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It is illegal for Terri to be in a hospice - hospice is for the terminally ill, and even the terminally ill are required to receive a variety of services, including speech therapy.

The 2003 Florida Statutes

CHAPTER 400

NURSING HOMES AND RELATED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

400.609 Hospice services.--Each hospice shall provide a continuum of hospice services which afford the patient and the family of the patient a range of service delivery which can be tailored to specific needs and preferences of the patient and family at any point in time throughout the LENGTH OF CARE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT and during the bereavement period. These services must be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and must include:

(1) SERVICES.--

(a) The hospice care team shall directly provide the following core services: nursing services, social work services, pastoral or counseling services, dietary counseling, and bereavement counseling services. Physician services may be provided by the hospice directly or through contract. A hospice may also use contracted staff if necessary to supplement hospice employees in order to meet the needs of patients during periods of peak patient loads or under extraordinary circumstances.

(b) Each hospice must also provide or arrange for such additional services as are needed to meet the palliative and support needs of the patient and family. These services may include, but are not limited to, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, massage therapy, home health aide services, infusion therapy, provision of medical supplies and durable medical equipment, day care, homemaker and chore services, and funeral services.....

(4) HOSPICE INPATIENT CARE.--THE INPATIENT COMPONENT OF CARE IS A SHORT-TERM ADJUNCT TO HOSPICE HOME CARE AND HOSPICE RESIDENTIAL CARE AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR PAIN CONTROL, SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT, OR RESPITE CARE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INPATIENT DAYS FOR ALL HOSPICE PATIENTS IN ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD MAY NOT EXCEED 20 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOSPICE DAYS FOR ALL THE HOSPICE PATIENTS OF THE LICENCED HOSPICE. Hospice inpatient care shall be under the direct administration of the hospice, whether the inpatient facility is a freestanding hospice facility or part of a facility licensed pursuant to chapter 395 or part II of this chapter. The facility or rooms within a facility used for the hospice inpatient component of care shall be arranged, administered, and managed in such a manner as to provide privacy, dignity, comfort, warmth, and safety for the terminally ill patient and the family. Every possible accommodation must be made to create as homelike an atmosphere as practicable. To facilitate overnight family visitation within the facility, rooms must be limited to no more than double occupancy; and, whenever possible, both occupants must be hospice patients. There must be a continuum of care and a continuity of caregivers between the hospice home program and the inpatient aspect of care to the extent practicable and compatible with the preferences of the patient and his or her family. Fees charged for hospice inpatient care, whether provided directly by the hospice or through contract, must be made available upon request to the Agency for Health Care Administration. The hours for daily operation and the location of the place where the services are provided must be determined, to the extent practicable, by the accessibility of such services to the patients and families served by the hospice....

400.6095 Patient admission; assessment; plan of care; discharge; death.--

(1) Each hospice shall make its services available to all TERMINALLY ILL PERSONS and their families without regard to age, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, diagnosis, cost of therapy, ability to pay, or life circumstances. A hospice shall not impose any value or belief system on its patients or their families and shall respect the values and belief systems of its patients and their families.

(2) Admission to a hospice program shall be made upon a diagnosis and prognosis of terminal illness by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459 and shall be dependent on the expressed request and informed consent of the patient.

(3) At the time of admission, the hospice shall inquire whether advance directives have been executed pursuant to chapter 765, and if not, provide information to the patient concerning the provisions of that chapter. The hospice shall also provide the patient with information concerning patient rights and responsibilities pursuant to s. 381.026.

(4) The admission process shall include a professional assessment of the physical, social, psychological, spiritual, and financial needs of the patient. This assessment shall serve as the basis for the development of a plan of care.

(5) Each hospice, in collaboration with the patient and the patient's primary or attending physician, shall prepare and maintain a plan of care for each patient, and the care provided to a patient must be in accordance with the plan of care. The plan of care shall be made a part of the patient's medical record and shall include, at a minimum:

(a) Identification of the primary caregiver, or an alternative plan of care in the absence of a primary caregiver, to ensure that the patient's needs will be met.

(b) The patient's diagnosis, prognosis, and preferences for care.

(c) Assessment of patient and family needs, identification of the services required to meet those needs, and plans for providing those services through the hospice care team, volunteers, contractual providers, and community resources.

(d) Plans for instructing the patient and family in patient care.

(e) Identification of the nurse designated to coordinate the overall plan of care for each patient and family.

(f) A description of how needed care and services will be provided in the event of an emergency.

(6) The hospice shall provide an ongoing assessment of the patient and family needs, update the plan of care to meet changing needs, coordinate the care provided with the patient's primary or attending physician, and document the services provided.....
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