A team of skilled professionals including physicians, primary care nurses, social workers, counselors, home health aides, volunteers and clergy, work together to provide bereavement support services to help families find resolution and return to spiritual health. This includes anticipatory grief counseling services to help families face the impending death of a loved one, as well as support services for up to one year following the patient's death. About Hope Hospice is a supportive, nurturing service. All members of the hospice team are trained in symptom management, pain control, counseling, bereavement, and the issues surrounding death and dying. These team members bring unique sensitivity to patients and families.
Regular updates keep the physician apprised of the patient's condition.
Hospice team members will work with your minister, priest, rabbi, or other representatives of your faith in whatever capacity you choose. Or, if you desire, hospice can connect you with spiritual support people in your community or with the hospice team chaplain. Carefully screened and trained, volunteers provide companionship to patients, offer the support of friendship, run errands, arrange for child care, or simply provide the connection of good conversation. As part of Advocate Health Care, Advocate Hospice draws on the resources of Chicago's largest health care provider, including their comprehensive, full service home health care company. This means all necessary resources, from durable medical equipment to skilled nursing personnel are available through Advocate Hospice.