About Us

Our Mission Statement: Committed to Quality of Care.  

Our Emphasis: Serving ALL People during the End of Life’s Journey.

What is Hospice Care?

Hospice focuses on caring for people nearing the end of their life. Hospice Care is available to anyone who has a terminal or life-limiting illness, and has been given a prognosis of six months or less.

Typically, a family member serves as the primary caregiver and when appropriate, helps to make decisions for the terminally ill individual. Members of the hospice team make regular visits to assess the patient and provide additional care or other services. The hospice team develops a care plan that meets each patient’s individual needs for pain management and symptom control.

The team may consist of: a patient’s personal Physician, a hospice Physician, Nurses, Hospice Aides, Social Workers, Spiritual Counselors and hospice-trained Volunteers; Speech, Physical, Occupational, and Massage Therapy available as needed.

Our Vision

Cardinal Hospice of South Texas is an integral part of the community. We are recognized experts in hospice care: providing excellent, compassionate patient care, community education, and bereavement services fostering a new cultural attitude toward health, comfort, and quality of life at the end of life’s journey

Values

Compassion/Empathy

We act with kindness, consideration and care with our patients, their loved ones, our customers, and each other. We seek to understand concerns and anxieties, and address them with the utmost respect and understanding.

Honesty/Integrity

We provide our patients, their loved ones, our customers, and our entire community what we promise. We believe our word is our bond. We maintain the highest ethical and moral standards with our patients, our staff, our community, and in our business relationships.

Accountability

We accept responsibility for our actions and honor the commitments we make to our patients and their loved ones

Respect

We believe in the inherent worth of people and honor our relationships with those who invite us to share in their lives. Respect is measured by how we treat each other, by the contributions that flow from our diversity, by the productivity of our relationships, and by a job well done, no matter the job. We treat others with the highest degree of dignity, equality, and honor.

Teamwork

We stand by one another, offering support, loyalty, and appreciation for each individual’s contribution, fostering a culture of care and mutual respect.