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Individualized Care

Supported by Law. Individualized Care. Sara S. Hunt, Consultant National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center May 2005. Two Primary Building Blocks. of the Nursing Home Reform Law. Quality of Care Quality of Life. Quality of Care.

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Individualized Care

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  1. Supported by Law IndividualizedCare Sara S. Hunt, Consultant National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center May 2005

  2. Two Primary Building Blocks of the Nursing Home Reform Law Quality of Care Quality of Life

  3. Quality of Care Each resident must receive and the facility must provide the necessary care and services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being, in accordance with the comprehensive assessment and plan of care.

  4. The facility is required to: • prevent problems, • take care of them when they occur, and • help the resident attain a higher degree of functioning if practicable

  5. Reasons someone’s condition might decline: 1. Part of natural progression of a clinical condition 2. New illness or condition 3. Refusal of treatment

  6. Quality of Life A facility must care for its residents in a manner and in an environment that promotes maintenance or enhancement of each resident’s quality of life.

  7. Outcome of Quality of Careand Quality of Life Individualized Care for Residents

  8. The Law Supports • The importance of individual routines and preferences • Each resident’s exercise of • choice, • control, • decision-making and • participation in daily life.

  9. Themes Underlying Residents’ Rights Are reinforced in the two primary provisions of the law • Quality of Care • Quality of Life

  10. Thanks to the Administration on Aging and the California HealthCare Foundation for their support in the development and distribution of this presentation.

  11. The National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center thanks all ombudsman representatives who work so diligently on behalf of long-term care residents.

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