Nursing Home Surveyors Look At Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Homes - Part 3
In the previous posts we started talking about how nursing home and hospital surveyors investigate issues surrounding incontinence in nursing homes. I continue that discussion here.
Another element to investigations is interviews.
Interviews: During the review and investigation the surveyor will be conducting interviews with the resident, family or responsible party when possible. These interviews will help identify:
Involvement in [...]
Nursing Home Surveyors Look At Urinary Incontinence in the Nursing Home - Part 1
When surveying in a nursing facility, the Nursing Home Surveyor looks at specific issues. One of the most common issues a surveyor will look at is the continence status of a resident and the care the facility provides to residents related to continence. The nursing home surveyors use the regulations and guidance located in Appendix [...]
Where Oh Where Does A Nursing Home & Hospital Surveyor Find The Regulations?
The Federal Regulations for nursing homes, hospitals, and other types of healthcare facilities, as I mentioned before, are mostly located in the Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42. You will find this and the other Federal codes at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/CFR/INDEX.HTML.
The Federal Government has many manuals to help administer the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) [...]