Addressing CMS Interpretive Guidelines (F-Tags)

An additional benefit of It’s Never 2 Late programming is that it provides your community with a creative and innovative way of meeting new, federally-mandated CMS guidelines, or F-Tags, namely, Tag F240: Quality of Life, Tag F241: Dignity, Tag F242: Self-determination and participation and especially Tag F248: Activities. Each of these regulations promotes the development of person-centered activities and experiences that identify an individual’s interests and needs and involve the individual in an ongoing program that maintains the highest level of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial well-being.

How IN2L can help

It’s Never 2 Late systems can help your facility comply with these guidelines in various ways:

Our systems combine uniquely adaptive computers and assistive technology to address the abilities and challenges for each resident.
Our programs engage residents by offering a broad spectrum of activity choices that can be matched to each person’s interests.
Your staff can set up an individualized and permanent profile for each resident, saving the activities that resident enjoys most. As a result, no two residents will have the same “portfolio” of activities. Profiles can be easily updated as often as that person’s interests and abilities change.
The It’s Never 2 Late experience enhances self-worth and self-esteem as a resident learns new things, explores the world and communicates with family.
With the It’s Never 2 Late system in your community you are creating an enhanced environment of interactivity among residents, connection with family and friends and growth through life-long learning.
Staff is able to individualize care with the help of It’s Never 2 Late Visual Information Profiles and enhanced video training.
Group activities with our system promote encourages socialization and emotional well-being.

A few examples

One day a resident may want to surf the internet to learn about art history, and in another session he or she may just want to play a game of Jeopardy. IN2L allows them to do either—or both
IN2L systems can be easily configured to allow for various multimedia experiences customized for your residents. Friends and family can easily set up slide shows displaying photos of a resident's home, family, and friends tied together in a multimedia experience
For residents who would like to keep in touch with old friends, IN2L offers email capability—and for those who can no longer type, an adaptive microphone allows residents to record messages that they can attach to emails they send