FEDERAL LAW ON HOSPICE:
http://www.hospicepatients.org/law.html (j) Standard: Meal service, menu planning, and supervision. The
hospice must--
**(1) Serve at least three meals or their equivalent each day at
regular times, with not more than 14 hours between a substantial evening
meal and breakfast;
(2) Procure, store, prepare, distribute, and serve all food under
sanitary conditions;
(3) Have a staff member trained or experienced in food management or
nutrition who is responsible for--
(i) Planning menus that meet the nutritional needs of each patient,
following the orders of the patient's physician and, to the extent
medically possible, the recommended dietary allowances of the Food and
Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, National Academy of
Sciences (Recommended Dietary Allowances (9th ed., 1981) is available
from the Printing and Publications Office, National Academy of Sciences,
Washington, DC 20418); and
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She shouldn't even be in at Hospice to begin with, being non-terminal means she doesn't qualify:
Sec. 418.20 Eligibility requirements. In order to be eligible to elect hospice care under Medicare, an individual must be-- (a) Entitled to Part A of Medicare; and (b) Certified as being terminally ill in accordance with Sec. 418.22.
Sec. 418.22 Certification of terminal illness. (a) Timing of certification--(1) General rule. The hospice must obtain written certification of terminal illness for each of the periods listed in Sec. 418.21, even if a single election continues in effect for two, three, or four periods, as provided in Sec. 418.24(c). (2) Basic requirement. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(3) of this section, the hospice must obtain the written certification no later than two calendar days after the period begins. (3) Exception. For the initial 90-day period, if the hospice cannot obtain the written certifications within two calendar days, it must obtain oral certifications within two calendar days, and written certifications no later than eight calendar days after the period begins. (b) Content of certification. The certification must specify that the individual's prognosis is for a life expectancy of 6 months or less if the terminal illness runs its normal course. (c) Sources of certification. (1) For the initial 90-day period, the hospice must obtain written certification statements (and oral certification statements if required under paragraph (a)(3) of this section) from-- (i) The medical director of the hospice or the physician member of the hospice interdisciplinary group; and (ii) The individual's attending physician if the individual has an attending physician. (2) For subsequent periods, the only requirement is certification by one of the physicians listed in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section. (d) Maintenance of records. Hospice staff must-- (1) Make an appropriate entry in the patient's medical record as soon as they receive an oral certification; and (2) File written certifications in the medical record.