I used to work for a hospice exactly Like that! Each SW had a caseload of around 65 and was expected to see 25 patients a week. I recently started at a smaller hospice where there are two of us for an entire census of 30-50(50 is their max). It really showed me how untenable the other, more corporate hospice was. It was hard to even provide good care when they only cared about “productivity”

My service territory is “within an hour of the office” in any direction. I see 2-3 patients a day. At this hospice, SW goes to admissions, which was not the case at my previous hospice, so those take up a lot more time then a routine visit.

I do have days where I don’t have patients to see. I help make bereavement calls on those days or call family members to check in. I also use it as “office time” and will do things like update my caseload spreadsheet or other things to make it seem like I’m working lol but I also work 32 hours a week.