Is it true that during new survey process, surveyors will ask staff nurses and nursing assistants about their competencies, with questions such as, “Do you receive periodic evaluations on your skills,...
First MDS 3.0 training to take place next week
Mar 12, 2010
Federal regulators will conduct the first of a handful of “train the trainer” sessions for the new MDS 3.0 nursing home assessment tool Monday through Friday in Baltimore. The highly anticipated...
Provide employee respite care, watch staff turnover rates drop
By
Michelle Seitzer
Dec 06, 2011
Just a year and a half later and I was done. Even for two weeks after the fact, I was numb – completely drained of emotion, lethargic, and avoiding interaction with others. Burnout.
Senate Committee on Aging, PHI to hold briefing on training standards for personal care aides
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 21, 2012
Personal care aides will get a high-powered focus Monday, when the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) host a briefing on training standards. “Training...