Resources for Professionals

We understand that referring a loved one to hospice care can be difficult. We have provided our health care professionals with the following PDF resources to make the process as easy as possible to refer a patient to Sharp HospiceCare.

Resources for advance care planning.

• Advance care planning:
  - Brochure
  - Form (English)
  - Form (Spanish)
• Advance Care Planning Referral Form
• Advance Care Planning Under Medicare FAQs
• POLST Quick Reference Guide for Physicians
• Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Form
• POLST Form (Spanish)

Resources for advanced illness management.

• Sharp Transitions Guidelines
• Sharp Transitions Brochure
• Sharp Transitions Brochure (Spanish)
• Sharp Transitions Referral Form

Resources for hospice care.

• Sharp HospiceCare Medicare Guidelines
• Sharp HospiceCare Referral Form
• Sharp HospiceCare English Brochure
• Sharp HospiceCare Spanish Brochure

Articles and resources for professionals.

• End-of-Life Care Transition Patterns of Medicare Beneficiaries 
• Effect of a Home-Based Palliative Care Program on Healthcare Use and Costs
• Quality of Life Newsletter Vol. 13
• Quality of Life Newsletter Vol. 14
• Quality of Life Newsletter Vol. 14 Issue 2
• NHPCO Newsline: Improving Late-Stage Disease Management by Understanding Geriatric Frailty
• Care of the Aging Patient: From Evidence to Action, Hospitalization-Associated Disability. JAMA, October 26, 2011 - Vol 306, No. 16
• Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes
• Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype