Culture Change: Moving From Institutional to Person Centered Dining While Ensuring Regulatory Compliance

CPEUs: 2 hours, Level II

Cost:  $30 per site

DESCRIPTION
Ask yourself why more than 50% of all SNF facilities are having huge 'barriers' in moving forward and transitioning from a comfortable traditional or 'institutional' food service to more person centered/home like dining with resident choice and self determination?

Some of that barrier has been perceptions of regulatory compliance. ('If we make that change, how do we know the surveyors won't ding us? We are not sure. At least now we have systems and control and know what they want'). The irony is that regulatory compliance has gained clarity: Facilities are to be making effort to start and progress with these transitions, not as an option, but NOW.
 
The seminar will capture and evaluate recent quality of life tag revisions, CMS guidance in various areas such as refusal of therapeutic diet and some sanitary conditions needing to be addressed with culture change, and offer encouragement.
 
SPEAKER
Linda Handy, MS, RD
Check out her website: http://www.handydietaryconsulting.com/
Retired specialty surveyor, California Dept of Public Health
Presenter of CE Training & Manuals, Mock Surveys
San Marcos, CA 92078
linda@handydietaryconsulting.com