Hospice Services in the Nursing Home Facility Brochure
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Check with your local facility for a list of hospices that serve your community. or visit the website of the Hospice Council of West Virginia www.hospicecouncilofwv.org Hospice Services in a Nursing Home Facility For more information on end-of-life care contact the WV Center for End-of-Life Care Toll free at 877-209-8086 www.wvendoflife.org The 2007 WV Legislature amended the nursing home section of the Code of WV by adding a Section 16-5C-20 requiring nursing homes to give residents information about hospice and palliative An Explanation of Hospice care when the resident is terminally ill. This brochure was developed in collaboration with Services for Residents the West Virginia Health Care Association, the and Their Families Hospice Council of West Virginia, Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification, and Bureau for Medical Services of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. What is Hospice? Hospice Services Hospice Team • Physicians Hospice is a special way of caring for the • Visits from hospice team members • Nurses terminally ill. Hospice provides a team of • Certified Nursing Assistants professionals who manage pain and other • Management of terminal illness to • Medical Social Workers symptoms to help the terminally ill person promote physical comfort and • Clergy live life to the fullest extent possible. quality of life • Volunteers The goal of hospice is to meet physical, • Therapists emotional, and spiritual concerns of the • Medication, medical supplies, and patient and help family members cope equipment related to the terminal Beginning Hospice Services with the illness and loss. illness • Physical, Occupational, or Speech Admission Guidelines Hospice Care in the Therapy as ordered by the • Resident is diagnosed with a resident’s doctor terminal illness and given a Nursing Home Facility prognosis of six months or less to live if the disease follows its Hospice provides comfort-oriented care normal course. to nursing home residents when it is Hospice Levels of Care • Resident would benefit from apparent that the resident has a terminal comfort/palliative care. illness and has approximately six months • Routine care provided wherever or less to live if the disease follows its the patient lives, whether in a The resident, family, friend, nursing home normal course. personal place of residence or a facility or doctor can make a referral to hospice. There may be more than one hospice that The relationship of hospice and the serves your community. Check with your nursing home is a partnership between • General inpatient care for pain and facility for a list of hospices that serve your health care providers, each contributing symptom management community. A hospice worker will make their own special expertise. The nursing a visit to determine if you are eligible for home facility assures 24-hour care in a • Continuous home care providing hospice services. safe, comfortable, and caring environment, nursing care on a continuous basis to manage a medical crisis while hospice care provides expertise in Payment for Hospice Services the area of pain control and symptom management of end-stage diseases and • Respite care offered in a facility to home care patients whose Medicare, Medicaid, and most private emotional support to the resident and insurance companies cover hospice family. caregivers need a break in care giving services. Nursing home residents who have both Medicare and Medicaid insurance are eligible for a benefit that pays for nursing home room and board and hospice..