The interests of the communities served for alternative, complementary and integrative healing modalities are addressed and supported. Staff members and patients/residents, as clinically appropriate, are provided with caring touch in the health care environment. Patients’/residents’ wellness needs are approached holistically. Criteria Questions Requiring Response Documentation Required IX.A: A broad range of healing modalities, Describe how you have determined N/A including those considered complementary to the needs and interests of your Western or traditional modalities, are offered to patients/residents who wish to have meet the needs of patients/residents. These access to complementary/integrative offerings are based on an assessment of the healing modalities. Include how this interests and current utilization patterns of is done at an organizational level as patients/residents and medical staff in such well as at an individual level. complementary and integrative healing modalities. Examples could include providing direct services, developing a process for responding to patient/resident requests for treatment by the patient’s/resident’s existing practitioner(s), and evaluation of patients/residents’ herbal remedies as part of the medication reconciliation process. IX.B: A plan for caring touch is developed and How is caring provided to N/A implemented as appropriate. (Exceptions patients/residents, family and staff in include behavioral health patients.) Examples of your organization? caring touch include massage, healing touch, Describe any additional efforts therapeutic touch and Reiki. Beyond undertaken to promote gentleness in implementation of formal caring touch the daily care provided to programs, patients’/residents’ daily care is patients/residents. provided with gentleness. Criteria Questions Requiring Response Documentation Required Describe the organization’s approach N/A IX.C: Patients’/residents’ health and wellness needs are approached holistically and in to supporting patients/residents in consideration of the person’s expressed health chronic disease management. goals and priorities. Caregivers assess the
The interests of the communities served for alternative, complementary and integrative healing modalities are addressed and supported. Staff members and patients/residents, as clinically appropriate, are provided with caring touch in the health care environment. Patients’/residents’ wellness needs are approached holistically. Criteria Questions Requiring Response Documentation Required IX.A: A broad range of healing modalities, including those considered complementary to Western or traditional modalities, are offered to meet the needs of patients/residents. These offerings are based on an assessment of the interests and current utilization patterns of patients/residents and medical staff in such complementary and integrative healing modalities. Examples could include providing direct services, developing a process for responding to patient/resident requests for treatment by the patient’s/resident’s existing practitioner(s), and evaluation of patients/residents’ herbal remedies as part of the medication reconciliation process. Describe how you have determined the needs and interests of your patients/residents who wish to have access to complementary/integrative healing modalities. Include how this is done at an organizational level as well as at an individual level. N/A IX.B: A plan for caring touch is developed and implemented as appropriate. (Exceptions include behavioral health patients.) Examples of caring touch include massage, healing touch, therapeutic touch and Reiki. Beyond implementation of formal caring touch programs, patients’/residents’ daily care is provided with gentleness. How is caring provided to patients/residents, family and staff in your organization? Describe any additional efforts undertaken to promote gentleness in the daily care provided to patients/residents. N/A Criteria Questions Requiring Response Documentation Required IX.C: Patients’/residents’ health and wellness needs are approached holistically and in consideration of the person’s expressed health goals and priorities. Caregivers assess the Describe the organization’s approach to supporting patients/residents in chronic disease management. N/A
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