Hospice of Jefferson County Hospice is an in-home program of care and support for terminally ill patients and their families. Under the direction of a physician, the hospice team manages pain and disease related symptoms to enable the patient to live as fully and comfortably as possible. Hospice treats the patient, caregivers and families as a unit. Emphasis is on quality of life rather than length of life.
Hospice affirms life, and regards dying as a normal process.
Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death. Hospice offers help and support to the patients and families 24 hours per day. Our professional team provides personalized medical, emotional, psychological and spiritual support. Patients routinely receive periodic services of a nurse, home health aide, social worker, volunteers, and spiritual counselor, if desired. Additional services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech therapy are available, if needed.