{"ref":"GA-HSP-FAC-01","title":"Hospice Care for Residents of Nursing Homes, Personal Care Homes and Assisted Living Communities","category":"Hospice care","summary":"Sets out how the Agency provides hospice care to residents of nursing homes, intermediate care homes, personal care homes, assisted living communities and other hospices’ inpatient units: the Georgia written communication that makes clear the Agency takes full responsibility for professional management of hospice care, who does what, named communication contacts, advance directives and POLST, the Medicare written agreement for nursing facilities, a shared plan of care, information given to the facility, orientation of facility staff, reporting alleged violations, and the strict conditions under which an assisted living community’s certified medication aide may give liquid morphine.","inShort":["In a nursing home, personal care home or assisted living community, we manage the hospice care and the facility does the rest.","The written agreement says who does what. Do every task the plan of care gives to us.","Talk with the named facility contact and document every conversation.","Give the facility the current plan of care, orders, medicines and our 24-hour number.","Report harm by facility staff or others to the facility administrator within 24 hours, and follow the abuse policy.","An assisted living medication aide may give liquid morphine only under the strict rules in this policy."],"primaryCitation":"Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.16(4)","citations":["Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.16(4)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.03(k)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.15(5)(a)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.21(2)(f), (3)","O.C.G.A. §31-7-12.2(g)(7)(G)","O.C.G.A. §31-8-82"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §418.112","42 CFR §418.56","42 CFR §418.100","42 CFR §418.108"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me the written communication with this personal care home. Where does it say what your staff do and what the home’s staff do?","Who are the named contacts at the Agency and at the facility for this resident, and where is your ongoing communication documented?"],"forms":[{"ref":"GA-HSP-FAC-01-A","title":"Facility Coordination Information Checklist"},{"ref":"GA-HSP-FAC-01-B","title":"Liquid Morphine Administration Training Record (Assisted Living)"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-37-.16(4); 42 CFR §418.112)","5. The Georgia Written Communication (Every Licensed Facility)","6. The Medicare Written Agreement (SNF, NF or ICF/IID)","7. Plan of Care","8. Coordination and Information Given to the Facility","9. Orientation of Facility Staff, Bereavement and Alleged Violations","10. Liquid Morphine in Assisted Living Communities","11. Responsibilities","12. Records and Compliance Monitoring","13. Staff Training","14. References","15. Related Policies and Forms","16. Approval","17. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ga-hospice","state":"Georgia","service":"Hospice","guides":[{"path":"/guides/hospice-policies/","h1":"What policies are required for hospice?"},{"path":"/guides/hospice-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Hospice Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}