Hospice is a program, not a place. Hospice brings together several services, including professional grief counselors and skilled volunteers. Help is available in the patient’s home, or it can be arranged at the hospital or a nursing home.
Our staff focuses on making the patient as comfortable and pain-free as possible. They also help family members cope with the physical and emotional demands placed on them by providing caregivers with respite. After the patient passes, our staff delivers bereavement support to families during the first year of loss following the death of a loved one.
Services Offered:
- RN, LPN, Aide, Social Work, Volunteers, Chaplain, Hospice MD, and Nurse Practitioner
- End-of-life care
- Symptom management
- Pain management
- 24/7 on-call Nurse
- Teach, education
- Bathing and hygiene assistance
- Wound care, wound vacs
- IV medications – PICC and central lines, ports
- Medication set-up
- Respite care
- Volunteer services
- Covered equipment and medications (determined by individual diagnosis qualifications)
- Bereavement services
Candidates for hospice assistance are typically a person with a life-limiting illness with a short-term (less than six-month) survival estimate. Common examples of hospice patients are people with illnesses such as liver disease, cancer, end-stage renal disease, stroke, alzheimer’s, cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and severe protein-calorie malnutrition.
Hospice provides medical equipment delivered to your home and covers medications related to the primary illness. Coverage of services can be arranged through various programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Affairs, and private insurance.
Call 712-423-9265 for more information.