News
- Electronic Monitoring (effective 12/2018)
- Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
- Generator testing in nursing facilities
- Resident Transfer or Discharge
- Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation (AHRQ, August 2012)
- HRSA Culture, Language and Health Literacy: A Collection of Resources (site updated regularly)
- Nursing Facility Emergency Preparedness
- Insulin Pen Use in Health Care Facilities
- OSHA announces program for nursing and residential care facilities
Notes
In It for the Long Term: Free Learning Network Supports Improvements in Resident Care
VHQC is inviting nursing homes across Virginia to join them in the Virginia Nursing Home Quality Care Learning Network. The learning network offers access to free resources, their faculty of long-term care experts, peer-to-peer interaction and evidence-based best practices. To learn more about the learning network or to register your facility, contact Sheila McLean, smclean@vaqio.sdps.org or 804.289.5320, or Amy Lenz,alenz@vaqio.sdps.org or 804.287.0286.