How It Helps You

Use this manual to maintain compliance with California RCFE regulations pertaining to hospice care in an RCFE/Assisted Living community. Regulations 87632 and 87633 require licensees to obtain a facility hospice care waiver from the Department in order to retain terminally ill residents, as well as other requirements for policies and procedures, and staff training.

Policies and Procedures: With policies on coordination of hospice care, advanced directives, staff training, and much more, our manual is perfect for both large assisted living communities and independent residential care providers. In addition to our comprehensive sample polices, the manual includes numerous forms to assist in completing required documentation.

Hospice Waiver: Included in the manual is a template you can easily modify to submit your hospice waiver request to Community Care Licensing (CCLD).

Total Care Plan: This section provides a template to be used when submitting a total care exception request to Community Care Licensing (CCL).

Table of Contents

Our comprehensive manual is organized into major sections to make finding policies faster and easier. Below you will find an overview of the major sections

• Introduction
• Introduction to Hospice
• Policies
• Forms
• Instructor Guide
• Learner Workbook
• Hospice Waiver
• Total Care Plan

What's Included

• 206 page policy manual
• End of Life DVD, with instructor guide, learner workbook, exam, and certificate of completion
• Caring for Bedridden Residents DVD, with instructor guide, learner workbook, exam, and certificate of completion
• Resource CD containing the entire manual and referenced forms in Microsoft Word and PDF format for easy reprinting and customization