CARE RESOURCES

HospiceCare of Southeast Florida offers a Care Resources hand book in two formats.

You may click the image on the left for the the 126 page booklet Care Resources in Acrobat PDF format or scroll down for an index of web pages in the Table of Contents below.

SECTION I: Patient and Family Information

Introduction:
A Brief Hospice History
HospiceCare of Southeast Florida, Inc.
Mission Statement
Hospice Admission Criteria
Where do Patients receive services?
Hospice Interdisciplinary Team
General Services:
Benefits Covered by Medicare/Hospice Benefit
Supportive Services

Nursing Care
Psychosocial Services
Bereavement Services
Spiritual Care
Nurses Aide
Patient Care Volunteers
Medical Equipment and Supplies/Medications
24 hour on-call

Discharge Planning/Transfers
Cultural Awareness
Ethics Committee/Our Commitment to Quality
Levels of Care
Estate Concerns/Advanced Directives
Information/Medicare/Medicaid
Basic Home Safety
Fire Safety
Domestic Violence
Infection Control/Universal Precautions
Hazardous Waste
Issues and concerns on anticipatory grief Helping children with death and dying
Nutrition and Hydration
Food and Water: A Hospice Perspective
Spiritual Concerns
Preparing for the Final Days
Common Physical Signs/Symptoms of the Dying Process
Common Emotional/ Spiritual/Mental Signs of the Dying Process
SECTION II: Teaching Sheets

Abdominal Swelling
Anger Management
Constipation
Recipe Fruit Paste for Constipation
Coughing
Depression
Diarrhea
Dietary Supplements
Difficult Swallowing
Difficult Breathing
Dizziness
Feeding Tubes
Fever
Hiccups
Insomnia
Itching
Mouth Care
Pain Management
Pain – Pace Yourself
Pressure Sores
Rectal Administration of Medications
Seizures
Swelling (Edema)
Urinary Incontinence
Unconsciousness
Weakness

SECTION III: Medical Equipment Instructions

SECTION IV: Hurricane Disaster Preparation

SECTION V: Medication & Treatment Information

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