Hospice:
Get On The Same Page With Nursing Homes About Wound Care
Published on Wed Sep 09, 2009
Cooperation can be a 'win-win' for everyone. The last thing you want to have happen is for your hospice to be at odds with nursing homes over pressure ulcer prevention or care for hospice patients. The Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for both nursing homes and hospices require that the care plans for both providers "correspond to each other," says Dr. Harold Bob, a medical director fornursing homes and hospices in Baltimore, Md. Best bet: Hospice of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania partners with nursing homes to devise a wound-care protocol for their hospice patients in that setting. "We will do wound assessment and measurements with the nursing home nurses and brainstorm about what to do," says Marygrace Lomboy, a nurse practitioner at the hospice. A coordinated approach that includes the right care planning and documentation can help allay nursing home staff's fears of racking up F314 and other citations. Nursing home [...]