Our Services

Our Hospice Program Offers the Following Services:

• Nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse.
• Medical social services provided by a social worker under the direction of a physician.
• Physicians’ services performed by the patient’s own attending physician. The Hospice Medical Director may, on occasion, provide supplemental physician services.
• Counseling services for the patient, family members or other persons caring for the individual at home. Counseling, including dietary counseling, is provided to teach the individual’s family or other caregivers to provide care, and help the patient and those caring for him/her adjust to the approaching death.
• Medical equipment and supplies, including drugs and biologicals, are provided when they are related to the individual’s terminal illness.
• Home health and homemaker services.
• Physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietary, and speech-language therapy services for purposes of symptom control or to enable the patient to maintain daily living activities and basic functional skills.
• Spiritual counseling if desired by patient/family.
• Volunteer visits
• Bereavement counseling and follow-up care are provided to caregivers following the passing of a loved one.

Family or friends providing care in the home can call for help at any time-24 hours a day. A member of the hospice team will come to the patient’s home as needed.