Health Maintenance in the Long-Term Care Setting

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Source: American Medical Directors Association (AMDA). Health maintenance in the long-term care setting. Columbia (MD): American Medical Directors Association (AMDA); 2007. 28 p. Health Maintenance in the Long-Term Care Setting Recognition Identify the patient's diagnosis and conditions at the time of admission or reassessment. Review the patient's goal of care and advance directives. Review the patient's existing plan of care and revise it as necessary. Assessment Clarify the pertinence of potential preventive interventions for the individual patient. Treatment/Intervention Develop a preliminary, individualized health maintenance plan. Reach agreement on the health maintenance plan with the patient, family, and the primary care practitioner. Implement the patient's health maintenance plan. Monitoring Reassess the patient's health maintenance status. Monitor the facility's performance in implementing health maintenance interventions. All copyrights are reserved by the American Medical Directors Association.