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 Following is a list of freeware that provides tools and online resources related to geriatrics, elder care, and senior health. To
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MayoClinic Alzheimers Center
By Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Find information on the basics, treatment and control of alzheimers disease.
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MayoClinic Ask a Specialist
By Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Do you have a health question? Mayo Clinic specialists answer select questions from readers like you. Browse by specialty or search by topic to find an answer. Specialties range from allergy to fitness to women's health.
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MayoClinic Senior Health Center
By Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. Learn the basics of senior health, explore health issues, and take control.
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Minimum Data Set (MDS) 2.0
By Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Assists computer software designers in meeting State and Federal requirements for Medicare and Medicaid nursing facilities concerning the encoding and electronic transmission of MDS 2.0 assessments. These nursing facilities must complete, record, encode and transmit the MDS for all residents in their facility, regardless of age, diagnosis, length of stay or payment category.
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Nursing Home eCAT
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Addresses common hazards and controls found in the nursing home industry.
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Nursing Homes - Hazards and Solutions (100Kbps feed)
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This 16-minute web-based video discusses various hazards in nursing homes, focusing on resident transfer hazards, and controls to minimize these hazards.
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Nursing Homes - Hazards and Solutions (56Kbps feed)
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This 16-minute web-based video discusses various hazards in nursing homes, focusing on resident transfer hazards, and controls to minimize these hazards. Optimized for speeds up to 56 Kbps. A high-speed version is also available.
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OSHA Safecare Advisor
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Help you identify occupational safety and health hazards in nursing homes and similar long term health care facilities.
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Protecting Nursing Home Workers: OSHA's Safety and Health Program Approach
By US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. A file of 83 Powerpoint slides on OSHA's program to help nursing homes reduce workers injuries and illnesses through effective safety and health programs. The initiative program also addressed potential nursing home hazards including back injuries, slips and falls, workplace violence, and risks from bloodborne pathogens and tuberculosis.
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RAVEN Software
By Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). RAVEN is a computerized data entry system for long term care facilities that offers users the ability to collect Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments in a database and transmit those assessments in CMS-standard format to your State database. The data entry software imports and exports data in standard MDS record format, maintains facility, resident, and employee information, enforces data integrity via rigorous edit checks, and provides comprehensive on-line help. It includes a data dictionary, RUGs and RAPs calculators, and your state section S form, if CMS has approved that form.
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