Hospice Services Available
The interdisciplinary team consists of:
- Medical Director
- Attending Physician
- Registered Nurse
- Medical Social Worker
- Hospice Nurse Aide
- Spiritual Counselor
- Bereavement Counselors
- Volunteers
This team provides the patient and family many services such as, but not limited to:
- Pain and symptom management
- Nursing care and home visits
- Hospice aides services (bathing, dressing)
- 24 hour on-call service
- Continuous care (for brief crisis periods)
- Respite care
- Volunteer services
- Medical equipment related to the hospice diagnosis (such as wheelchairs)
- Medications related to the hospice diagnosis (such as pain controllers)
- Medical supplies (such as catheters)
- Social work services and family counseling
- Dietary/nutritional counseling
- Bereavement support for caregivers and family
- Spiritual counseling
- Physical, occupational and speech therapy