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Hospice Care

Hospice care is personalized care. Personalized care means each patient has a compassionate and knowledgeable Hospice Care Team that works with them, their family and personal physician to address their physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Our goal is to help our patients live fully, completely and comfortably for as long as they are able.

How services are provided by each hospice team member

The patient's physician will continue to direct their patient's care.

• The Hospice Medical Director will work with the patient's physician and oversee the hospice care.

• A Registered Nurse (RN) will make regular visits to provide hands-on care, teach family or friends to be caregivers and manage pain and other symptoms. A nurse is available for emergency response 24 hours a day, every day. Families and patients are not alone.

• Certified Home Health Aides will provide personal care and assist with activities of daily living.

• Social Workers will focus on the emotional, financial and social stresses associated with terminal illness.

• A Chaplain will provide pastoral care sensitive to each family and patient's unique spiritual needs and desires.

• Volunteers will provide companionship for patients, and necessary breaks for caregivers.

• Bereavement Coordinators will meet the needs of the family (children too) for at least one year after their loved one's death.