Kendal Outreach Now an Approved Provider of Continuing Nursing Education (CEUs)
Kendal Outreach, LLC is pleased to announce that we are now an Approved Provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. As such, all educational sessions (teleconferences, seminars, etc.) provided by Kendal Outreach will afford CEUs to all registered nurses who apply for the programs they attend. CEU credit will be assigned according to the length of each presentation. For further information, please contact Kashmira Narinesingh-Smith at knsmith@kendaloutreach.org or by phone at (610) 335-1280.
Kendal Outreach Staff Present Program for CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
In August of 2007 CMS offered a satellite broadcast called Physical Restraint Use in Nursing Homes. The program was presented in three parts; Part II The Exception Not the Rule was presented by Kendal Outreach staff Karen Russell, Janet Davis and Sara Wright. This satellite broadcast and Webcast provide state surveyors and long-term care providers with an understanding of physical restraint mitigation issues. This program has a taped Webcast and will be available for viewing up to one year
following August 3, 2007 on the CMS web site.
Kendal Outreach Establishes National Newsletter
The KOllaborator: Perspectives in Elder Care
This newsletter offers articles by and for professionals, providers and caregivers in the long term care field. The KOllaborator has its roots in the Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative (PARRI), which was officially launched at a kick-off event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 5, 1996. PARRI has been serving the state for eleven years and has been praised for providing leadership, direction, and technical support to 93% of long term care facilities in the Commonwealth; their efforts have resulted in an 87% reduction in use of physical restraints. The KOllaborator will include a focus on model practices, facility experiences in eliminating restraints and related safe care practices, and regulatory issues. In addition, future issues will include articles by and for caregivers around the nation. If you have a care issue or experience you would like to share please contact Kashmira Narinesingh-Smith at 610-335-1280 or email: knsmith@kcorp.kendal.org.
Topics in the second issue, by page:
2 • Q & A on Bed Safety
4 • Bed Safety Tips
6 • Bethlen Home Is Training Site
7 • Newest Member of COLLAGE
8 • PARRI Expands Focus
8 • Recipe for Dining Success
9 • Upcoming Events from Kendal Outreach
10• Clinical Issues Forum; Missing Voices, New Video
Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction Initiative Receives Grant for 12th year.
April 2007
The PARRI team has received a grant for year 12 and will to continue its work through June 30 of 2008. Kendal's four-member training team has provided assistance to 93% of Pennsylvania’s 728 long term care facilities. This assistance has included consultation and on-site visits addressing the following areas: physical restraint reduction, fall prevention, psychoactive medication reduction, behavior management, and individualized assessment. In addition to these areas of expertise, the team this year will offer programs on preventing pressure ulcers. Meet the team.
Patients will be safer in bed thanks to the new FDA (Food and Drug Administration) guidelines released recently: "Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment" Read Press Release. Link to FDA. To order materials, please visit our HBSW page.
Pennsylvania Celebrates Success of Best Practices Project Read More....
Consistent Assignment - Outreach Director, Beryl Goldman, is quoted in "My Inner View, Management Intelligence for Healthcare" article confirming the value of "consistent assignment" of staff in long term care. Read More....
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