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5 lessonsAbout 36 minutesNo CE or licensure credit

Hospice care in an RCFE: the waiver, the plan and who does what

Five short lessons for hospice and home-health partners and RCFE leaders on working together when a resident elects hospice: the home's hospice care waiver and its conditions, the hospice care plan as the shared document, the staff training before care begins, the records and medications, the reports, and where the ALW care coordination agency fits.

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Written for

  • Hospice and home-health partners
  • Facility leadership
Course version
2026.10.3
Text checked against its sources

Before you begin

What you will be able to do

  • Check, before the first hospice visit in an RCFE, that the home's waiver, the resident's own hospice contract and an agreed written care plan are all in place.
  • Review a draft hospice care plan against section 87633 and name each missing or improper part, including the home's duties and the staff training.
  • Check a hospice resident's record, roommate statement and medication handling against the regulation's lists before a licensing visit.
  • Report a hospice stop, a plan deviation or a threatening incident to the right parties on time, including the CCA for an ALW participant.

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In this course

  1. The hospice care waiver and its conditionsAbout 7 minutes · Not yet
  2. The hospice care plan: the shared documentAbout 7 minutes · Not yet
  3. Training facility staff before care beginsAbout 7 minutes · Not yet
  4. Records and medications for a hospice residentAbout 7 minutes · Not yet
  5. Reports, changes and who does whatAbout 8 minutes · Not yet
  6. Course check · 10 questions0 of 5 lessons done

Sources

Sources behind this course

Each lesson lists the sources it uses. Open the original for the exact rule, form or instruction that applies to your work. The source library describes each one in more detail.

California CDSS (regulation text on Cornell LII)

Title 22, section 87633: Hospice care waiver

The conditions for hospice care in an RCFE, the hospice care plan, staff training and its records, the reports, the resident record, medications, bedridden residents and relocation.

Where to look: Subdivisions (a) through (m).

Open section 87633 on Cornell LII
California Legislature (statute text on california.public.law)

Health and Safety Code section 1569.73

The hospice waiver statute: the conditions, the care plan agreement, roommates, transfer, the emergency-response exception and the limits on the home's scope.

Where to look: Subdivisions (a) through (h).

Open section 1569.73
California Legislature (statute text on california.public.law)

Health and Safety Code section 1569.72

The meaning of bedridden, fire clearance and the 48-hour notice to the fire authority.

Where to look: Subdivisions (b)(1), (c) and (f).

Open section 1569.72
California CDSS (regulation text on Cornell LII)

Title 22, section 87606: Care of bedridden residents

The conditions for accepting or keeping a bedridden resident, including the fire-authority notice and the fire clearance.

Where to look: Subdivisions (b), (c) and (f).

Open section 87606 on Cornell LII
California CDSS (regulation text on Cornell LII)

Title 22, section 87465: Incidental medical and dental care

Centrally stored medications and the destruction of prescription medications no longer needed.

Where to look: Subdivisions (h) and (i).

Open section 87465 on Cornell LII
California CDSS

Community Care Licensing forms

The current LIC forms, including LIC 622, the centrally stored medication and destruction record.

Where to look: The LIC 622 entry and its revision date.

Open the CDSS forms library
California DHCS, approved by CMS

ALW waiver application CA.0431.R04.01, 2024 to 2029, as amended March 1, 2025

What the ISP describes, the care coordinator's role and reassessment, and incident reports to the CCA and DHCS.

Where to look: Main section 6-I (service plan), Appendix C-1/C-3 (Care Coordination), Appendix D-1 and Appendix G-1.

Open the current ALW waiver (PDF)
Call the ALW teamFit check