ANET Meeting Minutes

August 25, 2008, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Denton Cooley Bldg., Room C-030

 

5:00 pm  Pizza buffet & soft drinks

 

5:08 pm  Meeting called to order by President Marg Nunez.

               Upcoming events-ANET National Conference, October 24, 2008

                                             Heart Exchange  Golf Tournament needs volunteers

 

5:25 pm  Alethea Nelson, Director, Gulf Coast Hospice

·                                                        Use holistic approach

·                                                        Provide bedside care and comfort care

·                                                        Home health aides, working from 1 – 7 visits/week, for ADL care

·                                                        End of life care-discuss funeral services, cemetery. Life Gift

·                                                        Chaplaincy

·                                                        Volunteers-provide companionship, reading

                                    Goal-Death with dignity and comfort

 

   Patient Qualifications for Hospice

                        Declining health, falls, debilitation, terminal cancer

                        Qualified by MD, every 6 months

                        Medicare covers:  Comfort meds, nursing measures, tube feedings, Foley caths

 

               Cater to Community-Asian team, Gay team, Prison team, Hispanic team, Jewish team

 

               Referral to Hospice

                        Family asks MD, MD referral, Family education, Evaluate facility

 

6:25 pm  Meeting adjourned.

 

Attendance:  12

 

Minutes submitted by Dennis Keith, Secretary