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Don’t Let Your (MDS) Minimum Data Be The Management Tool You Underuse

Don’t Let Your (MDS) Minimum Data Be The Management Tool You Underuse

by admin | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized

In most nursing homes and Adult Foster Care settings, the Minimum Data Set (MDS) is treated as a compliance deadline — a form to complete, submit, and file away. But the MDS is also one of the richest sources of operational data a facility generates, quietly connected...
Beyond Basic Care: Why Group Homes Need Specialized Training for the Medically Fragile

Beyond Basic Care: Why Group Homes Need Specialized Training for the Medically Fragile

by sevenhub | Jul 17, 2026 | Uncategorized

As Michigan’s Adult Foster Care (AFC) system continues to serve residents with increasingly complex medical needs, the line between “residential care” and “clinical care” has grown thinner every year. Group homes that once housed residents with primarily...
Closing the Gaps: Why Michigan Group Homes Need Trained Internal Care Coordinators

Closing the Gaps: Why Michigan Group Homes Need Trained Internal Care Coordinators

by sevenhub | Jul 17, 2026 | Uncategorized

In a Michigan group home, medical coordination happens constantly — an appointment gets scheduled, a prescription changes, a resident’s condition shifts, and a caregiver on the next shift needs to know. When that flow of information breaks down, so does...
Serving the Medically Fragile: A New CEU Standard for Michigan Group Homes

Serving the Medically Fragile: A New CEU Standard for Michigan Group Homes

by sevenhub | Jul 17, 2026 | Uncategorized

Michigan’s Adult Foster Care (AFC) providers are being asked to do more than ever for residents with complex medical needs. Recognizing that gap, Direct Care Training & Resource Center, Inc. (DCTRC) developed Course 1143: How to Develop and Manage Group...
Can You Care for Someone You Can’t Communicate With? LEP Training for Direct Care Professionals

Can You Care for Someone You Can’t Communicate With? LEP Training for Direct Care Professionals

by admin | Jul 16, 2026 | Uncategorized

In long-term care, a language barrier is never a minor issue. When a resident has Limited English Proficiency (LEP), your ability to protect safety, preserve dignity, and document care accurately is immediately put to the test. For direct care professionals, this is a...
Nutrition Is a Care Standard — Is Your AFC Team Trained to Meet It?

Nutrition Is a Care Standard — Is Your AFC Team Trained to Meet It?

by admin | Jun 27, 2026 | Uncategorized

What residents eat, how meals are planned, and whether special diets are followed correctly are not afterthoughts in Michigan Adult Foster Care — they are compliance expectations with direct implications for resident health, licensing standing, and quality of life....
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