Keys to a Successful Restorative Nursing Program
April 16, 2025
Skilled Nursing
6 CEs for NHA, Nurses
Restorative nursing programs affect a resident's quality of life, facility survey outcomes, both Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, and resident/family facility choice. These programs are vital to your facility's overall success, your residents' ability to thrive and maintain dignity, and a facility staff's job satisfaction.
Resident-centered, whole-person restorative nursing care is more important now than it has ever been. OBRA 1987 required skilled nursing facilities to identify and act on risk factors to prevent functional decline in residents. It included a mandate for facilities to allow only medically unavoidable declines, and facilities are expected to plan care that will delay any decline in resident function. Functional decline can lead to depression, behaviors, withdrawal, social isolation, and complications of immobility such as pain, incontinence and pressure ulcers.
Several Quality Measures will affect and can be impacted by restorative nursing programs. These measures include:
* Percentage of long stay residents who need increased help with ADLs
* Percentage of long stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
* Percentage of long stay resident experiencing falls
* Percentage of long stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
* Percentage of long stay low risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder
* Percentage of long stay residents who have a catheter inserted and left in the bladder
* Percentage of short stay residents meet or exceed discharge function score
For restorative nursing programs to be effective and profitable, attention to and support for restorative nursing must come from the top. The administrator, director of nurses, and therapy director must be on board. A facility-wide culture of restorative nursing must be present. Act now and get everyone on board with this comprehensive educational program, and ensure your facility is offering resident-centered restorative nursing programs to improve, maintain, or slow decline in resident function in a positive culture environment.
What you will learn:
* How to be compliant with federal regulations
* Rules of rehabilitation, resident assessment and areas affected by Minimum Data Set (MDS)
* Elements of successful restorative program development and implementation
* Staff training tips
* New approaches and new ideas
* Medicare & Medicaid reimbursement impact
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Schedule:
8:30 a.m. Check In & Coffee
9:00 a.m. Program begins
12:15 p.m. Lunch (included)
12:45 p.m. Program resumes
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
Location: OHCA
9200 Worthington Road, Suite 110, Westerville, Ohio 43082
Free parking is available
Each participant is responsible for his/her own lodging and meal arrangements. We encourage you to make your hotel reservations as early as possible. There are a large number of hotels near the OHCA's office. Google hotels on Polaris Parkway for a complete listing.
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Scott Heichel
In his role as Director of Reimbursement and Education, Scott oversees products, resources, education, and consulting services related to clinical reimbursement needs for clients. His extensive knowledge and experience in clinical leadership within post-acute care settings are widely recognized.
As a nationally recognized expert, he brings over 25 years of healthcare experience and is known for his expertise in the RAI process, clinical reimbursement, quality measures, Medicare, Medicaid Case Mix, Managed Care, and value-based payment. Scott collaborates with Pathway Health leadership to develop education, products, and consulting services that support providers nationwide.
Scott is passionate about promoting excellence in post-acute care and mentoring clinical leaders to grow professionally and achieve quality outcomes. He is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national conferences. A registered nurse and certified nurse executive, he holds multiple certifications, including AAPACN Master Teacher for the RAC-CT certification. He serves on AAPACN?s Expert Advisory Panel and Board of Directors.
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Continuing Education Credit:
This program has been approved for 6 hours of continuing education credit for nursing home administrators (Ohio BELTSS) and nurses.
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Members:
$180 (early) prior to April 2
$225 (regular) April 2 and beyond
Non-Members:
$ 235 (early) prior to April 2
$ 295 (regular) April 2 and beyond
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