Audience: Maryland Assisted Living Managers ONLY Approvals/Accreditation:
Introduction:
This course was developed specifically for Maryland Assisted Living Managers to provide information on new requirements in the 2025 COMAR regulations related to Trauma Informed Care, Safe Injection Practices, and also regulation changes related to Quality Assurance and Family/Resident Councils, Nutrition, Adaptive Equipment/Assistive Devices, Medication Management, Alzheimer’s Special Care Units, Incident Reports, Resident Rights, Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation, Restraints, Emergency Preparedness and Smoking.
Objectives: At the end of this course, you will be able to: - Define trauma and trauma-informed care, and explain how trauma can affect residents’ behavior, communication, and trust in care settings.
- Describe the key components of a trauma-informed approach.
- Identify common signs of trauma among residents.
- Explain the six core principles of trauma-informed care.
- Recognize examples of re-traumatization and describe how routine care practices or environmental factors may trigger trauma responses.
- Implement strategies to prevent re-traumatization.
- Develop facility-level policies and procedures that promote a trauma-informed organizational culture.
- Identify key principles of safe-injection practices.
- Understand some of the key changes made to the Maryland 2025 COMAR regulations for assisted living related to: Quality Assurance and Family/Resident Councils, Nutrition, Adaptive Equipment/Assistive Devices, Medication Management, Alzheimer’s Special Care Units, Incident Reports, Resident Rights, Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation, Restraints, Emergency Preparedness and Smoking.
Course Topics: In this program, you will learn about: - Trauma Informed Care Basics
- Re-Traumatization
- Safe Injection Practices
- COMAR 2025 Regulation Changes
Course Author: Susan Shemanski Harrington, MS, PE is co-founder and President of Harrington Software Associates, Inc./ Long-Term Care Learning Center a company specializing in developing innovative training solutions for long-term care staff. Harrington has over 25 years experience conducting research and developing training for the long-term care industry. Her experience includes serving as the principal investigator for research grants funded by the National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. In each project, she developed and evaluated innovative training programs. Her research articles have appeared in Fire Technology, Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, Nurse Education Today, Educational Gerontology, Journal of Safety Research, and Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Since 2007, Harrington has provided training to thousands of long-term care administrators and staff in 20 states throughout the country. Course Reviewers: Alexandria Hill, DNP, GERO NPD RN-BC, RAC-CT, QCP, holds the following licenses and certifications: - Registered Nurse, Multi-State Privilege (0001265502), American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) Board Certification- Gerontological Nursing - American Association for Post-Acute Care Nursing Certifications- QAPI Certified Professional (QCP), Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC-CT) She has served as Corporate Director of Quality Improvement, Assistant Director of Nursing, Manager of Education, and Clinical Manager/Staff Development Coordinator at several large long-term care communities in the state of Virginia. She is currently a quality consultant for Chiles Healthcare Consulting, a firm specializing in long-term care Q&A Performance Improvement, Regulatory Compliance, and Leadership/Team Development.
The Long-Term Care Learning Center is a Certified Sponsor of professional continuing education with the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB). State licensure boards, however, have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses.
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