F0800: Staff Assessment of Daily and Activity Preferences

F0800: Staff Assessment of Daily and Activity Preferences

Item Rationale

Health-related Quality of Life

Alternate means of assessing daily preferences must be used for residents who cannot communicate. This ensures that information about their preferences is not overlooked.

Activities allow residents to establish meaning in their lives. A lack of meaningful and enjoyable activities can result in boredom, depression, and behavioral symptoms.

Planning for Care

Caregiving staff should use observations of resident behaviors to understand resident likes and dislikes in cases where the resident, family, or significant other cannot report the resident’s preferences. This allows care plans to be individualized to each resident.

Steps for Assessment

Observe the resident when the care, routines, and activities specified in these items are made available to the resident.

Observations should be made by staff across all shifts and departments and others with close contact with the resident.

If the resident appears happy or content (e.g., is involved, pays attention, smiles) during an activity listed in Staff Assessment of Daily and Activity Preferences item (F0800), then that item should be checked.

If the resident seems to resist or withdraw when these are made available, then do not check that item.

Coding Instructions

 Check all that apply in the last 7 days based on staff observation of resident preferences.                         

F0800A. Choosing clothes to wear

F0800B. Caring for personal belongings

F0800C. Receiving tub bath

F0800D. Receiving shower

F0800E. Receiving bed bath

F0800F. Receiving sponge bath

F0800G. Snacks between meals

F0800H. Staying up past 8:00 p.m.

F0800I. Family or significant other involvement in care discussions

F0800J. Use of phone in private

F0800K. Place to lock personal belongings

F0800L. Reading books, newspapers, or magazines

F0800M. Listening to music

F0800N. Being around animals such as pets

F0800O. Keeping up with the news

F0800P. Doing things with groups of people

F0800Q. Participating in favorite activities

F0800R. Spending time away from the nursing home

F0800S. Spending time outdoors

F0800T. Participating in religious activities or practices

F0800Z. None of the above