Hospice Team
They'll Remember The Good Times.
Hospice Team Members can provide the following services:
Primary Physician (Attending Physician)
• Provides the hospice team with medical history
• Oversees medical care through regular communication with the hospice team
• Provides orders for medications and tests, signs death certificate, etc.
• Determines his or her level of involvement on a case-by-case basis with the hospice medical director
Hospice Physician (Hospice Medical Director)
• Provides expertise in pain and symptom control at the end of life
• Works closely with the hospice team and primary physician to determine appropriate medical interventions
• May oversee the plan of care, write orders, and consult with patient and family regarding disease progression and appropriate medical interventions on a case-by- case basis
Professional RN (Hospice Nurse Case Manager)
• Visits patient and family in the home, nursing home or residential setting
(Maria Hall) on regular basis
• On-call RN provides services for emergencies, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
365 days a year
• Assesses pain, symptoms, nutritional status, bowel functions, safety, and psychosocial- spiritual concerns
• Educates patient and family about disease progression, use of medications,
daily care needs, and other aspects of the overall plan of care
• Educates and supervises nursing assistants
• Provides emotional and spiritual support to patient and family to cope with functional limitations, caregiver stress, and grief
Home Health Aide (Certified Nursing Assistant - CNA)
• Assists patient with activities of daily living such as bathing and dressing
• Provides a variety of other services depending on assessment of need
Social Worker (Medical Social Worker - MSW)
• Attends to both practical needs and counseling needs of patient and family
based on initial and ongoing assessment
• Serves as liaison with community agencies such as Department of Human Services, Department of Aging, and Public Aid office
• Assists family in finding services to address financial needs and legal matters
such as Power of Attorney, Wills etc.
• Provides counseling related to family communication
• Assesses patient and family anxiety, depression, role changes, caregiver stress
• Provides general grief counseling
Chaplain (Spiritual Care Counselor)
• Provides patient and family with spiritual counseling to address questions of hope, meaning, despair, fear of death, relationship with divine, need for forgiveness, loss of life purpose
• Assists patient and family in sustaining their religious practice and in drawing upon religious/spiritual beliefs to cope with illness, dying, and grief
• Ensures that patient and family religious or spiritual beliefs and practices are respected by the hospice team, for example: dietary restrictions, rituals to be observed at the time of death, disposition of the body
• Serves as a liaison with the patient/family faith community and clergy
• May conduct funeral and memorial services for patients and families as requested
• Provides hospice staff with spiritual care and counseling
Bereavement Coordinator (Grief Support)
• Provides bereavement services to the patient, family and loved ones
in the form of:
• Emotional and spiritual support to cope with grief
• Visits and/or phone contacts
• Short term counseling
• Assessment of need and referrals to community resources and/or support groups
• Educational forums
• Written information on the grief process
• Annual memorial service of remembrance
Volunteers (Friends of Home Health, Home Hospice, and Maria Hall)
• Provide respite care to family members
• May assist with light housekeeping or grocery shopping
• Help patients stay connected with community groups and activities
• Facilitates special projects such as memoirs/legacy work, letters to family,
and massage therapy
• May provide community education and outreach
• May assist with office work
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