VIDEO CATALOG
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Residents' Rights: An Intro for Staff |
22 mins. |
2. Residents' Rights: An Intro for Residents |
20 mins. |
Every resident and their families have legally protected rights. What are these rights? How does the staff fulfill their role as guardian of the resident's rights? In just twenty minutes, staff and residents can get a thorough introduction to the rights of residents. A longer session will include distribution and review of the rights in your state.
3. No Easy Answer: Moving Beyond the Guilt |
23 mins. |
Placing a loved one in a long term care facility is never easy for the family. The staff needs to concentrate on the resident but the family may hamper this process because of overwhelming feelings of guilt and loss. This sensitive, caring program is designed for facilities to help troubled family members.
4. Respecting Confidentiality |
20 mins. |
Every resident has a legal right to confidentiality concerning their medical, financial and personal matters. How does a facility maintain this confidentiality? How does staff know the difference between idle conversation and a breach of confidence? Here is a video which sorts through the issue and gives clean straightforward guidance with references to HIPPA.
5. Understanding Advance Directives |
9 mins. |
What are advance directives? How do you explain these without crossing the line to advice giving? How do you let the patient know these are options for them to choose, not for someone else to choose? This video is a complete and caring introduction to the topic, designed to both educate and reassure the resident.
6. What About Using a Restraint? |
10 mins. |
Sometimes residents are a bit unsteady in their movements. The families of the resident express great concern over this and request a restraint. How can staff adequately answer their concern? This is a ten-minute video designed for family members, friends and frequent visitors. They will learn the importance of dignity and quality of life and the proper use of restraints.
7. Promoting Quality of Life: An Introduction for Staff |
16 mins. |
Quality of life is a crucial ingredient in a resident's overall emotional and physical health. How do staff members define the quality of life and promote it for their resident? In this video the staff will learn to see each resident as an individual with a rich history. They will observe which behaviors diminish the quality of life and discover the components to enhancing the quality of life. You will find this a relevant, targeted and practical overview of quality of life in long term care.
8. Preserving Residents' Dignity |
17 mins. |
Staff will learn what dignity means in long term care facilities. They will identify key factors to maintain dignity, learn how to maintain residents’ dignity while accomplishing their tasks and hear how residents feel about their care. It will show staff how to incorporate "care giving with dignity" into their daily routines.
9. A Commitment to Safety |
21 mins. |
"A Commitment to Safety" is safety training with a difference. This program takes a big picture approach and provides the details of safety training at the same time. Your staff members will recognize safety as an important job requirement, identify key safety procedures, learn to detect what may cause an accident and how to respond to one They will discover additional ways to get involved in the safety process and accept personal responsibility for safety of self and others.
10. Resident Transfers: The Safe Way |
15 mins. |
Every long term care facility desires to keep its nursing staff healthy, reduce workers compensation claims and maintain a high level of resident care. This program will help to achieve this goal. It is a must for new hires and an outstanding refresher for current staff members.
The video based training program addresses reluctance to use or use properly the transfer equipment available in your facility. It focuses on the need to assess residents' physical condition and match the appropriate equipment to each resident's needs. And finally, it introduces and demonstrates how to use the five most frequently available kinds of transfer equipment: the total lift, sit-to-stand lift, slip patient mover, shower chair and walking belt.
11. Infection Control in Long Term Care |
18 mins. |
From the importance of proper hand washing and food storage, to the intricacies of biohazard containment and thorough disinfecting, this video covers all aspects of infection control in long term care settings. As part of initial orientation or on-going training, its crucial information applies to all staff, volunteers and even family member of long term care residents.
See the deadly microorganisms left behind after ineffective hand washing. Learn why dirty laundry can be as disease-ridden as a hypodermic needle. Understand the importance of early detection of Latex allergy reactions. Everyone in the facility--housekeeping, food service and laundry workers, nursing staff can learn how to play a part in working to control the spread of infections.
12. Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence: Employees |
22 mins. |
"Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence " was created by safety experts, specifically for the long term care workplace. It addresses the needs and concerns of all levels of staff in identifying, presenting and responding effectively to the increasingly prevalent problem of violence in the long term care workplace.
This program creates a stimulating one-hour training session using situation and settings typical of what long term care staff face every day. Statistics show that there are usually plenty of early warning signs for workplace violence. This training program teaches employees how to recognize and respond to those signs before violence occurs.
13. Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence: Management |
28 mins. |
There is growing awareness of the need for training concerning violence in long term care facilities. But, the increasingly prevalent problem of workplace violence is one for which few managers have been trained. Still, statistics show that violence is very much a fact of life in the modern-day long term care environment. Well-informed leadership could save lives.
"Preventing and Managing Workplace Violence" has been created by nationally recognized safety experts, specifically for long term care managers, to demonstrate and explain proven methods of effectively dealing with all levels of conflict. The video and enclosed facilitator guide create a stimulating one-hour training session. The management role is never more important than in times of crisis. This program can make the life-saving difference in how violence in the workplace is resolved.
14. Serving the Assisted Living Community Part One:
Getting to Know the Community |
26 mins. |
This video is perfect for orientation of staff to the Assisted Living Community. Some of the concepts they will learn are: How Assisted Living compares to other forms of care, the growth and regulation of the industry, the role of staff/resident interaction in resident satisfaction, promoting residents' independence, warning signs for residents' health status and keys to making Assisted Living a real "home" for residents. Comes with discussion guide for conducting a one-hour training event.
15. Serving the Assisted Living Community Part Two:
Stress Preparedness |
16 mins. |
Talking about stress in the work environment prepares employees to deal with it. They will learn proven stress response techniques, methods for ongoing stress reduction, how to deal with sensory memory impaired residents, how to respond to the death of a resident and the rewards of working in Assisted Living. Leader discussion guide is included.
16. Meaningful Work:
Helping Residents Find Meaningful Activity |
18 mins. |
This video training program is intended for entry level staff who need to distinguish between activity and meaningful activity. It will help employees identify areas of interest to residents and incorporate activities into daily life in the community. This training can make the difference between a ho-hum day and one that is interesting to residents. A leader discussion guide is included.
17. Preventing and Handling Elder Abuse and Neglect in Nursing Homes |
How are abuse and neglect identified? The video and facilitator guide provide a one-hour session for staff and caregivers. They will learn what constitutes abuse and neglect and the associated risk factors. They also will learn how to implement a prevention plan and reporting procedure. This poignant video is a good educational tool for both managers and staff.
18. Fire Prevention and Safety Practices |
This is a practical educational video. It shows long-term care staff and health care providers using proven techniques for identifying fire risks. It also demonstrates preventive measures that help to minimize the threat to staff and residents. Filled with practical information and useful instruction, this video will explain the major causes of fire in long term care settings, what you can do to prevent them, and where fire risks are most likely to appear.
During this program your staff will learn, how to prevent fires and
how to employ the four basic steps in the RACE Method—Rescue, Alarm, Confine, and Extinguish—in response to fire emergency.
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