lemark

My company also requires special forms for activity attendance which do not list all the activities we have at our long term care facility. Like you, I have complained to Corporate; they listened to my reasons and I have heard nothing back (3-4 months ago!). My solution is not the best, but here is what I do: I cross out several activities on the form and write in activities we do use. For example, I cross out "Computer" and write "Cognitive." There are several blank lines at the bottom of the form; I use one to document 1:1 visits, and the other we use to initial each days' documentation. (Is it weird that the form would not have a place for staff to sign? Shouldn't every piece in the resident's chart be signed by the staffperson responsible for the information therein?) This is not a perfect solution and probably breaks some corporate policy, but right now it's what I'm doing. I definitely want every activity to be accounted for and documented. As they say, "if it's not documented, it didn't happen."