RCC Letters

[mdsdebbie]

Hello everyone:typing

Would someone please share with me their confrence letters inviting the family's? The one we are using is awful, and I would really like to breath new life into our RCC.

Thank you so much

Debbie Heck:nurse:

[chaotick]

Just got fired from my job on Friday (hee hee - the owner/admin thinks that my assistant is going to be able to take over - she's sadly mistaken - as the assistant's refusal to be trained to do ANYTHING to help me out was one of the major reasons I was always 'causing problems'), but I rescued all of the forms that I developed over the past 2 years for MDS-ing... Here is what I (used to) send out. There's a way to set it up to make it a form letter - it's kinda complicated if you're not computer savvy - but easy enough to do if you've got Microsoft Word/Works on your computer. Look up 'Mail Merge' feature in the help section(s) on http://www.microsoft.com.

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{Center the name of your nursing home spaced out like this, with 'of your city' on the next line - also centered}

X Y Z N U R S I N G C E N T E R

O F Y O U R C I T Y

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December 19, 2006

To the family of X,

On Wednesday, January 3, 2007, we will be having an Interdisciplinary Care Plan Meeting. At this meeting, we will be reviewing X's treatment plan and making any necessary updates or changes. If you would like to attend or if you have any concerns or suggestions you would like to discuss, please contact me at [phone].

The meeting will take place in the conference room at XYZ. We have allotted a specific time for each resident's family to discuss any concerns or suggestions you may have. Your time frame will be from 1:00-1:15 PM. We will be care planning other residents on this day, so we need to adhere to the time frame and ask that you be brief. If there are other concerns that you would like to discuss that do not relate to X's plan of care, we can set up a different time to meet individually with you so that there may be more time to devote to your concerns.

{line up next 3 lines with right margin -------->} Sincerely,

{skip a couple of lines for your signature}

Your Name, RN

Care Plan Coordinator

{Space to bottom of page and center}

P O BOX 1111, 300 GERIATRIC DRIVE, YOURCITY, ST 11111

PHONE: [phone] FAX [phone]

[mdsdebbie]

I am so sorry to hear about you being fired. Wish we were closer, I need another MDS person. Sounds like you are better off than in a place where your not appreciated.

There loss.

hugs

Debbie