Survey Introduction
The purpose of this survey is to collect information from skilled nursing facilities regarding how often the need arises to convene an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) to authorize medical treatment that requires informed consent on behalf of unrepresented residents. The information collected by this survey will be used to assess the scope of need for independent “patient representatives.”
Unrepresented residents are those residents who are unable to provide informed consent, due to diminished cognitive capacity, and lack a surrogate decision maker to provide informed consent. A patient representative represents the resident who is unable to provide informed consent and who lacks designated friends and family to receive information and make determinations about necessary medical procedures. This only applies to medical procedures requiring informed consent.
This information will in no way be used for enforcement and no facility identifier will be retained in the data set collected. CDPH needs to assess the need for independent patient representatives to help teams care for unrepresented residents.
Unrepresented residents are those residents who are unable to provide informed consent, due to diminished cognitive capacity, and lack a surrogate decision maker to provide informed consent. A patient representative represents the resident who is unable to provide informed consent and who lacks designated friends and family to receive information and make determinations about necessary medical procedures. This only applies to medical procedures requiring informed consent.
This information will in no way be used for enforcement and no facility identifier will be retained in the data set collected. CDPH needs to assess the need for independent patient representatives to help teams care for unrepresented residents.