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How Did You Code The MDS Wandering Examples?
Check your coding skills against the answers in the RAI manual. RAIScenario #1: Wandering that results in elopement from the nursing home places the resident at significant risk of getting into a dangerous situation. E100Awould be coded 1, yes. RAIScenario #2: This resident's wandering is associated with elopement from the nursing home and into a dangerous traffic situation. Therefore, this is coded as placing the resident at significant risk of getting to a place that poses a danger. In addition, delusions would be checked in item E0100. E100Awould be coded 1, yes. RAIScenario #3: Moving about in this manner with the use of a wheelchair meets the definition of wandering, and the resident has intruded on the privacy of another resident and has interfered with that resident's ability to use the bathroom. E100B would be coded 1, yes. Source: The Long-Term Care Facility Resident Assessment Instruments User's Manual MDS 3.0, V1.009 (April 2012), pg. E-20.
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