Effective date: January 6, 1997
HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE John & Cathy Belcher Campus 90 Ritchie Highway Pasadena, Maryland 21122 STATEMENT OF PATIENT AND FAMILY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Hospice of the Chesapeake is to care for life during the journey with illness and loss. Our Chesapeake Life Center provides services to anyone in the community grieving a death. Our commitment is to provide high quality, cost effective care regardless of age, race, creed, gender, religion, sexual orientation, diagnosis, or ability to pay, with a goal of improving quality of life through comprehensive palliative and supportive services. ADMISSION CRITERIA Admission requirements are: * An attending physician who agrees to be responsible for the patient's care * The patient's desire for Hospice care * The availability of a care coordinator who is responsible for the patient's care twenty-four (24) hours a day. If patient has no care coordinator, must work with the team to develop a plan when no longer can safely care for self independently. * A life expectancy of six months or less Admission is based upon patient and family need without regard to ability to pay or race, creed, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or handicap. BILL OF RIGHTS We believe that it is our obligation to promote and protect your rights, as well as those of each patient under our care, including each of the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The right to a verbal and written explanation of your rights as a patient and the right to receive information in a manner that you understand. The right to exercise your rights as a patient of this agency and to have your property treated with respect. The right to have your cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, and personal values, beliefs, and preferences respected. Right to be free from physical and or/or mental abuse and neglect. The right to effective pain and symptom management, and the right to receive information about factors that affect palliation and comfort.
