Calling for a trauma-aware culture in long-term care
By
Kelseanne Breder
Jul 12, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently updated the Rules of Participation to require that long-term care facilities provide trauma-informed care to residents. Failure by LTC staff to recognize...
Ask the nursing expert … about trauma care approaches
By
Amy Stewart
Nov 11, 2022
Q: How can we care plan for resident trauma?
Trauma care, drug-reduction prove ‘scary’ tasks as guidance deadline approaches
By
Joe Bush
Oct 21, 2022
As staff at skilled nursing facilities scramble to comply with hundreds of pages of interpretive guidance that kicks in Monday, experts warned that one major emphasis should be on meeting new standards...
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How to prepare for trauma-informed care
By
Robert Figlerski, Ph.D.
Jun 03, 2019
Most of us go about our daily routine with a sense of relative safety and security. That feeling of well-being can be quickly shattered by a traumatic event — the kind of unexpected, life-altering occurrence...