Re: Hospice Care Plans

[Holly Sox, RN, RAC-C]

When I am writing or updating a care plan for a hospice resident, I try to address the goal of comfort, dignity and quality of life as it relates to each problem.  Most approaches are conditional on resident comfort/needs/desire. For example, on nutrition, it is not really realistic or appropriate to  use an approach like "Encourage to consume 100% of food at meals" or whatever.  I use approaches like, "Encourage to consume food/fluids as desired to avoid discomfort associated with hunger or dehydration."   "Provide diet as ordered. Offer food/fluids of choice to encourage intake as tolerated."   I also have a general Hospice/death/dying care plan that includes approaches to communicate/coordinate plan of care with hospice staff to promote optimal quality of life for the resident."   Hope this helps.   Holly     Holly F. Sox, RN, RAC-C Clinical Editor   www.careplans.com   [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: MDS Lady To: MDS Group Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:19 AM Subject: Hospice Care Plans I was asked to pass this question on to the group.....   "How does everyone out there incorporate the Hospice care plans with their care plans? Do you make sure you have each item from the hospice care plan included in your care plan....or do you pull a copy of the hospice care plan and include with your care plans?   Need help ASAP...we are trying to work on our POC for a not so pleasant survey and are under a tight schedule to get this corrected."   Thx in advance! Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today