Nursing homes

Consumer resources

Provider resources

Patients

• The frail elderly and people with chronic illness who need routine or skilled nursing care in a residential facility.

Services

• Room and board.

• 24/7 nursing coverage.

• Assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing and eating.

• Facilities designated as "skilled" nursing facilities provide short- and long-term rehabilitative services and additional skilled nursing care.

• Some facilities have secured units to provide closer supervision for people with dementia.

Licensed staff routinely on-site

• Nurses and social workers.

• Facilities that provide rehabilitative services have occupational, speech and physical therapists.

Colorado Medical Directors Advisory Committee

Long Term Care Advisory Committee

Guidance by topic

• Assistive devices and potential threats to residents.

• Bed safety.

• CPR directives.

• F465 Back Flow Preventor (device) presentation.

• Emergency Call Systems: Life Safety or Liability?

• Emergency preparedness resources.

• Feeding assistant training program.

• Feeding Assistant Application

• Hospice in nursing homes.

• How to file a complaint.

• Medicare review form.

• Plan of Correction guidelines.

• Deficiency rating information (scope and severity).

• Infectious disease guidelines for healthcare settings

• Locked units for dementia and mental illness.

• Frequently asked questions and answers related to resident sexual activity.

• Restraints Have Risks—Make the Right Choice.