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4A Meaning of compounding factors
The following table sets out the compounding factors for care recipients.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.25pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:406.1pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Compounding factors for care recipients</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:117.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span><br><span>For a care recipient who ...</span></p></td><td style="width:244.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span><br><span>the compounding factors are the following ...</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:22.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:117.3pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>is independently mobile</span></p></td><td style="width:244.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the care recipient’s AFM cognition score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the care recipient’s agitation score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the care recipient’s AKPS score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) the care recipient’s RUG total score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) whether the care recipient requires daily injections.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:117.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>is mobile only with assistance and has higher cognitive ability</span></p></td><td style="width:244.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the care recipient’s AFM motor score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the care recipient’s AFM social cognition score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the care recipient’s AKPS score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) the care recipient’s Braden activity score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) whether the care recipient has fallen in the last 12 months;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) whether the care recipient requires daily injections.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:117.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>is mobile only with assistance and has medium cognitive ability</span></p></td><td style="width:244.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the care recipient’s AFM communication score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the care recipient’s disruptiveness score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the care recipient’s Rockwood Frailty Score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) the care recipient’s RUG total score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) whether the care recipient requires complex wound management;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(f) whether the care recipient requires daily injections.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:117.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>is not mobile and has higher function</span></p></td><td style="width:244.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the care recipient’s AFM transfers score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the care recipient’s Braden total score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) the care recipient’s disruptiveness score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) whether the care recipient requires complex wound management;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) whether the care recipient requires daily injections.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:22.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:117.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>is not mobile and has lower function and higher pressure sore risk</span></p></td><td style="width:244.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tablea"><span>(a) the care recipient’s AFM eating score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(b) the care recipient’s disruptiveness score;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(c) whether the care recipient has fallen in the last 12 months;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(d) whether the care recipient has lost more than 10% of their body weight in the last 12 months;</span></p><p class="Tablea"><span>(e) whether the care recipient requires daily injections.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>