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Hospice Services Comfort Care from a dedicated and caring team can make a meaningful difference for those facing end of life, and for their loved ones. The hospice team can reduce physical pain, ease emotional and spiritual suffering, and facilitate financial and legal activities as needed.Hospice may be appropriate for any person who has a terminal illness and a prognosis of six months or less. Through hospice support, we strive to enhance the person’s remaining time and to make end-of-life as peaceful and fulfilling as possible. Hospice care can be delivered anywhere: in a person’s home, assisted living facility, nursing home or wherever the person chooses to spend their final weeks or months. |
Our Services Hospice visits focus on making the patient comfortable. Services may include: Ø Pain management through medications Ø Manage other medications, as prescribed by the physician Ø Personal care for the patient, in a manner that respects the individual’s dignity. The hospice CNA may teach family or caregivers how to provide care, such as how to turn a person who is bedridden or how to feed the person Ø Assistance with resources including financial aid, funeral arrangements and Healthcare Power of Attorney Ø Spiritual support from the Chaplain and spiritual volunteers Ø Companionship, such as reading a book aloud, playing cards, talking together or simply sitting with the person Ø Emotional support for the patient and family members Ø Visits from volunteers, to provide companionship for the patient and to offer respite for the caregivers |
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Comprehensive Care At Home Hospice care received in the home gives patients and family members the peace and comfort of familiar surroundings and the closeness of friends and loved-ones. The support needed to make this possible is provided by Journeys Hospice’s team of professional and volunteer staff. Care is focused on pain management and symptom control. This approach allows the patient to continue normal activities as long as possible and encourages family members to be present and to participate in the patient’s care. All services of the hospice team as well as medications and durable medical equipment necessary to the comfort of the patient are included under insurance coverage. |
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Journeys Hospice,
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