NPUAP New Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers
NPUAP’s Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guidelines – A Quick Overview The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance (PPPIA) collaborated in the development of the 2014 edition of Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guidelines. These guidelines draw […]
Quarterly Nutrition Assessment
An administrator called me last week and asked, “What’s the purpose of the quarterly nutrition assessment? Corporate just sent me a 13-page quarterly nutrition assessment. Is that really necessary?” F276 Quarterly Review states the resident’s assessment is updated at least quarterly. Keep in mind CMS’ idea of assessment is the MDS, not the assessment piece […]
Nursing Home Gardens OK
CMS recently released Guidance for Nursing Home Gardens CMS states, “residents can benefit from having a variety of fresh foods for their consumption.” The facility should follow safe food handling practices once the food is harvested and brought into the kitchen for preparation. Nursing home gardens are compliant with F371 Sanitary Conditions as long as […]
The New Dining Practice Standards
The New Dining Practice Standards were released September 7! Pioneer Network in conjunction with CMS convened the Food & Dining Clinical Standards Task Force. The event brought together professionals from multiple clinical disciplines including ADA, AMDA, NADONA, ASHA, AOTA, etc to discuss and agree upon dining practice standards supporting person centered care and culture change values. […]