RE: Care Plan Conferences

[Brenda Chance]

I agree.  Even if a resident is receiving therapy and improvement is anticipated,  you would still need to complete a significant change in status once improvement occurs and if this impacts coding on the mds that would cause a significant change.   Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: nursejane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 8:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Care Plan Conferences   Would there not be a change in goals and approaches if they did not improve as expected when therapy started? This would be reassessment?  ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: Re: Care Plan Conferences   When thereapy ends for any resident, the change is EXPECTED to either be better, the same, or no improvement.  When a change is expected, there is no significant change.   Sherri       In a message dated 1/11/04 8:42:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because there is a change in status. either they have been discharged because they have improved in their adls or discharged because they are no longer progressing or have declined.----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Care Plan Conferences   In a message dated 1/10/2004 5:14:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for those residents who have had all therapies d/c'd? we always do a significant change assessment