RE: use of grace days

[Brenda Chance]

You can use grace days on any assessment as long as it benefits the resident and you are not incorporating them with an OBRA assessment that has a completion timeline (ie admission assessment that has to be completed by 14th day).    Did this resident move to a noncertified bed?  If he did and you completed d/c tracking with return not anticipated, then the admission assessment will have to be completed again!   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: Michelle Witges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: use of grace days     Resident admitted to a Med A s/p fracture, recieves PT.   Moves to non Med A bed, PT reached max with NWB status.  He has ortho doc appt. and weight bearing is increased.  He is pulled back to Med A for more PT.    He had admission assessment while in Med A first time and he is not a sig. change.  Question, can I use grace days on day 5 and 14? Michelle     This message is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If this message contains protected health information (PHI), it should not be forwarded to any other recipient without the authorization of the original sender and should be encrypted when possible.  If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please notify the sender at either the email address or telephone number above and delete this email from your computer.   Thank You.   Michelle Witges