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MBA Program

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Long-Term Care-QAPI

Mobility & Balance Awareness: An MBA for Real Process Improvement
What's the Innovation/Will it work/Clinical tools & Training/Process measures

MOBILITY & BALANCE AWARENESS: Your MBA for Improving Quality of Long-term Care

- Step by step approach to measure your progress

- Who has time to read the volumes of guidelines on Falls Risk Management?

- Why falling star signs, call bells, non-skid socks and alarms JUST DO NOT WORK

- Where do you want to start? - as simple as you’re A-B-C-D’s

Activity/Ambulation for your MBA

Bladder Program- integrating scheduled toileting with bladder scanning

Communication- Teach-Back, Huddle, Hand-off, families (+/- injury)

Dementia/Delirium- Understand behaviors, monitor impact of meds

What’s the innovation? How to choose which innovation

2 page overview: Why an MBA will Help with Quality
Process Map – with time frames
Decision Guide to help staff choose your MBA Project

Activity/Ambulation for Your MBA

2 page program summary
Monthly Activity-Falls Data Sheet
ROI (Return On Investment) Worksheet

Bladder Program

2 page overview: Scheduled toileting + Use of Bladder Scanner
Bladder program process steps map
Toileting Assessment bedside tool
Monthly Tracker – What happened, resident/unit

Communication Tools

- Teach-back, Huddle, Handoff, Family (+/- serious injury)

Communication Tools 2 page overview
Teach-Back Bedside Tool/2 page description
Resident/Family Survey tool- impact of Teach-Back

Dementia/Delirium- Biggest challenge for your MBA

2 page description of components to support your MBA
Behavior Management Worksheet
What nurses need to know to help with med monitoring

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Health Plans & Providers

Boost CMS Star Ratings and Reimbursement with your MBA.
Mobility & Balance Awareness: Improves quality, reduces cost with higher satisfaction

ENGAGE PROVIDERS:

Mobility and Balance Awareness as an integrated Chronic Care Model
A systems approach to a common but complex issue to succeed at the Triple Aim of Healthcare

HEALTH PLAN DIFFERENTIATION:

A framework to link member self-management tools with staff
trained in Quality Enhancements for a wellness ‘spin’ to Chronic Disease Management

ENGAGE MEMBERS:

Management of diabetes/hypertension/cardiovascular risk factors and
treatable factors of balance changes made practical in the context of the MBA framework

ENGAGE PROVIDERS:

Quality Tools

The Chronic Care Model MBA: Links member self-management & ‘quality-enhanced’ staff for improved outcomes for a common but complex issue

The MBA Approach helps to understand ‘the final common pathway’: Why the MBA framework improves Chronic Disease Management

Mobility & Balance Awareness: Decision Support

Causes and Contributors/ MBA Assessment (Fishbone, template) Cause Effect Analysis of Falls Risk Inducing Drugs (with Odds Ratios) MBA to boost Hierarchical Conditions Category (HCC) Coding

Boost Reimbursement: HCC Coding & Documentation

Team-based MBA Management

Screening: Target Population Identifed
MBA Assessments:

Detailed Falls History, Med Review CDM targets Physical Exam with detailed Mobility & Balance Components MBA Attitudes/Awareness/Activities

MBA Personal Decision Guide Tool (based on the HAPA Behavior Model)

Clarify Decision/Explore how decision made-support needed Identify decision making needs/Plan next step

MBA Care Management Options

Self-Management Support - Personal Guide Group-based Learning 1:1 Coaching (PCP/NP/PA)

Intervention Protocols

Why BP/Diabetes control matter for your MBA Meds/Maintaining an Accurate Med List Feet/Footwear/Mobility Aids Vision and Lighting Activity/Environment/Assistance Exercise/Therapy

MBA Care Management Follow Up Protocols

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Older Adults and their Families

‘How do you go broke? Two ways. Gradually and suddenly’ Ernest Hemmingway
Falls are much the same but don’t have to be, get your MBATM (Mobility & Balance Awareness)

Why is my balance not like when I was 30; what can I do about it?

MBA Self-Management Tools: Preparation to Maximize Visits to Your Doctor

What medications are risky and how to discuss them with my doctor.

The low hanging fruit: Things I can do NOW to achieve my MBA

Mobility & Balance Exercise Programs: How to Find a Good One

If I fall: What to report to my Doctor to reduce the chance of being injured the next time

Why is my balance not like when I was 30; what can I do about it?

Mobility and Balance Awareness: why does it matter?
Causes and contributors to common changes in balance as we age
Action Steps you can take NOW for your MBA

How do my high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease affect my Mobility & Balance

Understanding “the Final Common Pathway” & why you should care NOW

What medications are risky and how to discuss them with my doctor.

