Hospice care is designed to give supportive care to individuals in the final phase of a terminal illness. Hospice focuses on comfort and quality of life, rather than a cure. Our goal is to enable patients to participate in their care as much as possible and to be comfortable and pain free.
The following services are available 24/7:
- Complimentary informational evaluation
- Insurance verification and authorization
- 100% service coverage for Medicare A carriers
- Patient/caregiver-directed plan of care
- RN supervision of care
- Skilled nurse visits at least weekly, more per patient need/caregiver request
- Physician-directed care/Hospice Medical Director
- Certified nursing assistants
- Medical social workers
- Spiritual counseling
- Therapy: physical, occupational, speech (as appropriate)
- Dietary consultation
- Volunteers
- Integrative therapy: music, therapeutic massage, pet therapy, compassionate touch, Healing Touch®, aromatherapy
- Family support/bereavement care and counseling
- Medication management and monitoring
- Management of pain and other symptoms in order to improve quality of life
- Community education and assistance
- Pharmacy services, including pharmacist consultations