On age 2-8 , the last 2 sentences before the guidelines for determining significant change state: " When a SCSA is completed, the facilitymust review all of the RAPS becaue they are interrelated. If there are no changesin a RAP, they can document that there have been no changes and bring that RAP forward and specify where the supporting documentation can be locatd in the medical record." ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:51 PM Subject: raps for scsa
> > Hello, all: > > I know I've seen this subject discussed before, but I can't clearly > remember the answer. > > We are doing a change of condition on a resident who has had only minor > changes, but the surveyers wanted it done. (We did ok, but not the perfect > survey of the past 2 years. Plus, they had the feds shadowing them so they > were in worse shape than we were.) > > Anyhow, my question is concerning the RAPS that we do with a scsa. This > resident really didn't change all that much; 3 to 4 in eating, more > inappropriate behaviors than before. It seems I remember that we don't have > to do all the RAPS all over again, just the ones with the changes. He had > an Annual Assessment done in December, so the RAPS were pretty much up to > date. > > Is my memory correct? I hope!! > > Thanks for all the good information I get on this listserve. > > June Bradford RN, MDS CORDINATOR > > > /---------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -----------------------------------------------------------/ /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
