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Risk Reporter for Senior Living Communities

Protecting Residents

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Elopement Prevention

Food Safety

Medication and Injury Procedures

Preventing Slips and Falls

Resident Assessments

Resident Health

Other


Elopement Prevention

• Avoid an elopement tragedy at your facility

Food Safety

• Proper nutrition and diet

• Recognize, eliminate foodborne illnesses

• Dealing with food in resident rooms

• Simple steps drastically reduce food borne illnesses

• Guide to dealing with food poisoning

Medication and Injury Procedures

• Risk Reporter talks with registered nurse Sherry Day about a new disposal product she developed called

• Industry’s movement toward health information technology

• Safe medication disposal

• Documentation critical to protect residents, facility

• Medication documentation requires special attention

• Set procedures for self-administration of medication

• Simple precautions reduce many risks

• Medic Alert identification can be a lifesaver

Preventing Slips and Falls

• Reduce winter woes with fall fixes

• Prevent falls, injuries with simple precautions

Resident Assessments

• Risk Reporter talks with Linda Haas about care for diabetic residents

• Preparing your facility to serve residents with dementia

• Ongoing assessments critical to resident safety

Resident Health

• Arm yourself with information to win the battle with bedbugs

• Risk Reporter talks with Linda Haas about care for diabetic residents

• Post-holiday struggles

• Preparing your facility to serve residents with dementia

• Reduce winter woes with fall fixes

• Case of depression or post-holiday blues

• Managing aggressive behavior

• Monitor residents’ physical states and provide exercise/balance activities

• Allergies become less common as people age

• Documentation critical to protect residents, facility

• Take steps to prepare for the upcoming flu season

• Dangers of hot summer days

• Facilities need to keep up on mental health issues

• Warding off flu and illness this winter

• Be prepared when mixing elderly, mentally ill

• Dealing with Alzheimer’s residents

• Avoiding cabin fever during winter

• Heart disease, cancer are leading causes of death

• Take care when addressing loss of hearing

• Winter is prime season for lice infestation

• Signs of heat illnesses

• Treating dementia, delirium and depression

• Mental health awareness

• Blood glucose meters and CLIA Certificate of Waiver regulations

• Critical thinking skills benefit residents

• Vaccinations protect residents and facility

Other

• The potential of feedback

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