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Skilled Nursing Facility Elopement Prevention Resources
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FHCA's Elopement Prevention Resources are focused on helping skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) prevent future elopements. These tools are designed to assist providers with making determinations about elopement, evaluating the incidents, initiating root cause analyses and action steps. Materials are also available to help with staff training and review of elopement procedures.
Products include:
- SNF Decision Tree
- SNF SBAR-Elopement Work Group
- Plan-Do-Study-Act Tool
- Elopement Fishbone Chart for Root Cause Analysis
- SNF Incident Reporting Decision Tree
COST: Free to FHCA Members
Developed by FHCA's Risk/Compliance Council Elopement Workgroup for FHCA members-only, these resources should be used as a guide and not construed as legal advice. Facilities should consult with their clinicians, legal counsel and other appropriate team members on these and other risk management activities.
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This Decision Tree tool is for skilled nursing facilities to customize to use with their facility policies for missing resident training.
This Decision Tree tool is for skilled nursing facilities to customize to use with their facility policies for missing resident training.
Developed by FHCA's Risk/Compliance Council Elopement Workgroup for FHCA members-only, these resources should be used as a guide and not construed as legal advice. Facilities should consult with their clinicians, legal counsel and other appropriate team members on these and other risk management activities.
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This tool is designed to assist the skilled nursing facility (SNF) team with determining if a missing resident is a situation of AMA, LOA, elopement or even considered a kidnapping utilizing the SBAR structure.
This tool is designed to assist the skilled nursing facility (SNF) team with determining if a missing resident is a situation of AMA, LOA, elopement or even considered a kidnapping utilizing the SBAR structure.
Developed by FHCA's Risk/Compliance Council Elopement Workgroup for FHCA members-only, these resources should be used as a guide and not construed as legal advice. Facilities should consult with their clinicians, legal counsel and other appropriate team members on these and other risk management activities.
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Skilled nursing providers can use this Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) tool for quality improvement in their risk management program.
Skilled nursing providers can use this Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) tool for quality improvement in their risk management program.
Developed by FHCA's Risk/Compliance Council Elopement Workgroup for FHCA members-only, these resources should be used as a guide and not construed as legal advice. Facilities should consult with their clinicians, legal counsel and other appropriate team members on these and other risk management activities.
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This Fishbone template can assist SNFs with completing a root cause analysis for their risk management program.
This Fishbone template can assist SNFs with completing a root cause analysis for their risk management program.
Developed by FHCA's Risk/Compliance Council Elopement Workgroup for FHCA members-only, these resources should be used as a guide and not construed as legal advice. Facilities should consult with their clinicians, legal counsel and other appropriate team members on these and other risk management activities.
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This decision tree will help guide skilled nursing providers with reporting to the appropriate entities when there is an incident in the facility.
This decision tree will help guide skilled nursing providers with reporting to the appropriate entities when there is an incident in the facility. It can be used to review reporting to the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF), Florida Department of Health (DOH) and for Federal Immediate Reporting and State Adverse Incident reporting requirements for the skilled nursing facility.
Developed by FHCA's Risk/Compliance Council Elopement Workgroup for FHCA members-only, these resources should be used as a guide and not construed as legal advice. Facilities should consult with their clinicians, legal counsel and other appropriate team members on these and other risk management activities.
