Description
Provides care for terminally ill patients who wish to remain at home. Hospice care involves support for patients and their loved ones. Hospice care is provided by physician-directed teams of nurses, social workers, home health aides, chaplains, dietitians and therapists, volunteers, and bereavement specialists.
Services focus on providing quality of life:
- Comfort care that focuses on pain and symptom management
- Case management that ensures continuity of care in and outside the home
- Psychosocial support and linkages to community services
- Personal assistance for patients and caregivers
- On-call RN 24-hours a day, seven days a week
- Individual and group bereavement support during the grieving process
- Hospice care may be provided in anyone's residence, whether it is a private home, nursing facility, or assisted living facility