Feeding Assistant Training Webinar Series
Training Series Overview
atom Alliance and the Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging have collaborated to offer nursing homes a web-based training program designed to teach non-nursing personnel to assist with daily feeding.
The curriculum is led by experts in gerontology, nursing, social work and nutrition within the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. All 8 webinars and a post-test/evaluation must be completed if you are a non-nursing staff member who wants to be allowed to provide feeding assistance to residents in the state of Tennessee. However, individual webinars can be viewed by any staff member, including Certified Nursing Assistants, in any state for the purpose of on-going training.
This training curriculum is consistent with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation “Requirements for Paid Feeding Assistants in Long Term Care Facilities” (CMS C.F.R. §483.16), which allows facilities to hire single task workers and/or cross-train existing, non-nursing personnel (e.g., activities, dietary, housekeeping, volunteers) to help with daily feeding assistance care during and/or between regularly-scheduled meals (i.e., supplement and snack delivery).
atom Alliance state requirements related to the Federal Feeding Assistant Regulation:
- Tennessee: 8 hours
- Alabama: 9 hours
- Indiana: 16 hours
- Kentucky: 8 hours
- Mississippi: 16 hours
Webinars
| Date | Title | Speaker(s) | Access Sessions |
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| 05/12/2016 | Introductory Session (For Supervisors) | Sandra F. Simmons, PhD | Introduction |
| 06/22/2016 | Intro to Feeding (Session 1) | Sandra F. Simmons, PhD | Session 1 |
| 06/27/2016 | Diet Types (Session 2) | Dr. Heidi J. Silver, PhD, RDN Abbie Hudson, BS, RDN | Session 2 |
| 07/06/2016 | Feeding Techniques (Session 3) | Linda Beuscher, PhD, GNP-BC | Session 3 |
| 07/13/2016 | Communication (Session 4) | Linda Beuscher, PhD, GNP-BC | Session 4 |
| 7/20/16 | Difficult Behaviors (Session 5) | Linda Beuscher, PhD, GNP-BC | Session 5 |
| 7/27/16 | Dysphagia and Aspiration (Session 6) | Linda Beuscher, PhD, GNP-BC | Session 6 |
| 8/3/16 | Safety & Emergency Procedures (Session 7) | Linda Beuscher, PhD, GNP-BC | Session 7 |
| 8/10/16 | Importance of Resident Rights (Session 8) | Emily Hollingsworth, MSW | Session 8 |
Speakers
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Sandra F. Simmons, PhD
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Linda Beuscher, PhD, GNP-BC
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Heidi J Silver, PhD, RD
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