schedule change see handout for details oct 27 12:30 -13:00 review midterm and test 2 – new...
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SCHEDULE CHANGE
See handout for detailsOct 27
12:30 -13:00 Review Midterm and Test 2 – New schedule and requirements
October 2811:30 – Midterm Due
November 3Test 2 – Guest speaker write ups DuePresentations and game pal test Due
HOSPICE PHILOSOPHY OF CARE
Hospice provides support and care for persons in the last phases of a terminal disease. Hospice recognizes that the dying process is a part of the normal process of living and focuses on enhancing the quality of remaining life. NHPCO 2012
A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOSPICE
• Hospice can be traced back to medieval times referred to as a place of shelter and rest
• 1948 Dame Cicely Saunders began her work with terminally ill
• 1967 first modern hospice opened in London “St Christopher’s Hospice”
• 1974 First Hospice Program in the US opens in Connecticut
“PROVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDING HOSPICE SINCE THERE WAS HOSPICE IN THIS COUNTRY”-RICK WARREN
• 1979 Providence is a demonstration project site
• Housed in old PPMC library with a small inpatient unit
• Average Census of 5-10 patients (Current Average is 400)
• Mid to late 80’s St Vincent's Hospice started • Struggle as West Side physicians thought it
would bankrupt the system• Director was the only nurse had to take call 24
hours a day and then make visits in the middle of the night with her children
……We have come a long way
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR HOSPICE?
Someone with a <6 Month Prognosis and is covered by Medicare part A or most commercial insurances.
Common Examples of End Stage Illness:
• Cancer• Heart Disease• Pulmonary Disease• Dementia
THE HOSPICE TEAM
• Personal physician • Board-certified
hospice and palliative medicine physicians and nurse practitioners
• Hospice nurses • Social workers
• Pharmacists • Chaplains • Hospice aides • Volunteers • Bereavement
support staff
HOSPICE SERVICES
• 24 hour availability• Counseling services• Physical and Occupational Therapy for safety• Medical supplies and equipment• Medications for control of symptoms• Respite and Inpatient care
HOSPICE SERVICES
• Hospice services are provided in the patient’s home.
• It may be a private residence, an assisted living community, an adult care home, or a residential or intermediate care community.
THE PHASES OF DYING
• Each person is unique and approaches death in their own way, the following is a broad guideline of what one may experience.
ONE TO THREE MONTHS BEFORE DEATH
• Withdrawal from people and activities
• Communicating less
• Eating and drinking less
• Sleeping More
ONE TO TWO WEEKS BEFORE DEATH
• Disorientation and confusion
• Use of symbolic language and talking to people not present
• Physical changes: not eating, taking little or no fluids, decrease in blood pressure and pulse
DAYS TO HOURS BEFORE THE DEATH
• Sleeping most of the time
• Surge of energy Restlessness• Difficulty Swallowing• Changes in Skin Color• Rattling breath sounds
BEREAVEMENT CARESUPPORTING THE FAMILY AFTER A LOVED ONE PASSES
ON
• During Hospice Care: Anticipatory Grief and Grief assessment
• After the loved one Passes on: 13 months of Bereavement Services
BEREAVEMENT SERVICES
• 13 Month Grief Support
• Mailings about Grief Support
• Grief Support Classes and Groups
• Grief Counseling
• Child and Family Grief Support
• Camp Erin• Referrals for Long
Term Counseling • Twice Yearly
Memorial Services for family, friends, caregivers.