8. The Role of ICFs in Long-Term Care with Jessicia Smith at Santa Fe Place

On this episode, we speak to Jessicia Smith, Quality Assurance Director at Santa Fe Place, an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) located in Norman, Oklahoma. Topics discussed include:

- The purpose of an ICF

- The history of ICFs and the stigma that surrounded them for years.

- Not doing things for people, but doing things with people.

- Where most patients come from in an ICF

- The impact of the Olmstead Act on the history of ICFs.

- The differences in ICFs from state to state in the U.S.

- Jessicia’s personal history with ICFs, dating back to her childhood.

- The two distinct types of ICFs.

- Ways the residents are active in the community.

- How to find an Intermediate Care Facility.

Jessicia Smith - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicia-smith-9595a457/

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