Member Resources
FOR NURSING FACILITIES
- Education
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- Emergency Planning
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Special
Facilities Review Matrix (posted 1-28-10)
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Extended Care Facility Model Plan (posted 8-9-06)
To provide basic emergency planning, response and recovery guidelines for extended care facilities (e.g., nursing homes, assisting living facilities, adult day care, mental health/retardation facilities). Pre-planning efforts should include developing comprehensive checklists that will assist facility personnel in responding to an emergency. Emergency response guidelines should be tailored to meet specific facility needs. They should also be periodically reviewed and revised by personnel responsible for their use in order to keep the documents current.
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Evacuation Plan Worksheet (posted 8-9-06)
To provide guidance in the development of an evacuation plan containing detailed information, instructions, and procedures that can be engaged in any emergency situation necessitating either a full or partial evacuation of the nursing home. This plan must incorporate staff roles and responsibilities essential to this process. Staff must be educated in their role(s). Drills and reviews must be conducted to ensure that the plan is workable. The plan must include back up measures for all components.
- Legal
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- Medicaid and Long Term Care Policy
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- Operation and Workforce
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Barrier Crimes (posted 1-5-09)
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Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing Home Administrators
(posted 12-24-08)
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Regulations Governing the Practice of Assisted Living Facility
Administrators (posted 9-4-08)
- Impact of Criminal Convictions on Nursing Licensure or Certification and Employment in Virginia Revisions (posted 9-7-06)
As a result of 2006 legislation removing moral turpitude as a
barrier crime to employment in facilities, the Department of Health
Professions and the Department of Health have revised their guidance
document, "Impact of Criminal Convictions on Nursing Licensure or
Certification and Employment in Virginia.
- Nursing Home Administrator Licensure and AIT Requirements (posted 11-29-05)
Nursing Home Administrators are licensed by the Virginia Department
of Health Professions and regulated by the Board of Long Term Care
Administrators. Regulations on qualifications for licensure of
administrators, training facilities and preceptors can be
found here.
Information related to qualifications to apply for an AIT program
and other questions about administrator licensure is available
here.
Forms and applications for nursing home administrator licensure,
Administrator in Training (AIT) and Preceptor are available
here.
- Advanced Nurse Aide Program (posted 11-29-05)
The Board of Nursing published final regulations for Advanced
Certification for Nurse Aides that became effective on April 9,
2003. The regulations contain the qualifications for advanced
certification, requirements for renewal and criteria for approval of
education and training programs.
VHCA has developed a model program for the 120 hour program in
required content areas of leadership and mentoring skills, care of
the cognitively impaired client, restorative care and wound care.
The program has been approved by the Board of Nursing and is
available to members. To request a copy of the entire program, which
includes curriculum content, objectives, sample calendar schedules,
sample tests, and lists of resources please contact Kathy Robertson
at
kathy.robertson@vhca.org or by phone at 804.353.9101 x 100.
- Survey of Virginia LTC Facilities Information Technology Capabilities and Trends (posted 10-20-05)
- 2005 Virginia NF DON Turnover Study (posted 10-6-05)
Each year, half of all DONs quit their jobs. In 2002, Virginia
suffered a 142.7 percent DON turnover, the highest rate in the
nation. A coalition led by the Virginia Health Care Association
requested My InnerView to facilitate a study of this issue to
identify and analyze the root causes of the DON turnover in Virginia
and to communicate findings and recommendations to policy makers,
providers and educators.
- Emergency Preparedness
- HIPAA
- Medicaid Transportation
- Arbitration Agreement Form
- Payment and Financial
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- Quality of Care
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Wrist Band Toolkit
(posted
6-30-09)
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Model Transfer Summary (posted
6-30-09)
The downloadable PDF transfer form is interactive. To use the
interactive form follow these instructions:
1. Download the form from the Internet.
2. Choose Save As and save to local or network drive of computer.
3. Fill out the form and then save the file as another name
(probably with a title including patient's name or other appropriate
means of patient identification) so that the original file that was
downloaded remains blank for future use.