Some medications can adversely affect balance control mechanisms
Which ones to consider and how to discuss it with your Doctor

The low hanging fruit: Things I can do NOW to achieve my MBA

Common Foot Problems
Footwear: what you don’t know could hurt you
Mobility Aids: How do you know if you need one/ are you using yours properly?

What type of exercise components do I need for my MBA and how do I find a good program?

Lower Extremity Strength and Flexibility
Endurance and Cardiovascular Fitness
Mobility and Balance: When was the last time you walked over stepping stones?
Where are programs, what do they cost, will they help me?

If I fall, what should I say to my doctor to reduce the chance of being injured the next time?

Self-Management Support - Personal Guide

Comprehensive Self-Management Tools for achieve your MBA

Awareness/Decision Support Tools
Self-efficacy in Chronic Disease Management: Am I prepared to do what’s necessary?
Causes and Contributors to Balance Changes
Keeping and accurate Med List
BP management and measurement of Postural Hypotension
Footwear Self-assessment
Mobility Aid Self Assessment
Epworth Sleepiness Scale/Sleep Log/Insomnia Management Tips
Vision Screening
Chronic Disease Management Tools
CDC Home Safety Checklist

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Senior Communities & Groups

A community-based approach to understand changes in Mobility & Balance to help receive needed services and support for wellness

Why your balance is not like when you were 30, and what you can do about it

How to implement the MBA Program in your community or organization

MBA HEALTH FAIR: Raise awareness and give an MBA ‘snap shot’

Group-based Learning Seminars: Support more effective interaction with Doctors/Health Plans

Setting Up an Effective Mobility and Balance Exercise Program

Begginers Guide: Why falls are NOT an accident?

MBA overview: Understanding causes and contributors to balance changes
MBA Health Fair: Raising community awareness
Group-based Learning Seminars: Prepare residents to discuss MBA with their Doctor
Motivate residents to participate in a Mobility & Balance Exercise Program
Link with Providers/Health Plans

MBA Overview and Program Description
Station Map, Station signs and Step-by-step instruction
Promotion Posters and flyers
Name tags that can be used for raffles
How to summarize findings and recommend intervention options

Adult Learning Principles/Flipped Classroom technique
Promotion Ads & Newsletters
Seminar Titles
- Risky Meds and How to Review with Your Doctor
- ABCs for your MBA: Preparation to get the most out of Doctor visits
- Feet, Footwear, Mobility Aids: The low hanging fruit for your MBA
- What type of Exercise/How do you find a good one
- Interventions: Developing your own ‘Coping Plan’ for your MBA
Self-Management Support Tools

Pre-Post Assessment and Links to Provider/Health Plan Care Management

Setting Up an Effective Mobility and Balance Exercise Program

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Acute Care Setting

Falls happen, but they shouldn’t
Your MBA helps to understand, communicate and intervene on falls risk, in real-time

Rationale for the MBA Approach: What’s the evidence?

MBA COMMUNICATION: Causes, Strategies & Red Flags, matched to the pace of Acute Care

MBA TARGETED INTERVENTIONS to Match the Needs of Acute Care

The HOSPITALISTS’ MBA: The Key Role of Providers/Doctors in Falls Risk Management

MBA IMPROVEMENT TOOLS: Training/Competencies/Process Measures/Documentation

What has demonstated Efficacy?
What has not?
Where should we focus now?

Teach-back
Post Fall Huddle
‘Priority Report’ Handoff
Telling families about falls: Apologies, Learning/engagement opportunities

Dementia/Delirium
Mobilization- why it matters
Toileting and addressing Urinary Retention
Protection/Surveillance

Causes and Contributors
Assessment for Injury
Medication Review and management
- Management of Postural Hypotension
- Anticoagulation: Indication/Management of over anticoagulation
Documentation

MBA IMPROVEMENT TOOLS: Training/Competencies/Process Measures/Documentation

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Live Long and Prosper

Aging is a complex business. A Newsletter to provide insight into the aging process and the
policies that impact on them, to help us make important choices for our wellness.

AGING WISDOM: Tips You Need Because RUST NEVER SLEEPS
DEMENTIA: What it is, How do you recognize it, What you can do
RUST NEVER SLEEPS: Newsletter for recent advances in understanding the aging process and important Policies that affect the aging population

AGING WISDOM: Tips You Need Because RUST NEVER SLEEPS
DEMENTIA: What it is, How do you recognize it, What you can do
RUST NEVER SLEEPS:Newsletter for recent advances in understanding the aging process and important Policies that affect the aging population

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MBA Program

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Older Adults and their Families

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MBA Program

A QAPI Plug-in

Long-Term Care-QAPI

Health Plans & Providers

ENGAGE PROVIDERS:

HEALTH PLAN DIFFERENTIATION:

ENGAGE MEMBERS:

ENGAGE PROVIDERS:

Team-based MBA Management

Older Adults and their Families

Senior Communities & Groups

Acute Care Setting

Live Long and Prosper

Contact Us

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