Long Term Care Continuity Experience
Monthly Reading Topics

Policies & Procedures - Introductions to LTC

Patients Assigned

On-going Patient Care

1. Review: Facility and LTC Orientation Information online.
   
   
2. Required Reading:
   1. Kapp
   2. Dimant
      

1. Review:
   1. Pearls on LTC Admission,
   2. Admission Visit-Detailed Guide
   3. Follow up Visits-Continuity Approach
      
      
2. Study Templates & Be Ready to Use:
   
   1. Discharge
   2. Transfer into LTC
   3. Transfer to ACH

1. Review:
   1. Pearls on LTC Admission,
   2. Admission Visit-Detailed Guide
   3. Follow up Visits-Continuity Approach
      
      
2. Study Templates & Be Ready to Use:
   
   1. Discharge
   2. Transfer into LTC
   3. Transfer to ACH

Identification; drugs in LTC

Capacity; Can the patient decide

Advance Directives, Family Meetings, Guardianships

1. Required Reading:
   1. Santacruz & Swagerty
      
      
      
      
2. Complete Reading Comprehension Quiz in Geriatrics area on Blackboard.

1. Required Reading:
   1. Tunzi
   2. Searight et al
      
      
      
      
2. Complete Reading Comprehension Quiz in Geriatrics area on Blackboard.

1. Required Reading:
   1. Lang et al
   2. Tx Advance Directives website
      
      
2. Complete Reading Comprehension Quiz in Geriatrics area on Blackboard.

Making Diagnosis

1. Required Reading:
   1. Weiss

Mental Status Change

1. Required Reading:
   1. Gleason

Beer's List

Medication Errors; Anti psychotics use in dementia; benzos, haldal

1. Required Reading:
   1. Fick, et al
   2. Petrone & Katz

1. Required Reading:
   1. Sink et al

Patients at risk

Falls Prevention on site

1. Required Reading:
   1. Fuller

Dehydration

1. Required Reading:
   1. Kugler

Hand washing, universal precautions

Define disability; Get up and go test

1. Required Reading:
   1. Espinoza
   2. Studenski

Staging

1. Required Reading:
   1. Frykberg
   2. Lyder