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	PURPOSE: To provide guidance for the assessment and reassessment of the psychosocial needs of patients, families or caregivers. POLICY: The Hospice social worker or chaplain may provide psychosocial services to the patient, the family or the caregiver to help them cope with and adjust to a patient's terminal illness, make final arrangements and assess bereavement needs. PROCEDURE: A psychosocial contact is made either by a home visit or by telephone within two 2 business days of the patient's admission. A home visit is the desired method to initially complete the psychosocial assessment. ...
Second excerpt:
	...includes, but is not limited to: Patient, family or caregiver's attitude and emotional response to the terminal illness and treatment interventions The patient, family or caregiver identification of drug and alcohol history A scale of psychosocial support A scale of coping styles and impact of illness on certain physical functions Financial assessment A Bereavement Risk Assessment The written assessment is completed and placed in the patient's clinical record within 24 hours...