Homemaker Services - The Home Care Aide also helps clients maintain a clean and safe apartment. Hospice is rooted in the centuries-old idea of offering hospitality to those on a long journey. Today the hospice movement continues to represent a supportive philosophy and concept of care available to those whose life expectancy can be measured in weeks or months. Hospice recognizes death as the final stage of life and serves to enable hospice patients and families to live their final days to the fullest in the comfort of home, surrounded by their loved ones. Hospice care involves an interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers who provide medical, psychological and spiritual support to the terminally ill, as well as support for the patient's family.
Hospice provides comprehensive palliative medical care.
This is treatment to provide for the reduction of pain and other troubling symptoms, rather than treatment aimed at cure. Hospice is not a place, but a concept of care for terminally ill patients and their families. Family Support Bereavement - Grief is a normal and expected reaction to a loss. Hospice continues to provide services to family members for up to one year following the death of the loved one. Periodic mailings are sent, as appropriate, with information on the grieving process.