Assisted Living Useful Sites Referencing Standards of Practice

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Abuse Investigation

• Adult Programs Filing Misconduct Complaints

Developmental Disabilities

• Imagine - David Pitonyak's website with articles and resources for supporting persons with difficult behavior:

Fall Prevention

• Speak Up Initiatives: The Joint Commission's award-winning patient safety program

• Improving Health

• Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons,  American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Falls Prevention

Food Safety

• 10 Ways to Fight Food Spoilers (PDF, 162 KB)
• Cleaning Up Checklist (PDF, 119 KB)
• Food Code Fact Sheets
• Four Simple Steps to Keep Food Safe from Harmful Bacteria (PDF, 686 KB) - Partnership for Food Safety Education
• Keeping Food Safe to Eat (PDF, 250 KB)
• FDA Food Code 2013

Infection Control

• American Journal of Infection Control: Safe Injection (PDF, 129 KB)
• Prevention and Control of Bed Bugs in Health Care Facilities (PDF, 68 KB)
• World Health Organization: Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care
• Centers For Disease Control And Prevention:
  • Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
  • 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Setting
  • Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005

Mental Health

• Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Living Communities (PDF, 914 KB)

Pain

• American Geriatrics Society Clinical Practice Guideline
  The Management of Persistent Pain
• American Society for Pain Management Nursing
• Geriatric Pain Assessment
• Geriatric Pain Management

Personal Care

• Bathing Without a Battle - A joint production of the Cecil G. Sheps Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Oregon Health and Science University, in conjunction with the Institute of Aging of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and EO Studios, Inc., Athens GA
• Tooth Wisdom for Caregivers - Contains a video entitled "Daily Oral Care for the Nursing Home Resident with Dementia" and other senior oral care resources.

Pressure Ulcers

• Feet Can Last a Lifetime - A Health Care Provider's Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems - A joint program of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• EPUAP and NPUAP Pressure Ulcer Prevention Quick Reference Guide EPUAP stands for European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
• EPUAP and NPUAP Pressure Ulcer Treatment Quick Reference Guide
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel

Restraints

• Avoiding Physical Restraints
• Hospital Beds (exit DHS)
• Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment (exit DHS)