If you didn't know, Hospice care focuses on providing patients with palliative treatments to control pain and add quality of life to those facing a terminal illness. The use of Hospice care has grown both locally and nationally as patients and families search for dignity and comfort at the end of life.
Hospice educates families that dying is a normal part of life.
At The King's Daughters' Hospital and Health Services, Hospice involves teamwork. A family-centered focus provides loved ones with bereavement counseling and support for a year after the patient dies. Volunteers play a key role in the Hospice program. They offer friendship, bereavement, companionship and respite care for patients and families. Volunteers complete a comprehensive training program and are matched with families where their abilities can be best used.