Connecticut Workgroup on Challenging Behaviors

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Materials of Interest for your consideration

 

(all files are in pdf format)

    DRAFT Followup Questionnaire to Workshop Participants
 
    Assisted Living Worgroup - Model of Organization
 
060310 Census Report Forsees No Crisis Over Aging Generation's Health  New York Times
 
  Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities (CARF) DRAFT Dementia Care Standards  CARF website link
 
060126 DRAFT Care Integration Team
 
  DATABOOK  Preventable Hospitalizations in Connecticut: Assessing Access to Community Health Services FYs 2000 -2004  State CT Office Of Health Care Access
 
  Certified Nursing Assistant Sample Curriculum  State CT Department of Public Health
 
051110 Special Care Units In Nursing Homes And Assisted Living Facilities For Alzheimer's Disease And Other Forms Of Dementia  Office of Legislative Research
 
040206 Guidelines For Locked Nursing Home Units  State of Minnesota Department of Health
 
050705
 
DRAFT Connecticut Nursing Home Behavioral Health Care Unit Study
 
041228 YOU ASKED FOR IT!  THE FINAL, FINAL, FINAL DRAFT FOR 2004!

1.  Policy and Regulations Committee Members
2.  Executive Summary
3.  Report Summary
4.  Report
5.  Report References

 
041203 New Study of People with MS in Nursing Homes Finds Significant Racial Differences  NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
 
041118 Federal and State Initiatives on Chronic Disease Management  CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
 
0411
 
Special Care Units For Dementia: A Survey of Connecticut Nursing Homes  Sponsored by the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Teresa C. Cusano, MSW, State Ombudsman, Connecticut Department of Social Services

Conducted by:  Waldo C. Kelin, PhD, Pricipal Investigator and Cheryl Parks, PhD, Co-principal Investigator
 
0411 Depression in Dementia:  Diagnosis and Treatment  PSYCHIATRIC TIMES
 
0411 Many Needs But Few Psychiatric Services for Seniors in Long-Term Care  PSYCHIATRIC TIMES
 
0410   Suggested Guidelines and Checklists for Responding to Potentially Dangerous Resident Behavior  CWCB Care & Case Discussion Committee
 
040811 Partners in Caregiving in a Special Care Environment: Resident Measures  BRACELAND CENTER
 
040810 Introducing the Quality Care Campaign  ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
 
040516 Descending into violence  BOSTON GLOBE
 
0403 Interdisciplinary Management of Behavioral Disorders  ELDERCARE
 
0403 Managing Residents With Alzheimer's Disease  ELDERCARE
 
040204 Resident-to-Resident Violent Incidents in Nursing Homes  JAMA
 
0402 Tennessee Department of Health, Standards for Nursing Homes (includes information on Alzheimer's specialized services)
 
030430 Recommendations for Best Practices of Medical Care in CT Hospitals
 
03 Nursing Home Care of Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis  NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
 
020701 Home and community-based services (HCBS) 1915(c) waivers for the mentally ill  STATE OF COLORADO
 
020215 Final Report of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Nursing Home Costs in Connecticut  CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 
0107 Policy Report  Screening for Mental Illness in Nursing Facility Applicants: Understanding Federal Requirements  DHHS
 
0101 Younger Nursing Facility Residents With Mental Illness: Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Implementation and Oversight  OIG DHHS
 
0101 Younger Nursing Facility Residents With Mental Illness: An Unidentified Population  OIG DHHS
 
199704 Alcohol Withdrawal in a Medical-Surgical Setting:  The "Too Little, Too Late" Phenomenon  MEDSURG NURSING
 
199403 Requirements and Limits Applicable to Specific Services  4390. Institutions For Mental Illness
 
199303 Behavioral Symptoms Associated with Alzheimer's Disease  BRACELAND CENTER
 
  Challenging and Disruptive Behaviors in Nursing Home Residents  BRACELAND CENTER
 
  Connecticut Public Health Code Definition and Procedures for Reporting Nursing Home Reportable Events
 
  How CNAs Can Create An Optimal Environment For People With Dementia  Jeanne Jackson, MD, Medical Director, Alzheimer's Resource Center of CT
 
  Listing Crisis Services By Town  CT DMHAS
 
  Listing Local Mental Health Authorities  CT CMHAS
 
  Long-Term Care Forum  Psychotherapeutic Management of the Long-Term Care Patient  V1 Issue 2
 
  Long-Term Care Forum  Care of the Psychiatric Patient in the Nursing Home: Challenges and Opportunities  V1 Issue 3
 
  A superior series on the Long-Term Care Survey Process can be found in "Caring for the Ages," a monthly newspaper for long-term care practitioners and an official publication of the American Medical Directors Association (AMDA).

 

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