{"id":323,"date":"2014-08-14T23:42:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T08:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=323"},"modified":"2014-08-20T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T23:07:12","slug":"august-14-hospice-hospital-chaplaincy-there-is-crossover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=323","title":{"rendered":"August 14 – Hospice & Hospital Chaplaincy – There is Crossover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many times my first encounter with a patient is in the hospital, the first picture on this post. \u00a0Some of my patients eventually transfer to hospice care and my visits with them are in the home, a same picture is the second picture in the post.<\/p>\n

I have a welcome letter that is sent to all new hospice patients informing them that I am available to visit them. \u00a0Many are not motivated to invite a visit until I make my follow up phone call and they recognize my voice as the voice of the chaplain they met when they were hospitalized. \u00a0Once they realize they know me, the invitation to come visit is generally extended by them before I get the opportunity to ask if I can visit.<\/p>\n

This tells me that the patient – chaplain relationship developed in the hospital lasts well past the day the patient is discharged from the hospital. \u00a0This relationship is what allows me to “get my foot in the door” when they are home. \u00a0As I talk with patients they many times will tell me what impression my visits to them in the hospital made them want me to come to their home. \u00a0I learn a lot from what patients tell me is important.<\/p>\n

Here is a short list of some of the most common responses I receive:<\/p>\n