I know that 5 days of 1 therapy is needed for a
resident. However, very often, in order to get
the 5 days, I have to use grace days (gd). I use
the gd because the resident did not get admitted
to our TCU early on the day of admission or had a
skilled need and could not participate in therapy
right away, or no therapy on Sunday, etc.
Sometimes I use all 8 days as the look back
period and still only have 3 or 4 days of therapy
minutes to use in Sect. P. I know that gd are
only to be used sparingly. I don't know which is
more important - use of grace days or 5 days of
therapy. What is the accepted protocol to follow
in this situation?
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