September 19, 2001

MB-AASA-AAA/HCS/DDD/RCS-01-38

MANAGEMENT BULLETIN

TO: Home and Community Services Regional Administrators

Area Agency on Aging Directors

Division of Developmental Disabilities

SUBJECT: Comments on Draft Skin Observation Protocols

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 16, 2001

As our clients have become more frail and vulnerable, there have been situations where skin problems have led to serious outcomes. This highlights the importance of providing very high quality assessment and service planning to meet the client’s needs related to skin care.

A workgroup comprised of members from Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), Home and Community Services Division of Aging and Disability Services (HCS/AASA), Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), and the Attorney Generals Office (AGO) has been meeting since January 2001 to develop Skin Observation Protocols. You will find a draft of these protocols enclosed with this Management Bulletin.

You are invited to send written comments to AASA. All comments are due by November 16 2001.

After we receive the written comments, the protocols will be finalized and distributed. AASA staff will then visit AAA and HCS offices around the state to discuss implementation. A significant component of the implementation will be staff training.

We appreciate your involvement as we work through this challenging and necessary project.

Written comments due November 16, 2001, by mail or fax to:

Shirley Munkberg, Program Manager

Training, Communications, and Development Unit (TCDU)

AASA

P.O. Box 45600

Olympia, WA, 98504-5600

FAX (360) 725-2646

Inquiries to: Marta Acedo at (360) 725-2549or email AcedoM@dshs.wa.gov.

Penny Black, Director

Home & Community Services Division