CHANGES TO DOCUMENTATION BINDER!!

Thank you to those volunteers who were able to attend the Focus Group last Thursday - it was a great success! Several points were made regarding documentation and the following changes have been made as a result:

• The coordinator will be the only person to add new Friends (F) and Acquaintances (A) to the patient census.
  o Volunteers will continue to carry over Friends and Acquaintances from last census to updated census.

• If a nurse or other staff member makes a recommendation for you to visit a patient not marked on the census, please fill out Documentation form and add to “Recommendations” tab in back of binder.
  o I will follow up with the recommendation and make notes or enroll accordingly.

• Documentation forms should be filled out for ALL patients visited (Friends and Acquaintances).

• The Documentation form has been revised. Check off box when you complete an intervention and elaborate on what you did with the patient under Visit Notes in space provided below.
  o Please check off if the patient has any needs and if the patient was receptive to your visit.

• Notes to Fellow Friend has been edited to include those patients visited and not visited.
  o This page is for brief notes of why a patient was not seen (sleeping, off floor, etc.) or for recommendations for a patient to be visited again later in the day.