- Are you struggling to get a Medium or High for nearly all of your residents in the ACFI Complex Health Care (CHC) Domain?
- Are you finding that your ADL assessments just aren’t matching your residents’ needs?
- Are you having trouble finding suitably skilled and qualified staff to conduct the PAS and Cornell assessments?
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS (OT’S) CAN HELP ALL THREE DOMAINS!
- OT’s are allied health professionals who can prescribe and carry out complex pain management procedures… just like our physiotherapists!
- OT’s can perform functional task assessments to maximize claims in areas of nutritional support, mobility, personal hygiene, and toileting.
- OT’s can perform the PAS and Cornell (CSSD) assessments, and help guide which behaviours your care staff should be charting.
- OT’s can provide directives for skin integrity management and the management of arthritic joints.
- OT’s can perform assessments and devise mobility and care plans… just like our physiotherapists!
We’re finding that facilities that are using a combination of W&L physiotherapists and occupational therapists are the ones who are optimizing their ACFI income, whilst getting better resident outcomes!
Occupational Therapists are allied health professionals who can improve resident care, and have a direct impact on the following areas of the ACFI:
- Nutrition
- Mobility
- Personal Hygiene
- Toileting
- Cognitive Skill
- Depression
- Complex Health Care Procedures
Their assessments and recommendations can also indirectly impact other areas such as wandering, verbal behaviours, physical behaviours, and medication timings!
