Nursing Home Culture Change Regulatory Compliance Questions and Answers (12/21/06).  

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/downloads/SCLetter07-07.pdf

This Memo includes CMS' responses to State Agency and Regional Office inquiries related to culture change and compliance with health and life safety code requirements, e.g., dining, call system, posting of staffing information; exits; hallway widths.  Also included are a summary of questions and answers from a June, 2006 CMS conference with leaders of the Green House Project (Attachment A); and information on the upcoming series of CMS culture change webcasts. The 1st of these was broadcast on November 3, 2006 and is currently archived on the CMS internetstreaming website; the 2nd was  scheduled for February 23, but has been postponed.  The November 3 broadcast can still be accessed and heard at http://cms.internetstreaming.com