Hospice & Palliative Care
Hospice care is for the patient whose illness is no longer responding to aggressive curative therapies. Hospice addresses all the symptoms of the disease with special emphasis on controlling the patient’s pain and discomfort. Hospice also deals with the emotional, social, and spiritual impact of the disease on the patient, the patient’s family, and significant others.
A hospice team consists of physicians, nurses, aides, social workers, spiritual caregivers, counselors, therapists, and volunteers – all of whom are specially trained to provide pain and symptom management for the patient and support for the family. The patient and family are the core of the hospice team and are at the center of all decision-making.
The goal of hospice is to improve the quality of the patient’s last days and weeks of life by offering comfort and dignity. Because each individual and family have unique needs, a hospice team works with the doctor, patient, and family to develop a personalized care plan.
Hospice is licensed and Medicare and Medicaid certified. We cover a 30-mile radius from our office and have an RN on call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
With the use of our home monitors, patients’ care can be monitored 7 days a week from the convenience of their homes! The best aspect of the technology is that even the smallest change in health status can be identified and evaluated. From this point, preventative care can be initiated and delivered whereby avoiding ER visits and hospitalizations. It is also a useful tool for educating the client about better management of their disease and improving their quality of life. Remote monitoring of changes in health status provides a sense of security for the patient and peace of mind for their family when they aren’t able to be there every day with their loved one.