Re: Fall Vs. Helped to floor

[carol maher]

Absolutely and it needs to be coded on the MDS as a fall.  An intercepted fall is coded as a fall on the MDS. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: Fall Vs. Helped to floor I over heard a conversation today "The resident did not fall---We helped her to the floor so it is not a fall and I didnt fill out an incident report" Subsequently the resident has a fractured hip found 36 hours after the "non" fall.   Now---I thought if a resident was helped to the floor  it is still a fall and should be treated as such.   Am I correct??????   Thanks