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Federal requirements for nursing homes to include certified nursing assistants in resident care planning and interdisciplinary teams: A policy analysis.
- Source :
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Nursing outlook [Nurs Outlook] 2021 Jul-Aug; Vol. 69 (4), pp. 617-625. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 13. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Starting in 2016, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the first phase of a 3-year multi-phase plan revising the manner in which nursing homes are regulated. In this revision, attention was placed on the importance of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) to resident care and the need to empower these frontline workers. Phase II mandates that CNAs be included as members of the nursing home interdisciplinary team that develops care plans for the resident that are person-centered and comprehensive and reviews and revises these care plans after each resident assessment. While these efforts are laudable, there are no direct guidelines for how to integrate CNAs in the interdisciplinary team. We recommend the inclusion of direct guidelines, in which this policy revision clarifies the expected contributions from CNAs, their responsibilities, their role as members of the interdisciplinary team, and the expected patterns of communication between CNAs and other members of the interdisciplinary team.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Federal Government
Female
Health Policy legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Male
Medicaid legislation & jurisprudence
Medicaid standards
Medicare legislation & jurisprudence
Medicare standards
Middle Aged
Policy Making
United States
Certification legislation & jurisprudence
Certification standards
Homes for the Aged legislation & jurisprudence
Homes for the Aged standards
Nursing Assistants legislation & jurisprudence
Nursing Assistants standards
Nursing Homes legislation & jurisprudence
Nursing Homes standards
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1528-3968
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nursing outlook
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33593666
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.01.004