16 strategies for integrating CNAs into care planning and IDT meetings
By
Aasha Raval
Feb 16, 2024
Given their day-to-day, intimate interaction with residents, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are uniquely positioned to contribute to care planning and interdisciplinary care team (IDT) meetings, where...
Report spots care planning gaps for nursing home residents
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 12, 2023
A new report looks at what’s working to help residents in long-term care communities prioritize care planning and advanced care planning, or ACP.
Elder frailty a key predictor of survival following ICU admission, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 08, 2021
Severity of baseline frailty is a strong predictor of one-year survival in older adults facing critical illness. It also is key to informing treatment plans and goals of care for these individuals, researchers...
Who uses the care planning code? Memory-care expert says the answer matters
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 21, 2019
A memory-care expert is the latest advocate for greater use and expansion of Medicare’s largely untapped dementia care planning benefit.
The benefits of a successful discharge plan
By
Susan LaGrange
Jun 20, 2014
It is critical to have a solid system for discharge planning that begins even before the resident is admitted to the facility. Individualized, resident-centered discharge planning will provide a solid...