MDU 4003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: North Central Florida, Geriatrics, Medicaid
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Tim bowen - executive direction of hospice for north central florida. Has been in field for over 20 years. Graduate degree in social work (emphasis on health care setting) Describe the field you work in and how it functions in our society. Hospice care is a specialty provider, sometimes referred to as a niche provider. Great variety of helping professions geared to the medical commuity. Hospice care are medical programs that employ nurses, social workers, nurse practitioners, pas, pharmacists, dietitians, therapists, home health aids, lpns, social work staff, rns, chaplins, psychologists and physicians. Describe the patients that you work with and the conditions that they are in when they are in hospice care. All patients cared for face the end of life. In fl, we operate under a health care, hospice license that allows them to care for people in their last 12 months of life.