4. Print the form or forward the Saved copy.
Alternatively, the form can be downloaded, saved, printed and
manually completed as needed. For more information contact: Beverley
Soble at
Beverley.soble@vhca.org.
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Model Transfer Form (posted
6-30-09)
The downloadable PDF transfer form is interactive. To use the
interactive form follow these instructions:
1. Download the form from the Internet.
2. Choose Save As and save to local or network drive of computer.
3. Fill out the form and then save the file as another name
(probably with a title including patient's name or other appropriate
means of patient identification) so that the original file that was
downloaded remains blank for future use.
4. Print the form or forward the Saved copy.
Alternatively, the form can be downloaded, saved, printed and
manually completed as needed. For more information contact: Beverley
Soble at
Beverley.soble@vhca.org.
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Five-Star Rating System
Simply stated, the Centers for Medicare & Services
(CMS) imposes on the entire industry a state by state quota system
for the allocation of stars that bears no relation to how a
particular state’s nursing homes might cluster along a continuum.
CMS allocates stars for health inspections as follows: 5 stars-10%;
4 stars-23.3%; 3 stars-23.3%; 2 stars-23.3%; 1 star-20%.
READ MORE
VIEW ALL FIVE-STAR RELATED DOCUMENTS
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May 2009 State-Level Cut Point Tables (posted
6-1-09)
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Color-Coded Alert System Standardization in Virginia (posted
3-16-09)
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News Release from VHCA (posted
12-18-08)
- Regulatory
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Model Transfer Summary
(posted 6-30-09)
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Model Transfer Form
(posted 6-30-09)
The downloadable PDF transfer form is
interactive. To use the interactive form follow these instructions:
1. Download the form from the Internet.
2. Choose Save As and save to local or network
drive of computer.
3. Fill out the form and then save the file as
another name (probably with a title including patient's name or
other appropriate means of patient identification) so that the
original file that was downloaded remains blank for future use.
4. Print the form or forward the Saved copy.
Alternatively, the form can be downloaded,
saved, printed and manually completed as needed.
For more information contact: Beverley Soble at
Beverley.soble@vhca.org.
- Virginia Advance Directives
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Emergency Drug Donation Program Regulations (posted
4-30-09)
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Survey Guidance on Culture Change (posted
4-16-09)
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DEA LTC Regulations (posted
4-16-09)
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DEA LTC Issues Memorandum (posted
4-16-09)
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APS Mandated Reporters (posted
4-7-09)
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Survey and
Certification Issues Related to Liability Notices and Beneficiary
Appeal Rights in Nursing Homes (posted
3-20-09)
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Regulations Governing Nursing (posted
1-5-09)
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Regulations Governing the Practice of Nursing Home Administrators
(posted 12-24-08)
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Reporting Abuse Guideline (posted
6-1-08)
- VHCA
Survey Project Questionnaire (posted 3-4-08)
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IDR Revised 2008 (posted 1-2-08)
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Sex Offender Information for Long Term Care Facilities
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Nursing Facility Feeding Assistant Guideline (posted 10-25-07)
The Center for Quality Health Care
Services and Consumer Protection guidelines for feeding and
hydration assistant training programs. Training programs must be
approved by the Center before a facility begins training or use of
assistants.
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Nursing Facility Feeding Assistant Guideline
(posted 10-1-07)
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When OSHA Comes Knocking (posted 6-22-07)
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Facility Reported Incident (FRI) Form (posted
10-11-06)
- Extended Care Facility Model Plan (posted
8-9-06)
To provide basic emergency planning, response and recovery
guidelines for extended care facilities (e.g., nursing homes,
assisting living facilities, adult day care, mental
health/retardation facilities). Pre-planning efforts should include
developing comprehensive checklists that will assist facility
personnel in responding to an emergency. Emergency response
guidelines should be tailored to meet specific facility needs. They
should also be periodically reviewed and revised by personnel
responsible for their use in order to keep the documents current.
