Levels of Care: Routine Home Care, Continuous Home Care, Respite and General Inpatient Care

Defines the four levels of hospice care (routine home care, continuous home care, inpatient respite care and general inpatient care), the Georgia criteria for admission to acute inpatient care and respite care, the Medicare rules for periods of crisis, the 8-hour minimum for continuous home care, the 5-consecutive-day respite limit, the 20 percent inpatient cap, where inpatient care may be given, and how the hospice care team orders, documents and reviews each level.