MDS Alert
Identify Specific Care Plan Considerations By MDS Section
Published on Fri May 01, 2015 
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Tip: Individualize resident’s care plan for incontinence — don’t use a generic toileting program.
Care planning shouldn’t make you tear your hair out. But you do need to take the time to individualize each resident’s care plan to the elder’s specific health status, needs and preferences.
Here are examples of care plan considerations for each MDS section, from a series of web presentations by Shirley Boltz, RN, RAI/Education Coordinator for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS):
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