Hospice care is holistic in nature. It may include the patient, the patient's family,the patient's doctor, registered nurses, home health aides, social workers, therapists, dieticians, clergy, bereavement counselors, and volunteers. Generally patients have been given a prognosis of weeks to months to live. The goal of hospice care is to make a patient and the patient's family as comfortable as possible with the dying process. This is accomplished by the different hospice team members.
Pain management is a key component to the patient's comfort and to the mission of hospice.
There are hospice programs available in the hospital setting, in free standing hospice centers, and in individual patient's homes. Stark county has a few hospices to choose from. To learn more about hospice care click the following.