Hospice patients from Caldwell and surrounding counties come to the unit for care. The Patient Care Unit is staffed 24 hours a day with a registered nurse and a certified nursing assistant. Hospice patients come to the unit for acute skilled care that they otherwise would have to go to a hospital to receive. Once the acute condition is under control, patients may return to their home. In keeping with the hospice tradition of holistic care, the unit is made to look and feel as much like home as possible with an emphasis on caring for both patients and their families as they seek to make the most of each day, in comfort and dignity.
Families are welcome any time day or night.
They may prepare dinner in the kitchen, relax in the large living room, catch a few quiet moments in the library or take a walk in the courtyard. Take a virtual tour of the unit at Kirkwood. I don't know what you did to help him. He'd come home bragging on you all. He'd say, 'You know.