Hospice 101: All About Hospice

What is Hospice?

Hospice focuses on terminally ill patients, who want to have a better quality of life, away from the series of medical appointments, away from tiring trips to hospitals, numerous needle sticks, and patients that want to spend more time with themselves, their loved ones, friends, and families.

Hospice is designed to provide comfort care and support specially designed for patients with a life-limiting illness and their families.

Comfort care is providing consistent and intensive pain and symptom management with spiritual, and emotional support for patient and families. The interdisciplinary hospice team helps to formulate a care plan with the goal of meeting the individual needs of each patient and their family.

Our team of experienced professionals is made up of:

• Medical Director

• Registered Nurses

• Social Workers

• Chaplains/Spiritual Counselors

• Certified Hospice Aides

• Volunteers

• Bereavement Counselors

• Therapists

Hospice care can be provided at  home, in a skilled nursing facility, an assisted-living environment, or at a board and care. 

Our hospice team helps the patient and family make informed decisions about care-giving.

We teach the necessary skills for hands-on care, and provide all desired assistance throughout the approach of death.  We do not take away the care provided by their loved ones, instead we supplement them with regular visits from our clinicians. Hospice also offers help through the bereavement period.