Committee Information...

• Fall Prevention
• Infection Control
• Protective Measures
• Quality Assurance
• Care Plan
• Medical Director Reviews
• Pharmaceutical Drug Reviews
• Family Council
• Resident Council
• Safe Lifting Committee
• Psychotropic Drug Committee 
• Contracture Committee seeks to identify, on admission and systematically during their stay, any limitation to passive movement in the residents
  arms and legs that is due to musculoskeletal shortening (contracture).
  To refer appropriate residents for evaluation by skilled therapist to develop a plan to minimize contracture development; prevent loss of function and pain associated with contractures. To evaluate the effectiveness of identification and plans of care to ensure contractures are prevented, whenever possible, and minimized by consistent strategies.
• Functional Maintenance Committee & Program seeks to evaluate residents ADL (Activites of Daily Living) function and individual limitations. A contracture which is described as a restriction of full passive range of motion of any joint due to deformity, disuse, pain, etc., includes loss of range of motion in fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles, will be a primary focus of this committee.
• Restraint Committee seeks to use the less restrictive restraint only as a therapeutic intervention which enables the resident to attain or maintain
  the highest practical level of functioning.  Progressive removal of                    restraints or the progressive use of less restrictive devices by way of a       systematic review of  residents with restraints.
• Skin Care Committee seeks to develop protocols for identification and prevention of skin breakdown, to develop protocols for the treatment of decubitis ulcers that meet current acceptable guidelines as defined by scientific study, to review effectiveness of prevention program and treatment
• Drug Review Committee seeks to review residents drug regimen for unnecessary drugs; drugs used in excess dose; for excess duration or without adequate indication for use. To review residents receiving antipsychotic drugs to ensure the drug is necessary to treat a specific diagnosed condition and it is documented; and to suggest gradual dose reductions and behavioral interventions when in the residents best interest of decubitus ulcers in an effort to maximize quality care standards.