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Spot subtle shifts early and take timely, appropriate action to support patient safety and ongoing eligibility for service. It’s important for hospice and home health clinicians to know each patient’s baseline and to be able to identify physical, cognitive, and behavioral deviations quickly, especially since they so often work independently. This session will review how to observe, assess, communicate, and document changes in condition in a way that supports clinical decisions, appropriate levels of care, and regulatory requirements for continued services.

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS
How to recognize and document a patient change in condition
Key interventions when identifying a patient change in condition
Appropriate healthcare services for a patient change in condition
How documentation supports patient eligibility

BONUS MATERIALS
Change in Condition Self-Assessment tool
Functional Assessment Staging (FAST)
Stages of Dying, including what you can do to help

WEBINAR DETAILS
Clinicians provide care in settings where they frequently function autonomously. Responding and recognizing changes in a patient’s condition requires the ability to observe, assess, communicate, and document any deviations from a baseline health assessment and status. When we recognize a change in a patient condition, we can appropriately support the level of care needed. This includes documenting to support continuing hospice and home health services. This presentation will help guide clinicians and team members through recognizing a change in condition, what and how to document, and the appropriate actions to take including different levels of care and service. End-of-life changes will also be discussed.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
Hospice
Home Care
Home Health
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Director of patient care services, clinical supervisors
Case managers
Education/QAPI
Clinical field staff
Clinical staff new to hospice/home health
Advanced practice clinicians

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
Employee training log
Interactive quiz
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.
Presented By Kathy Ahearn, ALECC, Inc.

The OHPCA partners with HOSPICE & HOME CARE WEBINAR NETWORK providing educational offerings at a discount to OHPCA members. To learn more about accessing these webinars, please visit the HOSPICE & HOME CARE WEBINAR NETWORK FAQ PAGE: Webinar Support | Hospice Agency Webinar | HHWN