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Issue #12 - August 6, 2020
 
WHAT'S NEW
The COVID-19 Resources for Skilled Nursing Facilities webpage is frequently updated with links and information to assist you, including these most recent updates:

 ➢ The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) has become the first national organization to formally support the adoption of a national POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) form. Patients who have a POLST, who may be POLST appropriate but never engaged in advance care planning conversations, or who may be diagnosed with conditions that put them at high risk of dying from COVID-19 should be approached about their treatment wishes and POLST. National POLST encourages facilities to consider the following guidance for Completing POLST Forms in Crisis Standards of Care.

 ➢ MyDirectives helps people create, share, and update their medical treatment wishes, palliative and hospice care preferences, organ donation status, and other critical information on the device, and in the format that is most convenient for them. MyDirectives is secure, easy to understand, and always FREE to use.

 ➢ The Decision Guide is a free tool to help with residents, their families, friends, and caregivers to understand avoidable transfers and how they can be involved in the decision. It is useful in helping support staff discussions addressing resident and family insistence on a potentially preventable hospitalization.
OPPORTUNITIES
There are also training resources available to help guide you through COVID-19. Check out these opportunities for patients and staff:

 ➢ Register to learn more about Dementia Care in the Time of COVID-19, part of the Master Clinician Series presented by The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), on Friday, August 14th, at 2pm ET. During this webinar you will learn tips on what to do—and what not to do—for people living with dementia and family caregivers during the time of COVID-19.

 ➢ Enroll today in Basics of Health Equity: Relevance & Responsibility of Equity for Healthcare Leaders on Wednesday, August 12th, at 2pm ET. During this free webinar, cultural competency expert Emebong Martin, MPH, Regional Health System Director for the Alzheimer Association, will engage you and other healthcare leaders, including those on the front lines, in understanding health equity, how it operates in post-acute care settings, and opportunities for applying a health equity lens to the delivery of care.
REMINDERS
 ➢ Don't forget! The next HOPE SNF Collaborative Webinar will be on Thursday, August 13th, from 8a-9:30a.
AGENDA 

Duke Health Updates
Heather Jacobson & Pat Kramer
 
Use of Telehealth Video Conferencing to Improve Hospital-to-SNF Care Transition
Dr. Aubrey Jolly Graham & The Pavilion at Croasdaile Village Staff
 
Open “Mic:” Sharing best practices for Hospital-to-SNF Transition
All webinar participants
 
Home Health: Review Choice Demonstration
Diana Mitchell, Duke Home Care and Hospice and/or Bayada representative
 
Communication in the Age of PPE
Liz Brown, MS, CCC-SLP & Mary Ann Eller, MA, CCC-SLP
 
Open “Mic:” Sharing Your Communication Techniques with PPE/ Using Technology for Visitation & Communication with Families
All webinar participants
 
This Webinar will contain an audio/visual demonstration of communication techniques. We strongly encourage you to log in with your device by clicking the “Join Meeting” link below in order to view the video demonstration and slides to maximize the value of this session.
Join Meeting
DUKE HEALTH UPDATES

Your feedback is needed! Duke Health is exploring the opportunity of e-prescribing controlled substances directly to long-term care pharmacies for patients discharged to SNFs. We are asking for your assistance by completing this one-minute survey.
SHOUT OUTS
Our Shout Out this week is to Jennifer Martling with Southern Healthcare Management for helping DUHS Case Management with an issue with PASSR waivers at Raleigh Rehab. Thank you, Jennifer, for taking steps to ensure patients continue to get the right care, in the right setting, and at the right time.
 
Your PHMO SNF Team:

Heather Jacobson, MHA, MS, CCC-SLP
PHMO Senior Planning & Strategic Services Analyst
heather.jacobson@duke.edu

Heidi White, MD
PHMO Medical Director, Geriatric Medicine
heidi.white@duke.edu

Patricia Kramer, Ed.S., CCM, CSW, NCC
DUHS Senior Director, Case Management
patricia.kramer@duke.edu

Click here for more information about the PHMO Hope SNF Collaborative.

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