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Today Hospice The Hospice Movement continues to represent a supportive philosophy and concept of care available to those whose life expectancy is measured in weeks or months. Hospice recognizes death as the final stage of life and serves to enable hospice patients and families to live their final days to the fullest in the comfort of home, surrounded by their loved ones.  We have a highly qualified and experienced staff available to you and your family to assist in providing the best care possible at home. The plan for care is developed by the interdisciplinary team members and with the patient and family. The Hospice interdisciplinary team, composed of professionals and volunteers, includes the patient’s primary physician, the Hospice Medical Director, RN’s and LPN’s, Home Health Aides, Volunteers, Chaplans, Medical Social Worker. |
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Our Mission To provide comprehensive coordinated care to individuals with life-limiting illnesses and to their families. It is the role of Hospice to maintain the patient's dignity, serve their needs emotionally and physically to the highest degree possible and feasible, and to lend both moral and physical support to the family.To include Hospice in the dying process is to be assured of strong and caring support. Hospice is rooted in the centuries-old idea of offering hospitality to those on a long journey. |
Why Hospice?
Is Hospice Appropriate? Consider the following: Ø Would you be surprised if he or she died within the next six months? Ø Does he or she have uncontrolled pain or other uncontrolled symptoms? Ø Has your loved one experienced persistent weight loss and/or decreased appetite? Ø Does he or she require assistance with most activities of daily living? Ø Has he or she needed frequent hospital, emergency room, and doctors' office visits? Ø Has your family and your loved one's focus shifted from curative treatment to providing comfort and quality of life? Ø Is there an identified disease that is progressing toward end stage? |
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