How to know when hospice is needed

    • [PDF File]HOSPICE CARE

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      Hospice is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week. The hospice team, along with the person and family receiving hospice services, develops a care plan that focuses on the individual and family’s needs and desires, including the need for pain management and symptom control. The plan outlines the care and support services needed such as


    • [PDF File]The Catholic Doctor is In: What You Need to Know About Hospice

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      receive hospice care in a nursing home setting. A hospice service I recently learned about is Respite care. If, for example, the spouse is providing most of the care and needs a break, inpatient care at a Medicare-approved facility for up to five days to obtain needed and deserved rest can be arranged.


    • [PDF File]Caregiver

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      journey. Help us to know what you need. Hospice provides intermittent care to your loved one in the home. We are not with you all of the time, which is why your role as caregiver is so important, but members of our team come and go as needed to support you and your loved one through this process. It is important to know that you may


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      The hospice team is responsible for continually assessing the care needed. ”I can’t receive curative treatments or life-sustaining care while in hospice care.” Treatments may help you manage symptoms and pain and improve your ability to live comfortably. There may also be treatments unrelated to your hospice diagnosis that may be continued.


    • [PDF File]WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOSPICE PATIENTS

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      WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOSPICE PATIENTS The Home Aide provides basic bedside care for the patient. The Home Aide will often be the Team member who actually spends the most time with the hospice patient and family, because they are providing the basic care in the


    • [PDF File]Family Caregiver’s Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care

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      Family Caregiver’s Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care . If you have been a family caregiver for a while, you probably have been through a lot of transitions. Maybe your family member was in and out of the hospital several times. Perhaps he or she spent a few weeks in a rehabilitation unit or received home care services.


    • [PDF File]GIP: Getting It Right - Hospice Fundamentals

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      GIP: Getting It Right August 2016 ... –Hospice inpatient facility –a hospice’s own or contract (Medicareā€certified) • Facility must have RN 24 hours/day who provides direct care Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation ... –Level of care needed to manage pain and symptoms is ...


    • [PDF File]CM 21 - When to Refer to Hospice

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      National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in Alexandria Virginia, almost one-third of hospice patients die within a week of admission. We all know that timely hospice referrals give patients and their families needed support as they work on the tasks of dying. Why the disconnect? The studies are very clear.


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