DELAWARE HOSPICE, INC SOUTHERN DIVISION

  About DELAWARE HOSPICE, INC SOUTHERN DIVISION

  Patient Survey Results for DELAWARE HOSPICE, INC SOUTHERN DIVISION

The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ("CAHPS") Hospice Survey was designed to measure and assess the experiences of patients who died while receiving hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") developed the CAHPS Hospice Survey with input from many stakeholders, including other government agencies, industry stakeholders, consumer groups, and other key individuals and organizations involved in hospice care. (More information.)

Since the CAHPS Hospice Survey focuses on experiences of care, implementation of the survey supports the following national priorities for improving care: involving patients and families in care and promoting effective communication and coordination.

The standardized 47 question CAHPS Hospice Survey instrument is composed of the following measures: Communication with Family, Getting Timely Help, Treating Patient with Respect, Emotional and Spiritual Support, Help for Pain and Symptoms, Training Family to Care for Patient, Rating of this Hospice, and Willingness to Recommend this Hospice.

Higher Scores are better. Results are available on a facility basis. Averages for each state and for the nation are also available. Allf othis information is shown below.

  Performance Data

Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences	100 %
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient)	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening	98.7 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment	99.5 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening	99.6 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment	98.9 %
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen	100 %
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure	98 %
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life	Not Available
Hospice Care Index Overall Score	Not Available
CHC/GIP provided (%days)	Not Available
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections)	Not Available
Early live discharges (% live discharges)	Not Available
Late live discharges (% live discharges)	Not Available
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges)	Not Available
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges)	Not Available
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $)	Not Available
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes)	Not Available
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes)	Not Available
Visits near death (% decedents)	Not Available

hese are the survey results for Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems. If state level results are available a comparison to state averages is shown.

  Medical Professionals Associated with DELAWARE HOSPICE, INC SOUTHERN DIVISION

These are the doctors who are affiliated with DELAWARE HOSPICE, INC SOUTHERN DIVISION. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• MANU SEHGAL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
• ANDREW HIMELSTEIN ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - MEDICAL ONCOLOGY HEMATOLOGY CONSULTANTS PA )
• JOSHUA MCAFEE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - DELAWARE POST ACUTE MEDICAL SERVICES 1 )

  Service Area

DELAWARE HOSPICE, INC SOUTHERN DIVISION provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.

19963 19701 19709 19720 19808 19810 19901 19904 19930 19931 19933 19934 19938 19939 19940 19941 19943 19944 19945 19946 19947 19950 19951 19952 19953 19954 19956 19958 19960 19961 19962 19964 19966 19967 19968 19969 19970 19971 19973 19975 19977 19979 21804 21842 21849 21875