HOSPICE ADMISSION PROCESS
At Unified Care Hospice, we strongly believe the patient and family are an integral member of our team. Our staff will support and guide you. The patient and family will be involved in every decision that we make as a team. Our hospice services are built around a family-centered approach to care.
ENROLLMENT PROCESS
We must first receive an order from the patient’s doctor.
If the doctor has recently seen the patient, it’s as simple as having the doctor fax an order to us that states Hospice Evaluation and Admit along with supporting documentation by an MD, multiple MD’s, hospital, etc. that would qualify a patient for Hospice (Certification of Terminal Illness of 6 month or less).
Home MD’s will not see patients for Hospice Assessments. A Nurse can assess a patient for Hospice without an order BUT there must be an established MD willing to write Hospice order and substantiate the Hospice diagnosis (MD office notes, hospital records).
A patient or caregiver can sometimes put in a ‘self-referral’ but will mostly depend on each individual’s situation.
Once the order has been submitted
An RN (Registered Nurse) will look over the patient’s medical history. Upon visiting the patient in home to make an assessment, the nurse will create a care program for the patient.
The care program schedule will vary per patient.
Because of this, we can never give visiting frequencies for any of our clinicians as it is misleading to patients and their families. Some of the personnel that may visit the patient include:
CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistants) as per the Care Plan created by the Nurse.
The Registered Nurse will visit to assess the patient’s care needs, make adjustments and recommendations needed.
Social Workers and Chaplain are also a part of the Care Team.
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