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CARE Assessor Alert:

• Assess based on a combination of the person's responses as if they were home without assistance; you can use family input, clinical records, and medical staff knowledge

• Watch for body language signs the individual adds

• When an individual has severe unsteadiness, vision, hearing, or cognitive issues:  "Do they need supervision" even if they are saying they "can do it" with some ADL's and IADL's; consider other risks involved

• Use customer's legal name on the assessment and be sure to add it at the top on page 2

• Mark all questions in section B - PASRR (mark None when it applies)

• On page 2, mark the availability codes on at least a few services under sections H., I., J., and K., to kelp the Kansas Department on Aging and Kansas Legislature to know what was needed or financially not possible

• "Diagnosis" and "challenges" should be in the comments

• It is important that all assessments are 1) done timely and 2) scored accurately.

• A true 30 day provisional doctor's note, indicates the person is expected to be out of the nursing facility within 30 days (section A & B is completed by a qualified Nursing Facility assessor)

• At the bottom of page 2, in the comments, please note if the individual was expected to go for a 30 day or less stay due to rehabilitation or respite but had to stay longer

• Emergency admits are only:  1) natural disaster, 2) Adult Protective Services case, 3) primary caregiver unavailable due to emergency, 4) Doctor ordered due to immediate frail physical condition (not in hospital), or 5) admission from out-of-state beyond the individual's control (section A & B is completed by qualified Nursing Facility assessor) ***remember to use Emergency FAX memo

• Medicare number is not usually Social Security number for women

Let's all do our part to Make a Difference for the Future.