nutrition screening in homecare

[Julianne Seiber]

Message forwarded from a non-member.

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>This is addressed to

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>Julianne Carr Seiber, Public Health Nutrition Practice Group

>Joann Prophet, Gerontological Nutrition Practice Group

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>I am an RD working in Homecare in two small County Health

>Departments in Central New York State.  The nurse/administrators working

>on obtaining JCAHO accreditation for homecare seem anxious to be sure

>that any screening tool they adopt has some "official" blessing.

>Neither has agreed to use the DETERMINE screening package.

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>Can you suggest or recommend any other nutrition screening tool that

>appropriately identifies those at nutritional risk?  Or suggest references

>arguments or experience for using DETERMINE in the JCAHO process?   Or

>suggest another published nutrition screening tool with a track record of

>being approved in the JCAHO process?

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>If you reply by email send to:  simkinj at bbs.relex.com

>the bbs is essential even though it may not appear in the preliminaries

>to my message.

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>Thank you

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>Jane B. Simkin, MNS, RD, CDN

>Dixon Rd.  PO Box 53

>Poplar Ridge, NY 13139

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