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I think th eaverage length o fstay is 30 days but
not sure. As long as progress is being made and the resident with CVA continues
to require a skilled level of care (and that can be speech 5x per week) , he/she
can remain on Med A - even up to 100 days.
Gail Neustadt, NHA
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:38
PM
Subject: FW: Medicare Stroke Resident
(2nd time around)
I want
to first say Thanks to everyone who responded to this message! Your comments
have been a big help! When your facility makes a decision to d/c a
Medicare resident is it done intra-disciplinary or does the Medicare
nurse have the say only! What is the average length of stay for this type
of resident?
I care
for all non-Medicare residents to give some background on why I am asking this
question. We have a fairly new person (which I am also) doing Medicare. How
long do you all keep Medicare residents who are fresh stroke victims? Our
Medicare nurse keeps them for approx. 2 weeks and then discharges them. We
have a new Social Worker who has been in LTC for sometime. She is trying to
tell the Medicare nurse that you can gradually take residents off rehab then
they will be covered through nursing. I hope this makes sense to all of
you. Let me know how long you would keep a fresh stroke resident. Thanks
Annette
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