CP meeting invites

Hi--sometimes we need to question WHO is telling you and WHY (?Regulation? Interpretive guidelines?)
Find the STATE OPERATIONS MANUAL.
The Resident's right to participate in care planning (and direct who can/can't assist or have knowledge of medical and treatment plans) supercedes the family's WISH to participate. However, if the person is legally incompetent with appointment of a legal guardian, the legal guardian acts as the resident in all matters.
Health Care Proxies can have different roles, so there is no CLEAR UNIVERSAL answer.

By regulation, the facility must provide medically-related social services--your licensed social worker or other qualified social worker, is responsible for these services--and should understand and direct this process. We all work as a team. For eqch team to "work", each professional must "work" as expected by regulation, professional standards, or facility job description.
Good luck!

We invite the residents' FRP via letter, and give the resident a nice personal invitation that looks like a party invitation. Our response is great, with about 50-75% of the families and/or residents attending. The input of all, even an "incapable" resident, is valuable, and they all enjoy the personal meeting.

We also invite community case managers for third party payor sources and hospice nurses assigned to routine hospice patients. And anyone else that the patient/resident wants to invite.

Ah, yes, I forgot about Hospice. Their nurse and/or social worker usually comes.