Hospice Reflective Report

Many patients who receive hospice care expect to die soon. But research shows that many people now survive hospices. It’s not uncommon for patients in hospice care to get better. Miracles can and do happen. Entering hospice care no longer means that your life expectancy is short. There is life after hospice.

I do home health CNA jobs and trying to get in to be a CNA in a hospice home health and later on, I would like to be a visiting nurse to a hospice patients. I conducted an interview to one hospice psychologist I know and the information I’ve learned is intense and I’ve realized that I wanted to know more about this field. So what is hospice? Hospice is a program of care for terminally ill patients and their love ones; it’s a program about life and about living life to the fullest until the end. One professional that can help what’s they are going through is psychologist. They assessed what the patient and family needs and help them to understand and evaluate the options that meet their needs. Many psychologist have compassion working on hospice,

Long-term care is a result of people having terminal conditions, disabilities, illnesses, injuries, or being elderly. The purpose of long-term care is to provide services to people and to aid people at a time in their lives when they cannot depend on themselves to maintain daily activities. There are many variations of long-term care available – such as home care, adult day care, and independent and assisted living, personal care facilities, nursing homes, and hospice.

Hospice and End of Life Care What is Hospice? Hospice is compassionate care provided to patients facing terminal illness or illness for which there is no cure. These patients are diagnosed with an illness from which they will never recover and usually have a life prognosis of six months or less (Hospice Foundation of America, 2014). The goal of hospice care is improving quality of life and managing the symptoms of disease and the dying process. The care hospice offers is focused on pain management and emotional and spiritual support for both the patient and family (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2012). Hospice care can be provided in many different settings, often the patient’s own home. Hospice care can also be provided in hospitals, nursing homes, long-term care facilities and free-standing hospice centers and is available to patients of all ages (NHPCO, 2012). A patient receiving care in a hospice program has a team of healthcare individuals that can consist of the patients own physician, nurses, home health aides, clergy, social workers, and speech and physical therapists (NHPCO, 2012). Usually, a care plan is developed by the hospice team and care of the patient is provided by family members with the support of the hospice staff (NHPCO, 2012). Nurses make regular visits to the patient and family and are on call 24/7. Once enrolled in a hospice program hospice covers everything that will be needed to care for you, from medications to manage pain to

The doctors were pretty sure that Pierre had less than 6 months to live, so he fell well within the guidelines for hospice coverage. Should hospice coverage be limited to those with 6 months or less to live, or should other be covered? 6 months is a random figure and I think that the covering other could help families deal with hospice care a little better; it would give them a better understanding of what hospice-type services is entailed. It also could be too expensive for covering others and how can you know for sure if 6 months is suitable.

Giving end of life care to my terminally ill mother has ignited a passion in me to read Medicine and make a real difference to people's lives. Caring for her whilst she was bedridden gave me an invaluable insight into the care of the critically ill. Dealing with death is a crucial part of a doctor's job and I feel that the past year has made me much more aware, sensitive and prepared me to deal with this aspect of the job. I am undergoing an induction for my job as Clinical Support Worker. This will allow me to gain familiarity within the clinical environment. Through work experience which I organised at a GP Surgery and Bedford Hospital, I have gained an insight into life as a doctor; I saw the importance of the surgeon having a high leg excision of a

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Literature Review This section examines the literature relevant to the efficacy of supervision in hospice professional as it relates to job burnout among them. This question is an important one because hospice professionals cope with loss on their job frequently. An unique challenge that is faced by hospice professionals is that every patient they care for will die and this leaves the grieving family to be supported. The care that hospice professionals provide requires them to become an intimate part of the patients live. The need for effective supervisions is highly needed in hospice professionals and is crucial in aiding them to serve patients and families in challenging times. This section will highlight research that documents severity

I found Homestead Hospice mission statement which is "We will continuously raise the bar on the quality of hospice care throughout the industry." Homestead hospice also uses a butterfly as a symbol for the agency. The butterfly is a powerful symbol of transformation. It takes a tremendous amount

Hospice care main goal is to provide comfort then treating the person disease. Normally patients that live in hospice only have 6 months to live. Hospice also gives control to the patient in methods of their own death. Many patients will rather take a liquid substance that will slowly put them to rest, while others will have alternative plans on how they want to deal with their last stages of life. Hospice is also great at giving the patient many options when there trying to make decision on their death. Hospice overall wants to improve the quality of life and their finial wishes.

Hospice Rotation Introduction In the hospice rotation of my clinical experience, I had the opportunity to observe the care for a ninety-seven year old female patient whose intitials were BA. BA has many medical diagnoses, but the most visible ones during my time there were: systolic and diastolic heart failure, stage four chronic kidney disease, primary osteoarthritis, and malignant neoplasm of skin. At the time of the visit, there were no family present however, I did notice many pictures of family members in her room.

Caring for an elderly parent is very difficult, especially if you do not have any assistance. This can be very demanding on the family and not everyone is up for this task. Hospice provides a service that takes a lot of this pressure off the family. They

Hospice Home Health is a sub organization of the Trinity Health Hospital, which is comprised of emergency, specialty services, as well as therapy and rehabilitation for Minot, North Dakota and its surrounding areas (Trinity Health, 2015). Trinity Health’s is committed to the continuous improvement of quality, the employees, medical staff, board of directors and volunteers of Trinity Health uphold the following values of integrity, accountability, passion, respect, and teamwork (Trinity Health, 2015). According to Trinity Hospital they will achieve and sustain excellence by; being futuristic and proactive in continuous performance improvement, exceeding professional quality standards and customer expectations, providing sensitivity in service

Research and evidence are key resources for modern day nurses or healthcare practitioners. One of the issues that I would have wanted to change within the healthcare settings and specifically within the hospice and geriatric care units is to standardize the way nurses monitor patients within the wards. The implementation

Palliative care is special medical care for people with sever end of life diseases. It provides relief for families and patients who are suffering from these diseases and helps them improve their quality of life.