail delivery on Saturday
2. F242 One Foreign resident did not have a communication board.
3. Lost clothing
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New 248-249 Inspections?
Started by kevinm, Jun 20 2006 08:34 AM
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Posted 14 August 2006 - 12:18 AM
are ya all workin for profit, or non-profit? If it's for profit, I'm thinkin that every last one of you are bamboozled. activities is the last concern that any corporation has in mind, other than the bare minimum to meet regs; and then, it's more of the paperwork issue than whether the residents are really happy or not! So sad, I was glad they asked me to leave!
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Posted 14 August 2006 - 08:41 AM
:-( Hi everyone, State Surveyors were here last week and ouch...They were tough and looked at all the activities. I work in a 142 bed facility that includes our Alzheimers Unit of 42 beds and they gave me a sitation on two residents in our Alzheimers unit, never talked to me about them or anyone but I guess their act's did not meet their needs and were not individulized. I wish I could have talked to the surveyors about them because I believe we were meeting their needs knowing their past history. My first sitation ever, been her for 10yrs. They also looked at 3 of our residents on isolation. Glad we had good activity documentation on what we were doing for them one on one in room. They were going to get us for abuse:social isolation but thank goodness for documention on our part. [FONT=Times]
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Posted 16 August 2006 - 05:58 PM
HI
How much documentation is enough on Residents that are in isolation?
In our facility we provide supplies geared toward that Residents interests
to make sure that they have something to do . But we do not spend much time with them during their isolation. This comes from our DON.
How much documentation is enough on Residents that are in isolation?
In our facility we provide supplies geared toward that Residents interests
to make sure that they have something to do . But we do not spend much time with them during their isolation. This comes from our DON.
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Posted 20 August 2006 - 03:08 PM
State just left our facility on Thursday. I was a little disappionted. They observed two activity groups and that was it. I questioned staff (i.e., CNAs and nurses), but they were not asked about their roles in activities at all. When asked if they wanted to see the activity calendars, the surveyors said that they did not use them to evaluate anymore - the new interpretive guidelines instructs them to be more focused on individuals - not groups. I'm afraid all of my work inservicing staff on how activities are the responsibility of all is going to go down the drain now! I was hoping the surveyors would reinforce what I've been preaching.
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Posted 20 August 2006 - 04:00 PM
actpro, on Jul 20 2006, 09:20 PM, said:
Diana,
I am in a little place called Ballinger, Tx.
Do you have any insight, on the culture change.
I would like to know how to get the rest of the staff to do activities.
What is the name of your facility.
Actpro
I am in a little place called Ballinger, Tx.
Do you have any insight, on the culture change.
I would like to know how to get the rest of the staff to do activities.
What is the name of your facility.
Actpro
I gave activity bucks for every resident the staff member brought to activities. At he end of the month the staff member with the most activity bucks got a gift. Try this I'm in a small town also, but this worked for me.
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Posted 20 August 2006 - 04:09 PM
Bingo, on Aug 9 2006, 04:34 AM, said:
Several things that our facility was sided on
1. No mail delivery on Saturday
2. F242 One Foreign resident did not have a communication board.
3. Lost clothing
1. No mail delivery on Saturday
2. F242 One Foreign resident did not have a communication board.
3. Lost clothing
Bingo, I got the same tag for no mail on saturdays last year. I got with the DON and the Week-end RN's and they pick up the mail and hand it out to the residents that got main for that day. The RNs write down the # of residents they give mail to in a spril notebook and sign it. I check it every Monday morning and put my name & date next to the RNs name. I hope this helps you out.
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Posted 21 August 2006 - 02:41 PM
We had our annual survey and the exit was done on my birthday---July 21st! It is going to be interesting to see how well our department does next year. The survey team were curious as to how Social Service and Activity Department work together mjeeting the needs of certain residents. They were looking at the space available for activities---WAS THERE ENOUGH LIGHT, etc. Impressed to see upper management assisting residents to activities. We got a tag---it seemed to appear after the meeting with Resident Council. This was on dignity----staff not waiting for resident's response before entering. The Resident Council can be our best friends------or our downfall. Continue to educate the CNAs-----this will be my future downfall----our CNAs have not grasped the importance of assisting residents to programs. Good luck---the facility got 4 tags......Activities none. Care Planning was a hot spot---I suspect that it will become an open sore that may hurt activity programs everywhere. Karen 8-)
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Posted 22 August 2006 - 10:33 PM
We had our survey the week of June 20 by our Texas Survey team. I've worked in activities for over 5 years, serving as assistant director the last two....but have been activity director for just 6 months. I must admit I was nervous, but my predecessor had been a great mentor, and had already taught me how to set up our activity care plan system to include interdepartmental cooperation and activity documentation to reflect the "personal" preferences of our residents. I also found it helpful to watch the same training videos on activity tags on the internet that the CMS required surveyors to watch prior to June 1.
I was interviewed just once, and the only comment made to me was "I've noticed that the CNA's assist residents to activities" I'm so glad they do!! I was able to brag to the CNA's that the surveyors noticed the good job they were doing (out of hopes they will CONTINUE their good habit of bringing residents to our activity times.)
Resident Council has always been a toss up, because you just never know what kinds of complaints can come out of the blue!! I'm just glad we got through this year, with only 3 fairly minor deficiencies
I was interviewed just once, and the only comment made to me was "I've noticed that the CNA's assist residents to activities" I'm so glad they do!! I was able to brag to the CNA's that the surveyors noticed the good job they were doing (out of hopes they will CONTINUE their good habit of bringing residents to our activity times.)
Resident Council has always been a toss up, because you just never know what kinds of complaints can come out of the blue!! I'm just glad we got through this year, with only 3 fairly minor deficiencies
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Posted 10 October 2009 - 10:20 AM
has anyone else got surveyed , I was looking for more input?? I am in San antonio
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Posted 30 January 2011 - 11:34 AM
Our Surveyors in Pa are big on decorations. We had to take things down if they were blocking an exit sign, too childish, on resident doors, or decorations that do not match. I even had to scrub a few doors with leftover tape on them from Christmas wrap that was tapped up. It is a dignity issue. " Would you want those white tape marks on your door at home" . I did not even notice them in my daily running about.
That is all I know because they did not say much else to us. I have found whatever the residents are talking about in Resident Council with Surveyors are the things that will be looked into. So resolve resident issues there quickly and to their satisfaction when you can.
That is all I know because they did not say much else to us. I have found whatever the residents are talking about in Resident Council with Surveyors are the things that will be looked into. So resolve resident issues there quickly and to their satisfaction when you can.
kevinm, on 20 June 2006 - 08:34 AM, said:
Now that as of June 1st, Surveyors are using the "new" Guidelines, anyone out there been surveyed? We are in our "window", I'll be sure to post any new areas/sites etc. for Activities. after they exit, what real changes have you seen re: Surveyors since new regs are in place?
Kevin
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