For patients without local family and friends to
assist with in-home care, Hospice provides care in
local nursing homes. Whether patients become part of
Hospice before or after entering a nursing home,
they receive the same excellent care they would in
their own homes.
Recognizing nursing homes expertise in patient
care, Hospice enhances that care for patients living
at the end of life. These combined strengths of
nursing-home staff and of Hospice staff create
quality, compassionate care for nursing-home
patients and their families.
Hospice supplements nursing-home care by offering these
services:
- A registered nurse serving as Hospice’s
nursing-home coordinator
- Specially-trained nurses implementing home care, pain management,
and symptom control
- Personal-care specialists assisting patients with
basic hygiene
- Social workers providing psychological and
emotional support to patient & family
- Pastoral-care specialists consulting with patient
and family members about spiritual concerns in
conjunction with the patient’s own minister or
priest
- Trained volunteers offering companionship and
comfort
- Bereavement specialists providing grief
counseling and support during and after the
patient’s death
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