KFMC along with Linda Farrar and Kate Niemann from the Kansas Partnership to Improve Dementia Care are facilitating a 6-week series focused on activities/engagement, care planning and safe medication management.
Virtual Educational Series:
Below is a brief description of each session in the series as well as a registration link for each session. You will need to register for each session individually. Once registered you will receive an email with additional details. All sessions will start at 2pm Central Time.
- Session 1 – June 15, 2022
In this session, we will review Kansas NH psychotropic medication utilization rates, discuss regulatory compliance and 2021-2022 citation trends. - Session 2 – June 29, 2022
This session will review practical and realistic ways that elder care providers may be able to increase daily opportunities for engagement and quality of life and non-pharmacological intervention. The speaker with provide examples and approaches that can enhance daily quality of life of our residents in very simple ways each day. - Session 3 – July 6, 2022
This session will provide some helpful ways to think about providing quality of life for residents at various ability levels. We will discuss ideas to support for those who may have very frail physical health, later stages of dementia or receiving hospice care. At the completion of this education session the attendee will leave with a new way of thinking about supporting residents at different ability levels in as creative and realistic way. - Session 4 – July 13, 2022
This session will provide general information about psychotropic medications, particularly antipsychotic medications, and what they may – and may not – do for residents with dementia. We will review studies that evaluate the potential benefit of antipsychotic use in these elders. We will also discuss medications that may contribute to dementia-related symptoms that may need to be reconsidered. Finally, we will talk about considerations regarding starting and discontinuing psychotropic medications. - Session 5 – July 20, 2022
This session will provide participants with tools to create “person-centered, person-directed” care plans based on the resident’s goals, preferences, and interests, and ensuring that the resident has control over all possible aspects of the resident’s life. Through resident and family involvement, in collaboration with all other members of the Interdisciplinary Team, the resident can achieve both quality of care and quality of life. - Session 6 – July 27, 2022
This session will provide a review of the best practices and an introduction of HQIN tools and resources to assist your team with your personalized improvement plans.
