Begins: September 10, 2012 Ends: November 12, 2012
Where:Your home or office How:Access to the internet and a phone line
Cost: $385 Contact:heather@brookerusso.com
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
Understand the role of the SSD as defined in F250
Effectively interview residents to complete psychosocial assessments
Identify the required interview techniques for the MDS 3.0
Identify the residents’ needs: psychosocial, financial, discharge planning, home health care
Understand the SSD role with psychotropics
Understand the RAI process: MDS (intro to 3.0), CAAs, Careplans
Facilitate IDT meetings: psychotropics, weights, physical restraints, falls, care conferences
Coordinate and execute safe discharge planning
Recognize the differences in needs between the frail elderly, chronically ill, cognitively impaired, dual-diagnosed, chronically mentally ill, and indigent
Understand required concepts of documentation
Understand possible causal factors of resident behaviors and identify non-drug interventions
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