Engage Residents and Families
- Resident and Family Engagement brochure for residents (PDF, 132 KB)
Describes what resident and family engagement is and how to engage with long-term care facility staff as partners in infection-prevention care. - Resident and Family Engagement: What Is My Role as a Leader? handout (PDF, 141.3 KB)
Describes the role of leaders to support, encourage, and engage residents and families. - Resident and Family Engagement Module, Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit
Defines resident-and family-centered care, explains why it is important to engage them and the role they play as advisers in facilities’ safety teams. - Antibiotic Stewardship educational video
This 5-minute educational video promotes antibiotic stewardship among residents, families, and frontline nursing home staff. - When Do You Need an Antibiotic? brochure (PDF, 814.2 KB)
A brochure to help facility staff communicate with residents and families on when antibiotics are needed and why it’s important to not overuse them.
Provides resources to train local ombudsmen to educate and engage residents and families in catheter-associated urinary tract infection and other infection prevention efforts.