W. Va. Code R. § 64-54-10 - Counseling Services
10.1. A
hospice shall designate a person or persons responsible for the delivery and
supervision of nutritional counseling, spiritual counseling and bereavement
services.
10.2. The hospice program
shall provide for the delivery of nutritional counseling, spiritual counseling
and bereavement services that reflect the patient's and family's needs and
desires and is delivered based on the plan of care.
10.3. Spiritual counseling may be provided
through a working arrangement with individual clergy, clergy associations and
other religious programs in the community or by clergy employed by the hospice.
10.3.a. The hospice shall maintain
documentation of a patient's or family's request for clergy and the delivery of
the services.
10.4.
Bereavement services shall be provided by a qualified person or persons for a
minimum of twelve (12) months after the patient's death, as requested. Refusal
of bereavement services by the family must be documented.
10.4.a. A bereavement assessment of survivor
risk factors shall be completed after a patient's admission to hospice and
updated at the patient's death.
10.4.b. The bereavement care plan shall be
established for those survivors requesting bereavement care within six (6)
weeks after a patient's death.
10.4.c. The bereavement care plan shall
contain information about who shall receive bereavement services, how often
services are to be provided and what services will be offered.
10.4.c.1. Bereavement services may also
extend to residents and employees of a skilled nursing facility, nursing
facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded or other
facility identified in the bereavement plan of care.
10.4.d. The bereavement care plan shall be
updated as needed.
10.4.e. If the
hospice discharges survivors from bereavement services before the twelve (12)
months expire, the hospice shall justify and document the discharge.
10.5. Nutritional counseling shall
be performed by a qualified individual to address and assure the dietary needs
of the patient are met.
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