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Spiritual, Dietary and Other Counseling Services

Sets out the counseling the Agency offers the patient and family: spiritual counseling based on an assessment of spiritual needs and the family's own beliefs, with help reaching local clergy; dietary counseling by a qualified individual when the plan of care calls for it; and other counseling that helps the patient and family with the stress of the illness and the dying process.

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About this policy
Policy number
MI-HSP-CNS-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45359
Library
Michigan hospice · 59 policies
Category
Hospice care
Sections
22

In short

  • Tell every patient and family at admission that spiritual counseling is available. They may say no.
  • The spiritual counselor assesses spiritual needs and follows the patient's and family's own beliefs.
  • With the patient's permission, we help their own clergy or faith community visit.
  • Dietary counseling is given when the plan of care calls for it, by a dietitian, nurse or other qualified person.
  • Record every counseling contact and share new needs with the care team.

What's inside

22 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (Mich. Admin. Code R 325.45359; 42 CFR §418.64(d))
  • 5. Spiritual Counseling
  • 5.1 Telling patients and families about the service
  • 5.2 Spiritual assessment
  • 5.3 Providing spiritual counseling
  • 5.4 Local clergy and faith communities
  • 5.5 Who may serve as spiritual counselor
  • 6. Provided Directly by Agency Employees
  • 7. Dietary Counseling
  • 8. Other Counseling
  • 9. Documentation
  • 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 do you tell patients and families that spiritual counseling is available?
  • Show me the spiritual assessment for this patient and how the plan of care uses it.

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