Developing positive approaches to person-centered care is the focus for more than 700 long term care health professionals, providers, and state surveyors attending today’s Joint Provider Surveyor Training (JPST) at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids. The training is organized by the Bureau of Community and Health Systems within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
“Person-centered care is a purposeful way for nursing homes to improve a resident’s quality of life,” said BCHS Director Larry Horvath. “Research has shown the tremendous impact of person-centered care and having this as a focus of today’s discussion will benefit all participants in understanding its value while balancing the need to meet regulatory requirements.”
According to Horvath, the person-centered approach differs from the traditional medical model where an individual must conform to institutional schedules and instead allows care to be implemented based on an individual’s medical, social, spiritual, and other psychosocial needs. The benefits of person-centered care include: reduced levels of depression; decreased use of psychotropic and anti-depressant medications; reduced number of falls; increased family involvement and satisfaction; and improved performance of long term care facilities.
The daylong event features overviews of Gov. Snyder’s new initiative for Older Adult Services, and resident-driven communities for individuals with dementia. Several breakout sessions offer information and resources available for discharging residents into the community; how residents can set their own schedules; dining assistants as a new opportunity in Michigan; clinical guidelines; a life safety code update; and much more.
Participants attending the conference include nursing home administrators, social workers, nursing home surveyors, providers, and other health professionals from across the state. The JPST has been held every spring and fall since 2001.
Source: LARA
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