Since SNUs are not licensed as nursing home facilities, there will be no facility ratings listed in this guide. The SNU beds are licensed as hospital beds. Be aware that for a hospital skilled nursing unit, the number of days one may stay is limited. If care is necessary beyond the numbers of days allowed, transfer to a nursing home facility is generally required. Hospice Hospice is a residence offering supportive care for patients who are in the final phases of a terminal illness.
Hospice specializes in working with residents to make their final days comfortable.
Support services are also offered for the families of hospice patients. A designee can be appointed to make health care decisions on behalf of a person who is unable to do so. In Florida, an adult has the right to refuse treatment, life-prolonging procedures, and to designate a health care surrogate. Upon admission, health care facilities must provide each adult, at the time of admission as an inpatient, written information concerning the facilities policies concerning advance directives. Documentation of the existence of an advanced directive must be contained in the patient's medical record.