Assisted living and M2010
My patient lives in an assisted living facility where the assisted living staff take care of all of my patient’s medications. I am confused about M2010. Whom do I educate?
Answer: When completing the OASIS process measures that address patient and caregiver education, M2010, Patient/Caregiver High Risk Drug Education and M2015, Patient/Caregiver Drug Education, for patient’s residing in an assisted living facility, it may be appropriate to educate the patient or the staff administering the medication (or both) on the topics included in each item. As with patients who live at home, the decision to direct the teaching to the patient, caregiver, or both should be made by the assessing clinician, based on the specific circumstances. For the purposes of selecting a response, the facility staff would be considered caregivers.
