Four Levels Of Care
1
ROUTINE HOMECARE (RHC) LEVEL:
This is the most commonly used level of hospice care. This type of care is geared towards providing the help needed at the comfort of the patient’s own home. Additionally, this may be provided in a long-term care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living and residential care facilities.
2
ROUTINE HOMECARE (RHC) LEVEL:
This is provided at a minimum of 8 hours up to 24 hours a day during any periods of extensive crisis in which a patient requires continuous nursing care e.g. intermittent high fever, intractable nausea and vomiting, increasing severe pain, dyspnea, restlessness, agitation and other discomforts not remedied by routine care despite constant adjustments in treatment requiring continuous monitoring.
3
ROUTINE HOMECARE (RHC) LEVEL:
This is like an acute hospital stay, for patient who cannot comfortably remain in a residential setting due to unmanageable pain and respiratory distress; delirium with behavioral issues which will necessitate intensive nursing intervention and close monitoring including skilled nursing care around the clock for frequent medication adjustments and imminent death where nursing needs are present.
4
ROUTINE HOMECARE (RHC) LEVEL:
This care level is to provide a brief break to the patient’s primary caregiver and is limited only to five (5) consecutive days. With this, the agency will arrange or help facilitate transportation and admission to other sites like a hospital hospice unit, or long term care facility.frequent medication adjustments and imminent death where nursing needs are
1
ROUTINE HOMECARE (RHC) LEVEL:
This is the most commonly used level of hospice care. This type of care is geared towards providing the help needed at the comfort of the patient’s own home. Additionally, this may be provided in a long-term care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living and residential care facilities.
3
ROUTINE HOMECARE (RHC) LEVEL:
This is like an acute hospital stay, for patient who cannot comfortably remain in a residential setting due to unmanageable pain and respiratory distress; delirium with behavioral issues which will necessitate intensive nursing intervention and close monitoring including skilled nursing care around the clock for frequent medication adjustments and imminent death where nursing needs are present.