Hospice is comprehensive type of care for people with a terminal illness. Hospice is not a place, but rather a service that goes to the patient’s residence (in a home, a nursing facility, or an elderly care facility). Care is provided by the hospice team which includes doctors, nurses, home health aides, social workers, spiritual counselors, and volunteers who visit the patients periodically. The overall goal of hospice care is to ensure that the patients are comfortable and well supported.

Hospice helps by sending medical professionals on periodic visits to monitor changes in patients' conditions and addressing these changes. Hospice provides education and resources for family members and caregivers to better care for the hospice patient. Hospice is available 24 hours a day and only a phone call away. In emergency situations, a nurse can always be sent out right away.

The Hospice team will visit the patients periodically to monitor changed in their condition. A hospice physician will supervise the care and make adjustments as needed. Nurses, Home Health Aides, Social Workers, and Spiritual Counselors will closely monitor the physical and emotional well being of our patients. The frequency of hospice care visits depends largely on the patient’s medical condition and needs.

Yes. A hospice patient can choose to stop hospice care at any time. They can also choose to re-start hospice care at any time thereafter, so long as they are still qualified.

Yes. The hospice will coordinate its care with any doctor that you may want to continue to see. A hospice physician can visit patients at home as well.