Hospice is a home care service that provides comfort and support to patients who
have incurable illnesses.
Emotional and/or spiritual support is also provided to caregivers, families and
others by a team of professional hospice workers and volunteers.
goals
to assist patients to live comfortably by relieving pain
and distressing symptoms
to support the patient's hope by helping them to maintain
self-worth, control and dignity
to promote a peaceful death
to aid the patient and their loved ones to be at peace
with end of life issues
Grant that my last hour will be my best hour.
-John Aubrey
philosophy
We affirm life, and the care that we provide neither hastens nor postpones death.
Our hospice care emphasizes quality of life rather than
length of life. Dying is seen as a normal and natural
process.
eligibility
hospice care is available for a person with a life expectancy of
6 months or less, whose illness cannot be cured
the patient and family desires non-curative medical care
and support services
in most cases, care is provided in the home by family or other
caregivers with the support of our hospice team
hospice care is available to patients with ALS, Alzheimer's, AIDS,
Cancer, Diabetes, Heart diease, Lung disease and other
life-threatening illnesses
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