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| REASON ID | REASON DESCRIPTION | CONSUMER FRIENDLY LANGUAGE AS DISPLAYED IN LETTER |
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| 1 | 1-Information/consultation | Help to solve problems and find resources |
| 2 | 2-Develop, coordinate, monitor plan of care | Help with getting my careplan in place and visits to check on me |
| 3 | 3-Needs evaluation/skills training/consumer instruction | Help to determine service needs and training to manage PCAs |
| 4 | 4-Medical assessment/education/teaching | Medical assessment and nursing care |
| 5 | 5-Nursing treatments/dressing change/monitoring | Checking and changing dressings or bandages |
| 6 | 6-Medication prep/administration | Dispensing medicines |
| 7 | 7-Early loss ADLs/bathing and dressing | Help with bathing and dressing |
| 8 | 8-Late ADLs/eat/toilet/transfer/locomotion/bed mobility | Help eating, using the bathroom, getting in and out of bed or moving from one place to another |
| 9 | 9-Shampoo/routine skin care/wash feet/back/nail care | Help with personal care needs |
| 10 | 10-Daily IADLS/main meal prep/daily chores/phone use | Help making meals and dusting, washing dishes, making the bed |
| 11 | 11-Other IADLs/laundry/housework/grocery shop/manage finances | Help with laundry, or grocery shopping or housework, or paying bills or setting up rides to get to appointments |
| 12 | 12-PT consultation/evaluation | Evaluate physical abilities |
| 13 | 13-PT treatment program/ROM maintenance of function | Exercise and/or walking program |
| 14 | 14-OT consultation/evaluation | Evaluating how you do various daily activities |
| 15 | 15-OT skill training/maintenance of ADLs/IADLs) | Help to learn a better way of doing daily activities |
| 16 | 16-Speech therapy consultation/evaluation | Evaluating any loss of speech |
| 17 | 17-Speech therapy treatment program | Help to regain speech |
| 18 | 18-Mental Health evaluation/consultation | Evaluation of psychological strengths and needs |
| 19 | 19-Mental Health treatment program | Help to address my mental health needs |
| 20 | 20-Social/emotional support/caregiver respite | Help to talk about feelings and needs |
| 21 | 21(24 hr supervision(at home or in structured setting) | Living where round the clock care is provided |
| 22 | 22-Access to emergency help | Lifeline help button |
| 23 | 23-Supervision | One on one supervision |
| 24 | 24-Outreach support to access community resources | Help to apply for community benefits and services |
| 25 | 25-Crisis surveillance | Help when I am in crisis |
| 26 | 26-Monitoring/supervision daytime only | Help from Adult Day Services |
| 27 | 27-Monitoring/supervision/nighttime only | Help from night attendant |
| 28 | 28-Other | Getting to and from places for appointments and to do errands |
| 29 | 29-Environmental Modification | Help in changing your home to meet needs |
| 30 | 30-Monitor,administer,and/or prefill of psychiatric medicines | Help with prefilling,giving, or monitoring of psychiatric medications. |
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| 31 | 31-Venipuncture | Doctor ordered blood test |
| 32 | 32-Early loss ADLs/bathing | Help with bathing |
| 33 | 33-Early loss ADLs/dressing | Help with dressing |
| 34 | 34-Late loss ADL/transfer | Help getting me from one place to another such as chair to bed, to chair. |
| 35 | 35-Late ADLs/eating | Help with eating |
| 36 | 36-Late ADLs/toilet | Help with toilet use |
| 37 | 37-Late ADLs/bed mobility | Help getting in and out of bed |
| 38 | 38-Late ADLs/locomotion | Help with moving from one place to another |
| 39 | 39-Daily IADLS/light meal/main meal | Help making meals |
| 40 | 40-Daily IADLS light housekeeping/dusting/washing dishes/making bed | Help with some or all of the following: dusting,washing dishes,making the bed |
| 41 | 41-Other IADLS/laundry | Help with the laundry |
| 42 | 42-Other IADLS/groceryshopping | Help with grocery shopping |
| 43 | 43-Other IADLs/grocery shopping/laundry | Help with laundry and grocery shopping |
| 44 | 44-Other IADLs/house work | Help with housework. |
| 45 | 45-Transportation to medical care appointments | Help to take me to medical appointments when no other transportation available |
| 46 | 46-Transportation for non-medical careplan needs | Mileage assistance to paid caregivers helping with my care. |
| 47 | 47-Nursing education/teaching | A nurse to help teach me about my condition and how to care for myself |
| 48 | 48-Nursing-assess wound provide wound care | Help from the nurse for a bandage change or wound care |
| 49 | 49-Nursing-assessment sign/symptoms infection | Help from nurse to watch for signs of infection |
| 50 | 50-Nursing-skilled observation, intervention cardiopulmonary | Help from the nurse to observe my heart or lung condition. |
| 51 | 51-Nursing-observation,mobilty,gait,balance,endurance | Help from the nurse for walking and other mobility activities |
| 52 | 52-Nursing-skilled observation, intervention genitourinary | Help from the nurse for my urinary problems. |
| 53 | 53-Nursing-assess, maintain or improve skin integrity | Help from nurse for any skin problems |
| 54 | 54-Nursing-Assess,intensity level,frequency,location and manage pain | Help from nurse with pain control |
| 55 | 55-Nursing-skilled observation, intervention gastrointestinal system | Help from nurse to assess any digestive system problems. |
| 56 | 56- Nursing-assessment emotional-social status | Help from nurse to deal with my feelings. |
| 57 | 57-Nursing-Assess,evaluate disease process | Help from the nurse to observe my disease condition |
| 58 | 58-Teach disease proceess and compliance | Help from the nurse to learn about my condition and manage it. |
| 59 | 59-Assess and monitor medication compliance,side effects | Help from the nurse to learn about my medications and how to take them properly. |
| 60 | 60-Social worker-assess coping skills/therapy for stressors | Help from the social worker to learn how to cope with stess |
| 61 | 61-Social worker-Counseling for long term planning/decision making | Social worker to help me plan for the future and make decisions |
| 62 | 62-Social worker- Counseling for adjustment to functional limitations | Social worker to help me accept my situation. |
| 63 | 63-Caregiver relief | Help to relieve my caregiver |