With the pressure to hold so many groups unfounded what is required?
Pause and discover what exactly is required…
CMS Tag 679 Activities: The facility must provide, based on the comprehensive assessment and care plan and the preferences of each resident, an ongoing program to support residents in their choice of activities, both facility-sponsored group and individual activities and independent activities, designed to meet the interests of and support the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident, encouraging both independence and interaction in the community.
Notice the requirement is not groups but a focus on each resident and his/her interests.
Question: If your title was Interests Coordinator, what would you do differently?
What if we made interests the focus?
Be sure to care plan a person’s interests and certainly not problems.
Institutionally, we’ve created problems where they did not exist.
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