Re: Height measurement

[Rnlncoh]

In a message dated 1/14/04 2:21:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When you have a resident who is a bilateral amputee do you use the armspan measurement on the MDS J2a or do you measure actual height ie. top of head to tip of longest residual limb?  We have always used the original height prior to amputation and documented it as such.  The dietician notes about the alteration in weight to height ratio in her assessment.    Sherri