Re: ARD Clarification

[Lisa Roederer]

ARD is the last date of the assessment period that you are looking at.  Your assessment is to be completed after the ARD, reflecting what had happened during the assessment period.  Your assessment is to be completed within 7 days after the ARD ----- Original Message ----- From: D Hawk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:32 PM Subject: ARD Clarification 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. Deb