Our Mission in Hospice Care
Providing the Highest Quality of Care to Our Patients, Their Families, & Our Referring Sources.
Hospice Care
When to Refer
Hospice referral should be made when the physician has determined that they patients life expectancy could be less than six months. Often times referral to hospice is support by key indicated such as:
- Poor performance status
- Declining cognitive status
- Advanced age
- Poor nutritional status
- Weight Loss
- Pressure ulcers
- Comorbidities
- Previous hospital admissions for acute decompensation.
Hospice Care
How to Refer
Hospice referrals are usually made by physicians and clinicians but are sometime driven by families.
Hospice referrals can be called in to any Brighton hospice or faxed. The Brighton team will take the information and contact the doctors office for more information and set up a time to meet with Patient and family.
LCD Guidelines / Eligibility
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Levels of Care
With Brighton Hospice
Routine Home Care
- Most common level of care in hospice. Patient is generally stable and the patient’s symptoms, like pain or nausea and vomiting, are adequately controlled.
- Usually provided in the home.
General Inpatient Care
- Crisis-like level of care for short-term management of out of control patient pain and/or symptoms
- Usually provided outside the home, in an inpatient setting at a medical facility like a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
Continuous Home Care
- Crisis-like level of care for short-term management of out of control patient pain and/or symptoms
- Usually provided in the home.
Respite Care
- A level of temporary care provided in nursing home, hospice inpatient facility, or hospital so that a family member or friend who’s the patient’s caregiver can take some time off.
- This level of care is tied to caregiver needs, not patient symptoms.
