Basic Rights

A Patient and Caregiver shall have the right to:

Information about hospice rules and regulations affecting his/her care and conduct.

Full information about their medical condition and the right to participate in treatment planning in terms the patient/family can understand.

Receive full information concerning all treatments and procedures, including experimental treatments and alternative procedures, that are included in their plan of care.

Effective pain management through a concerned staff committed to pain prevention and management. Health professionals who believe in and respond quickly to any report of pain, and information about pain and pain relief measures.

Refuse all or part of their care to the extent permitted by law, including the right to discontinue Hospice care.

To access their protected health information for inspection and/or copying for a reasonable fee and to ammend their health care information.

Execute a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, and receive informational material for the implementation of such a document.

Receive and examine an explanation of his/her bill regardless of the source of payment and to review upon request information relating to financial assistance available through the facility.

Be free from performing services for hospice that is not included for therapeutic purposes in the Plan of Care.