COE-NF In Action
COE-NF In-Action Consultation Summaries
COE-NF In-Action Consultation Summaries demonstrate how COE-NF provided critical mental health and substance use supports to nursing facilities. Explore the summaries for ideas and ways you too can transform your nursing facility’s approach to providing high quality behavioral health care to residents.
Evidence-based mental health training provided by the COE-NF equips behavioral health ambassadors with the necessary tools to de-escalate incidents of aggression, thereby providing a safe and healthy environment for residents, eliminating staff burnout and retaining valued professionals.
The COE-NF empowers activity directors to better care for individuals who have experienced the physical and mental impacts of trauma.
Advancing patient-centered care in hopes of improving the quality of life for residents with comorbidities. The COE-NF advocates for an empathetic approach to resident resistance. Case Description: The COE-NF regional behavioral specialist (RBS) was contacted by a facility requesting assistance for a resident with a dual diagnosis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and a history […]
Implementing the CARES® Serious Mental Illness Online Training Program to meet the mental health needs of residents with diverse behavioral health needs.
Description: The COE-NF provided strategies for assessing needs and providing appropriate care to this unique resident population. Case Description: The facility urgently needed support to implement interventions for a resident who had attempted suicide. They also wanted to ensure that staff received proper training to effectively assist residents experiencing suicidal ideation. Unique Challenges: A regional […]
Description: After a resident in a nursing facility serving veterans experienced an opioid overdose, it highlighted a need for staff training regarding overdose response and naloxone use. In response, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) partnered with the facility to improve education and resources focused on overdose readiness and response […]
Description: A nursing facility with strengths in empathic communication and a multidisciplinary care approach lacked adequate awareness and training around substance use issues. To support the facility, the Center of Excellence for Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) delivered targeted educational resources and strategies to foster a recovery-oriented environment. These included staff training on addiction science, initiating 12-step […]
DESCRIPTION: To address behavioral health disparities in nursing facilities, the state of Kentucky launched a tiered quality improvement incentive program targeting facilities with the greatest need. Rather than focusing solely on clinical measures like depression, the initiative emphasized education, capacity-building, and quality improvement through the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF). […]
CASE DESCRIPTION: The facility is experiencing challenges in effectively communicating with and meeting the needs of a resident who has multiple medical and mental health diagnoses. Because the resident has limited ability to express his needs verbally, his behaviors are thought to be his way of both self-soothing and communicating. These behaviors frequently lead to […]
