results, complaints and prior offences, and it’s easy to see how this act could fuel a fire of litigation that may require a revised analysis of existing coverage levels. As the saying goes, the best defence is a good offence. For long-term care facilities, that offence starts with leveraging new tools to build an impenetrable risk management programme.


MDS 3.0 Effective October 1, 2010, MDS 3.0 introduces a radical shift


in assessment philosophy from an observational approach to a resident-directed approach. Like any major change in systems, the transition period from MDS 2.0 to MDS 3.0 will introduce an element of risk for all facilities. However, for facilities that took the initiative and developed a thorough implementation plan with adequate staff training, the transition to MDS 3.0 will deliver more informative assessments, better-quality care plans, more positive survey results, improved public relations and higher-quality measures. Alternatively, facilities that are unprepared for this change will struggle to reap those same advantages. Even worse, they may inadvertently expose themselves to increased risk.


It is important for every facility to recognise that MDS 3.0, in


addition to the many advantages it introduces, also produces new areas of exposure. Accordingly, there should be a plan in place to manage that risk. Throughout MDS 3.0, for example, residents are interviewed and expected to respond to very targeted and scripted


“ MDS 3.0 introduces a radical shift in assessment philosophy from an observational approach to a resident- directed approach.”


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