If someone in family or friends
is utilizing hospice care, how we can determine if it is good. Following are
attributes of services which help us decide if hospice care is good or not.
1. Promotion
and protection of residents right: This
means if Hospice have a set procedure to educate all employees, patients and
family members about the patient rights who needs hospice care.
2. The
hospice interdisciplinary group should gather
information from patient and family members to evaluate and modify plan of care
to the changing needs of the hospice patient.
3. Educating patient, family members and friends of patient who
are involved in patient care helps significantly the quality of hospice care.
4. Qualified personals (Doctors, Nurses, Nurse aids, Social
workers, Chaplin and management staff) are among the most important factors to
deliver quality hospice care.
5. Attitude of staff for quality hospice care should include
compassion, love and empathy.
6. Patient engagement in various activities (mental, spiritual,
social, recreational and creative) also improve the quality of care.
7. Hospice
should provide care maintaining all acceptable standards of care
at all professional levels.
8. Hospice
should have a comprehensive infection control program
to protect patient, family members, employees and visitors.
9. The
data driven quality assurance program is critical for
the quality hospice care. This program should be able to identify any
deficiencies, errors and measure the level of quality of care. Analysis of
quality assurance help modifying strategies and the process to deliver best
care.
10. Employees performance measurement, on job training, employees
training for hospice policies and procedures and continuing education are
practices which help hospice to gain excellence.
Ameriprime Hospice is
the hospice care provider which is maintaining all of the above standards to
deliver the best hospice care in Dallas, Plano, Richardson, Carrollton,
Denton, Fort worth and many other cities of the Dallas Fort worth.
