Famcare
OCTOBER 5, 2022
The word hospice derives from the Latin, hospitum , meaning hospitality or place of rest and protection for the ill and weary. When people think about hospice care, they usually think of services being delivered in a patient's home or a freestanding hospice facility.
Hospice Social Work
MARCH 12, 2020
To reduce the risk of spreading the contagion among the elderly, it’s time for hospice social workers to limit our visits to patients. Under normal circumstances, hospice patients benefit from frequent social worker visits even when there isn’t an urgent psychosocial concern. The dilemma.
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Hospice Social Work
JANUARY 5, 2020
How well do you understand hospice philosophy? Patients have the right to choose whether or not to get a DNR, even if they choose hospice care. Hospice team members are responsible to respect and support their decisions, and not try to change their minds. It’s the social worker’s responsibility. What do you do?
Hospice Social Work
JANUARY 21, 2020
I recently surveyed a hospice team about their attitudes and understanding about patient self-determination. The hospice team is responsible to make sure a funeral home is chosen for each patient.” The social worker is responsible to make sure a funeral home is chosen for each patient.” 6 chose this one.
Hospice Social Work
JULY 13, 2018
Now begins a discussion of how to choose a strong hospice. Whether you are looking because you want a hospice job, or because you have a family member who needs service, it’s good to know that hospices are not all equally well run. Some hospices provide amazing care to patients and are great to work for.
Hospice Social Work
DECEMBER 30, 2018
It matters to me as a social worker. I’ve worked for a dozen hospice directors of nursing, and I’ve never known any to say, “That’s too fine a point to bother the family over.” I’ve worked for a dozen hospice directors of nursing, and I’ve never known any to say, “That’s too fine a point to bother the family over.”
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