HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE RESOURCE HUB
Tools designed to help attorneys evaluate symptom management, communication standards, medication safety, and alignment with goals of care in hospice and palliative settings.
Hospice and palliative care cases require a nuanced understanding of comfort‑focused care, symptom management, interdisciplinary communication, and the ethical obligations surrounding end‑of‑life treatment. Failures often involve medication mismanagement, inadequate symptom control, poor communication with families, or deviations from the patient’s goals of care.
This hub provides litigation‑ready tools to support case screening, breach analysis, deposition preparation, and timeline reconstruction.
HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE RESOURCE LIST
Hospice Standards of Care Framework
A comprehensive guide outlining expectations for symptom management, interdisciplinary communication, medication safety, and alignment with goals of care.
Goals‑of‑Care Communication Map
A tool outlining required communication steps between providers, families, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure care aligns with patient wishes.
Hospice Deposition Prep Packet
Targeted question sets for deposing hospice nurses, physicians, social workers, administrators, and interdisciplinary team members.
Palliative Care Assessment & Monitoring Checklist
A structured checklist for evaluating pain, respiratory distress, agitation, hydration, and comfort‑focused interventions.
Hospice Breach Analysis Worksheet
A structured worksheet for identifying deviations from hospice standards, including symptom management failures, communication gaps, and medication errors.
Hospice Medication Safety & Comfort‑Care Guide
A guide to evaluating opioid management, titration, monitoring, and adverse‑effect recognition in end‑of‑life care.
Hospice Timeline Reconstruction Tool
A template for rebuilding the patient’s end‑of‑life timeline, identifying delays, and highlighting deviations from expected hospice care.