In last week’s Tuesday Tip we clarified criminal clearance requirements for volunteers. Pathways Home Health and Hospice sent us this important reminder that volunteers from a hospice agency are exempt from the criminal clearance process:
On Monday we held our our 2010 Assisted Living Mediction Summit, and one of the most common questions from California-based attendees was regarding hospice medications. More specifically, who may administer medications to a resident on hospice. Here is an answer to this from a recent CCL clarification:
This week’s Tip is from a California Community Care Licensing (CCLD) policy response to the California Assisted Living Association (CALA) and California Hospice and Palliative Care Association (CHAPCA): Is an exception required for hospice resident medications to be crushed?
Many of us are very frustrated with recent State of California statewide requirements for exceptions for hospice care in assisted living. The whole idea behind the original Hospice Waiver was to eliminate the need for numerous exceptions. Providers must now have an exception for:
With your hectic schedule, it is sometimes easy to overlook simple compliance issues. Advanced Healthcare Studies’ “Tuesday Tips” will bring you a quick, helpful idea each week that can assist you in your operations related to regulatory compliance.
Operating a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly and providing outstanding care for our residents can present many challenges, especially considering increasing acuity and higher levels of allowable care. If you are caring for residents receiving hospice services, which can be a very spiritual and emotionally rewarding experience for the care provider, it can multiply [...]
Residential Care/Assisted Living was once considered the preferred place to live when relatively active seniors needed care. However, an interesting phenomenon has occurred in that residents overwhelmingly fall in love with this model of care. They move to the community, build relationships of trust with staff, age with us, and ultimately expect to die with [...]