Home | Contact
800 Share Drive | Alva, Oklahoma 73717 | 1-888-889-6596

Home
Services
Careers
About Us
Physicians
Campuses
Foundation
Press Room
Online Features

Search Now 		   

Adult failure to thrive/debility
Clinical signs
  • Progression of disease documented by symptoms or test results
  • Decline in Karnofsky score
  • Weight loss supported by decreasing albumin or cholesterol
  • Dependence with 2 or more of the following:
    • Feeding
    • Ambulation
    • Continence
    • Transfers
    • Bathing and dressing
    • Dysphagia leading to inadequate nutritional intake or recurrent aspiration
    • Increasing emergency visits, hospitalizations, or MD follow-ups related to their primary medical diagnosis
    • A score of 6 or 7 in the Functional Assessment Staging Test (FAST) for dementia
    • Progressive stage 3-4 pressure ulcers in spite of care
Adult failure to thrive/debility
All other conditions
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
End Stage Dementia
End stage senescence or debility
Hospice appropriate diagnoses
Liver Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuromuscular Disease
Parkinson’s Disease
Pulmonary Disease
Renal Disease
Stroke and Coma

More Links:
Back to Home and Hospice Main Page.

Click here to download brochure.


800 Share Drive | P.O. Box 727 | Alva, OK 73717-0727 | Phone: (580) 327-2800