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4/20/2009
He’s got all kinds of people helping him out.
Someone helps with his personal c<strong>are</strong>,
someone else helps him with getting his
groceries. Of course he was complaining about
how they never show up and how they don’t do
what they <strong>are</strong> supposed to do.” “He has 3 kids
that all want to be in charge.”
The kids were all t<strong>here</strong> when I was trying to
admit him. I asked which one gets his meds
refilled and they all said, “I do!!”. I wanted to
ask, “If all of you order the meds then why <strong>are</strong>
4 of them empty??, but, I didn’t.”
“Anyway, the whole situation is a disaster. I
just don’t know what we could do for him.”
Management & Evaluation due to his unstable
Plan of C<strong>are</strong>
◦ Coordinate c<strong>are</strong>givers’ efforts to assure the c<strong>are</strong>
plan in place accomplishes the Plan of C<strong>are</strong> as
ordered by the physician
• Coordinate the purchasing of medications
• Communicate with physician(s)
i • Update Plan of C<strong>are</strong> PRN
• Monitor issues as related to memory disorder
• Coordinate c<strong>are</strong>givers to assure
• Necessary tasks <strong>are</strong> accomplished
• Services <strong>are</strong> not being duplicated and t<strong>here</strong>by wasted
Mary Taylor has been on your service for
3 recerts. She has had therapy and a
home health aide. Mary has
progressed well and has met all of the
goals that she and the therapist had
set. The therapist states that she will
need to discharge Mary at the end of
this cert. The therapist is concerned
about Mary living alone without the
assistance of home health. The
therapists reports that Mary is:
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