Understanding Hospice Care
Navigate your journey with knowledge, compassion, and support. Learn what hospice care means and how to prepare for this important transition.
What Is Hospice Care?
Hospice care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering. It affirms life and does not hasten or postpone death.
Our focus shifts from curative treatment to comfort care, allowing patients to live their remaining days with dignity, peace, and surrounded by loved ones.
When you choose hospice care, you're choosing a philosophy of care that honors your values, beliefs, and wishes during this profound time.
The Hospice Care Journey
Initial Consultation
Meet with our team to discuss your situation, answer questions, and explore whether hospice care is right for you or your loved one.
Physician Referral
Your doctor will refer you to hospice when curative treatment is no longer the primary goal. Medicare requires a prognosis of 6 months or less.
Assessment & Care Planning
Our team conducts a comprehensive assessment and develops a personalized care plan based on your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Ongoing Support
Regular visits, medication management, pain control, and emotional support delivered by our interdisciplinary team.
End-of-Life Planning
We help facilitate important conversations about wishes, legacy, and ensuring comfort during the final stages.
Bereavement Support
Our support continues for up to 13 months after your loved one passes, helping families navigate grief and loss.
Resources for Families
Frequently Asked Questions
No. While common for cancer, hospice care can benefit patients with any terminal illness, including heart disease, COPD, dementia, and other progressive conditions.
Yes. Hospice care is always the patient's choice. You can modify or discontinue hospice care at any time if circumstances change.
Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans cover hospice services. We can help navigate insurance and financial options with you.
Yes, most of our care is delivered at home. We also work with facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes to provide care wherever patients feel most comfortable.
Very involved. We consider your family's wishes, values, and preferences central to creating a care plan that honors what matters most to you.
Questions? We're Here to Help
Our compassionate team is ready to discuss your situation, answer your questions, and help you understand your options. There's no obligation – just honest, caring conversation.
Available 24/7 to answer your questions and provide support