We provide a variety of hospice care services to fit the unique needs of our patients and their families.
Nursing Services
- Our nurses provide care where the hospice patient resides (private home, nursing home, assisted living, etc.)
- Each patient is assigned an RN Case Manager to coordinate patient care
- In coordination with other hospice team members, your nurse develops a person-centered plan of care
- Our nurses are available to you 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week
- Nursing visits are based on patient-specific plan of care but at least once per week (RN or LPN)
- Assessment and management of pain or other symptoms
- Provide education on end of life issues
- Provide emotional and spiritual support for end of life issues
- Assistance with medications, medical equipment, and supplies
Hospice Aide and Homemaker Services
- Hospice Aide visits are based on patient-specific plan of care
- Provide assistance with personal care (bathing, dressing, grooming, etc.)
- Provide assistance with light housekeeping
- Provide emotional support for end of life issues
Physician Care
- Our Hospice physician provides medical oversight of patient care collaborating with other Hospice team members
- Actively involved in developing a patient-specific plan of care
- Collaborates with patient’s primary physician
- Prescribes appropriate medications
- Provide education on end of life issues
- Provide emotional and spiritual support for end of life issues
Medical Social Worker Services
- Medical Social Worker visits are based on patient-specific plan of care (typically 1-2 times a month)
- Actively involved in developing a patient-specific plan of care
- Performs a psychosocial assessment to determine any needs of patient
- Provides anticipatory grief support to patient and family
- Provides assistance with Advance Care Planning and Mortuary planning
- Provides assistance with obtaining needed community resources
- Provide education on end of life issues to patient and family
- Provide emotional support and counseling for end of life issues
Spiritual Care
- Spiritual care visits are based on patient-specific plan of care (typically 1-2 times a month)
- Provides non-denominational spiritual support to patient and family
- Collaborates with patients identified spiritual clergy
Bereavement Services
- Bereavement visits are based on patient-specific plan of care
- Provide grief support associated with a decline in health status and the dying process
- Available before and after loss of loved one
- Available to family up to 13 months after the loss of a loved one
Volunteer Services
- Visits are based on patient-specific plan of care
- Volunteers are hospice trained
- Provide emotional support
- Provide companionship/conversation
- Provide Vigil support (presence during the patients final hours)
- Provide assistance with errands
- Provide short respite break assistance for family
- Make check-in phone calls
Therapy Services
- Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy/Speech Language Pathology Therapy
- Therapy visits are based on patient-specific plan of care
- Performance of patient and/or home safety assessment
- Provide training in the use of adaptive equipment or assistive devices
- Develop compensatory strategies to maintain quality of life
CHAP Accreditation
Legacy Hospice is an awarded provider of the CHAP Accreditation under the Community Health Accreditation Partner, Inc., (CHAP) for Standards of Excellence. The CHAP Accreditation demonstrates that Legacy Hospice meets the industry’s highest nationally recognized standards. The rigorous evaluation by CHAP focuses on structure and function, quality of services and products, human and financial resources and long-term viability. Simply stated, adherence to CHAP’s standards leads to better quality care. CHAP is an independent, not-for-profit, accrediting body for community-based health care organizations. Created in 1965, CHAP was the first to recognize the need and value for accreditation in community-based care. CHAP is the oldest national, community-based accrediting body with more than 9,000 agencies currently accredited nationwide. Through “deeming authority” granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CHAP has the regulatory authority to survey agencies providing home health, hospice and home medical equipment services, to determine if they meet the Medicare Conditions of Participation and CMS Quality Standards. CHAP’s purpose is to define and advance the highest standards of community-based care. For more information about the CHAP accreditation process, please visit the CHAP website at www.chapinc.org. For additional information on CHAP, please contact Teresa Harbour, Senior Vice President, Accreditation, at 202.467.1701, or teresa.harbour@chapinc.org.
