State RegulationsFL specificDifficulty 1/5
An insured in Florida is diagnosed with a terminal condition and elects a care program that focuses on comfort and support rather than a cure, with services extended to the insured's family as well. In Florida long-term care terminology, this program is an example of:
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Why A is correct
Under Florida's LTC terminology standards in Chapter 627, Florida Statutes, hospice care is a coordinated program of palliative and supportive services, physical, psychological, and social, for a terminally ill person and the person's family. The focus is comfort and quality of life rather than cure, and many LTC policies cover hospice services as part of their benefit package.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Rehabilitation aims at recovery of function, the opposite of hospice's comfort-oriented, end-of-life focus.
- C) Hospice care forgoes aggressive curative treatment; it is not intensive hospital intervention aimed at cure.
- D) Hospice includes medical, psychological, social, and spiritual support beyond personal custodial tasks, and it also supports the family.
Memory hook
Hospice = comfort and support at the end of life.