Utilizing CMP funds from the federal CMS, facilities will apply to obtain this grant to provide the Head-to-Toe Infection Prevention training in long-term care facilities. In an effort to support the maintenance of cognitive and mobility skills, the Illinois Department of Public
Health, Office of Healthcare Regulation (OHCR) announces an opportunity for certified facilities to submit
applications to implementation changes to increase the quality of life within their facility. This grant seeks
to provide facility staff training in the areas of; (1) wound treatment and care, (2) skin & oral care, (3)
urinary care, and (4) adapting care to fit each resident. The grantee will utilize the Head-To-Toe Infection
Prevention provided by IDPH which, by addressing each of these topics, the overall quality of life within
Long Term Care facilities will increase.
Through Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) funds provided by the Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program
(CMPRP) through the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), IDPH OHCR is able to fund
opportunities such as this and others that benefit residents in long-term care (LTC) facilities. Assistance is
tailored to issues which present in multiple facilities throughout Illinois. It seeks to build quality care and
experiences in LTC facilities to residents as well as provide staff with training to ensure improved care.
Through this funding, the facility would be reimbursed for cost of the materials produced for the training
of facility staff. Funds can only be used for the production and distribution of training materials for facility
staff. The participating facilities will quarterly of its sessions to the IDPH CMPRP Specialist the
aforementioned information to gauge the viability of utilizing a similar program in other LTC facilities.
The Illinois Department of Public Health places health equity as a top priority. Health equity is the “basic
principle of public health that all people have a right to health”. Health equity exists when all people can
achieve comprehensive health and wellness despite their social position or any other social
factors/determinants of health. Most health disparities affect groups marginalized because of
socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, disability status, geographic location, or
some combination of these. People in such groups not only experience worse health but also tend to
have less access to the social determinants or conditions (e.g., healthy food, good housing, good
education, safe neighborhoods, disability access and supports, freedom from racism and other forms of
discrimination) that support health…. Health disparities are referred to as health inequities when they
are the result of the systematic and unjust distribution of these critical conditions. The department’s
efforts are committed to addressing health through an equity lens by empowering communities who
have been historically marginalized and developing intervention strategies with the end goal of
furthering health equity among all Illinoisans.