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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