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Hospice care is a benefit covered by Medicare, Medicaid, most private insurance plans, and managed care organizations. Hospice services may also be paid privately as an out of pocket expense.
Hospice services are available to all eligible patients and do not discriminate.
Our hospice team will guide you throughout the end-of-life journey, and determine the appropriate level of hospice care for you or your loved one.
May include pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual counseling for our patients and their families, as well as assistance with daily tasks, nutritional services, and therapeutic services. Care will be intermittent and supplemental based upon our patient’s needs.
May be necessary when a patient experiences a medical crisis or when their symptoms require more intensive management. Extended periods of nursing support or, at times, 24 hour nursing may benefit our patients and their families, allowing caregivers the opportunity to step back from hands-on care and focus on being with their loved one in a familial role.
May be necessary if a patient’s symptoms can no longer be managed in their home setting. The goal is to control severe pain and symptoms so a patient can return home with their loved ones.
Occasional, short-term stays which can provide a much-needed break for loved ones providing care at home while allowing patients to receive appropriate, around-the-clock care and symptom management.
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