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Older Adult Diary Entry Assistance Code Tool

Label explicitly reported older-adult diary entry assistance without inferring decisional capacity or record accuracy.

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Description

Label the assistance used to enter an older-adult diary record.

Older-adult care records combine preferences, respondent roles, assistance, handoffs, services and medication-list text. Recorded coverage hours differ from adequate care, and a textual medication match differs from clinical medication reconciliation. Consent and proxy authority are contextual questions that a supplied flag cannot settle.

Label the assistance used to enter an older-adult diary record.

When to use this tool

Use Older Adult Diary Entry Assistance Code when checking the stated older-adult record, assistance, coverage or care-log convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter entryId, assistanceCode. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read label. Use the output convention below.

Require nonempty entryId and assistanceCode independent, assisted, proxy-entered or unknown. Format entryId [assistanceCode].1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
entryIdEntry IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
assistanceCodeAssistance CodeRequired. Text; one of "independent", "assisted", "proxy-entered", "unknown"; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
labelFormatted supplied record wording; no independent validation of its substantive meaning.Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "entryId": "E17",
    "assistanceCode": "assisted"
  },
  "output": {
    "label": "E17 [assisted]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The code is a supplied provenance label; it does not verify who entered a record, consent, functional ability or clinical meaning.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Review verified source records and individual needs with qualified medical/care professionals; use appropriate legal and accessibility assessment for actual authority, services and care decisions.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: geriatrics/olderadult-diary-entry-assistance-code — tool.io

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