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Don't you wish ALL surveyors from ALL states would
get on the same page!
One state gets cited, another one
doesn't........how are facilities expected to keep up when you never know from
one surveyor to the other what is expected or acceptable
Off my box and on to work
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:39
PM
Subject: Re: oltc training
Recently attended an inservice on restraints
given by a health care review group who is working closely with surveyors and
stated that the definition in the RAI manula is being read into too
much. A person could have a belt on and not beable to remove but not be
a restraint. There example was a resident who does not try to get out of
the wheel chair but has tendency to lean over and play with her feet has
a belt on that would be considered an enabler. Rationale: it is
not prohibiting her access to her body or the task of continuing to leanover
in chair it is just on her so she doesn't flip out of chair.
Dawn Sheppard, RN, CRNAC
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 7:08
PM
Subject: oltc training
Ok Went to RAI training sponsered by OLTC
and they said that a restraint was anything that limits mobility or access
to body or that
is unable to be easily removed by the resident......not AND like the RAI manual
reads. Is this your understanding?
Also vitamins are to be counted as
nutritional supplements if given for dietary supplementation and a
medication if given as a
medicine???
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