Editing Care Home Settings

To edit Care Home settings:

  1. From the MDS Info - Care Home screen, select SETTINGS :

  2. The Care Home Settings screen displays:

    Update the following, if required:

    • Care home Details:

      • Name - Select to update the name of the care home.

      • Address - Select to update the address of the care home.

    • Cycle Length - Select to set or update the cycle length for the care home.

    • MAR Type (Scotland only) - Select the Medication Administration Record (MAR) chart required:

    • MAR Type (Wales only) - Select the MAR chart required:

    • Administration Times - Set or update the administration times for the care home.

    • Print Options:

      • Print non-cassette items - Tick to print non-cassette items on the Cassette sheet.

      • Do you need a repeat request form - Select Yes or No as appropriate. If you select Yes a separate page prints a repeat prescription request form for all items.

    • Body Diagram Print Option - Select where you would like the body diagram to print for this community patient:

      • Print inline - Select to print a body diagram on the same page as the item.

      • Print on a separate page - Select to print a body diagram on a separate page to the item.

      Body Diagrams are available on each medication item, see Adding Patient Medication for details.
    • Remove Care Home - Select REMOVE  to remove all patient and care home data from your MDS module.

  3. Select SAVE to save the changes or select CANCEL to return without making any changes.

Note - To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.