Care is focused on aggressive pain management and comfort, not cure, leading to an increase in the quality of life. The per diem amount, a daily reimbursement rate, is paid directly to Seasons Hospice, a Medicare approved hospice. The patient and family will never receive any bills. These services, delivered to the patient in his or her home, include physician and nursing services, and both are available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Seasons Hospice nurses are Board Certified Hospice Specialists.
Hospice care includes an entire team of professionals available to patients and their families.
Some of the members of the team specialized in hospice care include social workers, pastoral care professionals, certified nurses assistants, homemakers, dietitians, and other counseling and therapy specialists. Hospice pays for all medications related to the condition for symptom and pain relief. Hospice also furnishes all supplies and equipment related to the hospice diagnosis. Short inpatient stays for acute are included at no cost to the patient or family. Sometimes there may be need for respite for the family or patient, and a transfer is made to an inpatient facility bed.