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Publications, Information Available Upon RequestFall 2009: 
Surveyor MO for Nutrition Status, by Linda Handy. "Joining forces, Victoria (Consultant Dietitian) and Rebekah (former CMS nurse surveyor), assist facilities in meeting the survey challenges of the revised F 325 Nutrition Status." You will identify with these fictional characters & their efforts to negotiate & join arms with other disciplines as they red flag &address areas that set facilities up for failure, & even the threat of immediate jeopardy in F 325! A wealth of Appendix information including How to Hire and Evaluate an Effective Consulting Dietitian, What Every RD in Long Term Care Should Know and Do, What is on an Effective Assessment Form, Scope of Practice of Dietary Manager & RD, What Every AIT Should Learn About Dietary Services /Nutrition Care, What has CMS stated regarding: Resident Refusal of Ordered Therapeutic Diet, What is Unavoidable?, Physicians &Medical Director’s Responsibilities in Nutrition Care. Initial Reviews of Surveyor MO for Nutritional Status (F 325): "Owners, Administrators, Directors of Nursing, Medical Directors, Registered Dietitians and Food Services Supervisors will all benefit from the comprehensive cutting edge information in this book. There is no topic left unaddressed. It is easy to read, yet power packed with valuable reference material that you will undoubtedly refer to time and time again over the years. It does not get better than this to help every facility create and achieve a vision of greatness for the care of our honored elderly." Cindy Dahl, Licensed Administrator, PLUM Health Care Group “Linda Handy has done an absolutely excellent job is providing the needed information for all nutrition care providers in the LTC arena to meet and even exceed the regulations. Her manuscript is a fun way of learning with such realistic examples.” Kathleen C. Niedert, PhD, MBA, RD, CSG, LD, FADA (Participant on CMS Expert Panel for the revision of F 325) “This training manual will be useful for Administrators during training and recruitment of dietary service managers and the hiring of Consultant Dietitians.” Sharyl Ronan, MBA, NHA, Regional Director of Operations, Emeritus “I have read Handy’s manual Surveyor MO for Nutritional Status and find it to be very appropriate and timely in providing the necessary information needed by practitioners to understand the intricacies of the new survey processes.” Digna Cassens, MHA, RD, Vice President of Nutrition Services, Country Villa “It is an in-depth and very thorough discussion of the regulations. The author’s creative use of fictional characters allows application of the complex principles and nuances of regulations and survey management in an accessible manner. Throughout the text, learners are challenged to self assess their knowledge and application of sound dietetic principles to meet the nutritional care needs of the residents. Usually the information in this book is only known by the specialty surveyors or those dietitians in advanced practice. This book will become the definitive text for teaching regulations to practitioners of dietetics in long term care. And, I predict that the surveyors will start to read it, too!” Lee Tincher, MS, RD, President, HMComposite “I can heartily recommend this book as a valuable tool for the RD/DTR and dietary managers working in long-term care communities under CMS regulations. The text references specific sections of the current CMS regulations and links to related tools. All these pieces of information are integrated into a story line that is realistic and familiar to the practitioner today. Linda provides a very thorough base for problem solving which will require critical thinking skills to apply all pertinent sections to one’s own unique situation.” Ruth Rauscher, MA, RD, CSG, LMNT “Wow! What a story taken right out every day life in our industry. If you thought you were familiar or understood F tag 325, read this book. Learn more than you thought and how it can apply to situations we all encounter. This unique perspective makes the understanding of this regulation interesting and the Handy Hints provide more resources to further the understanding. This should be required reading for all professionals in LTC. (It will be for my company associates)” Wayne Toczek, Innovative Services
Safe Dining for the Susceptible Customer: 7 Professional Views During Survey, TRAINING MANUAL ON F 371 With Wayne Toczek, One week in a nursing home's survey with an immediate jeopardy called in unsafe food handling & its abatement; NOTE: Approved for 6 CE for Dietitians, Dietary Managers, and Nurses $40 plus $6 shipping/handling plus $3.50 CA tax: Total $49.50
This will emphasize the new state licensing surveys for regulatory compliance, CA Code of Regulations applicable including recent Health and Safety Code changes, discussion on All Facility Letters, and case scenarios of recent statement of deficiencies including Immediate Jeopardies and civil money penalties. This inservice manual for self study will meet the requirement of 6 hours inservice training for Certified Dietary Managers (and is pending approval for 6 hr CE by DMA). RD and DTR may add it to their portfolio. $40 plus $6 shipping/handling plus $ 3.50 : Total $CA tax: Total $49.50
September 2008: October 2008: 2003: 1994-2005: If you would like to order any of these books, please contact me at linda@handydietaryconsulting.com |
