Activities of Daily Living

Nursing home activity directors can use this document to review steps that could help residents with dementia improve nighttime sleep.

Nursing home activity directors can use this document to help create activities to engage nursing home residents.

This document demonstrates the MDS items that create the quality measure for the 3 ADL quality measures as well as when prognosis less than 6 months/hospice excludes the resident from the quality measure.

This video features Richard Taylor, PhD, who describes the everyday challenges of living with Alzheimer's. Dr. Taylor was diagnosed with dementia, probably of the Alzheimer's type, when he was 58. Note: TMF Health Quality Institute does not endorse or recommend any products advertised with this video.

This change package is a resource to assist LTC providers working directly with TMF QIN-QIO experts to improve and/or maximize resident mobility and function outcomes It serves as a guide or menu of strategies, change concepts and actionable items that LTC facilities can choose from to begin testing changes while minimizing injury and return to the hospital or nursing home.

Use this spreadsheet to proactively identify any demonstrated improvements in resident function (short stay) during their observation period and at discharge to focus quality improvement (QI) efforts.

This Quality Measures Tip Sheet provides an overview of the influenza vaccine (long-stay) measure, MDS coding requirements, and additional tips and assessment considerations.

Este paquete para facilitar el cambio es un recurso para ayudar a los proveedores de LTC que trabajan directamente con los expertos de TMF QIN-QIO a mejorar y optimizar los resultados de movilidad y funcionamiento de los residentes. Sirve como guía o menú de estrategias, y presenta conceptos de cambio y elementos de acción entre los que las facilidades de LTC pueden elegir para comenzar a probar los cambios a la vez que minimizan las lesiones y el regreso al hospital o al asilo de ancianos.