Our buildings have just instituted a 5 day family/resident care planning meeting for all new admissions, regardless of payer. This will address the needs of the subacute residents care planning/discharge planning meeting, and then any OBRA required IDC meetings are addressed at a later time. There is an interim care plan started at admission that addresses all the basics and obvious needs, such as pain management, falls, wounds. The Nursing dept. and all other disciplines have to complete an evaluation by the date of the meeting, and establish an interim care plan. The expectation is that there will be less family discontent since everyone will be on the same page regarding goals and discharge/conversion to private pay. I think it is a great idea, as does the DON. This is a new facility for me, and there is significant corporate involvement to keep things uniform for all buildings. I sense some resistance as I will be less directly involved, and nursing will be more involved.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: interim care plans does everyone use interim care plans? my facility never did before and now is implementing it. do you use a standard one then at 21 day use their own complete cp or do you just target a few of their obvious problems at first? thanks for your help. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /---------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------/
