CSA Care Planning & Resident Assessment Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of a Resident Assessment Protocol (RAP) triggered during the MDS process?
Answer: To identify risk areas and guide individualized care planning
RAPs (now called Care Area Assessments) flag potential clinical problems and guide the interdisciplinary team in developing targeted, individualized care plans.
A 'significant change in status assessment' (SCSA) must be completed when a resident experiences which of the following?
Answer: A major decline or improvement that is not expected to resolve
An SCSA is required when a resident shows a major, non-temporary decline or improvement in status that affects multiple areas of functioning.
Which document serves as the legal record of a resident's care planning decisions and must be kept current in the clinical record?
Answer: Comprehensive care plan
The comprehensive care plan is both the clinical roadmap and a legal document that must be regularly reviewed and updated to reflect the resident's current needs.
Which of the following best describes a 'person-centered' approach to care planning in a long-term care facility?
Answer: Goals and interventions reflect the resident's own preferences, values, and choices
Person-centered care planning ensures that the resident's own preferences, values, and choices drive the goals and interventions documented in the care plan.
Under CMS requirements, who is ultimately responsible for ensuring the MDS is completed accurately and on time in a nursing facility?
Answer: The facility administrator
The facility administrator bears ultimate accountability for ensuring that MDS assessments are completed accurately, on schedule, and transmitted to CMS.
A resident who is cognitively capable must be offered the opportunity to participate in their own care plan conference. Under OBRA 87, what happens if the resident declines participation?
Answer: The facility may proceed without the resident and document the declination
If a capable resident declines to attend their care conference, the facility proceeds with the meeting and documents that the resident was offered the opportunity but chose not to participate.