All professionals / For hospice social workers and nurses
When a patient can't stay where they are.
Sometimes home stops being safe, or the family is worn out. A small home with the same caregivers every day can be a good place for the time that's left. Send me the needs, no name, and I'll find homes that work with hospice.
Hospices are Medicare providers. I never pay a hospice or its staff for a referral, and I never take anything from a hospice in return for steering a family or a home toward it.
What I know about your day
- Time matters more here than anywhere.
- Not every home is comfortable with hospice. Some are very good at it.
- The family needs a place where they can visit any time and sit with their person.
How I help
- I send your request only to homes that work with hospice.
- Florida lets some residents on hospice stay in assisted living when they otherwise couldn't, if the home and the hospice agree on the plan. The home decides.
- I tell the family plainly what the home can and can't do as needs change.
- You get a one-page summary of every home asked.
Papers the home will usually ask for
- AHCA Form 1823, signed by a doctor, APRN or PA.
- The hospice plan of care for the home, and the hospice's 24-hour nurse line.
- Current medication list, including the comfort medications.
- Florida DNRO form (DH 1896), if one is signed.
- Names and numbers of the hospice nurse and social worker.
- Equipment from the hospice, like a hospital bed or oxygen, and when it arrives.
- Copies of ID and insurance cards, given to the home after the family picks it.
Every home has its own admission list, and the home decides. Once the family or guardian picks a home, fax these straight to that home. Miami Placement sends you the number. Please don't email records or attach them here.