We have been looking for documentation related to when a resident is appropriate to be
discharged from the formal restorative nursing program and to be followed by the unit
staff. (unit staff have been trained for maintenance care such as routine range of
motion, ambulation for residents who can walk with supervision, etc.)
An example is: resident has met restorative goals, is now walking 100 feet for the
last month. Or there are no goals and the exercises to the contracted limb are routine
in nature.
We have other residents who could be in the program, but due to a limited number of
restorative aides, there is a limit as to how many residents can be put in the formal
program.
How are other facilities with designated restorative aides dealing with this?
thanks
darlene
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