Bedrails in Assisted Living.  Do you know what’s required?

Bedrails in our Kansas State Licensed Only Communities have become a recent hot topic.  Do you know what’s required of you if you have residents that use these assistive devices?  You may know these assisted devices as a different name.  Possibly side rails, bed side rails, half rails, safety rails, bed handles, assist bars, or grab bars, bed canes, hospital bed rails, and adult portable bed rails.  In this 75-minute live webinar session, Joan Hudson, RN-BC, LNHA will talk about the safety requirements for your residents that may need these devices to ensure their safety and quality of life.

Learning objectives for this webinar are:

1. Understand the regulations around Bedrails in State Licensed Only communities
2. Learn to assess your residents for appropriate use of an assistive bed device
3. Review alternatives to bed assisted device use.

Nurses:  The Kansas Healthcare Association is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing.  This offering is approved for 1.5 contact hour applicable for RN and LPN relicensure (KSBN LT0030-0338)

Administrators: This course is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for Kansas licensed adult care home administrators by the Kansas Department Aging and Disability Services.  KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing sponsorship number LTS-A0001.

Operators:  This course offering is approved for 1.5 continuing education clock hour for the Kansas registered operators in the core area of Resident Care by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADS Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship number: LTS-A0001.

Social Workers: This course is approved for 1.5 hour of continuing education hours for Kansas licensed Social Workers by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board.  Approval number: 17-006.

Dietitians: This course is approved for up to 1.5 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Licensed Dietitians by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services. KDADs Health Occupations Credentialing Approved Sponsorship Number: LTS-A0002.

CE's will be provided to those that complete a registration and the follow up attendance verification form. Webinar log in information and dial in information will be provided prior to the webinar.