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Spiritual and Dietary Counseling

Sets out how the Agency makes counseling available to patients and families while the patient is enrolled: assessing spiritual needs in line with the patient's and family's religious preferences, providing spiritual counseling and arranging clergy visits, and providing dietary counseling planned and given by or under the supervision of a dietitian or, when the Agency cannot obtain one, a nurse.

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About this policy
Policy number
OH-HSP-CNS-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
OAC 3701-19-18(A)-(C)
Library
Ohio hospice · 60 policies
Category
Hospice care
Sections
19

In short

  • Tell every new patient and family that spiritual counseling is available and that we can arrange visits by their own clergy.
  • A spiritual counselor assesses spiritual needs in line with the patient's and family's own beliefs.
  • Spiritual care is offered, never imposed. Record it if the patient or family says no.
  • Dietary counseling is planned by a licensed dietitian, or by a nurse if no dietitian can be obtained.
  • Refer to the dietitian for appetite loss, swallowing problems or family worry about eating and drinking.

What's inside

19 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 (OAC 3701-19-18(A)-(C))
  • 5. Spiritual Counseling
  • 5.1 Telling patients about the service
  • 5.2 Spiritual assessment
  • 5.3 Providing spiritual counseling
  • 5.4 Qualifications of spiritual counselors
  • 6. Dietary Counseling
  • 7. Other Counseling
  • 8. Responsibilities
  • 9. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 10. Staff Training
  • 11. References
  • 12. Related Policies and Forms
  • 13. Approval
  • 14. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • How do you assess a patient's spiritual needs, and how do you tell patients that you can arrange visits by their own clergy?
  • Who provides dietary counseling for your patients? Show me the dietitian's license or agreement.

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