[pamula64]

[It is an obvious deteriation in her condition-unable to ambulate do adls ect


QUOTE=darla80]First of all I am a proponent of Hospice and a firm believer in all that you do
I believe you are all angels

I am a nurse in an Internal medcine office and we often refer to hospice for palliative end of life care

My current dilemna.. we have a 94 Y/O female .. FX hip in 09/04.. since her hip FX she is unable to walk, cannot stand up without support on both sides and is for the most part bed bound.

She has DX of Parkinsons and is blind. She currently can not carrry out ADL due to general debility

her parkinsons has been well controlled

The physician I work with states that she will most likely not live another six months

Tha family has been involved with Hospice a few years ago with an Aunt who had cancer

the family would like hospice care

Will the above listed DX be adequate for hospice eval?

Please let me know ASAP

thank you!!

Darla[/quote]

[OneThunder]

You have given enough information for a hospice eval. There are medicare guidelines that put forth for various diagnosis. I agree with the other posters, End stage debility sounds like the correct catagory.