Hospice Care

Hospice is a specialized health care program focused on providing pain management, symptom control, emotional support, personal care and bereavement counseling.

The services provided for the patient and family include:

?  Physical care including medical and nursing services

?  Pain and symptom management.

?  Family education regarding care for a terminally ill patient.

?  Practical care such as the bathing of patients by certified nursing assistants.

?  Assistance with insurance paperwork and other matters of financial concern.

?  Spiritual and emotional support for patients and families, helping them to accept the process of dying and death.

?  Professional grief counseling and support for family members during bereavement.