Counseling services offer emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families. Bereavement Counselors assist the family with grief and loss issues following the death of the patient. The hospice team coordinates the provision of medical equipment, supplies, and medications for pain relief and symptom management related to the terminal diagnosis. On-Call services are provided by hospice nurses 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Additional services including therapies, respite, inpatient, and continuous care services are coordinated by the hospice team, as needed.
Hospice offers care to residents of long-term care facilities who are facing a terminal illness.
Return to top. Hospice programs work with patients and their families to identify ways to pay for services. However, care is provided regardless of ability to pay. Return to top. Patients routinely receive periodic in-home services of a nurse, home health aide, psychosocial professional and other members of the hospice interdisciplinary team.