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Good morning. In February, we completed our six-week Sunday series where we focused on actionable tactics you can utilize to reduce elopement risk and create a safer community for your residents. If you missed any of the series or want to complete it again, you can view each week through the links below.
If you missed week 1, check it out here.
If you missed week 2, review it here.
If you missed week 3, here it is.
Check out week 4, here.
Week 5 can be found here.
Week 6, the final week, can be read here.
Elevate your Community Safety
Month 1 Drill Scenario
Congratulations, you've successfully shifted your culture and carried out tactics within a robust plan to make your community a safer place for your residents.
You can rest easier at night knowing you have
- Created and implemented a robust QAPI plan to address any potential risk.
- You implemented the funnel approach to make your physical plant secure.
- Identified safety processes that were out of compliance, corrected them and continued monitoring them through audits.
- We implemented elopement drills and completed education based on knowledge and operational gaps.
The work is never complete, but the work you've completed will set you up for success.
Ongoing Elopement Drills
Moving forward, you must carry out monthly elopement drills on each shift to ensure the culture of safety and accountability continues. With each drill, you will immediately complete a SWOT analysis with the participants and create on-the-spot education.
Elopement Drill Scenario
For this month's scenario, you will assign a team member to escort a resident (who is in on it) into their office with them unnoticed. Have them close and lock their office door while inside with the resident. Then, go tell the nurse or caregiver you were looking for said resident can cannot find them.
Take note of the following.
- How does the nurse or caregiver respond?
- How long does it take them to respond?
- Do they take the correct next steps?
- How quickly are other staff on duty informed?
- Does the team stay calm?
- Are there any steps in your elopement or missing resident process that are missed, skipped, or completed out of order?
Complete this scenario, SWOT analysis, and after-action education for all three shifts. It's ok to complete a table top drill of the scenario on third shift as to not disturb the residents.
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- Coming soon in March 2024. Stay tuned!
