Are you referring to O.T.? My husband is an OT and when he worked in the facility where I now work, he was at work before breakfast was delivered assisted w/teeth, washing face, eating, dressing- that counts for sure. unfortunately the OT's we have now come in around 8:30 and want the CNA's to get them OOB and delivered to them. If your therapist are doing this that counts. If your PT transfers them oob to w/c or walker to go down to the therapy dept, that should count. Sometimes it really does take 10 min to get some of these frail residents going, depending on cognitive, behavior, fx's, or other medical issues, some people just can't be rushed.
Claudia >From: "Chriss, Theresa M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "AANAC Q&A (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: PT MINUTES QUESTION >Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:52:33 -0600 > >How do most of your therapy departments bill for minutes? Do they help >assist residents out of bed, into the wheelchair? Do they "count" those >minutes as minutes on their billing sheet?? > >Our therapy department is "bumping" residents up in categories because they >"take awhile to get them out of their room". For example, someone who can >only tolerate RH minutes, yet therapy is asking for the resident to be RV >because it takes 10 minutes to assist getting them up for therapy. > >And what about confused residents? What are most of your therapists doing >as far as minutes, when it might take 45 minutes to get done 30 minutes >worth of exercise due to decreased cognition?? >Thank you. >TERRI :0) > > > > >/---------------------------------------------------------- >The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the > American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators > "Committed to the Assessment Professional" >Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your > questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. > For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org >-----------------------------------------------------------/
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