Hospice
Hospice aide and staff training under the CMS Conditions of Participation
Medicare's hospice Conditions of Participation, 42 CFR Part 418, set orientation for staff who have patient and family contact and annual in-service training for hospice aides. The TES pathway organizes that content and keeps the training record. It does not take the place of your registered nurse.
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What the pathway covers
Orientation content includes the hospice philosophy and the Medicare Hospice Benefit, the interdisciplinary group, the Conditions of Participation, patient rights and advance directives (418.52), emergency preparedness (418.113), and infection control (418.60).
Annual in-service content supports the at-least-12-hours-per-12-month requirement for hospice aides in 418.76(d), with topics such as physical care, emotional and developmental needs, communication, abuse and neglect, grief and bereavement, interdisciplinary communication, and QAPI.
What stays with the hospice
The pathway supplies the in-service content and the written training record 418.100(g) expects a hospice to maintain. It does not discharge 418.76(d) on its own. In-service training must be supervised by a registered nurse, and the aide competency evaluation under 418.76(c) is performed by a registered nurse, with some skills observed on a patient or pseudo-patient. TES tracks those as external evidence.
No accreditation, approval, or continuing-education credit is claimed for this coursework.
Frequently asked questions
Does the pathway replace the registered nurse?
No. The catalog pathway supplies in-service content and the training record. In-service training must be supervised by a registered nurse, and the aide competency evaluation under 418.76(c) is performed by a registered nurse, with some skills observed on a patient or pseudo-patient. Both stay the hospice's responsibility and are tracked as external evidence.
Which rule is this built from?
The public pathway is structured against the Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation at 42 CFR Part 418, including hospice orientation under 418.100(g) and aide in-service training under 418.76(d).
Does the coursework claim continuing-education credit?
No. The catalog says no accreditation, approval, or continuing-education credit is claimed for this coursework.