- Evacuation Plan Worksheet (posted 8-9-06)
To provide guidance in the development of an evacuation plan
containing detailed information, instructions, and procedures that
can be engaged in any emergency situation necessitating either a
full or partial evacuation of the nursing home. This plan must
incorporate staff roles and responsibilities essential to this
process. Staff must be educated in their role(s). Drills and reviews
must be conducted to ensure that the plan is workable. The plan must
include back up measures for all components.
- Staff Posting in Nursing Facilities (posted
11-28-05)
Effective December 27, 2005, SNFs and NFs must post information on
staffing on each shift on a daily basis in a prominent place. Other
data that must be posted include the facility name, current date and
resident census. Records must be maintained for 18 months, which
covers the annual survey period and allows surveyors to review the
records if needed.
- Restraint Usage in Nursing Facilities (posted
8-25-04)
- FAQs on Long Term Care (posted 8-25-04)
- About Nursing Home Inspections (posted 8-25-04)
- Nursing Facility Guidance on Receiving Out of
System Medications (posted 8-25-04)
- Electronic Monitoring of Resident Rooms (posted
8-25-04)
- Guidance Document on Reporting Disciplinary
Actions and Allegations of Practitioner Misconduct (posted 7-24-03)
- Group A Streptococcal Infections Fact Sheet
(posted 12-9-02)
A fact sheet on Group A Streptococcal Infections prepared by
Elizabeth Barrett, D.M.D., M.S.P.H., Assistant State Epidemiologist
with the Virginia Department of Health, describes the group A
streptococcus, how infections are spread, who is at risk, and what
can be done to help prevent invasive group A streptococcal
infections.
- DDNR Final Regulations (posted 3-5-02)
Final regulations governing the Durable Do Not Resuscitate program
(DDNR) become effective March 27, 2002. Issued by the Virginia
Department of Health, they replace the Emergency Medical Services Do
Not Resuscitate Order regulations currently in effect. As published
in the February 25, 2002 Virginia Register, the regulations finalize
requirements for a Durable Do Not Resuscitate (DDNR) Order that
follows the patient throughout the entire health care setting. Once
issued by a physician for the patient, the DDNR Order would apply
wherever the patient may be - home, emergency vehicle, assisted
living facility, nursing facility or hospital. According to the
regulations, an original DDNR Order or an alternate form remains
valid until revoked. Authorized Durable DNR Forms, with
instructions, are available only to physicians. The form should be
maintained and displayed at the patient's current location or
residence in one of the places designated on the form or should
accompany the patient if traveling.
While there is no specific guidance on how to obtain them in the
regulations, the Board of Health authorizes the issuance of
alternate forms of identification in conjunction with the issuance
of DDNR Orders. The alternate identification forms consist of
"uniquely designed" and "uniquely-identifiable" bracelets and
necklaces available from a vendor approved by the Virginia
Department of Health. Regulations describe DNR orders and
implementation procedures for the issuance of a Durable Do Not
Resuscitate Order. A sample DDNR Form is included with the final
regulations.
FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
- Education
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- Emergency Planning
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Special
Facilities Review Matrix (posted 1-28-10)
-
Extended Care Facility Model Plan (posted 8-9-06)
To provide basic emergency planning, response and recovery guidelines for extended care facilities (e.g., nursing homes, assisting living facilities, adult day care, mental health/retardation facilities). Pre-planning efforts should include developing comprehensive checklists that will assist facility personnel in responding to an emergency. Emergency response guidelines should be tailored to meet specific facility needs. They should also be periodically reviewed and revised by personnel responsible for their use in order to keep the documents current.
-
Evacuation Plan Worksheet (posted 8-9-06)
To provide guidance in the development of an evacuation plan containing detailed information, instructions, and procedures that can be engaged in any emergency situation necessitating either a full or partial evacuation of the nursing home. This plan must incorporate staff roles and responsibilities essential to this process. Staff must be educated in their role(s). Drills and reviews must be conducted to ensure that the plan is workable. The plan must include back up measures for all components.
- Legal
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- Payment and Financial
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- Regulatory
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Section Guide
