New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 370 - OVERSIGHT OF LICENSED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER PROGRAMS › Part 11 - LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY DEMENTIA TRAINING › Section 8.370.11.9 - COURSE OF EDUCATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
New Mexico requires a state training education process to
				  become a certified direct care staff member. The education program shall
				  provide knowledge on the skills and abilities necessary to perform as a
				  competent direct care service staff member; this is established through
				  training education, provided either on-line or in person, followed by
				  successful completion of a division-approved written examination. The in-person
				  instructor will conduct the course of education for the direct care staff
				  member as set out below. Each long-term facility and long-term care facility
				  contractor shall provide training either on-line or in-person as set forth in
				  this section to each DCSSM that it employs.
A.
Instruction:
Instruction by
				the on-line provider or in-person instructor must be at least four hours in
				length, either in-person or on-line, and include these authority-approved areas
				of study:
(1) identify cognitive, functional,
				and behavioral changes of normal aging and those associated with mild cognitive
				impairment and dementia;
(2)
				identify and understand the various types of dementia;
(3) identify the prevalence, risk factors,
				signs and symptoms, and rate of progression of dementia;
(4) identify and understand the stages of
				dementia;
(5) describe and
				understand when to refer people living with dementia (PLwD) to a neurologist,
				geriatric psychiatrist, neuropsychologist, or a national Alzheimer's disease
				center;
(6) diagnosing dementia
				& discussing dementia diagnosis;
(7) patient centered care;
(8) activities of daily living in people
				living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease;
(9) identify common components of an
				individualized primary care plan for persons with middle stage
				dementia;
(10) identify common
				components of an individualized primary care plan for persons with late stage
				dementia;
(11) identify and
				understand common medical issues related to early-stage dementia,
(12) identify and understand common medical
				issues related to middle-stage dementia;
(13) identify and understand common medical
				issues related to late-stage dementia;
(14) effective care transitions to and from
				acute care hospitals:
(15)
				interprofessional team roles and dementia:
(16) describe how responsibilities may evolve
				as the disease progresses;
(17)
				list legal and financial considerations to discuss with a patient and
				appropriate care partner(s) upon a diagnosis of dementia;
(18) identify domains that are included in a
				capacity assessment for a person living with dementia;
(19) ethics and capacity issues;
(20) responding to abuse, neglect &
				exploitation of people living with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
(21) identify signs and symptoms of end-stage
				dementia;
(22) identify and
				understand barriers to optimal care among various ethnic groups;
(23) identify and understand techniques for
				effective communications with diverse populations;
(24) pain assessment in people living with
				dementia;
(25) resident
				rights;
(26) palliative care &
				end of life care.