Re: ARD Clarification

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In a message dated 4/28/2004 4:41:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am new at MDS's and am confused.  Please give me some advice.  The first section of the new RAI clarifications and  revisions states that the ARD is the last date of the assessment.   We have therapies in the afternoon and the therapists do not always have time to put the minutes in or do their sections of the MDS on the last day of the ARD. Is it considered late if it is not finished until the next day?  What about nursing,  there are always doctors in late in the evening writing new orders?   If the MDS is finished that afternoon, something could be missed.  Thanks for your response. Your ARD goes up to midnight of that night. No one is expected to complete the MDS on the ARD.