This page contains all information related to entering Status information, modifying Status and deleting Status entries in palcentre. To navigate quickly to a section within this page, please use this menu below:
Creating a new status
Changing status information
Deleting a status
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Accessing the status screen
Once a resident has been created in palCentre, you can then create status information for that resident. To access the status screen, click on the ‘home’ icon next to the resident name.
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You cannot enter any assessment information for a resident without a Status first being created. |
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What is the Status and why is it important
The resident status helps reflect the resident's current circumstance. This is important as it allows us PACOP to recognise which collection the resident is part of, if they have taken leave as well as admission, discharge and death information.
The following status are available in palCentre:
Admit to ACH/profile collection
Outcomes episode start
Start of leave
Change of team
Return from leave
Cease outcomes, return to profile
Discharge from ACH
Death
The definition for each status and when to use them has been detailed below.
Admit to ACH/profile collection
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Was the resident admitted on/after 1 Jan 2020 | If the answer | to this is no, then no | other further information is required to be entered. If the answer is yes, | then the the | other items listed | below are also requiredunderneath this need to be entered. |
Admission date | The date the resident was admitted to the aged care home. | |||||
Reason for admission | Select the most appropriate answer from the drop down for why the resident has been admitted to the aged care home | |||||
Home postcode prior to admission | Enter the residents home postcode prior to this admission to the aged care home |
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When entering an Outcomes episode start status, the following items item must also be completed:
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Diagnosis | Enter the principal diagnosis triggering the resident’s need for palliative care. |
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The Start of leave status is used for residents in the outcomes collection only and is used to record if the resident goes on hospital leave or other leave. This status is recorded on the bottom of the Full clinical assessment tool.
When entering an Start of leave status, the following items item must also be completed:
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Leave type | Enter the type of leave the resident is taking. |
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When entering an Change of team status, the following items item must also be completed:
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Team resident is changing to | Enter the team the resident has changed to. |
Return from leave
The Return from leave status is used for residents in the outcomes collection only. It can only be added if a resident has a ‘Start of leave’ statue - i.e. the resident needs to be on leave before returning from leave. This status is recorded on the bottom of the Full clinical assessment tool.
The return from leave status only requires the return from leave date. Not other items need to be completed for this status.
Cease outcomes, return to profile
The Cease Outcomes, return to profile status is used when a resident leave the outcomes collection but remain within the aged care home. This status can only be added if the resident has a ‘Outcomes episode start’ status - i.e. the resident needs to have started in the outcomes collection before they can cease the outcomes collection.
When entering an Cease Outcomes, return to profile status, the following item must also be completed:
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Cease outcomes reason | Enter the reason the resident is no longer part of the outcomes collection |
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The Cease Outcomes, return to profile status is only used for residents that are remaining in the aged care home. If the resident is discharged, please use the ‘Discharged from ACH’ status and if the resident dies please use the ‘Death’ status. |
Discharge from ACH
The Discharged from ACH status is used when the resident is discharged from the aged care home. This status is used for residents in both the Profile and Outcomes collections.
When entering an Discharged from ACH status, the following item must also be completed:
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Discharge reason | Enter the reason the resident has been discharged from the aged care home |
Death
The Death status is used when the resident dies. The Death status must be the latest date entered and no further status can be entered once a Death status has been completed.
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Place of death | Enter the where the resident died |
Creating a new status
Once you’re on the Status screen, click the button in the top right corner ‘Add status'.
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