Therapy and Additional Hospice Services
Sets how the Agency provides or arranges physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, massage therapy, infusion therapy, day care, homemaker and chore services, funeral services and other additional services that patients and families need, who may provide them, and how they are ordered, delivered and documented.
About this policy
- Policy number
- FL-HSP-THR-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- s. 400.609(1)(b), F.S.
- Library
- Florida hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 17
In short
- Patients can get physical, occupational and speech therapy, massage and other services when the plan of care calls for them.
- Any team member, patient or family can ask for a therapy evaluation. Tell the coordinating nurse.
- Therapy aims at comfort, safety and daily living, such as safe transfers, positioning and swallowing.
- Therapists teach families and check they can do each technique safely.
- No one goes without a needed service because they cannot pay.
What's inside
17 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (s. 400.609(1)(b), F.S.; 42 CFR §418.72)
- 5. How Services Are Made Available
- 6. Qualifications
- 7. When Therapy and Other Services Are Used
- 8. Ordering, Planning and Delivering Services
- 9. Teaching and Equipment
- 10. Responsibilities
- 11. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 12. Staff Training
- 13. References
- 14. Related Policies and Forms
- 15. Approval
- 16. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- How does a patient get physical, occupational or speech therapy, and how quickly?
- Show me the qualifications and Florida license of the therapist who saw this patient.
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