_______ Care begins when treatments for disease have stopped or no longer an option and when it is clear the person will not survive the illness.

Time allowed for physician to sign orders.

Medical professional who plans, assesses, and cares for a patient’s spiritual needs throughout the end-of-life process.

You must wear you ____ ____ visibly at all times during working hours.

Maximum days allowed for respite care at their nursing home of choice.

A legal document that appoints a person to be your proxy to make all your health care decisions if you become unable to do so.

Disease progression in spite of therapy, not pursuing curative treatment and PPS less than or equal to 70%. (reduced ambulation, unable to work normal job, able to self care, normal or reduced intake, full conscious level)

Works with the patient’s preferred doctor, who can choose the level to which they wish to participate. Closely monitors the progression of the patient’s illness and prescribes appropriate medications and healthcare directions to the other members of the team.

_____ bag must be used when transporting medical waste and/or specimen.

How often are HHA/Homemakers supervised

_______ Care can begin upon diagnosis of illness and be given while person will still be receiving treatments.

Patients that meet hospice guidelines are expected to have a lifespan of ___ ___ or less.

Conducts psychosocial assessments of patients and their families in order to determine their psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social needs

Time allowed to submit a telephone order.

Alternate place in case of an emergency if office inaccessible.

Our hospice interdisciplinary team aims at managing "_____ _____"; physical, social, emotional, spiritual and psychological.

Time medicare audits hospice agency should not exceed more than ____ ____.

Are specially trained in hospice and end-of-life issues to provide compassionate company for patients and families or to help facilitate their care. Are an important part of hospice; their duties can range from visiting patients to crafting patient items to helping in the office.

When providing oxygen safety, patients are caregivers are advised not to apply ______ based products on or around face due to combustibility.

You can deny this yearly vaccine, even though it is highly encouraged and paid by our agency.

Is the period of grief and mourning after a death (expected death). When you grieve, it's part of the normal process of reacting to a loss. You may experience grief as a mental, physical, social or emotional reaction. Mental reactions can include anger, guilt, anxiety, sadness and despair. Physical reactions can include sleeping problems, changes in appetite, physical problems or illness.

Unable to walk, dress or bathe without assistance, b/b incontinent, no consistently meaningful verbal communication. And at least one of the following conditions: comorbidities, aspiration pneumonia, pyelonephritis, sepsis, pressure injuries, recurrent fever after abt, unintentinal weight loss.

The hospice interdisciplinary group (in collaboration with the individual’s attending physician, if any)
must review, revise and document the individualized plan as frequently as the patient’s condition
requires, but no less frequently than every __ calendar days.

Maximum time allowed for a hospice representative to reach out to a new referral.

Year that Fort Duncan Home Health and Hospice Care has been in service.