As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Functional Assessment. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Functional Assessment:

	PURPOSE: To provide guidelines for the appropriate assessment of patients who may have functional limitations requiring assistance and services from Hospice. POLICY: During the initial assessment visit the functional status of the patient is assessed for the provision of appropriate services. PROCEDURE: During the initial assessment, the Hospice RN performing the admission visit will assess the following but not limited to: Level of independence in the home environment for the following: Eating Toileting Transfers Walking Shopping Cleaning Laundry Bathing Dressing Mobility...
Second excerpt:
	... supervision or teaching 3 - requires help from another person in activity 4 - dependent, does not participate in activity Once the level of functioning is determined, the RN will decide which additional Hospice interdisciplinary team services or further functional assessment the patient may benefit from, including home health aide, therapies, Physical, Occupational and Speech, medical social worker services and volunteers. This information is included and implemented in the Hospice plan...