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There are really no hard and
fast rules governing when an individual resident moves from non-weight bearing
to weight bearing status. It depends upon the resident.
If the "medical predictability"
documentation was issued at the time of discharge from the acute hospital it
could be 6-8 weeks or it could take the resident 12-14 weeks to reach weight
bearing status. Not even CMS can predict this.
S.A. Curran
How long can we use a delay of therapy
d/t weight bearing restrictions to keep someone covered for Medicare
A? I have a hip fracture repair resident whose status is NWB on
affected side. Therapy provided services as much as they could while
in the NWB status, but have now discontinued sessions until weight bearing
status is progressed. The next orthopedic appointment is not until
5-21-04.
Thanks.
Sara Hayden RN,C
St. Mark's Lutheran
Home
Austin, MN
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