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C0900ASection Cv1.20.1Manual page C-24
Staff assessment mental status: recall current season
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Steps for Assessment
1. Ask the resident about each item. For example, “What is the current season? Is it fall, winter,
spring, or summer?” “What is the name of this place?” If the resident is not in their room,
ask, “Will you show me to your room?” Observe the resident’s ability to find the way.
2. For residents with limited communication skills, in order to determine the most
representative level of function, ask direct care staff across all shifts and family or significant
other about recall ability.
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Ask whether the resident gave indications of recalling these subjects or recognizing them
during the look-back period.
3. Observations should be made by staff across all shifts and departments and others with close
contact with the resident.
4. Review the medical record for indications of the resident’s recall of these subjects during the
look-back period.
Coding Instructions
For each item that the resident recalls, check the corresponding answer box. If the resident
recalls none, check none of above.
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Check C0900A, current season: if resident is able to identify the current season
(e.g., correctly refers to weather for the time of year, legal holidays, religious
celebrations, etc.).
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Check C0900B, location of own room: if resident is able to locate and recognize
own room. It is not necessary for the resident to know the room number, but they should
be able to find the way to the room.
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Check C0900C, staff names and faces: if resident is able to distinguish staff
members from family members, strangers, visitors, and other residents. It is not necessary
for the resident to know the staff member’s name, but they should recognize that the
person is a staff member and not the resident’s child, etc.
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Check C0900D, that they are in a nursing home/hospital swing bed: if
resident is able to determine that they are currently living in a nursing home. To check
this item, it is not necessary that the resident be able to state the name of the nursing
home, but they should be able to refer to the nursing home by a term such as a “home for
older people,” a “hospital for the elderly,” “a place where people who need extra help
live,” etc.
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Check C0900Z, none of above was recalled.
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