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UK Long term care resident assessment instrument user's manual

Challis, David J., Stewart, Karen, Sturdy, Deborah, Worden, Angela (2000) UK Long term care resident assessment instrument user's manual. InterRAI UK, York, 257 pp. ISBN 0-9538733-0-7. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:12315)

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Abstract

The MDS manual comprises of a comprehensive background to the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment Instrument. It consists of the policy and practice background to assessment of a clients needs from its development in the United States to its application in the United Kingdom, describing the benefits to clients, care homes and governments of a standard instrument for assessing need. An overview of the assessment tool follows with details of the 19 areas or domains that include such areas as ADL's, cognitive ability, rehabilitation, continence etc.

Finally there is a section about risk problems, or RAP's, identified by the instrument, which influence care planning by the inclusion of best practice guidelines. A photocopiable MDS form with details of the RAP's and guidelines is included in the pack. The manual is supported by a training pack that consists of notes and overheads for staff when using the MDS/RAI.

Item Type: Book
Uncontrolled keywords: Minimum Data Set, care homes, elderly care, cognitive ability, rehabilitation, continence
Subjects: R Medicine > RT Nursing
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Depositing User: Paula Loader
Date Deposited: 31 Aug 2010 09:59 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:50 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/12315 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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