Created by:
Karen Vance, OTR/L
Home Care and Hospice Consultant
Carol Siebert, OTD, OT/L, FAOTA
Founder and President of The Home Remedy, PLLC
Total Bundle Credit: .85 AOTA CEU, 8.5 Contact Hours, 10.5 NBCOT PDU’s
Description:
As of January 2022, Occupational Therapists can complete a home health start of care for clients receiving home health services. This course bundle will provide you with important information needed during the start of care process. Topics covered include the importance of starting care for OTs; changing the perception of occupational therapy in the home care community; changes to legislation; placing OT on an even keep with professional colleagues, and the medication reconcilliation process---in addition to others.
Individuals completing the series including three ‘Essentials’ courses are eligible to receive the AOTA Performing a Home Health Start of Care micro credential and digital badge. Please see the Performing a Home Health Start of Care digital badge page for more information about requirements for obtaining the micro credentials.
Learning objectives (entire course bundle):
Following completion of these courses, the learner will:
1) Explain why the Start of Care (SOC) is such an essential function to home health
2) Describe how the Conditions of Participation and the Conditions for Coverage each affect the perception of OT in home health
3) Discuss the importance of occupational therapists performing start of care procedures, both for the home health agency and for the profession
4) Describe the components of the Start of Care (SOC) process.
5) Identify the importance of assessing the patient for immediate health and support needs.
6) Explain when a skilled service is needed and not required.
7) Identify three different examples of patients who exhibit considerable and taxing effort.
8) Recognize the purposes of OASIS.
9) Identify the implications of inaccurate OASIS data.
10) Apply the instructions and scoring conventions associated with OASIS ADL items.
11) Distinguish between definitions and scoring conventions for OASIS ADL items beginning with
M vs items from Section GG.
12) Apply the instructions and scoring conventions associated with specific OASIS health status items.
13) Interpret performance of daily activities to score specific OASIS health status items.
14) Employ relevant resources to support OASIS data accuracy related to specific health status indicators.
15) Identify the medication-related tasks required at start of care.
16) Discriminate between the purposes of the Drug Regimen Review and the OASIS medication-related items.
17) Analyze situations that may be discovered at start of care to accurately score OASIS medication-related items.
18) Recognize the multiple roles and responsibilities an OT assumes when conducting a home health start of care.
19) Identify assessment strategies that address multiple components of the home health start of care.
20) Select assessment activities that serve multiple purposes of the home health start of care.
21) Describe what "delivering value" means to the key stakeholders in home health care.?
22) Describe how OT involvement at Start of Care can deliver value to home health stakeholders.?
23) Identify strategies to advocate for OT in home health from a value perspective.?
24) Identify strategies to negotiate agency expectations of OT
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