The family's concerns and needs are also part of the care. Quality of Life American society tends to spend a great deal of time and money assisting people with transitions in their lives. All are met with lavish traditions that help people prepare for major life changes. Until death do us part. Until the hospice concept, death was dealt with in isolation.
Hospice provides transitional time for patients, and especially families, to adapt.
And everyone deals with grief differently. We try to help people get those things out. Bereavement Support A number of programs assist families and friends in dealing with the patient's death. Windber Hospice holds monthly sharing sessions and sends out informational letters that discuss the normal grief experience. In addition, bereavement volunteers contact the family on a regular basis for 13 months after the death.