in-services required for behavioral health Recommendations List staff who supervise or care for individuals with mental health and psychosocial disorders (including trauma and PTSD) that have been identified in the FA. List of the knowledge, training and supervision skills of staff Regulatory Language § 483.95(i) Training requirements – mandatory in-services: (i) Behavioral health. A facility must provide behavioral health training consistent with the requirements at § 483.40 and as determined by the facility assessment at § 483.70(e). A list of “resources” need to care for residents. The facility must identify the resources needed to care for its residents. (NOTE: resources are not defined in regulations. However, looking at the totality of how the regulations and SOM Appendix PP refer to the facility assessment, resources appear to refer the capacity and capability a facility and its staff have to admit and care for residents. It specifies, that a facility should NOT admit residents that it does not have the capacity or capability to care for which is to be determined in part by the facility assessment. The administrator and governing body also must be involved in the facility assessment but “involvement” is not specifically defined. Regulatory Language: § 483.75(f). (e) Facility assessment. The facility must conduct and document a facility wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for its residents competently during both day-to-day operations and emergencies SOM Appendix PP F-607 Abuse tag (NEED TO CHECK NAME) Assuring that residents are free from neglect by having the structures and processes to provide needed care and services to all residents, which includes, but is not limited to, the provision of a facility assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for its residents competently; SOM Appendix PP F-622 Transfer and Discharge Facilities are required to determine their capacity and capability to care for the residents they admit. Therefore, facilities should not admit residents whose needs they cannot meet based on the Facility Assessment SOM Appendix PP F-626 Perming residents to return to the facility.
in-services required for behavioral health Recommendations List staff who supervise or care for individuals with mental health and psychosocial disorders (including trauma and PTSD) that have been identified in the FA. List of the knowledge, training and supervision skills of staff Regulatory Language § 483.95(i) Training requirements – mandatory in-services: (i) Behavioral health. A facility must provide behavioral health training consistent with the requirements at § 483.40 and as determined by the facility assessment at § 483.70(e). A list of “resources” need to care for residents. The facility must identify the resources needed to care for its residents. (NOTE: resources are not defined in regulations. However, looking at the totality of how the regulations and SOM Appendix PP refer to the facility assessment, resources appear to refer the capacity and capability a facility and its staff have to admit and care for residents. It specifies, that a facility should NOT admit residents that it does not have the capacity or capability to care for which is to be determined in part by the facility assessment. The administrator and governing body also must be involved in the facility assessment but “involvement” is not specifically defined. Regulatory Language: § 483.75(f). (e) Facility assessment. The facility must conduct and document a facility wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for its residents competently during both day-to-day operations and emergencies SOM Appendix PP F-607 Abuse tag (NEED TO CHECK NAME) Assuring that residents are free from neglect by having the structures and processes to provide needed care and services to all residents, which includes, but is not limited to, the provision of a facility assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for its residents competently; SOM Appendix PP F-622 Transfer and Discharge Facilities are required to determine their capacity and capability to care for the residents they admit. Therefore, facilities should not admit residents whose needs they cannot meet based on the Facility Assessment SOM Appendix PP F-626 Perming residents to return to the facility.