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	<title>Comments on: Tuesday Tip: Crushing Medications for Hospice Residents</title>
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		<title>By: Josh Allen, RN</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/hospice-care/tuesday-tip-crushing-medications-hospice-residents_10-20-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1676</link>
		<dc:creator>Josh Allen, RN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Alex,

In fact it does.  If you scroll down to that regulation/section you will see it states:

&quot;Assistance with self-administration does not include forcing a resident to take medication, hiding or camouflaging medications in other substances without the resident&#039;s knowledge and consent, or otherwise infringing upon a resident&#039;s right to refuse to take a medication.&quot;

The point being that crushing should never be done to disguise a medication or force a resident to take it without his/her knowledge.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Alex,</p>
<p>In fact it does.  If you scroll down to that regulation/section you will see it states:</p>
<p>&#8220;Assistance with self-administration does not include forcing a resident to take medication, hiding or camouflaging medications in other substances without the resident&#8217;s knowledge and consent, or otherwise infringing upon a resident&#8217;s right to refuse to take a medication.&#8221;</p>
<p>The point being that crushing should never be done to disguise a medication or force a resident to take it without his/her knowledge.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too bad the link to 87465(a)(6)(d) doesn&#039;t address the crushing question.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too bad the link to 87465(a)(6)(d) doesn&#8217;t address the crushing question.</p>
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		<title>By: Dawn Hopson LVN</title>
		<link>http://www.careandcompliance.com/blog/hospice-care/tuesday-tip-crushing-medications-hospice-residents_10-20-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-847</link>
		<dc:creator>Dawn Hopson LVN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am hoping that patients in Assisted Living facilities and are on crisis care  at the end stages of life are allowed sublingual medications and morphine drops prescribed by the Physicians and RN&#039;s. Please advise if it is permitted. Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am hoping that patients in Assisted Living facilities and are on crisis care  at the end stages of life are allowed sublingual medications and morphine drops prescribed by the Physicians and RN&#8217;s. Please advise if it is permitted. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Elise Walker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elise Walker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for this information. I was wondering about crushing medicines for my mom who is 85 and has Alzheimer&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for this information. I was wondering about crushing medicines for my mom who is 85 and has Alzheimer&#8217;s.</p>
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