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Why Choose Hospice?
Hospice is a supportive
home based service, focused on pain and symptom management, for
individuals with a life limiting illness. The hospice focus is to
treat the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) and not just the
disease.
Hospice enables patients
to remain alert and carry on a symptom free lifestyle. Hospice
affirms the human spirit and allows the patient dignity, comfort, and
support when aggressive medicine is no longer desired or appropriate.
Hospice seeks to support the entire family unit.
Benefits for Patient and Family
- Informational meetings
are resources are available in assisting with making well-educated
decisions.
- Medical equipment,
supplies, and medications related to the life limiting illness
- Consistent staffing to
increase reliability and clinical competence
- Support and counseling to assist
with coping and handling the many issues related to a life limiting
illness.
- Volunteer services to provide
companionship, intermittent family relief, and increased patient
socialization
- Ongoing bereavement support for a
minimum of 13 months after death
- Superb pain and symptom management.
Benefits for Healthcare
Professionals
- Immediate response
time regarding referrals, questions, or concerns.
- Admissions within 1-3
hours of referral where family and physicians have provided necessary
approval.
- Assistance with
appropriate and timely discharge planning, placement and/or transfers
as needed
- Participation in Care
plan meetings if desired
- Reduced survey
obstacles and improvement outcome trends related to pain and symptom
management in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities
and acute care settings
- Coordinated plan of
care and clinical issues related to disease progression.
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