Description:
Once our agency receives the hospice referral and the physician orders to admit to hospice we contact you to set up the admission visit. We will try to involve the family members in the initial admission visit so that we can explain to the patient and their family about our hospice program. We visit you where you reside and we discuss our program with you. We ask you to sign admission forms including an election to hospice form. Our RN also completes a physical assessment of the hospice patient. We work with you to begin setting up a care plan for your hospice care. Within five days of your admission to hospice, the hospice patient will also receive an assessment visit from our chaplain and our social worker (if the patient agrees with these visits).