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A governance and survey-preparation console for Directors of Nursing, Activity Directors and administrators of memory care and long-term care communities.

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Governance & Clinical Pillars

Memory care programming is judged on whether each resident’s activities fit that resident. Cognicopia gives your team three things a surveyor can see on paper: sheets built from the resident’s own life, a dated page for the chart, and print that survives a busy copier room.

Pillar 1 · Clinical

Person-centered, non-pharmacological engagement

  • Built from the resident. Work, hobbies, hometown, the decades they grew up in and the topics to avoid shape every sheet.
  • Matched to the stage. Type is never under 18 pt bold (early and middle) or 24 pt bold (late), and grows with a large-print or extra-large vision setting; late-stage pages carry one thing to look at, with nothing else on the sheet.
  • Adult dignity. A filter on every page stops quizzing, scoring, baby talk and child-directed words. Subjects are tools, gardens, music, the kitchen and the radio.
  • Evening support. A calm, low-demand sheet is available for the late-afternoon and sundowning hours, with a one-line tip for the person sitting beside the resident.
Pillar 2 · Operational

Copier-ready, zero staff prep

  • Pure black, vector geometry. Lines and type print as 100% black (#000000) on white, with no grey fills to dither or smear across repeated copy generations. Results vary by machine; Tab 3 tests yours.
  • Clipboard and binder safe. Sheets keep a binding gutter on the left (0.75 in on Cognicopia pages; Tab 3 tests that your clipboard clears 0.65 in) and nothing within 0.5 in of any edge.
  • Nothing to prepare. No cutting, folding or assembly. Choose the resident, press print, hand out the sheets.
  • Standard stock. US Letter, single-sided, on the 20 lb bond a facility already stocks.
Pillar 3 · Governance

Independent publisher, local data

  • One accountable team. Cognicopia reviews the catalog and answers facility questions directly at cognicopia@outlook.com.
  • Nothing leaves the computer. The tools run in the browser. There is no server, account or cloud copy of resident details.
  • Encrypted at rest. Saved details are sealed on the computer (AES-256-GCM) and can be locked with a passphrase. Printed sheets, shared computers and passphrase handling stay under your own privacy program.
  • Procurement-ready. Net 30 invoicing, a vendor information sheet and a W-9 (Tab 4).

How a Cognicopia sheet supports your survey file

Regulatory reference points and what a dated Cognicopia sheet contributes to each
Reference pointWhat it asks of the communityWhat a Cognicopia sheet contributesWhat stays with your team
CMS Tag F679
42 CFR §483.24(c)
An ongoing program of activities, based on the comprehensive assessment, the care plan and each resident’s preferences, that supports their interests and their physical, mental and psychosocial well-being. A daily, individualized, non-pharmacological activity built from the resident’s own history and matched to their stage: evidence that the program is person-centered and ongoing, not generic. The assessment, the care plan, the activity calendar, observation of participation and resident and family interviews.
MDS 3.0
Section F and Section Q
Section F records the resident’s preferences for customary routine and activities. Section Q records participation in assessment and goal setting. A dated, completed sheet with the resident’s name, the date and a staff note is a physical artifact the interdisciplinary team can bring to a care-plan review. Every assessment answer and every MDS code. A sheet informs the clinician; it never replaces the clinician’s judgment.
Care planning
F656 · §483.21(b)
A person-centered care plan that is put into practice and revised as the resident changes. Stage-matched sheets (early, middle, late) make it easy to step an activity up or down, and the page itself shows what level was used. Writing, approving and revising the plan.
Privacy practices
HIPAA privacy program
Reasonable safeguards for resident information, decided and documented by the community. No transmission of resident details, no cloud copy, encryption on the computer and an optional passphrase: a design that supports those practices. Policies, training, workstation security, how printouts are stored and who may use the computer.

This table paraphrases the regulations to explain how the sheets are used. It is not legal advice, and no agency has endorsed, reviewed or certified Cognicopia. Check the current State Operations Manual (Appendix PP) and your state agency’s guidance for the exact language.

Operational durability, in plain terms

Publisher’s commitment

Every Cognicopia resource is published by Cognicopia, which commits to clinical dignity, print precision and responsive facility support. If an activity packet does not engage your residents or meet your community’s clinical requirements, the publisher will provide a custom adaptation or a full institutional refund. Reach Cognicopia directly at cognicopia@outlook.com.

Vendor Information Sheet & W-9 Request