Name:
Huntington's Disease Workgroup: Assessments to Determine Appropriateness
for Hospice Care
Description:
The criteria for hospice admission for a person with the diagnosis of HD.
Category:
Clinical Care Tools - Clinical Assessment Tools
Source:
The Huntington's Disease Workgroup of
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
Richard Dubinsky, MD, Chair
Contact:
Richard Dubinsky, MD, MPH
Dept. of Neurology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 2012
3599 Rainbow, Blvd.
Kansas City, KS, 66160
rdubinsky@safetyresearch.com
Recommendation of the workgroup for use of this instrument: This tool aids the clinician in evaluating the Huntington's Disease patient's need for hospice care.
Keywords:
decision-making, care plan, HD, Huntington's Disease, hospice, hospice admission
To use this tool:
You may print and copy this tool for your own use from the website. Please credit
source.
References:
Produced by Vista Care
To view this tool:
The Values History Form is located on Appendix A (page 63) of the Huntington's
Disease Recommendations to the Field monograph.
PDF
498 KB / 71 pages (Viewing PDF files requires downloading
and installation of the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader.)
Posted February 24, 2005
# HD03, type:clinical_assessment
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.
