Standardized Assessment and Person-Centred Care Planning
An Operator of a Type A Continuing Care Home must have documented processes in place that ensure a Physician or a Nurse Practitioner conduct:
- a Medical Status assessment of a Client upon admission; and
- reassessments of a Client's Medical Status on an annual basis and when there is a significant change in the Client's Medical Status.
Notes
- Standard 1.4 applies to Type A Continuing Care Homes only
- Medical Status assessments are described in:
- The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta's Standards of Practice
- The College and Association of Registered Nurses' Practice Standards for Regulated Members