RE: 2nd attempt--end of life poicies/standing orders

[Brenda Chance]

That’s not what I said.  Per the manual, you cannot mark this area without physician’s documentation.  If you will check you hospice paperwork, though, it will usually address end-of-life care on their care plan.  Just because you don’t have a physician’s statement that they have 6 months or less to live does not mean that they are not end-of-life care.    Brenda W. Chance, RN, RAC-C MDS Coordinator     CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 8:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2nd attempt--end of life poicies/standing orders   In a message dated 1/19/2004 12:29:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If someone is hospice, then they are end-of-life care.  Of course, we are not God but are pretty able to discern if a resident is deteriorating related to a end-stage illness and we feel that death is imminent.  The plan of care is supposed to reflect that resident at the present time.  But we are NOT to mark "6 mos or less...etc" without Physician documentation.