Day One |
8:00 am to 8:30 am | Registration |
8:30 am to 9:30 am | - Introductions
- Introduction to Provided Materials
- Conference Rules
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9:30 am to 10:00 am | Welcome to Hospice and the Precious Honor of Sharing the Last Days of a Person |
| Section 1: Hospice 101A Hospice Philosophy, Goals and Services- Defining Hospice
- History of Hospice
- Hospice Philosophy
- Palliative Care
- Goals of Hospice
- Services
- The Interdisciplinary Group (IDG)
- The Hospice Team including Core Members
- Hospice Physician Responsibilities
- Attending Physician Responsibilities
- Volunteer Services
- Bereavement Services
- Questions and Answers
- Levels of Care
- Routine Home Care (RHC)
- Continuous Care (CC)
- Respite Care
- General Inpatient Care
- Questions and Answers
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10:45 am to 12:00 pm | Section 2: Hospice 101B Physiological, Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Care- Holistic Approach
- Physical Effects
- Definition, Types and Assessing Pain
- Pain and Symptom Management
- Addiction
- Symptom Management
- Questions and Answers
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15 Minute break |
11:15 am to 12:30 pm | Continuation of Hospice 101B- Death and Dying
- Psychosocial Needs
- Spiritual Aspects
- Family Dynamics
- Family Adaptation
- Hospice and the Family
- Fears of Dying
- The Dying Patient’s Bill of Rights
- Signs and Symptoms of Approaching Death
- Signs of Death
- Questions
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12:30 pm to 1:00 pm | Lunch Break (Lunch Provided) |
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm | Section 3: Hospice 101C The Medicare Benefit- Medicare Hospice Benefit
- Benefit Periods
- Physician Certification
- Federal Guideline CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION (COP)
- 418.100 Organization and Administration of services
- 418.112 Hospice Care in a SNF/NF or ICF/IID
- Contracts
- Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
- Regulations and Policies and Procedures
- Reimbursement
- Questions and Answers
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1:45 pm to 2:45 pm | Section 4: Hospice101D Admission Process- Admission Criteria
- Admission Process
- The Informed Consent
- Time
- Funding
- Patient/family Meeting
- Overcoming Objections
- Questions to Ask
- Admission Paperwork
- Data Collection
- Physician Certification
- Questions and Answers
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15 minute break |
3:00 pm to 5:30 pm | Section 5: Hospice 101E Determining Appropriateness- Determining Appropriateness for Hospice
- Chronic vs Terminal
- End Stage Diseases
- Cancer
- Important Diagnosis Information
- Criteria to Support End State Neurological
- End Stage Dementia/Alzheimer’s Criteria
- Documentation to Support End Stage Dementia
- End Stage Pulmonary Disease Criteria
- Documentation to Support End Stage Pulmonary
- End Stage Cardia Criteria
- Documentation to Support End Stage Heart Disease
- End Stage CVA Criteria
- End Stage Liver Disease Criteria
- End Stage ALS Criteria
- End stage Renal Disease Criteria
- End Stage HIV Criteria
- Questions
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