Save the date of May 8 to attend via Zoom. This year’s annual Caregiver Conference, aimed at addressing the unique needs of caregivers and residents, will be held virtually (via Zoom) on May 8 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. The conference is presented by CASAT Learning in partnership with the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division. A session on health facility regulations from the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Cost is $45; registration and other sessions are yet to be announced. For questions or concerns, email [email protected].
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Staff must properly assess residents upon admission to ensure care can be provided without relying on EMS The Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) has identified a current need to provide information regarding use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), including the use of fire departments and paramedics. The purpose of the technical bulletin below is to advise residential facilities for groups, skilled nursing facility administrators and homes for individual residential care directors to properly assess their residents upon admission and throughout each resident’s stay to ensure the facility has the capacity and capability to provide routine care for residents without relying on EMS. To read all the details, download the PDF below.
Report provides information on barriers, sample policies Transgender people face many barriers to health care because of historic bias and discrimination. To support this population in Nevada, health facilities are encouraged to read the “Transgender Affirming Hospital Policies” report issued by Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Hogan Lovells and New York City Bar. This report (available for download at the bottom of this blog post) provides sample policies addressing issues such as nondiscrimination, patients’ bill of rights, access to hormone therapy, protocols for staff interaction with transgender patients, room assignments and more. According to the report, in a survey of more than 6,000 transgender Americans, 19% of the respondents reported being refused health care due to their transgender or gender-nonconforming status. In addition, 28% had postponed necessary health care when sick or injured and 33% had delayed or had not sought preventive care because of experiences of health care discrimination based on their transgender status. “Adopting transgender-inclusive health care practices can reduce the costs associated with complications that arise when transgender patients are denied or delay medical treatment due to discrimination,” the report states. Nevada law addresses specific patient rights, including the right to “receive considerate and respectful care.” Although the attached report addresses hospitals, Nevada law applies to all health facilities in the state that are licensed and inspected by the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC). The report is available below in PDF. Also below is a presentation called, “Meeting the Health Care Needs of Transgender People,” from the Nevada organization Transgender Allies Group.
Agenda includes emergency preparedness presentation, licensing and regulatory update The Assisted Living Advisory Council (ALAC) will hold its next meeting at 10 a.m. this coming Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018.
The ALAC is scheduled to nominate and possibly elect a new co-chair, hear a presentation on emergency preparedness from the Washoe County Health District, and receive updates about licensing, Medicaid issues and veterans’ issues. The full agenda, with meeting locations and a call-in phone number, can be viewed via the HCQC Advisory Councils web page. Facilities should protect emergency responders by communicating the medical urgency When calling emergency medical personnel to respond to a fall at an assisted living facility, it is important to tell the phone operator whether the situation is medically urgent — not just for the individual’s safety, but for the safety of the responders who might be racing to the scene.
Under Nevada regulations, residential facility staff must provide or request medical attention for injuries sustained by a resident through incidents such as a fall. Whether the person who fell is uninjured or in need of immediate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attention, a call for an assessment is often made to comply with Nevada Administrative Code 449.274(1)(b). Since assisted living facilities are not required to have medical personnel on staff 24 hours a day, complying with this rule often means calling an ambulance, even if it is to be “better safe than sorry.” In making this call, staff are encouraged to tell the operator whether or not the emergency personnel need to rush to the scene to attend to the person who fell. If an urgent response is not needed, it is important that EMS responders know so they do not rush to the scene with lights flashing and put themselves in unnecessary jeopardy. For more specifics on this requirement, read Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 449.0302. Get help meeting the Nov. 15 deadline to avoid a penalty License renewal season is here, and the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) has updated its Health Facility Renewal info/help web page to guide you through the process. The page also can be accessed from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health home page at http://dpbh.nv.gov/ by clicking on the graphic illustrated below. Facility staff are encouraged to reference this page frequently to answer any questions you have regarding this process. This page contains information about which facilities must renew, an application checklist, fee schedule and a video tutorial that will guide you through the Online Licensing System, which now can be accessed by typing myhealthfacilitylicense.nv.gov into your web browser address bar. General HCQC information is available through the Health Facilities home page.
The renewal deadline is Nov. 15, with licenses expiring Dec. 31. Renewal applications submitted after Nov. 15 will have to pay the regular renewal fee plus an additional 50 percent of that fee. Technical bulletin gives important information for residential facilities for groups Medication management curricula and instructors must be approved by the Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance (HCQC) to provide training to caregivers who work in residential facilities for groups and administer medications to residents. Details about curriculum and instructor approval can be found in the technical bulletin below. The bulletin contains information for initial approval, re-approval, course monitoring, initial and renewal certification for instructors and quality assurance monitoring and accountability.
Health Department course is worth 0.5 CEU A new training about proper hand hygiene is now available online from the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. Created by the Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology (OPHIE), the Hand Hygiene Training is good for 0.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and is available at no cost. This information is very important to preventing the spread of bacteria in general—particularly in licensed health facilities, child care facilities, medical laboratories and other such licensed businesses. To supplement this information, OPHIE has provided a white paper titled “The State of Hand Hygiene 2017,” published by Elyptol, an Australian manufacturer of skin care and hygiene products. The white paper can be accessed below.
Fill out the questionnaire below to help state officials assess potential impacts on small-business Changes are being proposed to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 449 as it relates to construction standards. Existing law requires the State Board of Health to adopt licensing standards for various medical facilities; and existing regulations adopt certain publications by reference as standards for the construction of those facilities. This regulation revises the publications adopted by reference. Below you will find a copy of the proposed regulations and a small-business impact questionnaire so you can provide feedback to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health feedback as to how the proposed regulations may affect your small business. Please review the proposed regulations, answer the questions in the questionnaire and return it to our office as instructed on the questionnaire document. This is optional for you to complete if you wish to provide input on how the proposed regulations may affect your business. If you have questions regarding the proposed regulations, please contact Steve Gerleman at [email protected].
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