Admission Criteria

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Admission Criteria

  • Are you required to sign a “Do Not Resuscitate” order before being admitted?
  • Are you allowed to retain your personal physician?
  • Will the hospice admit a patient without a primary caregiver? If so, what happens when the patient can no longer care for his/herself?
  • Will the hospice accept a patient with a PEG tube? Someone receiving TPN? Does it provide tube feedings and/or dietary supplements (like Boost, Ensure, etc.)?
  • Does the hospice have a provision to care for patients without Medicare and without insurance? How do you qualify for courtesy care if it exists? Does the hospice limit the number of courtesy care patients it admits? What services do courtesy care patients receive compared to patients with insurance?